Siope 39
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
World English Bible
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?
1“Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
2ʻOku ke faʻa lau ki he kakato ʻo honau ngaahi māhina? Pe ʻoku ke ʻilo ʻae feituʻulaʻā ʻoku nau fāʻele ai?
2Can you count the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
3ʻOku nau fakamapelu ʻakinautolu, ʻoku nau fāʻeleʻi honau ʻuhiki, ʻoku nau lī kituʻa ʻenau ngaahi mamahi.
3They bow themselves. They bear their young. They end their labor pains.
4ʻOku matamatalelei honau ʻuhiki, ʻoku nau tupu hake ʻi he toafa; ʻoku nau ʻalu atu, pea ʻikai toe haʻu kiate kinautolu.
4Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go out, and don’t return again.
5“Ko hai kuo ne fekau atu tauʻatāina ʻae ʻasi kaivao? Pe ko hai kuo ne vete ʻae ngaahi haʻi ʻoe ʻasi kaivao?
5“Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
6ʻAia kuo u tuʻutuʻuni ʻae toafa ko hono fale ʻoʻona, mo e fonua lala ko hono ngaahi nofoʻanga.
6whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?
7ʻOku manuki ia ki he tokolahi ʻoe kolo, pea ʻoku ʻikai te ne tokanga ki he kalanga ʻoe tauhi.
7He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.
8Ko hono kaiʻanga ko e ngaahi moʻunga ʻataʻatā, pea ʻoku ne kumi ʻae meʻa mata kotoa pē.
8The range of the mountains is his pasture. He searches after every green thing.
9“ʻE fie tauhi kiate koe ʻae liimi, pe nofo ofi ki hoʻo ʻaiʻangakai?
9“Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?
10ʻOku ke faʻa nonoʻo ʻae liimi ʻaki hono noʻotaki ʻi he keli? Pe te ne muimui ʻiate koe ke fakatoka lelei ʻae ngaahi luo?
10Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
11Te ke falala ki ai koeʻuhi ʻoku lahi ʻa hono mālohi? Pe te ke tuku hoʻo ngāue kiate ia?
11Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?
12Te ke tui kiate ia, te ne fetuku ki ʻapi hoʻo ngaahi fua, ʻo tānaki ia ki ho feleoko?
12Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?
13“Ko e kapakau ʻoe ʻositalesi ke kapakapa: ka ʻoku puna hake ʻae sitoaka mo e falekoni.
13“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
14Vakai, ʻoku ne fakato hono ngaahi fua ʻi he kelekele, ʻo ne fakamafana ia ʻi he efu,
14For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,
15Pea ngalo ʻiate ia ʻe laiki nai ia ʻe he vaʻe, pe maumauʻi ia ʻe he manu kaivao.
15and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.
16Kuo fakafefeka ʻene anga ki hono fānganga ʻo hangē ʻoku ʻikai ʻaʻana ʻakinautolu: ʻoku taʻeʻaonga ʻene ngāue taʻemanavahē;
16She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
17Koeʻuhi kuo fakamasivaʻi ia ʻe he ʻOtua ʻi he poto, pea naʻe ʻikai te ne tuku kiate ia ʻae faʻa ʻilo.
17because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
18Ko e feituʻulaʻā ko ia te ne tuʻu hake ki ʻolunga, ʻoku ne manukiʻi ʻae hoosi mo ia ʻoku heka ai.
18When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
19“Naʻa ke tuku ʻe koe ʻae mālohi ki he hoosi? Naʻa ke fakakofuʻaki hono kia ʻae mana?
19“Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?
20ʻOku ke faʻa fakamanavahēʻi ia ʻo hangē ko e heʻe? Ko e mānava lahi ʻo hono ihu ʻoku fakailifia.
20Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.
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 paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.
22ʻOku ne manuki ki he manavahē, pea ʻoku ʻikai ilifia ia; pe foki kimui mei he heletā.
22He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.
23ʻOku ngatata ʻae tangakaho kiate ia, ʻae tao ngingila pea mo e fakaū.
23The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.
24ʻOku ne folohifo ʻae kelekele ʻi he feinga mo e lili: pea ʻoku ʻikai te ne tui ko e leʻo ia ʻoe meʻa lea.
24He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
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.
25As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26“ʻOku puna ʻae falekoni ʻi hoʻo poto, ʻo mafao atu hono kapakau ki he feituʻu tonga?
26“Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?
27ʻOku puna hake ʻae ʻikale ko hoʻo fekau, ʻo ne ngaohi hono pununga ʻi ʻolunga?
27Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?
28ʻOku nofo ia ʻo tatali ʻi he maka, ʻi he maka hangatāmaki, mo e potu mālohi.
28On the cliff he dwells and makes his home, on the point of the cliff and the stronghold.
29ʻOku kumi mei ai ʻene meʻakai, pea ʻoku sio hono mata mei he mamaʻo.
29From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it 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.”
30His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.”
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