Job 13
1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], mine ear hath heard and understood it.
Vakai, kuo mamata ʻe hoku mata ʻa eni kotoa pē, kuo fanongo pea ʻilo ia ʻe hoku telinga.
2 What ye know, I know also: I am not inferior to you.
Ko ia ʻoku mou ʻilo, ʻoku ou ʻilo foki ia: ʻoku ʻikai te u siʻi hifo au ʻiate kimoutolu.
3 But I will speak to the Almighty, and will find pleasure in reasoning with God;
“ʻAmusiaange ʻeau ke u lea ki he Māfimafi, pea ʻoku ou fie alea mo e ʻOtua.
4 For ye indeed are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
Ka ko e kau fakatupu loi ʻakimoutolu, ko e kau faitoʻo taʻeʻaonga ʻakimoutolu kotoa pē.
5 Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom.
Taumaiā ke mou mātuʻaki longo pē! Pea ko hoʻomou poto ia.
6 Hear now my defence, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Fanongo eni ki heʻeku fakamatala, pea fakafanongo ki he ngaahi lea ʻa hoku loungutu.
7 Will ye speak unrighteously for God? and for him speak deceit?
He te mou lea kovi maʻae ʻOtua? Pea lea fakakākā maʻana?
8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
He te mou lavaʻi ia? Te mou fakakikihi maʻae ʻOtua?
9 Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one mocketh at a man, will ye mock at him?
ʻE lelei ke ne ʻekea ʻakimoutolu? Pe te mou kākaaʻi ia, ʻo hangē ko e kākaaʻi ʻe he tangata ʻe taha ʻae tokotaha?
10 He will certainly reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
Ko e moʻoni ʻe valoki ʻe ia ʻakimoutolu, ʻo kapau te mou filifilimānako fufū pe ʻae kakai.
11 Shall not his excellency terrify you? and his dread fall upon you?
ʻE ʻikai fakamanavahēʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻe heʻene ʻafio? Pea tō kiate kimoutolu ʻene fakailifia?
12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, your bulwarks are bulwarks of mire.
Ko hoʻomou ngaahi lea fakamanatu ʻoku tatau mo e efuefu, ko e fokotuʻu na ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi lea, ʻoku tatau mo e ngaahi ʻesi ʻumea.
13 Hold your peace from me, and I will speak, and let come on me what [will]!
“Tuku hoʻomou lau, pea tuku ai pe au, koeʻuhi, ke u lea, kae hoko kiate au ʻaia ʻe hoko.
14 Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
Ko e hā ʻoku ou ʻūtaki ai hoku kakano, pea ʻai ʻeku moʻui ki hoku nima?
15 Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him.
Neongo ʻene tāmateʻi au, te u falala pe kiate ia: ka te u fakamatala hoku ngaahi hala ʻi hono ʻao.
16 This also shall be my salvation, that a profane man shall not come before his face.
ʻE fakamoʻui au foki ʻe ia: ka ʻe ʻikai ha mālualoi ʻe haʻu ki hono ʻao.
17 Hear attentively my speech and my declaration with your ears.
Fanongo lelei ki heʻeku lea, fanongo ʻaki homou telinga ʻa ʻeku fakamatala.
18 Behold now, I have ordered the cause; I know that I shall be justified.
Vakai eni, kuo u teu ʻeku fakamatala; ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻe fakatonuhiaʻi au.
19 Who is he that contendeth with me? For if I were silent now, I should expire.
Ko hai ia te ne talatalaakiʻi au? He ko eni, kapau te u fakalongo pe, te u mate.
20 Only do not two things unto me; then will I not hide myself from thee.
“Ko e meʻa ʻe ua pe, ke ʻoua naʻa fai kiate au: ko ia ʻe ʻikai ai te u fufū au ʻiate koe.
21 Withdraw thy hand far from me; and let not thy terror make me afraid:
Ke toʻo atu ke mamaʻo ho nima ʻiate au: pea ʻoua naʻaku puputuʻu ʻi hoʻo fakailifia.
22 Then call, and I will answer; or I will speak, and answer thou me.
Pea ke toki folofola mai, pea te u talia; pea te u lea atu, ka ke talia au.
23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
ʻOku fiha ʻeku ngaahi hia mo ʻeku angahala? Fakaʻilo mai kiate au ʻeku talangataʻa mo ʻeku angahala.
24 Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, and countest me for thine enemy?
Ko e hā ʻoku ke fufū ai ho fofonga, mo ke lau au ko ho fili?
25 Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?
He te ke pakiʻi ʻae louʻakau kuo feʻaveʻaki? Pea te ke tuli ʻe koe ʻae mohuku mōmoa?
26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth;
He ʻoku ke tohi ʻae ngaahi meʻa fakamamahi kiate au, pea ʻoku ke fakahoko kiate au ʻae ngaahi hia ʻo ʻeku kei siʻi.
27 And thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and markest all my paths; thou settest a bound about the soles of my feet; —
ʻOku ke ʻai hoku vaʻe ki he ʻakau fakamaʻu vaʻe, pea ke vakai pau hoku ʻalunga kotoa pē; ʻoku ke ʻai ʻae fakaʻilonga ki hoku muivaʻe.
28 One who, as a rotten thing consumeth, as a garment that the moth eateth.
Pea ʻoku fakaʻaʻau ia ʻo hangē ha meʻa popo, pea tatau mo e kofu kuo kai ʻe he ane.
