Siope 35

Tongan Bible, Revised West Version

Berean Standard Bible

1Pea naʻe fai pe ʻe Elihu ʻa ʻene lea, ʻo ne pehē,

1And Elihu went on to say:

2“ʻOku ke mahalo ʻoku totonu eni, ʻa hoʻo lea ʻo pehē, ‘Ko ʻeku māʻoniʻoni ʻoku lahi ki he ʻOtua?’

2“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’

3He naʻa ke pehē, ‘Ko e hā hono ʻaonga kiate koe? Pea ko e hā ʻae totongi te u maʻu ʻo kapau ʻe fakamaʻa au mei heʻeku angahala?’

3For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’

4Te u tala kiate koe, mo kinautolu ʻoku kaumeʻa mo koe.

4I will reply to you and to your friends as well.

5Sio ki he ngaahi langi, ʻo mamata; pea vakai ki he ngaahi ʻao ʻaia ʻoku māʻolunga hake ʻiate koe.

5Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.

6Kapau ʻoku ke fai angahala, ko e hā ʻoku ke fai kiate ia? Pea kapau kuo tupu ʻo lahi ʻa hoʻo talangataʻa, ko e hā ʻoku ke fai kiate ia?

6If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?

7Kapau ʻoku ke māʻoniʻoni, ko e hā ʻoku ke foaki kiate ia? Pe ko e hā ia ʻoku ne maʻu ʻi ho nima?

7If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?

8‌ʻE kovi nai hoʻo angahala ki he tangata ʻo hangē ko koe; pea ʻe ʻaonga nai hoʻo māʻoniʻoni ki he foha ʻoe tangata.

8Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.

9“Ko e meʻa ʻi he lahi ʻoe ngaahi meʻa fakamālohi ʻoku tangi ai ʻae kau fakamālohia, ʻoku nau tangi kalanga ʻi he nima ʻoe mālohi.

9Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.

10Ka ʻoku ʻikai pehē ʻe ha taha, ‘Kofaʻā ia ʻae ʻOtua ko hoku tupuʻanga, ʻaia ʻoku ne foaki ʻae ngaahi hiva ʻi he pō;

10But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,

11‌ʻAia ʻoku ako lahi hake kiate kitautolu ʻi he ngaahi manu ʻoe fonua, ʻo ne fakapoto lahi hake ʻakitautolu ʻi he ngaahi manupuna ʻoe ʻatā?’

11who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’

12‌ʻOku nau tangi ʻi ai, ka ʻoku ʻikai lea ha tokotaha, ko e meʻa ʻi he laukau ʻae kau tangata kovi.

12There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.

13Ko e moʻoni ʻe ʻikai fanongo ʻae ʻOtua ki he launoa, pea ʻe ʻikai tokanga ki ai ʻae Māfimafi.

13Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.

14Naʻa ke lea, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻE ʻikai te ke mamata kiate ia, ka ʻoku ʻi hono ʻao ʻae fakamaau, ko ia ke ke falala kiate ia.

14How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,

15Ka koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai pehē eni, ko ia kuo ne ʻaʻahi ai ʻi hono houhau; ka ʻoku ʻikai te ne ʻilo ia ʻi he mamahi lahi:

15and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!

16Ko ia ʻoku mafaʻa taʻeʻaonga ai ʻae ngutu ʻo Siope; ʻoku ne fakalahi ʻae ngaahi lea ʻi he taʻeʻilo.

16So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”

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