Siope 30
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1“Ka ko eni, ʻoku manukiʻi au ʻekinautolu ʻoku mui ʻiate au, ka ko ʻenau ngaahi tamai ʻanautolu ne u fehiʻa ke lau fakataha mo e fanga kulī ʻo ʻeku ngaahi fanga manu.
1But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
2ʻIo, ʻe ʻaonga fēfē kiate au ʻae mālohi ʻa honau nima, ka kuo ʻauha ʻenau motuʻa lelei?
2Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? men in whom ripe age is perished.
3Ko e meʻa ʻi he masiva mo e honge naʻa nau ʻi he fakapoʻuli ʻo hangē ko e pō; ʻo feholaki ki he toafa kuo masiva mo siʻaki.
3They are gaunt with want and famine; they gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.
4Naʻa nau tuʻusi ʻae ngaahi ʻakau kona, pea keli aka ke nau kai.
4They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; and the roots of the broom are their food.
5Naʻe kapusi ʻakinautolu mei he kakai, (pea naʻa nau kalanga ki ai ʻo hangē ki ha kaihaʻa;)
5They are driven forth from the midst of men; they cry after them as after a thief.
6Ke nau nofo ʻi he ngaahi lilifa ʻoe luo, ʻi he ngaahi ʻana ʻoe fonua, mo e ngaahi maka.
6In the clefts of the valleys must they dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
7Naʻa nau tangi mei he ngaahi ʻakau, pea nau fakataha ʻi lalo ʻi he ngaahi ʻakau talatala.
7Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they are gathered together.
8Ko e fānau ʻae kau vale, ko e hako ʻoe kakai meʻa vale; naʻe kapusi ʻakinautolu mei he fonua.
8They are children of churls, yea, children of ignoble men; they were scourged out of the land.
9“Ka ko eni, kuo u hoko au ko ʻenau hivehivaʻanga, ʻio, ko ʻenau lea manukiʻanga au.
9And now I am become their song, yea, I am a byword unto them.
10ʻOku nau fakaliliʻa kiate au, pea nau hola mamaʻo ʻiate au, pea ʻikai te nau manavahē ke ʻaʻanu ki hoku mata.
10They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
11Ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene vete ʻeku afo, ʻo tautea au, ko ia kuo nau tukuange ai foki ʻae noʻo ʻi hoku ʻao.
11For He hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, and they have cast off the bridle before me.
12ʻOku tutuʻu ʻae kau talavou ʻi hoku toʻomataʻu; ʻoku nau tekeʻi hoku vaʻe, pea ʻoku nau fokotuʻu hake ʻo angatuʻu kiate au ʻae ngaahi hala ʻo honau fakaʻauha.
12Upon my right hand rise the brood; they entangle my feet, and they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
13ʻOku nau maumauʻi hoku hala, ʻoku nau fiefia ʻi heʻeku mamahi, ʻoku ʻikai hanau tokoni.
13They break up my path, they further my calamity, even men that have no helper.
14Naʻa nau feʻohofi mai ʻo hangē ʻi ha potu fālahi: pea ʻi he maumau naʻa nau filifilihi ʻakinautolu kiate au.
14As through a wide breach they come; in the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me.
15Kuo tō kiate au ʻae ngaahi ilifia: ʻoku nau tuli hoku laumālie ʻo hangē ko e matangi: pea ʻoku mole atu ʻeku lelei ʻo hangē ko e ʻao.
15Terrors are turned upon me, they chase mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away as a cloud.
16“Pea ko eni, kuo lilingi hoku laumālie ʻiate au; kuo puke au ʻe he ngaahi ʻaho ʻoe mamahi.
16And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
17ʻOku mahuhuhuhu ʻa hoku ngaahi hui ʻi he poʻuli: pea ʻoku ʻikai ke mālōlō siʻi hoku ngaahi uoua.
17In the night my bones are pierced, and fall from me, and my sinews take no rest.
18Kuo fetongi hoku kofu ʻe he mālohi lahi: ʻoku ne nonoʻo takatakai au ʻo hangē ko e kia ʻo hoku kofutuʻa.
18By the great force of my disease is my garment disfigured; it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
19Kuo ne lī au ki he pelepela, pea kuo u tatau mo e efu mo e efuefu.
19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
20ʻOku ou tangi kiate koe, ka ʻoku ʻikai te ke ongoʻi au: ʻoku ou tuʻu hake, ka ʻoku ʻikai te ke tokangaʻi au.
20I cry unto Thee, and Thou dost not answer me; I stand up, and Thou lookest at me.
21Kuo ke liliu ʻo taʻeʻofa kiate au: ʻoku ke tuʻu kiate au ʻaki ho nima mālohi.
21Thou art turned to be cruel to me; with the might of Thy hand Thou hatest me.
22ʻOku ke ʻohake au ki he matangi mo ke fakaheka au ki ai, pea ʻoku ke veteki ʻeku meʻa.
22Thou liftest me up to the wind, Thou causest me to ride upon it; and Thou dissolvest my substance.
23He ʻoku ou ʻilo pau te ke ʻomi au ki he mate, pea ki he fale kuo tuʻutuʻuni ki he kakai moʻui kotoa pē.
23For I know that Thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
24“Ka ʻe ʻikai te ne mafao atu hono nima ki he faʻitoka, neongo ʻoku nau tangi ʻi heʻene fakaʻauha.
24Surely none shall put forth his hand to a ruinous heap, neither because of these things shall help come in one's calamity,
25ʻIkai naʻaku tēngihia ia ʻaia naʻe mamahi? ʻIkai naʻe mamahi hoku laumālie koeʻuhi ko e masiva?
25If I have not wept for him that was in trouble, and if my soul grieved not for the needy.
26ʻI heʻeku ʻamanaki ki he lelei, naʻe hoko mai ʻae kovi: pea ʻi heʻeku tatali ki he maama, ne hoko mai ʻae fakapoʻuli.
26Yet, when I looked for good, there came evil; and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
27Naʻe lili hoku fatu, ʻo ʻikai toka: naʻe taʻofi au ʻe he ngaahi ʻaho ʻoe mamahi.
27Mine inwards boil, and rest not; days of affliction are come upon me.
28Naʻaku ʻalu mamahi pe ʻi he taʻeulo ʻae laʻā; ne u tuʻu hake ʻo tangi ʻi he fakataha.
28I go mourning without the sun; I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
29Ko e tokoua au ʻoe fanga talākoni, mo e kaumeʻa ʻoe fanga lulu.
29I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
30Kuo ʻuliʻuli hoku kili ʻiate au, pea kuo velehia hoku ngaahi hui ʻi he ʻafu.
30My skin is black, and falleth from me, and my bones are burned with heat.
31Kuo liliu ʻeku haʻape ko e tangi, pea ko ʻeku meʻa ifi ko e leʻo ʻokinautolu ʻoku tangi.
31Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of them that weep.
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