Job 31
1 “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
“Naʻa ku fai ʻae fuakava mo hoku mata; pea ka kuo pehē, ko e hā te u siofia ai ha taʻahine?
2 For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?
He ko e hā ʻae ʻinasi mei he ʻOtua ʻi ʻolunga? Pea mo e tufakanga mei he Māfimafi ʻi ʻolunga?
3 Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?
ʻIkai ʻoku ʻi he kau angahala ʻae malaʻia? Mo e fakaʻauha foʻou ki he kau fai kovi?
4 Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
ʻIkai ʻoku ne ʻiloʻi hoku ngaahi hala, pea lau ʻeku ngaahi laka kotoa pē?
5 If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,
“He kapau naʻaku ʻalu ʻi he loi, pea kapau teu veʻe vave ki he kākā;
6 let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
Tuku ke fakamamafa au ʻi he meʻa fakatatau totonu, koeʻuhi ke ʻilo ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa ʻeku angatonu.
7 If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
He kapau naʻaku laka hē mei he hala, pea muimui hoku loto ki hoku mata, pe piki ha ʻuli ki hoku nima;
8 then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.
Tuku ai ke u tūtuuʻi kae kai ʻe ha taha kehe; ʻio, ke taʻaki fuʻu hake ʻa hoku taʻu.
9 If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
“Kapau naʻe kākaaʻi ʻa hoku loto ʻe ha fefine, pe te u toitoi ʻi he matapā ʻo hoku kaungāʻapi;
10 then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.
Pea tuku ke momosi ʻa hoku uaifi mo ha taha, pea mapelu ki ai ha niʻihi kehe.
11 For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.
He ko e hia matea ia, ʻio, ko e angahala ke tautea ʻe he kau fakamaau.
12 For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.
He ko e afi ia ʻoku ne kai ʻo aʻu ki he fakaʻauha, pea ʻe ʻosiʻosingamālie ai ʻeku koloa.
13 If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
“Kapau naʻaku lumaʻi ʻae meʻa ʻa ʻeku tamaioʻeiki pe ko ʻeku kaunanga, ʻi he ʻena fai mo au.
14 what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?
Ko e hā ai te u fai ʻoka tuʻu hake ʻae ʻOtua? Pea ʻoka ʻaʻahi ʻe ia, ko e hā te u tali ʻaki ia?
15 Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?
He ʻikai naʻe ngaohi ia ʻe ia naʻa ne ngaohi au ʻi he manāva? Pea ʻikai naʻe fakatupu ʻakimaua ʻosi pe ʻi he manāva ʻe he tokotaha?
16 If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
“Kapau ne u taʻofi ʻae masiva mei heʻenau holi, pe fai ke vaivai ʻae mata ʻoe fefine kuo mate hono husepāniti;
17 if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—
Pea kuo u kai vale haʻaku meʻa siʻi, ʻo ʻikai te ma kai ia mo e tamai mate;
18 though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—
(He ʻoku talu ʻeku lahi hake mo ʻene ʻiate au, ʻo hangē ko haʻane tamai, pea talu ʻeku haʻu mei he manāva ʻo ʻeku faʻē mo ʻeku fakahinohino ia; )
19 if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,
Kapau kuo u mamata ki ha taha ʻoku mate koeʻuhi ko e telefua, pe ha masiva taʻehakofu;
20 if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,
Kapau naʻe ʻikai tāpuaki au ʻe hono noʻotanga vala, pea ʻikai māfana ia ʻi he fulufulu ʻo ʻeku fanga sipi;
21 if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
Kapau kuo u hiki hoku nima ki he tamai mate, ʻi heʻeku ʻilo ʻoku ou mālohi ʻi he matapā:
22 then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.
ʻOfa ke homo hoku uma mei hoku hui fohe, pea fesiʻi hoku nima ʻi he hokotanga hui.
23 For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
He ko e fakaʻauha mei he ʻOtua ko e meʻa fakailifia kiate au, pea ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene ngeia naʻe ʻikai te u faʻa kātakiʻi.
24 If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
“He kapau naʻaku ʻamanaki ki he koula, pe te u pehē ki he koula lelei, ‘Ko hoku falalaʻanga koe;’
25 if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,
Kapau naʻaku fiefia ʻi he tupu ʻo lahi ʻeku koloa, pea koeʻuhi kuo maʻu lahi ʻe hoku nima;
26 if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
Kapau naʻaku siofia ʻae laʻā ʻi heʻene ulo, pe ko e māhina ʻoku hāʻele ʻi he ngingila;
27 so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
Pea kuo fasiaʻi fufū pe hoku loto, pe ʻuma hoku ngutu ki hoku nima:
28 this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
Ko e angahala foki ia ke fakamaauʻi he ka ne pehē, ko ʻeku liʻaki ia ʻae ʻOtua ʻoku ʻi ʻolunga.
29 If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—
He kapau naʻaku fiefia ʻi he ʻauha ʻo ia naʻe fehiʻa kiate au, pe te u angahiki ki ai ʻoka moʻua ia ʻe he kovi:
30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—
Ka naʻe ʻikai te u tuku ke angahala ai ʻa hoku ngutu, ʻi he fakaʻamu ke tō ha malaʻia ki hono laumālie.
31 if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
ʻIkai ʻoku faʻa pehē ʻe heʻeku kau nofoʻanga, Naʻe holi ʻe hai ki haʻane meʻakai pea ʻikai mākona ai?
32 but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—
Naʻe ʻikai mohe ʻae muli ʻi he hala: ka ne u fakaava hoku matapā ke talia ʻae fononga.
33 if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
He naʻaku fufū koā ʻeku angahala ʻo hangē ko ʻAtama, ʻo fakalilolilo ʻeku hia ʻi hoku fatafata?
34 because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—
Pea te u manavahē ki he fuʻu tokolahi? Pe fakailifiaʻi au ʻe he manuki ʻae ngaahi fānau, ke u longo ai, ʻo taʻehū atu ʻi he matapā?
35 (Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
Taumaiā kuo ʻi ai ha tokotaha ʻe fie fanongo kiate au! Vakai, ko hoku loto ke talia au ʻe he Māfimafi, pea ke fai ha tohi ʻe hoku fili.
36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.
Ko e moʻoni te u hili ia ki hoku uma, ʻo nonoʻo ia kiate au ʻo hangē ha pale.
37 I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—
Te u ʻaʻau atu kiate ia ʻae lau ʻo ʻeku ngaahi laka; te u ʻalu atu ʻo hangē ha ʻeiki ke ofi kiate ia.
38 if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,
He kapau kuo tangi ʻe hoku fonua kiate au, pe lāunga ʻa hono ngaahi keliʻanga;
39 if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
Pea kapau kuo u kai taʻetotongi ʻa hono ngaahi fua, pe te u fakamamahiʻi ʻae laumālie ʻokinautolu naʻe tauhi ki ai:
40 then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.
ʻOfa ke tupu ai ʻae talatalaʻāmoa ko e fetongi ʻoe uite, mo e ʻakau taʻeʻaonga ko e fetongi ʻoe paʻale.” Kuo ngata ʻae fakamatala ʻa Siope.
