Job 30
1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
“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, whereto [should] the strength of their hands [profit] me, [men] in whom vigour hath perished?
ʻIo, ʻe ʻaonga fēfē kiate au ʻae mālohi ʻa honau nima, ka kuo ʻauha ʻenau motuʻa lelei?
3 Withered up through want and hunger, they flee into waste places long since desolate and desert:
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 They gather the salt-wort among the bushes, and the roots of the broom for their food.
Naʻa nau tuʻusi ʻae ngaahi ʻakau kona, pea keli aka ke nau kai.
5 They are driven forth from among [men] — they cry after them as after a thief —
Naʻe kapusi ʻakinautolu mei he kakai, (pea naʻa nau kalanga ki ai ʻo hangē ki ha kaihaʻa; )
6 To dwell in gloomy gorges, in caves of the earth and the rocks:
Ke nau nofo ʻi he ngaahi lilifa ʻoe luo, ʻi he ngaahi ʻana ʻoe fonua, mo e ngaahi maka.
7 They bray among the bushes; under the brambles they are gathered together:
Naʻa nau tangi mei he ngaahi ʻakau, pea nau fakataha ʻi lalo ʻi he ngaahi ʻakau talatala.
8 Sons of fools, and sons of nameless sires, they are driven out of the land.
Ko e fānau ʻae kau vale, ko e hako ʻoe kakai meʻa vale; naʻe kapusi ʻakinautolu mei he fonua.
9 And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.
“Ka ko eni, kuo u hoko au ko ʻenau hivehivaʻanga, ʻio, ko ʻenau lea manukiʻanga au.
10 They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, yea, they spare 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 hath loosed my cord and afflicted me; so they cast off the bridle before me.
Ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene vete ʻeku afo, ʻo tautea au, ko ia kuo nau tukuange ai foki ʻae noʻo ʻi hoku ʻao.
12 At [my] right hand rise the young brood; they push away my feet, and raise up against me their pernicious ways;
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 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, without any to help them;
ʻOku nau maumauʻi hoku hala, ʻoku nau fiefia ʻi heʻeku mamahi, ʻoku ʻikai hanau tokoni.
14 They come in as through a wide breach: amid the confusion they roll themselves onward.
Naʻa nau feʻohofi mai ʻo hangē ʻi ha potu fālahi: pea ʻi he maumau naʻa nau filifilihi ʻakinautolu kiate au.
15 Terrors are turned against me; they pursue mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away like 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 And now my soul is poured out in me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
“Pea ko eni, kuo lilingi hoku laumālie ʻiate au; kuo puke au ʻe he ngaahi ʻaho ʻoe mamahi.
17 The night pierceth through my bones [and detacheth them] from me, and my gnawing pains take no rest:
ʻOku mahuhuhuhu ʻa hoku ngaahi hui ʻi he poʻuli: pea ʻoku ʻikai ke mālōlō siʻi hoku ngaahi uoua.
18 By their great force they have become my raiment; they bind me about 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 He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
Kuo ne lī au ki he pelepela, pea kuo u tatau mo e efu mo e efuefu.
20 I cry unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I stand up, and thou lookest at 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 Thou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me.
Kuo ke liliu ʻo taʻeʻofa kiate au: ʻoku ke tuʻu kiate au ʻaki ho nima mālohi.
22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to be borne away, and dissolvest my substance.
ʻOku ke ʻohake au ki he matangi mo ke fakaheka au ki ai, pea ʻoku ke veteki ʻeku meʻa.
23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and into the house of assemblage for all living.
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 Indeed, no prayer [availeth] when he stretcheth out [his] hand: though they cry when he destroyeth.
“Ka ʻe ʻikai te ne mafao atu hono nima ki he faʻitoka, neongo ʻoku nau tangi ʻi heʻene fakaʻauha.
25 Did not I weep for him whose days were hard? was not my soul grieved for the needy?
ʻIkai naʻaku tēngihia ia ʻaia naʻe mamahi? ʻIkai naʻe mamahi hoku laumālie koeʻuhi ko e masiva?
26 For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.
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 bowels well up, and rest not; days of affliction have confronted me.
Naʻe lili hoku fatu, ʻo ʻikai toka: naʻe taʻofi au ʻe he ngaahi ʻaho ʻoe mamahi.
28 I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up, I cry in the congregation.
Naʻaku ʻalu mamahi pe ʻi he taʻeulo ʻae laʻā; ne u tuʻu hake ʻo tangi ʻi he fakataha.
29 I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion of ostriches.
Ko e tokoua au ʻoe fanga talākoni, mo e kaumeʻa ʻoe fanga lulu.
30 My skin is become black [and falleth] off me, and my bones are parched with heat.
Kuo ʻuliʻuli hoku kili ʻiate au, pea kuo velehia hoku ngaahi hui ʻi he ʻafu.
31 My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of weepers.
Kuo liliu ʻeku haʻape ko e tangi, pea ko ʻeku meʻa ifi ko e leʻo ʻokinautolu ʻoku tangi.
