Siope 35

Tongan Bible, Revised West Version

JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)

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

1Moreover Elihu answered and said:

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

2Thinkest thou this to be thy right, or sayest thou: 'I am righteousness before 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?’

3That thou inquirest: 'What advantage will it be unto Thee?' And: 'What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'

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

4I will give thee answer, and thy companions with thee.

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

5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

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 hast sinned, what doest thou against Him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto 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 thou be righteous, what givest thou Him? Or what receiveth He 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 concerneth a man as thou art; and thy righteousness 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.

9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of 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 none saith: 'Where is God my Maker, who giveth 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 maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?'

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

12There they cry, but none giveth 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 will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard 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.

14Yea, when thou sayest thou canst not see Him — the cause is before Him; therefore wait thou 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 now, is it for nought that He punished in His anger? And hath He not full knowledge of arrogance?

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

16But Job doth open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

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