Job 30
1 But now the youngest have laughed me to scorn, now they reprove me in [their] turn, whose fathers I set at nought; whom I did not deem worthy [to be with] my shepherd dogs.
“Ka ko eni, ʻoku manukiʻi au ʻekinautolu ʻoku mui ʻiate au, ka ko ʻenau ngaahi tamai ʻanautolu ne u fehiʻa ke lau fakataha mo e fanga kulī ʻo ʻeku ngaahi fanga manu.
2 Yea, why had I the strength of their hands? for them the full term [of life] was lost.
ʻIo, ʻe ʻaonga fēfē kiate au ʻae mālohi ʻa honau nima, ka kuo ʻauha ʻenau motuʻa lelei?
3 [One is] childless in want and famine, [such as] they that fled but lately the distress and misery of drought.
Ko e meʻa ʻi he masiva mo e honge naʻa nau ʻi he fakapoʻuli ʻo hangē ko e pō; ʻo feholaki ki he toafa kuo masiva mo siʻaki.
4 Who compass the salt places on the sounding [shore], who had salt [herbs] for their food, and were dishonorable and of no repute, in want of every good thing; who also ate roots of trees by reason of great hunger.
Naʻa nau tuʻusi ʻae ngaahi ʻakau kona, pea keli aka ke nau kai.
5 Thieves have risen up against me,
Naʻe kapusi ʻakinautolu mei he kakai, (pea naʻa nau kalanga ki ai ʻo hangē ki ha kaihaʻa; )
6 whose houses were the caves of the rocks, who lived under the wild shrubs.
Ke nau nofo ʻi he ngaahi lilifa ʻoe luo, ʻi he ngaahi ʻana ʻoe fonua, mo e ngaahi maka.
7 They will cry out among the rustling [bushes].
Naʻa nau tangi mei he ngaahi ʻakau, pea nau fakataha ʻi lalo ʻi he ngaahi ʻakau talatala.
8 [They are] sons of fools and vile men, [whose] name and glory [are] quenched from off the earth.
Ko e fānau ʻae kau vale, ko e hako ʻoe kakai meʻa vale; naʻe kapusi ʻakinautolu mei he fonua.
9 But now I am their music, and they have me for a by-word.
“Ka ko eni, kuo u hoko au ko ʻenau hivehivaʻanga, ʻio, ko ʻenau lea manukiʻanga au.
10 And they stood aloof and abhorred me, and spared not to spit in my face.
ʻOku nau fakaliliʻa kiate au, pea nau hola mamaʻo ʻiate au, pea ʻikai te nau manavahē ke ʻaʻanu ki hoku mata.
11 For he has opened his quiver and afflicted me: they also have cast off the restraint of my presence.
Ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene vete ʻeku afo, ʻo tautea au, ko ia kuo nau tukuange ai foki ʻae noʻo ʻi hoku ʻao.
12 They have risen up against [me] on the right hand of [their] offspring; they have stretched out their foot, and directed against me the ways of their destruction.
ʻOku tutuʻu ʻae kau talavou ʻi hoku toʻomataʻu; ʻoku nau tekeʻi hoku vaʻe, pea ʻoku nau fokotuʻu hake ʻo angatuʻu kiate au ʻae ngaahi hala ʻo honau fakaʻauha.
13 My paths are ruined; for they have stripped off my raiment: he has shot at me with his weapons.
ʻOku nau maumauʻi hoku hala, ʻoku nau fiefia ʻi heʻeku mamahi, ʻoku ʻikai hanau tokoni.
14 And he has pleaded against me as he will: I am overwhelmed with pains.
Naʻa nau feʻohofi mai ʻo hangē ʻi ha potu fālahi: pea ʻi he maumau naʻa nau filifilihi ʻakinautolu kiate au.
15 My pains return upon [me]; my hope is gone like the wind, and my safety as a cloud.
Kuo tō kiate au ʻae ngaahi ilifia: ʻoku nau tuli hoku laumālie ʻo hangē ko e matangi: pea ʻoku mole atu ʻeku lelei ʻo hangē ko e ʻao.
16 Even now my life shall be poured forth upon me; and days of anguish seize me.
“Pea ko eni, kuo lilingi hoku laumālie ʻiate au; kuo puke au ʻe he ngaahi ʻaho ʻoe mamahi.
17 And by night my bones are confounded; and my sinews are relaxed.
ʻOku mahuhuhuhu ʻa hoku ngaahi hui ʻi he poʻuli: pea ʻoku ʻikai ke mālōlō siʻi hoku ngaahi uoua.
18 With great force [my disease] has taken hold of my garment: it has compassed me as the collar of my coat.
Kuo fetongi hoku kofu ʻe he mālohi lahi: ʻoku ne nonoʻo takatakai au ʻo hangē ko e kia ʻo hoku kofutuʻa.
19 And thou hast counted me as clay; my portion in dust and ashes.
Kuo ne lī au ki he pelepela, pea kuo u tatau mo e efu mo e efuefu.
20 And I have cried to thee, but thou hearest me not: but they stood still, and observed me.
ʻOku ou tangi kiate koe, ka ʻoku ʻikai te ke ongoʻi au: ʻoku ou tuʻu hake, ka ʻoku ʻikai te ke tokangaʻi au.
21 They attacked me also without mercy: thou hast scourged me with a strong hand.
Kuo ke liliu ʻo taʻeʻofa kiate au: ʻoku ke tuʻu kiate au ʻaki ho nima mālohi.
22 And thou hast put me to grief, and hast cast me away from safety.
ʻOku ke ʻohake au ki he matangi mo ke fakaheka au ki ai, pea ʻoku ke veteki ʻeku meʻa.
23 For I know that death will destroy me: for the earth is the house [appointed] for every mortal.
He ʻoku ou ʻilo pau te ke ʻomi au ki he mate, pea ki he fale kuo tuʻutuʻuni ki he kakai moʻui kotoa pē.
24 Oh then that I might lay hands upon myself, or at least ask another, and he should do this for me.
“Ka ʻe ʻikai te ne mafao atu hono nima ki he faʻitoka, neongo ʻoku nau tangi ʻi heʻene fakaʻauha.
25 Yet I wept over every helpless man; I groaned when I saw a man in distress.
ʻIkai naʻaku tēngihia ia ʻaia naʻe mamahi? ʻIkai naʻe mamahi hoku laumālie koeʻuhi ko e masiva?
26 But I, when I waited for good things, behold, days of evils came the more upon me.
ʻI heʻeku ʻamanaki ki he lelei, naʻe hoko mai ʻae kovi: pea ʻi heʻeku tatali ki he maama, ne hoko mai ʻae fakapoʻuli.
27 My belly boiled, and would not cease: the days of poverty prevented me.
Naʻe lili hoku fatu, ʻo ʻikai toka: naʻe taʻofi au ʻe he ngaahi ʻaho ʻoe mamahi.
28 I went mourning without restraint: and I have stood and cried out in the assembly.
Naʻaku ʻalu mamahi pe ʻi he taʻeulo ʻae laʻā; ne u tuʻu hake ʻo tangi ʻi he fakataha.
29 I am become a brother of monsters, and a companion of ostriches.
Ko e tokoua au ʻoe fanga talākoni, mo e kaumeʻa ʻoe fanga lulu.
30 And my skin has been greatly blackened, and my bones are burned with heat.
Kuo ʻuliʻuli hoku kili ʻiate au, pea kuo velehia hoku ngaahi hui ʻi he ʻafu.
31 My harp also has been turned into mourning, and my song into my weeping.
Kuo liliu ʻeku haʻape ko e tangi, pea ko ʻeku meʻa ifi ko e leʻo ʻokinautolu ʻoku tangi.
