Siope 4
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Pea toki leaange ai ʻa Elifasi mei Timani, ʻo ne pehē,
1Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:
2“Kapau te mau ʻahiʻahi ke lea kiate koe, te ke ʻita ai? Ka ko hai te ne faʻa taʻofi ia ʻe ia mei he lea?
2If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill, but who can withhold the words he hath conceived?
3Vakai, kuo ke akonekina ʻae tokolahi, pea kuo ke fakamālohiʻi ʻae nima vaivai.
3Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands:
4Naʻe poupou hake ʻe hoʻo ngaahi lea ʻaia naʻe meimei hinga, pea kuo ke fakamālohiʻi ʻae foʻi tui vaivai.
4Thy words have confirmed them that were staggering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees:
5Ka ko eni kuo hoko ia kiate koe, pea ke vaivai; ʻoku ala ia kiate koe, pea ʻoku ke puputuʻu.
5But now the scourge is come upon thee, and thou faintest: it hath touched thee, and thou art troubled.
6He kofaʻā eni hoʻo manavahē, hoʻo falala, hoʻo ʻamanaki lelei, mo e angatonu ʻa ho ngaahi hala?
6Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy patience, and the perfection of thy ways?
7“ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke fakamanatu, ko hai ha taʻeangahala naʻe ʻauha? Pea ko e potu fē naʻe motuhi ai ʻae māʻoniʻoni?
7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or when were the just destroyed?
8ʻIo, ʻo hangē pe ko ia kuo u mamata ki ai, ko kinautolu ʻoku keli ʻae angahala, mo tūtuuʻi ʻae fai kovi, ʻoku nau utu pe ia.
8On the contrary I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them,
9ʻI he ifi ʻae ʻOtua ʻoku nau ʻauha, pea ko e mānava ʻo hono fofonga ʻoku nau ʻosiʻosingamālie ai.
9Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath.
10ʻOku fakangata ʻae ngungulu ʻoe laione, mo e leʻo ʻoe laione fekai, pea ʻoku mafesifesi ʻae kau nifo ʻoe fanga laione mui.
10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions are broken:
11ʻOku ʻauha ʻae motuʻa laione ko e masiva meʻa kai, pea ko e fānganga ʻoe laione mālohi kuo fakahēʻi mamaʻo.
11The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad.
12“Ko eni, naʻe ai ha meʻa naʻe ʻomi fufū kiate au, pea naʻe ongoʻi ʻe hoku telinga ʻae fafana ʻo ia.
12Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth as it were received the veins of its whisper.
13ʻI he ngaahi mahalo mei he ngaahi meʻa hā mai ʻoe pō, ʻoka tō ʻae mohe maʻu ki he kakai,
13In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men,
14Naʻe hoko mai kiate au ʻae manavahē, mo e tetetete, ʻaia naʻe fakangalulu ai hoku ngaahi hui kotoa pē.
14Fear seized upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were affrighted:
15Pea naʻe toki māʻali ai ʻae laumālie ʻi hoku ʻao; pea naʻe vavana hake ʻae fulufulu ʻo hoku sino:
15And when a spirit passed before me, the hair of my flesh stood up.
16Naʻe tuʻu mai ia, ka naʻe ʻikai te u ʻilo hono anga: naʻe ʻi hoku ʻao ʻae fakatātā, naʻe longo pe, pea ne u ongoʻi ʻae leʻo, naʻe pehē,
16There stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice as it were of a gentle wind:
17“ʻE faʻa angatonu lahi hake ʻae tangata ki hono ʻOtua? ʻE māʻoniʻoni lahi hake ʻae tangata ki hono Tupuʻanga?
17Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker?
18Vakai, ʻoku ʻikai te ne falala ki heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, pea ko ʻene kau ʻāngelo ʻoku ʻikai ke ne fakamālō ki ai.
18Behold they that serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he found wickedness:
19Kae huanoa ʻakinautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi he ngaahi fale ʻumea, ko honau tuʻunga ʻoku ʻi he efu, pea ʻoku taʻomia ʻakinautolu ʻo hangē pe ko e ane?
19How much more shall they that dwell in houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be consumed as with the moth?
20ʻOku tā hifo ʻakinautolu mei he pongipongi ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi: ʻoku nau ʻauha ʻo taʻetuku, ka ʻoku ʻikai tokanga ki ai ha taha.
20From morning till evening they shall be cut down: and because no one understandeth, they shall perish for ever.
21Pea ʻikai ʻoku mole atu ʻae lelei kotoa pē ʻoku ʻiate kinautolu? ʻOku nau mate, ʻio, ʻi he taʻehapoto.’
21And they that shall be left, shall be taken away from them: they shall die, and not in wisdom.
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