Siope 35

Tongan Bible, Revised West Version

Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)

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

1Moreover Eliu spoke these words:

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

2Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just 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 thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?

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

4Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.

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

5Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.

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 thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?

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

7And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?

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

8Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee: and thy justice may help the 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.

9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.

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

10And he hath not said: Where is God, who made me, who hath given 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 teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls 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 shall they cry, and he will not hear, 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.

13God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.

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.

14Yea when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expect 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:

15For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.

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

16Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.

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