Job 8
1 Then Baldad the Sauchite answered, and said,
Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Pilitati mei Suaa, ʻo ne pehē,
2 How long will you speak these things, [how long shall] the breath of your mouth [be] abundant in words?
ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa ʻo hoʻo lea pehē pe? Pea tatau mo e matangi mālohi ʻae ngaahi lea ʻa ho ngutu?
3 Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has made all things pervert justice?
He ʻoku fakahala ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae fakamaau? Pe fakahalaʻi ʻe he Māfimafi ʻae angatonu?
4 If your sons have sinned before him, he has cast them away because of their transgression.
Kapau kuo angahala ʻa hoʻo fānau kiate ia, pea kuo ne liʻaki ʻakinautolu ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau fai hala;
5 But be you early in prayer to the Lord Almighty.
Kapau te ke kumi vave ki he ʻOtua, pea fai hoʻo faʻa hū tāumaʻu ki he Māfimafi;
6 If you are pure and true, he will listen to your supplication, and will restore to you the habitation of righteousness.
Kapau kuo ke maʻa mo angatonu ko e moʻoni ʻe ʻā hake ia maʻau, pea te ne ngaohi ke monūʻia ʻae nofoʻanga ʻo hoʻo māʻoniʻoni.
7 Though then your beginning should be small, yet your end should be unspeakably great.
Neongo ʻae siʻi ʻa ho kamataʻanga, ka ʻe fakalahi ʻaupito ho ikuʻanga.
8 For ask of the former generation, and search diligently among the race of [our] fathers:
“Ko eni, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke fehuʻi ki he kuonga ʻi muʻa, pea ke teuʻi koe ke ke ʻeke ki heʻenau ngaahi tamai:
9 (for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow: )
(He ʻoku ʻoe ʻaneafi pe ʻakinautolu, pea taʻeʻilo ha meʻa, koeʻuhi ʻoku tatau hotau ngaahi ʻaho ʻi māmani mo e ʻata: )
10 shall not these teach you, and report [to you], and bring out words from [their] heart?
ʻIkai ʻe akonakiʻi koe ʻekinautolu, ʻo tala kiate koe, pea hua ʻaki mai ʻae ngaahi lea mei honau loto?
11 Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without moisture?
“ʻE faʻa tupu ʻae mohuku ʻoe anovai ka ʻi he kelepulu pe? ʻE faʻa tupu ʻae kaho ka ʻi he vai pe?
12 When it is yet on the root, and [though] it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?
He ʻoku lolotonga ʻene kei mata, ʻo ʻikai tā, ʻoku tomuʻa mae ia ʻi he ʻakau kotoa pē.
13 Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
ʻOku pehē pe ʻae ʻaluʻanga ʻokinautolu ʻoku fakangaloʻi ʻae ʻOtua; pea ko e ʻamanaki ʻae mālualoi ʻe ʻauha ia:
14 For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a spider's web.
Ko ʻene ʻamanaki ʻe tuʻusi ia, pea ko ʻene falalaʻanga ko e matamata kupenga ʻoe hina.
15 If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: and when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain.
ʻE faʻaki ia ki hono fale, ka ʻe ʻikai tuʻu ia: ʻe puke maʻu ʻe ia ki ai, ka ʻe ʻikai te ne tolonga.”
16 For it is moist under the sun, and his branch shall come forth out of his dung-heap.
ʻOku maʻuiʻui ia ʻi he mata ʻoe laʻā, pea tupu hono vaʻa ʻi heʻene ngoue.
17 He lies down upon a gathering of stones, and shall live in the mist of flints.
Ko hono ngaahi aka ʻoku fefihifihitaki ʻi he tafungofunga, ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻae potu makamaka.
18 If [God] should destroy [him], his place shall deny him. Hast you not seen such things,
Kapau te ne fakaʻauha ia mei hono potu, pea ʻe toki fakafisi ia, ʻo pehē, ‘naʻe ʻikai te u mamata kiate koe.’
19 that such is the overthrow of the ungodly? and out of the earth another shall grow.
Vakai, ko e fiefia eni ʻa hono hala, pea ʻe toe tupu ʻae niʻihi mei he kelekele.
20 For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; but he will not receive any gift of the ungodly.
“Vakai, ʻe ʻikai siʻaki ʻe he ʻOtua ha taha haohaoa, pea ʻe ʻikai tokoniʻi ʻe ia ʻae kau fai kovi:
21 But he will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips with thanksgiving.
Kaeʻoua ke ne fakapito ho ngutu ʻi he kata, mo ho loungutu ʻi he fiefia.
22 But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; and the habitation of the ungodly shall perish.
Ko kinautolu ʻoku fehiʻa kiate koe ʻe fakakofuʻaki ʻae mā; pea ʻe fakaʻauha ʻae nofoʻanga ʻoe angahala.”
