Job 4
1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Pea toki leaange ai ʻa Elifasi mei Timani, ʻo ne pehē,
2 If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking?
“Kapau te mau ʻahiʻahi ke lea kiate koe, te ke ʻita ai? Ka ko hai te ne faʻa taʻofi ia ʻe ia mei he lea?
3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands;
Vakai, kuo ke akonekina ʻae tokolahi, pea kuo ke fakamālohiʻi ʻae nima vaivai.
4 Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees:
Naʻe poupou hake ʻe hoʻo ngaahi lea ʻaia naʻe meimei hinga, pea kuo ke fakamālohiʻi ʻae foʻi tui vaivai.
5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou grievest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Ka ko eni kuo hoko ia kiate koe, pea ke vaivai; ʻoku ala ia kiate koe, pea ʻoku ke puputuʻu.
6 Hath not thy piety been thy confidence, and the perfection of thy ways thy hope?
He kofaʻā eni hoʻo manavahē, hoʻo falala, hoʻo ʻamanaki lelei, mo e angatonu ʻa ho ngaahi hala?
7 Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?
“ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke fakamanatu, ko hai ha taʻeangahala naʻe ʻauha? Pea ko e potu fē naʻe motuhi ai ʻae māʻoniʻoni?
8 Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same.
ʻIo, ʻo hangē pe ko ia kuo u mamata ki ai, ko kinautolu ʻoku keli ʻae angahala, mo tūtuuʻi ʻae fai kovi, ʻoku nau utu pe ia.
9 By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed.
ʻI he ifi ʻae ʻOtua ʻoku nau ʻauha, pea ko e mānava ʻo hono fofonga ʻoku nau ʻosiʻosingamālie ai.
10 The roar of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken;
ʻOku [fakangata ]ʻae ngungulu ʻoe laione, mo e leʻo ʻoe laione fekai, pea ʻoku mafesifesi ʻae kau nifo ʻoe fanga laione mui.
11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
ʻOku ʻauha ʻae motuʻa laione ko e masiva meʻa kai, pea ko e fānganga ʻoe laione mālohi kuo fakahēʻi mamaʻo.
12 Now to me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.
“Ko eni, naʻe ai ha meʻa naʻe ʻomi fufū kiate au, pea naʻe ongoʻi ʻe hoku telinga ʻae fafana ʻo ia.
13 In thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men: —
ʻI he ngaahi mahalo mei he ngaahi meʻa hā mai ʻoe pō, ʻoka tō ʻae mohe maʻu ki he kakai,
14 Fear came on me, and trembling, and made all my bones to shake;
Naʻe hoko mai kiate au ʻae manavahē, mo e tetetete, ʻaia naʻe fakangalulu ai hoku ngaahi hui kotoa pē.
15 And a spirit passed before my face — the hair of my flesh stood up —
Pea naʻe toki māʻali ai ʻae laumālie ʻi hoku ʻao; pea naʻe vavana hake ʻae fulufulu ʻo hoku sino:
16 It stood still; I could not discern the appearance thereof: a form was before mine eyes; I heard a slight murmur and a voice:
Naʻe tuʻu mai ia, ka naʻe ʻikai te u ʻilo hono anga: naʻe ʻi hoku ʻao ʻae fakatātā, naʻe longo pe, pea ne u ongoʻi ʻae leʻo, naʻe pehē,
17 Shall [mortal] man be more just than God? Shall a man be purer than his Maker?
“ʻE faʻa angatonu lahi hake ʻae tangata ki hono ʻOtua? ʻE māʻoniʻoni lahi hake ʻae tangata ki hono Tupuʻanga?
18 Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly:
Vakai, ʻoku ʻikai te ne falala ki heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, pea ko ʻene kau ʻāngelo ʻoku ʻikai ke ne fakamālō ki ai.
19 How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!
Kae huanoa ʻakinautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi he ngaahi fale ʻumea, ko honau tuʻunga ʻoku ʻi he efu, pea ʻoku taʻomia ʻakinautolu ʻo hangē pe ko e ane?
20 From morning to evening are they smitten: without any heeding it, they perish for ever.
ʻOku tā hifo ʻakinautolu mei he pongipongi ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi: ʻoku nau ʻauha ʻo taʻetuku, ka ʻoku ʻikai tokanga ki ai ha taha.
21 Is not their tent-cord torn away in them? they die, and without wisdom.
Pea ʻikai ʻoku mole atu ʻae lelei kotoa pē ʻoku ʻiate kinautolu? ʻOku nau mate, ʻio, ʻi he taʻehapoto.’
