Siope 20
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
World English Bible
1Pea naʻe toki pehēange ʻe Sofaa mei Neama, ʻo ne pehē,
1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
2“Ko e moʻoni ʻoku langaʻi au ʻe heʻeku ngaahi mahalo ke u tali, ko ia ʻoku ou fakatoʻotoʻo ai.
2“Therefore my thoughts answer me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
3Kuo u fanongo ki he tautea ʻo ʻeku manuki, pea ko e laumālie ʻo ʻeku ʻilo ʻoku langaʻi au ke u tali.
3I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.
4ʻIkai te ke ʻilo eni mei muʻa, talu hono tuku ʻoe tangata ʻi māmani,
4Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,
5Koeʻuhi ʻoku fuonounou ʻae nekeneka ʻoe angahala, pea ko e fiefia ʻae mālualoi ʻoku ʻi he kemo pe taha?
5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
6Neongo ʻae aʻu hake ki he langi ʻa hono ongolelei, pea ʻasi hake hono ʻulu ki he ngaahi ʻao;
6Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,
7Ka ʻe ʻauha ia ʻo taʻengata ʻo hangē pe ko ʻene meʻa kovi ʻaʻana: ko kinautolu naʻe mamata ki ai te nau pehē, ‘Kofaʻā ia?’
7yet he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
8ʻE puna atu ia ʻo hangē ha misi, pea ʻe ʻikai ʻilo ia: ʻio, ʻe tuli atu ia ʻo hangē ko ha meʻa ʻoku hā mai ʻi he pō.
8He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found. Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
9Ko e mata foki naʻe mamata ki ai ʻe ʻikai toe mamata ai; pea ʻe ʻikai toe ʻilo ia ʻe hono potu.
9The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more.
10ʻE kumi ʻe heʻene fānau ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻae masiva, pea ʻe toe ʻatu ʻe hono nima ʻenau ngaahi meʻa.
10His children will seek the favor of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth.
11ʻOku fonu hono ngaahi hui ʻi he angahala ʻo ʻene kei siʻi, pea ʻe takoto mo ia ʻi he efu.
11His bones are full of his youth, but youth will lie down with him in the dust.
12“Neongo ʻoku melie ʻi hono ngutu ʻae fai kovi, pea ne fufū ia ʻi hono lalo ʻelelo:
12“Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,
13Neongo ʻene mamae ki ai, ʻo ʻikai liʻaki; kae maʻu pe ʻi hono loto ngutu:
13though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth,
14ʻE liliu ʻene meʻakai ʻi hono kete, ʻe hoko ia ko e ʻahu ʻoe fanga ngata fekai ʻi loto ʻiate ia.
14yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.
15Kuo ne folo hifo ʻae koloa, ka te ne toe lua ʻaki hake ia: ʻe lī ia ʻe he ʻOtua mei hono kete.
15He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.
16ʻE mimisi ʻe ia ʻae kona ʻoe fanga ngata fekai: ʻe teʻia ia ʻe he ʻelelo ʻoe ngata fekai.
16He will suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue will kill him.
17ʻE ʻikai mamata ia ki he ngaahi vai, ko e ngaahi vai lahi, mo e ngaahi vaitafe ʻoe meʻa huʻamelie mo e pota.
17He will not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
18ʻE toe ʻatu ʻe ia ʻae fua ʻo ʻene ngāue, pea ʻe ʻikai folo hifo: pea ʻe ʻikai fiefia ia ʻi he lahi fau ʻo ʻene koloa.
18He will restore that for which he labored, and will not swallow it down. He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten.
19Koeʻuhi kuo ne taʻomia mo liʻaki ʻae masiva; kuo ne toʻo fakamālohi ʻae fale naʻe ʻikai ke ne langa;
19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.
20“Ko e moʻoni ʻe ʻikai te ne ongoʻi ʻae fiemālie ʻi hono loto, ʻe ʻikai te ne faʻa maʻu ʻaia kuo ne holi ki ai.
20“Because he knew no quietness within him, he will not save anything of that in which he delights.
21ʻE ʻikai toe ʻene meʻa kai; ko ia ʻe ʻikai ʻamanaki ʻe ha taha ki haʻane meʻa.
21There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, therefore his prosperity will not endure.
22ʻI he lahi ʻo ʻene maʻumeʻa ʻe masiva ai ia; ʻe hoko kiate ia ʻae nima ʻoe angakovi kotoa pē.
22In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.
23ʻI heʻene teu ke fakapito hono kete, ʻe lī kiate ia ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae mālohi ʻo hono houhau, pea fakaʻauha ia kiate ia lolotonga ʻene kai.
23When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
24ʻE puna ia mei he meʻa tau ukamea, ka ʻe fanaʻi ia ke ʻasi ʻe he kaufana ukamea.
24He will flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow will strike him through.
25ʻE unuhi ia, pea ʻasi ʻi hono sino; ʻio, ʻoku haʻu mei hono ʻahu ʻae heletā ngingila, ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻae ngaahi ilifia.
25He draws it out, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.
26Ko e ngaahi fakapoʻuli kotoa pē kuo fufū ʻi hono ngaahi potu fakalilolilo: ʻe fakaʻauha ia ʻe he afi taʻetapili; ʻe hoko ʻae kovi kiate ia ʻoku toe ʻi hono ʻapi.
26All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire will devour him. It will consume that which is left in his tent.
27ʻE fakahā ʻe he langi ʻa ʻene fai kovi, pea ʻe tuʻu hake ki ai ʻae fonua.
27The heavens will reveal his iniquity. The earth will rise up against him.
28Ko e koloa ʻo hono fale ʻe mole, pea tafe atu ʻi he ʻaho ʻo hono houhau.
28The increase of his house will depart. They will rush away in the day of his wrath.
29Ko e ʻinasi eni ʻoe tangata angahala mei he ʻOtua, mo e tufakanga kuo tuʻutuʻuni maʻana ʻe he ʻOtua.”
29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God.”
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