Siope 39
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1“ʻOku ke ʻilo ʻae feituʻulaʻā ʻoku fanauʻi ai ʻae fanga kosi kaivao ʻoe maka? Pe ʻoku ke faʻa fakaʻilonga ʻoka fanauʻi ʻae fanga hainiti?
1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth among the rocks, or hast thou observed the hinds when they fawn?
2ʻOku ke faʻa lau ki he kakato ʻo honau ngaahi māhina? Pe ʻoku ke ʻilo ʻae feituʻulaʻā ʻoku nau fāʻele ai?
2Hast thou numbered the months of their conceiving, or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3ʻOku nau fakamapelu ʻakinautolu, ʻoku nau fāʻeleʻi honau ʻuhiki, ʻoku nau lī kituʻa ʻenau ngaahi mamahi.
3They bow themselves to bring forth young, and they cast them, and send forth roarings.
4ʻOku matamatalelei honau ʻuhiki, ʻoku nau tupu hake ʻi he toafa; ʻoku nau ʻalu atu, pea ʻikai toe haʻu kiate kinautolu.
4Their young are weaned and go to feed: they go forth, and return not to them.
5“Ko hai kuo ne fekau atu tauʻatāina ʻae ʻasi kaivao? Pe ko hai kuo ne vete ʻae ngaahi haʻi ʻoe ʻasi kaivao?
5Who hath sent out the wild ass free, and who hath loosed his bonds?
6ʻAia kuo u tuʻutuʻuni ʻae toafa ko hono fale ʻoʻona, mo e fonua lala ko hono ngaahi nofoʻanga.
6To whom I have given a house in the wilderness, and his dwellings in the barren land.
7ʻOku manuki ia ki he tokolahi ʻoe kolo, pea ʻoku ʻikai te ne tokanga ki he kalanga ʻoe tauhi.
7He scorneth the multitude of the city, he heareth not the cry of the driver.
8Ko hono kaiʻanga ko e ngaahi moʻunga ʻataʻatā, pea ʻoku ne kumi ʻae meʻa mata kotoa pē.
8He looketh round about the mountains of his pasture, and seeketh for every green thing.
9“ʻE fie tauhi kiate koe ʻae liimi, pe nofo ofi ki hoʻo ʻaiʻangakai?
9Shall the rhinoceros be willing to serve thee, or will he stay at thy crib?
10ʻOku ke faʻa nonoʻo ʻae liimi ʻaki hono noʻotaki ʻi he keli? Pe te ne muimui ʻiate koe ke fakatoka lelei ʻae ngaahi luo?
10Canst thou bind the rhinoceros with thy thong to plough, or will he break the clods of the valleys after thee?
11Te ke falala ki ai koeʻuhi ʻoku lahi ʻa hono mālohi? Pe te ke tuku hoʻo ngāue kiate ia?
11Wilt thou have confidence in his great strength, and leave thy labours to him?
12Te ke tui kiate ia, te ne fetuku ki ʻapi hoʻo ngaahi fua, ʻo tānaki ia ki ho feleoko?
12Wilt thou trust him that he will render thee the seed, and gather it into thy barnfloor?
13“Ko e kapakau ʻoe ʻositalesi ke kapakapa: ka ʻoku puna hake ʻae sitoaka mo e falekoni.
13The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk.
14Vakai, ʻoku ne fakato hono ngaahi fua ʻi he kelekele, ʻo ne fakamafana ia ʻi he efu,
14When she leaveth her eggs on the earth, thou perhaps wilt warm them in the dust.
15Pea ngalo ʻiate ia ʻe laiki nai ia ʻe he vaʻe, pe maumauʻi ia ʻe he manu kaivao.
15She forgetteth that the foot may tread upon them, or that the beasts of the field may break them.
16Kuo fakafefeka ʻene anga ki hono fānganga ʻo hangē ʻoku ʻikai ʻaʻana ʻakinautolu: ʻoku taʻeʻaonga ʻene ngāue taʻemanavahē;
16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers, she hath laboured in vain, no fear constraining her.
17Koeʻuhi kuo fakamasivaʻi ia ʻe he ʻOtua ʻi he poto, pea naʻe ʻikai te ne tuku kiate ia ʻae faʻa ʻilo.
17For God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he given her understanding.
18Ko e feituʻulaʻā ko ia te ne tuʻu hake ki ʻolunga, ʻoku ne manukiʻi ʻae hoosi mo ia ʻoku heka ai.
18When time shall be, she setteth up her wings on high: she scorneth the horse and his rider.
19“Naʻa ke tuku ʻe koe ʻae mālohi ki he hoosi? Naʻa ke fakakofuʻaki hono kia ʻae mana?
19Wilt thou give strength to the horse, or clothe his neck with neighing?
20ʻOku ke faʻa fakamanavahēʻi ia ʻo hangē ko e heʻe? Ko e mānava lahi ʻo hono ihu ʻoku fakailifia.
20Wilt thou lift him up like the locusts? the glory of his nostrils is terror.
21ʻOku kenukenu ia ʻi he vahaʻa moʻunga, pea fiefia ʻi he mālohi: ʻoku ʻalu atu ia ke fakafetaulaki ki he kau tangata ʻoku toʻo mahafutau.
21He breaketh up the earth with his hoof, he pranceth boldly, he goeth forward to meet armed men.
22ʻOku ne manuki ki he manavahē, pea ʻoku ʻikai ilifia ia; pe foki kimui mei he heletā.
22He despiseth fear, he turneth not his back to the sword,
23ʻOku ngatata ʻae tangakaho kiate ia, ʻae tao ngingila pea mo e fakaū.
23Above him shall the quiver rattle, the spear and shield shall glitter.
24ʻOku ne folohifo ʻae kelekele ʻi he feinga mo e lili: pea ʻoku ʻikai te ne tui ko e leʻo ia ʻoe meʻa lea.
24Chasing and raging he swalloweth the ground, neither doth he make account when the noise of the trumpet soundeth.
25ʻOku pehē ʻe ia ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe ngaahi meʻa lea, ‘He, he;’ pea nanamu ki he tau ʻi he kei mamaʻo, ko e mana ʻoe kau taki tau, mo ʻenau mavava.
25When he heareth the trumpet he saith: Ha, ha: he smelleth the battle afar off, the encouraging of the captains, and the shouting of the army.
26“ʻOku puna ʻae falekoni ʻi hoʻo poto, ʻo mafao atu hono kapakau ki he feituʻu tonga?
26Doth the hawk wax feathered by thy wisdom, spreading her wings to the south?
27ʻOku puna hake ʻae ʻikale ko hoʻo fekau, ʻo ne ngaohi hono pununga ʻi ʻolunga?
27Will the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest in high places?
28ʻOku nofo ia ʻo tatali ʻi he maka, ʻi he maka hangatāmaki, mo e potu mālohi.
28She abideth among the rocks, and dwelleth among cragged flints, and stony hills, where there is no access.
29ʻOku kumi mei ai ʻene meʻakai, pea ʻoku sio hono mata mei he mamaʻo.
29From thence she looketh for the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
30ʻOku mimisi hake foki ʻe hono ʻuhiki ʻae toto: pea ko e potu ko ia ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae mate, ʻoku ʻi ai ia.”
30Her young ones shall suck up blood: and wheresoever the carcass shall be, she is immediately there.
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31And the Lord went on, and said to Job:
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32Shall he that contendeth with God be so easily silenced? surely he that reproveth God, ought to answer him.
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33Then Job answered the Lord, and said:
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34What can I answer, who hath spoken inconsiderately? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
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35One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said: and another, to which I will add no more.
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