Job 27
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World English Bible
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Job again took up his parable, and said,
1Ka naʻe fai pe ʻe Siope ʻene lea mamafa, ʻo ne pehē,
2“As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter
2“ʻI he moʻui ʻae ʻOtua, ʻaia ʻoku ne taʻefiefakamaauʻi au; mo e Māfimafi, kuo ne fakamamahiʻi hoku laumālie;
3(for the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
3Lolotonga ʻoku ʻiate au ʻeku mānava, pea ʻi hoku avaʻi ihu ʻae mānava ʻae ʻOtua;
4surely my lips will not speak unrighteousness, neither will my tongue utter deceit.
4ʻE ʻikai lea ʻaki ʻae angahala ʻe hoku loungutu, pe lea ʻaki ʻae kākā ʻe hoku ʻelelo.
5Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
5ʻE ʻikai ʻaupito te u fakatonuhiaʻi ʻakimoutolu: te u mate pē ka ʻe ʻikai te u tukuange ʻeku angatonu meiate au.
6I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart will not reproach me so long as I live.
6ʻOku ou kuku maʻu ʻeku māʻoniʻoni, ʻe ʻikai te u tukuange ia: ʻe ʻikai valokiʻi au ʻe hoku loto ʻi heʻeku moʻui ni.
7“Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
7“Tuku ke tatau hoku fili mo e angahala, mo ia ʻoku angatuʻu kiate au ke tatau mo e taʻemāʻoniʻoni.
8For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
8He neongo ʻene maʻumeʻa, ko e hā ʻae ʻamanaki ʻoe mālualoi, ʻoka toʻo atu ʻe he ʻOtua hono laumālie?
9Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
9ʻE ongoʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa ʻene tangi ʻoka hoko ʻae mamahi kiate ia?
10Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?
10He te ne fakafiefiaʻi ia ʻi he Māfimafi? ʻE ui maʻuaipē ʻe ia ki he ʻOtua?
11I will teach you about the hand of God. I will not conceal that which is with the Almighty.
11Te u akonekina ʻakimoutolu ʻaki ʻae nima ʻoe ʻOtua: ʻe ʻikai te u fufū ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he Māfimafi.
12Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
12“Vakai, kuo mamata ki ai ʻakimoutolu kotoa pē; pea ko e hā ʻoku mou launoa pehē ai fau?
13“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
13Ko eni ʻae ʻinasi ʻoe tangata fai kovi mei he ʻOtua, mo e tofiʻa ʻe maʻu ʻe he kau fakamālohi mei he Māfimafi.
14If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring will not be satisfied with bread.
14Kapau ʻe fakatokolahiʻi ʻene fānau, ko e meʻa ia ki he heletā: pea ʻe ʻikai mākona ʻi he mā ʻa hono hako.
15Those who remain of him will be buried in death. His widows will make no lamentation.
15Ko kinautolu ʻoku toe ʻiate ia, ʻe tanu ʻi he mate: pea ʻe ʻikai tangi ʻa hono ngaahi uaifi.
16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
16Neongo ʻene fokotuʻu siliva ʻo hangē ko e efu, pea teuteu ʻae ngaahi kofu ʻo hangē ko e ʻumea;
17he may prepare it, but the just will put it on, and the innocent will divide the silver.
17ʻE teuteu pe ʻe ia, ka ʻe ʻai ia ʻe he angatonu, pea ʻe vahevahe ʻae siliva ʻe he taʻeangahala.
18He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.
18ʻOku langa ʻe ia hono fale ʻo hangē ko e ʻunufe, pea hangē ko e fale leʻo ʻoku langa hake ʻe he leʻo.
19He lies down rich, but he will not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
19ʻE tokoto hifo ʻae tangata koloaʻia, ka ʻe ʻikai tānaki ia: ʻoku ne fakaʻā hono mata, pea ne ʻikai leva.
20Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.
20ʻOku lōmekina ia ʻi he ilifia ʻo hangē ha vai, ʻoku kaihaʻasi ia ʻe he afā ʻi he pō.
21The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.
21ʻOku ʻave ia ʻe he matangi hahake, pea ʻoku mole atu ia: pea hangē ko e afā ʻoku fakapuna ia mei hono potu.
22For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.
22ʻE haʻaki ia kiate ia ʻo ʻikai taʻofi, ʻoku holi ia ke hao atu mei hono mālohi.
23Men will clap their hands at him, and will hiss him out of his place.
23Ka ʻe pasipasi ʻe ia hono nima kiate ia, ʻo seseʻe ia mei hono potu.
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