Siope 4
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
World English Bible
1Pea toki leaange ai ʻa Elifasi mei Timani, ʻo ne pehē,
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
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?
2“If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
3Vakai, kuo ke akonekina ʻae tokolahi, pea kuo ke fakamālohiʻi ʻae nima vaivai.
3Behold, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands.
4Naʻe poupou hake ʻe hoʻo ngaahi lea ʻaia naʻe meimei hinga, pea kuo ke fakamālohiʻi ʻae foʻi tui vaivai.
4Your words have supported him who was falling, you have made the feeble knees firm.
5Ka ko eni kuo hoko ia kiate koe, pea ke vaivai; ʻoku ala ia kiate koe, pea ʻoku ke puputuʻu.
5But now it has come to you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled.
6He kofaʻā eni hoʻo manavahē, hoʻo falala, hoʻo ʻamanaki lelei, mo e angatonu ʻa ho ngaahi hala?
6Isn’t your piety your confidence? Isn’t the integrity of your ways your hope?
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?
7“Remember, now, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
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.
8According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble, reap the same.
9ʻI he ifi ʻae ʻOtua ʻoku nau ʻauha, pea ko e mānava ʻo hono fofonga ʻoku nau ʻosiʻosingamālie ai.
9By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.
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 fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
11ʻOku ʻauha ʻae motuʻa laione ko e masiva meʻa kai, pea ko e fānganga ʻoe laione mālohi kuo fakahēʻi mamaʻo.
11The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness 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.
12“Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it.
13ʻI he ngaahi mahalo mei he ngaahi meʻa hā mai ʻoe pō, ʻoka tō ʻae mohe maʻu ki he kakai,
13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
14Naʻe hoko mai kiate au ʻae manavahē, mo e tetetete, ʻaia naʻe fakangalulu ai hoku ngaahi hui kotoa pē.
14fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
15Pea naʻe toki māʻali ai ʻae laumālie ʻi hoku ʻao; pea naʻe vavana hake ʻae fulufulu ʻo hoku sino:
15Then a spirit passed before my face. 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,
16It stood still, but I couldn’t discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
17“ʻE faʻa angatonu lahi hake ʻae tangata ki hono ʻOtua? ʻE māʻoniʻoni lahi hake ʻae tangata ki hono Tupuʻanga?
17‘Shall mortal man be more just than God? 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, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.
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 those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before 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.
20Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.
21Pea ʻikai ʻoku mole atu ʻae lelei kotoa pē ʻoku ʻiate kinautolu? ʻOku nau mate, ʻio, ʻi he taʻehapoto.’
21Isn’t their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.’
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