Siope 5
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1“Ui eni, ka ʻoku ai ha taha te ne talia koe; pea ko hai ʻi he kau māʻoniʻoni te ke hanga ki ai?
1Call now if there be any that will answer thee, and turn to some of the saints.
2He ʻoku tāmateʻi ʻe he houhau ʻae tangata vale, pea fakaʻauha ʻe he tuputāmaki ʻae fakavalevale.
2Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.
3Kuo u mamata ki he vale kuo aka, kae fakafokifā ne u tuku hono ʻapi ki he malaʻia.
3I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.
4ʻOku mamaʻo ʻene fānau mo e hūfanga, ʻoku taʻomia ʻakinautolu ʻi he matapā, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha fakahaofia.
4His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.
5ʻOku kai honau taʻu ʻe he fiekaia, ʻo ne faʻao ia, ʻio, mei he loto ʻakau talatala, pea ʻoku folo hifo ʻe he kaihaʻa ʻenau koloa.
5Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.
6Neongo ʻoku ʻikai ʻalu hake mei he efu ʻae angahala, pea ʻoku ʻikai tupu mei he kelekele ʻae mamahi;
6Nothing upon earth is done without a voice cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground.
7Ka kuo fanauʻi ʻae tangata ki he mamahi, ʻo hangē ko e puna hake ʻae kalofiama.
7Man is born to labour and the bird to fly.
8“Ko ia te u kumi ki he ʻOtua, pea te u tuku ʻeku ngāue ki he ʻOtua:
8Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God:
9He ko ia ia ʻoku ne faʻa fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi mo taʻefaʻaʻilo; ko e ngaahi meʻa fakaofo mo taʻefaʻalaua:
9Who doth great things and unsearchable and wonderful things without number:
10Ko ia ia ʻoku ne foaki ʻae ʻuha ki he kelekele, pea ne fekau hifo ʻae ngaahi vai ki he tokaʻanga ngoue:
10Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters:
11Koeʻuhi ke hiki ki ʻolunga ʻakinautolu ʻoku māʻulalo; kae hakeakiʻi ke moʻui ʻakinautolu ʻoku tangi.
11Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn.
12ʻOku ne motuhi ʻae fakakaukau ʻoe fie poto, pea ʻoku ʻikai faʻa fai ai ʻe honau nima ha momoʻi meʻa.
12Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun:
13ʻOku ne tauheleʻi ʻae poto ʻi heʻenau fiepoto: pea ko e fakakaukau ʻoe anga pikopiko ʻoku fakataʻeaongaʻi,
13Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked:
14ʻOku nau fekitaki mo e poʻuli ʻi he kei ʻaho, pea tautaufā ʻi he hoʻatāmālie ʻo hangē ko e pō.
14They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.
15Ka ʻoku ne fakahaofia ʻae masiva mei he heletā ʻo honau ngutu, pea mei he nima ʻoe mālohi.
15But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.
16ʻOku tupu ai ʻi he masiva ʻae ʻamanaki lelei, pea ko e angahala ʻe tāpuni hono ngutu ʻoʻona.
16And to the needy there shall he hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.
17“Vakai, ʻoku monūʻia ʻae tangata ʻoku tautea ʻe he ʻOtua: ko ia, ʻoua naʻa ke taʻetokangaʻi ʻae tautea mei he Māfimafi:
17Blessed is the mall whom God correcteth: refuse not therefore the chastising of the lord:
18He ʻoku ne fakamamahi, pea ʻoku ne nonoʻo: ʻoku ne hokaʻi, kae fakamoʻui ʻe hono nima ʻoʻona.
18For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.
19ʻE fakahaofi ʻe ia ʻa koe ʻi he mamahi ʻe ono: ʻio, ʻi he meʻa ʻe fitu ʻe ʻikai ha kovi te ne lavaʻi koe.
19In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee.
20Te ne huhuʻi koe mei he mate ʻi he honge: pea mei he mālohi ʻoe heletā ʻi he tau.
20In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in battle, from the hand of the sword.
21ʻE fufū koe mei he tautea ʻoe ʻelelo: pea ka haʻu ʻae fakaʻauha ʻe ʻikai te ke manavahē ai.
21Thou shalt he hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh.
22Te ke kata koe ʻi he fakaʻauha mo e honge: pea ʻe ʻikai te ke manavahē ki he fanga manu fekai ʻoe fonua.
22In destruction and famine then shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23He te mou kaumeʻa mo e ngaahi maka ʻoe fonua: pea ʻe fiemālie mo koe ʻae fanga manu ʻoe fonua.
23But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at pence with thee.
24Pea te ke ʻilo ʻe melino pe ho nofoʻanga; te ke ʻaʻahi ki ho ʻapi, pea ʻe ʻikai te ke angahala.
24And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle is in peace, and visiting thy beauty thou shalt not sin.
25Pea te ke ʻilo foki ʻe tokolahi ho hako, pea ʻe tatau hoʻo fānau mo e mohuku ʻoe fonua.
25Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass of the earth.
26Te ke hoko ki ho tanuʻanga ʻi he motuʻa lelei, ʻo hangē ko e ʻū koane ʻi hono faʻahitaʻu.
26Thou shalt enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought in its season.
27Vakai ko e meʻa ni, kuo mau ʻekea, pea ʻoku pehē pe ia; fanongo ki ai, pea ke ʻilo ia maʻau.
27Behold, this is even so, as we have searched out: which thou having heard, consider it thoroughly in thy mind.
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