Siope 21
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Ka naʻe tali ʻe Siope, ʻo ne pehē,
1Then Job answered, and said:
2“Fakafanongo lelei ki heʻeku lea, pea ko hoʻomou fakafiemālie eni.
2Hear, I beseech you, my words, and do penance.
3Mou kātaki, kau lea atu; pea hili ʻeku lea, fai pe hoʻomou manuki.
3Suffer me, and I will speak, and after, if you please, laugh at my words.
4ʻOiauē, he ʻoku ou liunga ki he tangata? Pea ka ne ko ia, ko e hā nai ʻe ʻikai mamahi ai hoku laumālie?
4Is my debate against man, that I should not have just reason to be troubled?
5Tokanga mai, pea mou ofo, pea ʻai homou nima ki homou ngutu.
5Hearken to me and be astonished, and lay your finger on your mouth.
6ʻIo, ʻi heʻeku fakamanatu ʻoku ou manavahē ʻaupito, pea ʻoku puke ʻa hoku kakano ʻe he tetetete.
6As for me, when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
7“Ko e hā ʻoku moʻui ai ʻae angakovi, ʻo hoko ʻo motuʻa, ʻio, pea lahi ʻi he mālohi?
7Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened with riches?
8Kuo fakatuʻumaʻu honau hako fakataha mo kinautolu, pea mo ʻenau fānau ʻi honau ʻao.
8Their seed continueth before them, a multitude of kinsmen, and of children’s children in their sight.
9ʻOku malu honau fale mei he manavahē, pea ʻoku ʻikai ʻiate kinautolu ʻae meʻa tā ʻae ʻOtua.
9Their houses are secure and peaceable, and the rod of God is not upon them.
10ʻOku fakatauʻi ʻe heʻenau pulu tangata ʻo touʻia taʻehala; ʻoku fānau ʻenau pulu fefine ʻo taʻetōhonoʻuhiki.
10Their cattle have conceived, and failed not: their cow has calved, and is not deprived of her fruit.
11ʻOku nau tuku atu ʻenau fānau ʻo hangē ko e fanga sipi, pea ʻoku meʻe hopohopo ʻenau fānau.
11Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children dance and play.
12ʻOku nau toʻo hake ʻae kihiʻi lali mo e haʻape, pea nau fiefia ʻi he leʻo ʻoe meʻa ifi.
12They take the timbrel, and the harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
13ʻOku nau fakaʻosi honau ngaahi ʻaho ʻi he fakafiemālie, pea fakafokifā pe ʻoku nau ʻalu hifo ki he faʻitoka.
13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment they go down to hell.
14Ko ia ʻoku nau pehē ai ki he ʻOtua, ‘ʻAlu ʻiate kimautolu, he ʻoku ʻikai te mau holi ke ʻilo ho ngaahi hala.
14Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
15Ko hai ʻae Māfimafi, ke pehē ke mau tauhi ia? Pea ko e hā ʻae totongi te mau maʻu, ʻo kapau te mau lotu ki ai?’
15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him?
16Vakai, ʻoku ʻikai ʻi honau nima ʻenau monūʻia: ʻoku mamaʻo ʻiate au ʻae fakakaukau ʻoe angahala.
16Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me.
17“ʻOku liunga fiha ʻae tāmateʻi ʻoe maama ʻae angahala? Mo e hoko ʻenau fakaʻauha kiate kinautolu? ʻoku tufaki ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae ngaahi mamahi ʻi hono houhau.
17How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?
18ʻOku nau tatau mo e tefitoʻi kaho ʻi he mata ʻoe matangi, pea hangē ko e kafukafu ʻoku ʻave ʻe he afi.
18They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.
19‘ʻOku hili ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa ʻene angahala ki heʻene fānau:’ ʻoku ne totongi kiate ia, pea te ne ʻilo ia.
19God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know.
20ʻE mamata ʻe hono mata ki hono fakaʻauha, pea ʻe inu ia ʻi he houhau ʻoe Māfimafi.
20His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21He ko e hā ʻene fiemālie ʻi hono fale ʻamui ʻiate ia, ʻoka tuʻu ua mālie ʻae lau ʻo hono ngaahi māhina?
21For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half?
22“ʻE akonakiʻi ʻe ha taha ʻae ʻOtua ke ʻilo? He ʻoku ne fakamaau ʻe ia ʻakinautolu ʻoku māʻolunga.
22Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are high?
23ʻOku mate ha tokotaha lolotonga ʻene mālohi lahi, mo ʻene nofo tofu pe mo fiemālie.
23One man dieth strong, and hale, rich and happy.
24ʻOku fonu hono sino ʻi he ngako, pea lolololo hono ngaahi hui ʻi he uho.
24His bowels are full of fat, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
25Pea ʻoku mate ha tokotaha ʻi he mamahi lahi ʻo hono laumālie, pea ʻikai ʻaupito haʻane kai ʻe fiemālie ai.
25But another dieth in bitterness of soul without any riches:
26Te na tokoto tatau pe ʻi he efu, pea ʻe ʻuʻufi ʻakinaua ʻe he fanga kelemutu.
26And yet they shall sleep together in the dust, and worms shall cover them.
27“Vakai, ʻoku ou ʻilo hoʻomou ngaahi mahalo, mo e ngaahi filioʻi kovi ʻoku mou mahalo ʻaki kiate au.
27Surely I know your thoughts, and your unjust judgments against me.
28He ʻoku mou pehē, ‘Kofaʻā ʻae fale ʻoe ʻeiki? Pea kofaʻā ʻae ngaahi nofoʻanga ʻoe kakai angahala?’
28For you say: Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
29ʻIkai kuo mou ʻeke kiate kinautolu ʻoku feʻaluʻaki ʻi he hala? Pea ʻikai ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻenau ngaahi tala,
29Ask any one of them that go by the way, and you shall perceive that he knoweth these same things.
30ʻAia kuo tuku tolonga ʻae angahala ki he ʻaho ʻoe fakaʻauha? ʻE taki atu ʻakinautolu ki he ʻaho ʻoe houhau.
30Because the wicked man is reserved to the day of destruction, and he shall be brought to the day of wrath.
31Ko hai te ne fakahā hono hala ki hono mata? Pea ʻe totongi ʻe hai kiate ia ʻae meʻa kuo ne fai?
31Who shall reprove his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
32Ka ʻe ʻomi ia ki he faʻitoka, ʻe nofomaʻu ia ʻi he fonualoto.
32He shall be brought to the graves, and shall watch in the heap of the dead.
33ʻE melie kiate ia ʻae ngaahi tutuʻanga kelekele ʻoe luo, pea ʻe fusi kiate ia ʻae kakai kotoa pē, ʻo hangē ko e taʻefaʻalaua ʻae kakai naʻe muʻa ʻiate ia.
33He hath been acceptable to the gravel of Cocytus, and he shall draw every man after him, and there are innumerable before him.
34Pea ka kuo pehē, pea ko e hā ʻoku mou fakafiemālie taʻeʻaonga kiate au, kae vakai ʻoku ai ʻae loi ʻi hoʻomou ngaahi lea?”
34How then do ye comfort me in vain, whereas your answer is shewn to be repugnant to truth?
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