Siope 41
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
King James Version with Apocrypha
1“ʻOku ke faʻa fusi hake ʻae levaiatani ʻaki ʻae mātaʻu? Pe ko hono ʻelelo ʻaki ʻae afo ʻoku ke tukutuku hifo?
1Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
2ʻOku ke faʻa ʻai ʻae mātaʻu ki hono ihu? Pe vili ke ʻasi hono kouʻahe ʻaki ʻae talaʻi ʻakau?
2Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
3Te ne fai ʻene ngaahi hū tāumaʻu kiate koe? Te ne lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea malu kiate koe?
3Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
4Te ne fai ʻae fuakava mo koe? Te ke maʻu ia ko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ʻo taʻengata?
4Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
5Te ke fakavā mo ia ʻo hangē ko e manupuna? Pe te ke noʻotaki ia maʻa hoʻo kau taʻahine?
5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6ʻE fai kātoanga ʻaki ia ʻe ho kaumeʻa? Te nau vahevahe ia ki he kakai fakatau?
6Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
7ʻOku ke faʻa fakapito hono kili ʻi he tao ukamea talatala? Pe ko hono ʻulu ʻi he tao hoka ika?
7Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
8Hilifaki ho nima kiate ia, manatu ki he tau, pea ʻoua naʻa toe fai hā meʻa.
8Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
9Vakai, ʻoku taʻeʻaonga ke ʻamanaki kiate ia: ʻikai ʻe tō ki lalo ha tokotaha ʻi he mamata pe kiate ia?
9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10ʻOku ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻoku loto lahi ʻe fie ueʻi ia ke tuʻu hake: pea ka kuo pehē, ko hai koā ʻe faʻa tuʻu ʻi hoku ʻao?
10None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
11Ko hai kuo ne tomuʻa fai kiate au koeʻuhi ke u totongi ia? Ko e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi lalo langi ʻoku ʻaʻaku ia.
11Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
12“ʻE ʻikai te u fakapuli hono ngaahi konga, pe ko hono mālohi, pe ko hono matamatalelei.
12I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
13Ko hai te ne faʻa ʻilo ʻae mata ʻo hono kofu? Pe ko hai ʻe faʻa haʻu kiate ia mo e palaiteli lou ua?
13Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
14Ko hai te ne faʻa toʻo ʻae matapā ʻo hono mata? ʻOku fakailifia hono ngaahi nifo ʻoku takatakai.
14Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
15ʻOku viki ia ʻi hono ngaahi ʻuno, ʻaia ʻoku tāpuni fakataha ʻo hangē ko e meʻa pulusi maʻu.
15His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
16ʻOku fengūtaki pehē ʻae taha ki he taha, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai faʻa hū ai ʻae matangi ʻi hona vahaʻa.
16One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
17ʻOku nau fehokotaki, ʻo fepikitaki fakataha, pea ʻe ʻikai faʻa vaheʻi.
17They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
18ʻI heʻene mafatua ʻoku ulo ai ʻae maama, pea ʻoku tatau hono mata mo e laumata ʻoe pongipongi.
18By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19ʻOku ʻalu atu mei hono ngutu ʻae ngaahi maama ulo, ʻoku puna mei ai kituʻa ʻae ngaahi kalofiama.
19Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
20ʻOku ʻalu atu ʻi hono avaʻi ihu ʻae ʻohuafi, ʻo hangē ko e kulo vai kuo lili, pe ko e fuʻu kulo.
20Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
21ʻOku tutu ʻe heʻene mānava ʻae malala, pea ʻoku ulo mai ʻae afi mei hono ngutu.
21His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
22ʻOku nofo ʻae mālohi ʻi hono kia, pea ʻoku liliu ʻae mamahi ko e fiefia ʻi hono ʻao.
22In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
23Ko hono ngaahi ʻioʻi kakano ʻoku piki fakataha: ʻoku mālohi ia ʻi ai; ʻoku ʻikai faʻa ueʻi.
23The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
24ʻOku mālohi hono loto ʻo hangē ko e maka; ʻio, ʻoku fefeka ʻo hangē ko e konga ʻoe maka tokalalo ʻoe meʻa momosi.
24His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone .
25ʻOka fokotuʻu hake ia ki ʻolunga, ʻoku manavahē ʻae kau mālohi: ko e meʻa ʻi he faʻa maumau ʻoku nau fakamaʻa ʻakinautolu.
25When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
26Ko e heletā ʻo ia ʻoku ne tā kiate ia ʻoku ʻikai tau; pe ko e tao, pe ko e tokotoko, mo e kofutau.
26The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
27ʻOku tatau kiate ia ʻae ʻaione mo e mohuku, ʻae palasa mo e ʻakau popo.
27He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
28ʻE ʻikai hola ia ʻi he ngahau: ʻoku ne liliu ʻae ngaahi makatā ko e veve.
28The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
29ʻOku ne ui ʻae ngaahi ngahau ko e mohuku mōmoa: ʻoku kata ia ʻi he apoapo ʻoe tao.
29Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
30ʻOku ʻi lalo ʻiate ia ʻae ngaahi maka māsila: ʻoku ne folahi ki he pelepela ʻae ngaahi meʻa māsila.
30Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
31ʻOku ne fakalili ʻae loloto ʻo hangē ko e kulo: ʻoku ne ngaohi ke tatau ʻae tahi mo e ipu ʻoe meʻa tākai.
31He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
32ʻOku ne fakangingila ʻae hala kimui ʻiate ia; ʻe mahalo ʻe ha taha ʻoku hinehina ʻae loloto.
32He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
33ʻOku ʻikai hano tatau ʻi he fonua, ʻaia kuo ngaohi ke taʻemanavahē.
33Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
34ʻOku ne vakai ki he ngaahi meʻa māʻolunga kotoa pē: ko e tuʻi ia ki he ngaahi fānau kotoa pē ʻoe laukau.”
34He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
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