Job 8
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
1Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Pilitati mei Suaa, ʻo ne pehē,
2“How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
2ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa ʻo hoʻo lea pehē pe? Pea tatau mo e matangi mālohi ʻae ngaahi lea ʻa ho ngutu?
3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
3He ʻoku fakahala ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae fakamaau? Pe fakahalaʻi ʻe he Māfimafi ʻae angatonu?
4If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience.
4Kapau kuo angahala ʻa hoʻo fānau kiate ia, pea kuo ne liʻaki ʻakinautolu ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau fai hala;
5If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.
5Kapau te ke kumi vave ki he ʻOtua, pea fai hoʻo faʻa hū tāumaʻu ki he Māfimafi;
6If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
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.
7Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.
7Neongo ʻae siʻi ʻa ho kamataʻanga, ka ʻe fakalahi ʻaupito ho ikuʻanga.
8“Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers.
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:
9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)
9(He ʻoku ʻoe ʻaneafi pe ʻakinautolu, pea taʻeʻilo ha meʻa, koeʻuhi ʻoku tatau hotau ngaahi ʻaho ʻi māmani mo e ʻata:)
10Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart?
10ʻIkai ʻe akonakiʻi koe ʻekinautolu, ʻo tala kiate koe, pea hua ʻaki mai ʻae ngaahi lea mei honau loto?
11“Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?
11“ʻE faʻa tupu ʻae mohuku ʻoe anovai ka ʻi he kelepulu pe? ʻE faʻa tupu ʻae kaho ka ʻi he vai pe?
12While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.
12He ʻoku lolotonga ʻene kei mata, ʻo ʻikai tā, ʻoku tomuʻa mae ia ʻi he ʻakau kotoa pē.
13So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish,
13ʻOku pehē pe ʻae ʻaluʻanga ʻokinautolu ʻoku fakangaloʻi ʻae ʻOtua; pea ko e ʻamanaki ʻae mālualoi ʻe ʻauha ia:
14whose confidence will break apart, whose trust is a spider’s web.
14Ko ʻene ʻamanaki ʻe tuʻusi ia, pea ko ʻene falalaʻanga ko e matamata kupenga ʻoe hina.
15He will lean on his house, but it will not stand. He will cling to it, but it will not endure.
15ʻE faʻaki ia ki hono fale, ka ʻe ʻikai tuʻu ia: ʻe puke maʻu ʻe ia ki ai, ka ʻe ʻikai te ne tolonga.”
16He is green before the sun. His shoots go out along his garden.
16ʻOku maʻuiʻui ia ʻi he mata ʻoe laʻā, pea tupu hono vaʻa ʻi heʻene ngoue.
17His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.
17Ko hono ngaahi aka ʻoku fefihifihitaki ʻi he tafungofunga, ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻae potu makamaka.
18If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’
18Kapau te ne fakaʻauha ia mei hono potu, pea ʻe toki fakafisi ia, ʻo pehē, ‘naʻe ʻikai te u mamata kiate koe.’
19Behold, this is the joy of his way. Out of the earth, others will spring.
19Vakai, ko e fiefia eni ʻa hono hala, pea ʻe toe tupu ʻae niʻihi mei he kelekele.
20“Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.
20“Vakai, ʻe ʻikai siʻaki ʻe he ʻOtua ha taha haohaoa, pea ʻe ʻikai tokoniʻi ʻe ia ʻae kau fai kovi:
21He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.
21Kaeʻoua ke ne fakapito ho ngutu ʻi he kata, mo ho loungutu ʻi he fiefia.
22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked will be no more.”
22Ko kinautolu ʻoku fehiʻa kiate koe ʻe fakakofuʻaki ʻae mā; pea ʻe fakaʻauha ʻae nofoʻanga ʻoe angahala.”
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