Siope 8
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Pilitati mei Suaa, ʻo ne pehē,
1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
2ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa ʻo hoʻo lea pehē pe? Pea tatau mo e matangi mālohi ʻae ngaahi lea ʻa ho ngutu?
2How long wilt thou speak these things, seeing that the words of thy mouth are as a mighty wind?
3He ʻoku fakahala ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae fakamaau? Pe fakahalaʻi ʻe he Māfimafi ʻae angatonu?
3Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4Kapau kuo angahala ʻa hoʻo fānau kiate ia, pea kuo ne liʻaki ʻakinautolu ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau fai hala;
4If thy children sinned against Him, He delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
5Kapau te ke kumi vave ki he ʻOtua, pea fai hoʻo faʻa hū tāumaʻu ki he Māfimafi;
5If thou wouldest seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6Kapau kuo ke maʻa mo angatonu ko e moʻoni ʻe ʻā hake ia maʻau, pea te ne ngaohi ke monūʻia ʻae nofoʻanga ʻo hoʻo māʻoniʻoni.
6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now He would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7Neongo ʻae siʻi ʻa ho kamataʻanga, ka ʻe fakalahi ʻaupito ho ikuʻanga.
7And though thy beginning was small, yet thy end should greatly increase.
8“Ko eni, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke fehuʻi ki he kuonga ʻi muʻa, pea ke teuʻi koe ke ke ʻeke ki heʻenau ngaahi tamai:
8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out —
9(He ʻoku ʻoe ʻaneafi pe ʻakinautolu, pea taʻeʻilo ha meʻa, koeʻuhi ʻoku tatau hotau ngaahi ʻaho ʻi māmani mo e ʻata:)
9For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow —
10ʻIkai ʻe akonakiʻi koe ʻekinautolu, ʻo tala kiate koe, pea hua ʻaki mai ʻae ngaahi lea mei honau loto?
10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11“ʻE faʻa tupu ʻae mohuku ʻoe anovai ka ʻi he kelepulu pe? ʻE faʻa tupu ʻae kaho ka ʻi he vai pe?
11Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?
12He ʻoku lolotonga ʻene kei mata, ʻo ʻikai tā, ʻoku tomuʻa mae ia ʻi he ʻakau kotoa pē.
12Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
13ʻOku pehē pe ʻae ʻaluʻanga ʻokinautolu ʻoku fakangaloʻi ʻae ʻOtua; pea ko e ʻamanaki ʻae mālualoi ʻe ʻauha ia:
13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish;
14Ko ʻene ʻamanaki ʻe tuʻusi ia, pea ko ʻene falalaʻanga ko e matamata kupenga ʻoe hina.
14Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web.
15ʻE faʻaki ia ki hono fale, ka ʻe ʻikai tuʻu ia: ʻe puke maʻu ʻe ia ki ai, ka ʻe ʻikai te ne tolonga.”
15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
16ʻOku maʻuiʻui ia ʻi he mata ʻoe laʻā, pea tupu hono vaʻa ʻi heʻene ngoue.
16He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
17Ko hono ngaahi aka ʻoku fefihifihitaki ʻi he tafungofunga, ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻae potu makamaka.
17His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.
18Kapau te ne fakaʻauha ia mei hono potu, pea ʻe toki fakafisi ia, ʻo pehē, ‘naʻe ʻikai te u mamata kiate koe.’
18If he be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: 'I have not seen thee.'
19Vakai, ko e fiefia eni ʻa hono hala, pea ʻe toe tupu ʻae niʻihi mei he kelekele.
19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others spring.
20“Vakai, ʻe ʻikai siʻaki ʻe he ʻOtua ha taha haohaoa, pea ʻe ʻikai tokoniʻi ʻe ia ʻae kau fai kovi:
20Behold, God will not cast away an innocent man, neither will He uphold the evil-doers;
21Kaeʻoua ke ne fakapito ho ngutu ʻi he kata, mo ho loungutu ʻi he fiefia.
21Till He fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.
22Ko kinautolu ʻoku fehiʻa kiate koe ʻe fakakofuʻaki ʻae mā; pea ʻe fakaʻauha ʻae nofoʻanga ʻoe angahala.”
22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
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