Job 8
1 And Bildad the Shuhite answers and says:
Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Pilitati mei Suaa, ʻo ne pehē,
2 “Until when do you speak these things? And a strong wind—sayings of your mouth?
ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa ʻo hoʻo lea pehē pe? Pea tatau mo e matangi mālohi ʻae ngaahi lea ʻa ho ngutu?
3 Does God pervert judgment? And does the Mighty One 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, And He sends them away, By the hand of their transgression,
Kapau kuo angahala ʻa hoʻo fānau kiate ia, pea kuo ne liʻaki ʻakinautolu ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau fai hala;
5 If you seek for God early, And make supplication to the Mighty,
Kapau te ke kumi vave ki he ʻOtua, pea fai hoʻo faʻa hū tāumaʻu ki he Māfimafi;
6 If you [are] pure and upright, Surely now He wakes for you, And has completed The habitation of your 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 And your beginning has been small, And your latter end is very great.
Neongo ʻae siʻi ʻa ho kamataʻanga, ka ʻe fakalahi ʻaupito ho ikuʻanga.
8 For inquire, please, of a former generation, And prepare for a search of their 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 we do not know, For our days [are] a shadow on earth.
(He ʻoku ʻoe ʻaneafi pe ʻakinautolu, pea taʻeʻilo ha meʻa, koeʻuhi ʻoku tatau hotau ngaahi ʻaho ʻi māmani mo e ʻata: )
10 Do they not show you—speak to you, And from their heart bring forth words?
ʻIkai ʻe akonakiʻi koe ʻekinautolu, ʻo tala kiate koe, pea hua ʻaki mai ʻae ngaahi lea mei honau loto?
11 Does a rush rise without a marsh? A reed increase without water?
“ʻE faʻa tupu ʻae mohuku ʻoe anovai ka ʻi he kelepulu pe? ʻE faʻa tupu ʻae kaho ka ʻi he vai pe?
12 While it [is] in its budding—uncropped, Even before any herb it withers.
He ʻoku lolotonga ʻene kei mata, ʻo ʻikai tā, ʻoku tomuʻa mae ia ʻi he ʻakau kotoa pē.
13 So [are] the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane perishes,
ʻOku pehē pe ʻae ʻaluʻanga ʻokinautolu ʻoku fakangaloʻi ʻae ʻOtua; pea ko e ʻamanaki ʻae mālualoi ʻe ʻauha ia:
14 Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust.
Ko ʻene ʻamanaki ʻe tuʻusi ia, pea ko ʻene falalaʻanga ko e matamata kupenga ʻoe hina.
15 He leans on his house—and it does not stand, He takes hold on it—and it does not abide.
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 He [is] green before the sun, And over his garden his branch goes out.
ʻOku maʻuiʻui ia ʻi he mata ʻoe laʻā, pea tupu hono vaʻa ʻi heʻene ngoue.
17 His roots are wrapped by a heap, He looks for a house of stones.
Ko hono ngaahi aka ʻoku fefihifihitaki ʻi he tafungofunga, ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻae potu makamaka.
18 If [one] destroys him from his place, Then it has feigned concerning him, I have not seen you!
Kapau te ne fakaʻauha ia mei hono potu, pea ʻe toki fakafisi ia, ʻo pehē, ‘naʻe ʻikai te u mamata kiate koe.’
19 Behold, this [is] the joy of His way, And from the dust others spring up.
Vakai, ko e fiefia eni ʻa hono hala, pea ʻe toe tupu ʻae niʻihi mei he kelekele.
20 Behold, God does not reject the perfect, Nor takes hold on the hand of evildoers.
“Vakai, ʻe ʻikai siʻaki ʻe he ʻOtua ha taha haohaoa, pea ʻe ʻikai tokoniʻi ʻe ia ʻae kau fai kovi:
21 While He fills your mouth with laughter, And your lips with shouting,
Kaeʻoua ke ne fakapito ho ngutu ʻi he kata, mo ho loungutu ʻi he fiefia.
22 Those hating you put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!”
Ko kinautolu ʻoku fehiʻa kiate koe ʻe fakakofuʻaki ʻae mā; pea ʻe fakaʻauha ʻae nofoʻanga ʻoe angahala.”
