Job 13
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World English Bible
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1“Behold, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and understood it.
1Vakai, kuo mamata ʻe hoku mata ʻa eni kotoa pē, kuo fanongo pea ʻilo ia ʻe hoku telinga.
2What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you.
2Ko ia ʻoku mou ʻilo, ʻoku ou ʻilo foki ia: ʻoku ʻikai te u siʻi hifo au ʻiate kimoutolu.
3“Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.
3“ʻAmusiaange ʻeau ke u lea ki he Māfimafi, pea ʻoku ou fie alea mo e ʻOtua.
4But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.
4Ka ko e kau fakatupu loi ʻakimoutolu, ko e kau faitoʻo taʻeʻaonga ʻakimoutolu kotoa pē.
5Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
5Taumaiā ke mou mātuʻaki longo pē! Pea ko hoʻomou poto ia.
6Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips.
6Fanongo eni ki heʻeku fakamatala, pea fakafanongo ki he ngaahi lea ʻa hoku loungutu.
7Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
7He te mou lea kovi maʻae ʻOtua? Pea lea fakakākā maʻana?
8Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God?
8He te mou lavaʻi ia? Te mou fakakikihi maʻae ʻOtua?
9Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?
9ʻE lelei ke ne ʻekea ʻakimoutolu? Pe te mou kākaaʻi ia, ʻo hangē ko e kākaaʻi ʻe he tangata ʻe taha ʻae tokotaha?
10He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.
10Ko e moʻoni ʻe valoki ʻe ia ʻakimoutolu, ʻo kapau te mou filifilimānako fufū pe ʻae kakai.
11Won’t his majesty make you afraid and his dread fall on you?
11ʻE ʻikai fakamanavahēʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻe heʻene ʻafio? Pea tō kiate kimoutolu ʻene fakailifia?
12Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes. Your defenses are defenses of clay.
12Ko hoʻomou ngaahi lea fakamanatu ʻoku tatau mo e efuefu, ko e fokotuʻu na ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi lea, ʻoku tatau mo e ngaahi ʻesi ʻumea.
13“Be silent! Leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.
13“Tuku hoʻomou lau, pea tuku ai pe au, koeʻuhi, ke u lea, kae hoko kiate au ʻaia ʻe hoko.
14Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
14Ko e hā ʻoku ou ʻūtaki ai hoku kakano, pea ʻai ʻeku moʻui ki hoku nima?
15Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.
15Neongo ʻene tāmateʻi au, te u falala pe kiate ia: ka te u fakamatala hoku ngaahi hala ʻi hono ʻao.
16This also will be my salvation, that a godless man will not come before him.
16ʻE fakamoʻui au foki ʻe ia: ka ʻe ʻikai ha mālualoi ʻe haʻu ki hono ʻao.
17Listen carefully to my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears.
17Fanongo lelei ki heʻeku lea, fanongo ʻaki homou telinga ʻa ʻeku fakamatala.
18See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.
18Vakai eni, kuo u teu ʻeku fakamatala; ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻe fakatonuhiaʻi au.
19Who is he who will contend with me? For then I would hold my peace and give up the spirit.
19Ko hai ia te ne talatalaakiʻi au? He ko eni, kapau te u fakalongo pe, te u mate.
20“Only don’t do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from your face:
20“Ko e meʻa ʻe ua pe, ke ʻoua naʻa fai kiate au: ko ia ʻe ʻikai ai te u fufū au ʻiate koe.
21withdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid.
21Ke toʻo atu ke mamaʻo ho nima ʻiate au: pea ʻoua naʻaku puputuʻu ʻi hoʻo fakailifia.
22Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and you answer me.
22Pea ke toki folofola mai, pea te u talia; pea te u lea atu, ka ke talia au.
23How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin.
23ʻOku fiha ʻeku ngaahi hia mo ʻeku angahala? Fakaʻilo mai kiate au ʻeku talangataʻa mo ʻeku angahala.
24Why do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy?
24Ko e hā ʻoku ke fufū ai ho fofonga, mo ke lau au ko ho fili?
25Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?
25He te ke pakiʻi ʻae louʻakau kuo feʻaveʻaki? Pea te ke tuli ʻe koe ʻae mohuku mōmoa?
26For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
26He ʻoku ke tohi ʻae ngaahi meʻa fakamamahi kiate au, pea ʻoku ke fakahoko kiate au ʻae ngaahi hia ʻo ʻeku kei siʻi.
27You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,
27ʻOku ke ʻai hoku vaʻe ki he ʻakau fakamaʻu vaʻe, pea ke vakai pau hoku ʻalunga kotoa pē; ʻoku ke ʻai ʻae fakaʻilonga ki hoku muivaʻe.
28though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
28Pea ʻoku fakaʻaʻau ia ʻo hangē ha meʻa popo, pea tatau mo e kofu kuo kai ʻe he ane.
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