Job 5
1 “Pray, call, is there any to answer you? And to which of the holy ones do you turn?
“Ui eni, ka ʻoku ai ha taha te ne talia koe; pea ko hai ʻi he kau māʻoniʻoni te ke hanga ki ai?
2 For provocation slays the perverse, And envy puts to death the simple,
He ʻoku tāmateʻi ʻe he houhau ʻae tangata vale, pea fakaʻauha ʻe he tuputāmaki ʻae fakavalevale.
3 I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straight away,
Kuo u mamata ki he vale kuo aka, kae fakafokifā ne u tuku hono ʻapi ki he malaʻia.
4 His sons are far from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
ʻOku mamaʻo ʻene fānau mo e hūfanga, ʻoku taʻomia ʻakinautolu ʻi he matapā, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha fakahaofia.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eat, And even take it from the thorns, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
ʻOku kai honau taʻu ʻe he fiekaia, ʻo ne faʻao ia, ʻio, mei he loto ʻakau talatala, pea ʻoku folo hifo ʻe he kaihaʻa ʻenau koloa.
6 For sorrow does not come forth from the dust, Nor does misery spring up from the ground.
Neongo ʻoku ʻikai ʻalu hake mei he efu ʻae angahala, pea ʻoku ʻikai tupu mei he kelekele ʻae mamahi;
7 For man is born to misery, And the sparks go high to fly.
Ka kuo fanauʻi ʻae tangata ki he mamahi, ʻo hangē ko e puna hake ʻae kalofiama.
8 Yet I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
“Ko ia te u kumi ki he ʻOtua, pea te u tuku ʻeku ngāue ki he ʻOtua:
9 Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, until there is no numbering.
He ko ia ia ʻoku ne faʻa fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi mo taʻefaʻaʻilo; ko e ngaahi meʻa fakaofo mo taʻefaʻalaua:
10 Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
Ko ia ia ʻoku ne foaki ʻae ʻuha ki he kelekele, pea ne fekau hifo ʻae ngaahi vai ki he tokaʻanga ngoue:
11 To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
Koeʻuhi ke hiki ki ʻolunga ʻakinautolu ʻoku māʻulalo; kae hakeakiʻi ke moʻui ʻakinautolu ʻoku tangi.
12 Making void thoughts of the cunning, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
ʻOku ne motuhi ʻae fakakaukau ʻoe fie poto, pea ʻoku ʻikai faʻa fai ai ʻe honau nima ha momoʻi meʻa.
13 Capturing the wise in their subtlety, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hurried,
ʻOku ne tauheleʻi ʻae poto ʻi heʻenau fiepoto: pea ko e fakakaukau ʻoe anga pikopiko ʻoku fakataʻeaongaʻi,
14 By day they meet darkness, And as night—they grope at noon.
ʻOku nau fekitaki mo e poʻuli ʻi he kei ʻaho, pea tautaufā ʻi he hoʻatāmālie ʻo hangē ko e pō.
15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth, And from a strong hand,
Ka ʻoku ne fakahaofia ʻae masiva mei he heletā ʻo honau ngutu, pea mei he nima ʻoe mālohi.
16 And there is hope for the poor, And perverseness has shut her mouth.
ʻOku tupu ai ʻi he masiva ʻae ʻamanaki lelei, pea ko e angahala ʻe tāpuni hono ngutu ʻoʻona.
17 Behold, the blessedness of mortal man, God reproves him: And do not despise the discipline of the Mighty,
“Vakai, ʻoku monūʻia ʻae tangata ʻoku tautea ʻe he ʻOtua: ko ia, ʻoua naʻa ke taʻetokangaʻi ʻae tautea mei he Māfimafi:
18 For He pains, and He binds up, He strikes, and His hands heal.
He ʻoku ne fakamamahi, pea ʻoku ne nonoʻo: ʻoku ne hokaʻi, kae fakamoʻui ʻe hono nima ʻoʻona.
19 In six distresses He delivers you, And in seven evil does not strike on you.
ʻE fakahaofi ʻe ia ʻa koe ʻi he mamahi ʻe ono: ʻio, ʻi he meʻa ʻe fitu ʻe ʻikai ha kovi te ne lavaʻi koe.
20 In famine He has redeemed you from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
Te ne huhuʻi koe mei he mate ʻi he honge: pea mei he mālohi ʻoe heletā ʻi he tau.
21 When the tongue scourges you are hid, And you are not afraid of destruction, When it comes.
ʻE fufū koe mei he tautea ʻoe ʻelelo: pea ka haʻu ʻae fakaʻauha ʻe ʻikai te ke manavahē ai.
22 At destruction and at hunger you mock, And of the beast of the earth, You are not afraid.
Te ke kata koe ʻi he fakaʻauha mo e honge: pea ʻe ʻikai te ke manavahē ki he fanga manu fekai ʻoe fonua.
23 (For with sons of the field [is] your covenant, And the beast of the field Has been at peace with you.)
He te mou kaumeʻa mo e ngaahi maka ʻoe fonua: pea ʻe fiemālie mo koe ʻae fanga manu ʻoe fonua.
24 And you have known that your tent [is] peace, And inspected your habitation, and do not err,
Pea te ke ʻilo ʻe melino pe ho nofoʻanga; te ke ʻaʻahi ki ho ʻapi, pea ʻe ʻikai te ke angahala.
25 And have known that your seed [is] numerous, And your offspring as the herb of the earth;
Pea te ke ʻilo foki ʻe tokolahi ho hako, pea ʻe tatau hoʻo fānau mo e mohuku ʻoe fonua.
26 You come in full age to the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
Te ke hoko ki ho tanuʻanga ʻi he motuʻa lelei, ʻo hangē ko e ʻū koane ʻi hono faʻahitaʻu.
27 Behold, this—we searched it out—it [is] right, listen; And you, know for yourself!”
Vakai ko e meʻa ni, kuo mau ʻekea, pea ʻoku pehē pe ia; fanongo ki ai, pea ke ʻilo ia maʻau.
