Job 6
1 But Job answered and said,
Ka naʻe leaange ʻa Siope, ʻo ne pehē,
2 Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together!
“Taumaiā kuo fakatatau totonu ʻa ʻeku mamahi, pea ke ʻai kātoa ʻeku mamahi ki he meʻa fakatatau!
3 And verily they would be heavier than the sand by the seashore: but, as it seems, my words are vain.
He ko eni, ʻe mamafa lahi ia ki he ʻoneʻone ʻoe tahi: ko ia kuo fōngia hifo ai ʻeku ngaahi lea.
4 For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, whose violence drinks up my blood: whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me.
He ʻoku ʻi loto ʻiate au ʻae ngaahi ngahau ʻoe Māfimafi, ko hono kona ʻo ia ʻoku ne inumia hoku laumālie: ʻoku tuʻu tali tau pe kiate au ʻae ngaahi fakailifia ʻae ʻOtua.
5 What then? will the wild ass bray for nothing, if he is not seeking food? or again, will the ox low at the manger, when he has a fodder?
He ʻoku tangi ʻae ʻasi kai vao ʻoka maʻu ʻe ia ʻae mohuku? Pe ʻoku tangi ʻae pulu ʻi heʻene kai?
6 Shall bread be eaten without salt? or again, is there taste in empty words?
ʻE faʻa kai ʻae meʻa ifoifonoa taʻehamāsima? Pe ʻoku ai ha ifo ʻi he nāunau ʻoe foʻi manu?
7 For my wrath cannot cease; for I perceive my food as the smell of a lion [to be] loathsome.
Ko e ngaahi meʻa naʻe fehiʻa hoku laumālie ke ala ki ai, ko ʻeku meʻakai mamahi ia.
8 For oh that he would grant [my desire], and my petition might come, and the Lord would grant my hope!
“Taumaiā ke u lavaʻi ʻeku kole; pea tuku mai ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae meʻa ʻoku ou holi ki ai!
9 Let the Lord begin and wound me, but let him not utterly destroy me.
ʻIo, ke lelei ki he ʻOtua ke tāmateʻi au; ke ne tukuange hono nima, ʻo motuhi au!
10 Let the grave be my city, upon the walls of which I have leaped: I will not shrink from it; for I have not denied the holy words of my God.
Pehē te u toki maʻu ai ʻae fiemālie; ʻio, te u tali mālohi au ki he mamahi ke ʻoua naʻa ne mamae; he naʻe ʻikai te u fufū ʻae ngaahi folofola ʻae tokotaha māʻoniʻoni.
11 For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul endures?
He ko e hā hoku mālohi, koeʻuhi ke u ʻamanaki ʻeau; pea ko e hā hoku ngataʻanga, koeʻuhi ke u fakatolonga ai pe ʻeku moʻui?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
He ko e mālohi ʻoe ngaahi maka ʻa hoku mālohi? Pe ko e palasa ʻa hoku kakano?
13 Or have I not trusted in him? but help is [far] from me.
ʻIkai ʻoku ʻiate au haku tokoni? Pea kuo kapusi ʻaupito ʻae poto ʻiate au?
14 Mercy has rejected me; and the visitation of the Lord has disregarded me.
“ʻOka mamahi ha taha [ʻoku ngali ]ke ʻofa kiate ia ʻa hono kāinga; ka ʻoku ne liʻaki ʻe ia ʻae manavahē ki he Māfimafi.
15 My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave.
Kuo fai kākā ʻa hoku kāinga ʻo hangē ko ha vaitafe, pea hangē ko e ʻoho ʻoe vai ʻoku nau mole atu;
16 They who used to reverence me, now have come against me like snow or congealed ice.
He ʻoku ʻuliʻuli ia koeʻuhi ko e ʻaisi, ʻaia ʻoku lilo ʻi ai ʻae ʻuha hinehina:
17 When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was.
ʻOka māmāfana ia, ʻoku nau mole: pea ʻoka ʻaʻafu, ʻoku ʻauha leva ia mei hono potu.
18 Thus I also have been deserted of all; and I am ruined, and become an outcast.
Ko e ngaahi hala ʻo honau tafeʻanga kuo fakakehe; ʻoku fakaʻaʻau ʻo ʻikai, pea mole.
19 Behold the ways of the Thaemanites, ye that mark the paths of the Sabaeans.
Naʻe kumi lahi ʻe he kakai ʻo Tima, ko e kau fononga ʻo Sipa naʻa nau tatali ki ai.
20 They too that trust in cities and riches shall come to shame.
Naʻa nau puputuʻu koeʻuhi naʻa nau ʻamanaki; naʻa nau haʻu ki ai, pea mā.
21 But ye also have come to me without pity; so that beholding my wound ye are afraid.
He ko e meʻa noa pe foki ʻakimoutolu; ʻoku mou mamata ki hoku lī ki lalo, pea ʻoku mou ilifia.
22 What? have I made any demand of you? or do I ask for strength from you,
He ne u pehē, ‘Tokoni mai?’ Pe, ‘Foaki mai ha meʻa mei hoʻomou koloa?’
23 to deliver me from enemies, or to rescue me from the hand of the mighty ones?
Pe, ‘Fakamoʻui au mei he nima ʻoe fili? Pe, ‘Huhuʻi au mei he nima ʻoe mālohi?’
24 Teach ye me, and I will be silent: if in anything I have erred, tell me.
“Akonakiʻi au, pea te u longo pe: pea mou fai ke u ʻilo pe kuo u hē ʻi he hā.
25 But as it seems, the words of a true man are vain, because I do not ask strength of you.
Hono ʻikai mālohi ʻae ngaahi lea totonu! Ka ʻoku valokiʻi ʻae hā ʻe hoʻomou valoki?
26 Neither will your reproof cause me to cease my words, for neither will I endure the sound of your speech.
He ʻoku mou pehē ke valokiʻi ʻae ngaahi lea, mo e ngaahi tala ʻo ha taha kuo tuʻutāmaki, ʻoku hangē ha matangi?
27 Even because ye attack the fatherless, and insult your friend.
ʻIo, ʻoku mou lemohekina ʻae tamai mate, pea mou keli ha luo ki homou kāinga.
28 But now, having looked upon your countenances, I will not lie.
Ko ia, mou fiemālie, ʻo vakai kiate au; he ʻoku ʻilongofua kiate kimoutolu ʻo kapau ʻoku ou kākā.
29 Sit down now, and let there not be unrighteousness; and unite again with the just.
ʻOku ou kole, mou toe fakakaukau he ʻoku ʻi ai ʻeku māʻoniʻoni.
30 For there is no injustice in my tongue; and does not my throat meditate understanding?
He ʻoku ai ha angahala ʻi hoku ʻelelo? ʻIkai ʻe faʻa ʻilo ʻe hoku ngutu ʻae ngaahi meʻa kovi?
