Job 35

World English Bible

Tongan Bible, Revised West Version

1Moreover Elihu answered,

1Pea naʻe fai pe ʻe Elihu ʻa ʻene lea, ʻo ne pehē,

2“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’

2“ʻOku ke mahalo ʻoku totonu eni, ʻa hoʻo lea ʻo pehē, ‘Ko ʻeku māʻoniʻoni ʻoku lahi ki he ʻOtua?’

3that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’

3He naʻa ke pehē, ‘Ko e hā hono ʻaonga kiate koe? Pea ko e hā ʻae totongi te u maʻu ʻo kapau ʻe fakamaʻa au mei heʻeku angahala?’

4I will answer you, and your companions with you.

4Te u tala kiate koe, mo kinautolu ʻoku kaumeʻa mo koe.

5Look to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.

5Sio ki he ngaahi langi, ʻo mamata; pea vakai ki he ngaahi ʻao ʻaia ʻoku māʻolunga hake ʻiate koe.

6If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

6Kapau ʻoku ke fai angahala, ko e hā ʻoku ke fai kiate ia? Pea kapau kuo tupu ʻo lahi ʻa hoʻo talangataʻa, ko e hā ʻoku ke fai kiate ia?

7If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?

7Kapau ʻoku ke māʻoniʻoni, ko e hā ʻoku ke foaki kiate ia? Pe ko e hā ia ʻoku ne maʻu ʻi ho nima?

8Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.

8‌ʻE kovi nai hoʻo angahala ki he tangata ʻo hangē ko koe; pea ʻe ʻaonga nai hoʻo māʻoniʻoni ki he foha ʻoe tangata.

9“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

9“Ko e meʻa ʻi he lahi ʻoe ngaahi meʻa fakamālohi ʻoku tangi ai ʻae kau fakamālohia, ʻoku nau tangi kalanga ʻi he nima ʻoe mālohi.

10But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

10Ka ʻoku ʻikai pehē ʻe ha taha, ‘Kofaʻā ia ʻae ʻOtua ko hoku tupuʻanga, ʻaia ʻoku ne foaki ʻae ngaahi hiva ʻi he pō;

11who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

11‌ʻAia ʻoku ako lahi hake kiate kitautolu ʻi he ngaahi manu ʻoe fonua, ʻo ne fakapoto lahi hake ʻakitautolu ʻi he ngaahi manupuna ʻoe ʻatā?’

12There they cry, but no one answers, because of the pride of evil men.

12‌ʻOku nau tangi ʻi ai, ka ʻoku ʻikai lea ha tokotaha, ko e meʻa ʻi he laukau ʻae kau tangata kovi.

13Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.

13Ko e moʻoni ʻe ʻikai fanongo ʻae ʻOtua ki he launoa, pea ʻe ʻikai tokanga ki ai ʻae Māfimafi.

14How much less when you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!

14Naʻa ke lea, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻE ʻikai te ke mamata kiate ia, ka ʻoku ʻi hono ʻao ʻae fakamaau, ko ia ke ke falala kiate ia.

15But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance,

15Ka koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai pehē eni, ko ia kuo ne ʻaʻahi ai ʻi hono houhau; ka ʻoku ʻikai te ne ʻilo ia ʻi he mamahi lahi:

16therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”

16Ko ia ʻoku mafaʻa taʻeʻaonga ai ʻae ngutu ʻo Siope; ʻoku ne fakalahi ʻae ngaahi lea ʻi he taʻeʻilo.

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