Job 19
1 Then Job answered and said,
Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Siope, ʻo ne pehē,
2 How long will ye vex my soul and break me in pieces with words?
ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa mo hoʻomou fakafiuʻi hoku laumālie, mo lailaiki ʻaki au ʻae ngaahi lea.
3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.
Ko hono liunga hongofulu eni mo hoʻomou manukiʻi au: pea ʻoku ʻikai te mou mā ʻi hoʻomou fai ʻo hangē ko e kau muli kiate au.
4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
Pea kapau moʻoni kuo u hē, ʻoku ʻiate au pe ʻeku hē.
5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
Pea kapau moʻoni te mou fai fielahi kiate au, pea talatalaakiʻi au ʻaki hoku manukiaʻanga:
6 Know now that God hath subverted me [in my cause], and hath compassed me with his net.
Mou ʻilo eni, kuo fulihi au ʻe he ʻOtua, pea ne kāpui au ʻaki hono kupenga.
7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no judgment.
“Vakai, ʻoku ou tangi koeʻuhi ko e fakamālohi, ka ʻoku ʻikai ongoʻi au: ʻoku ou tangi kalanga ka ʻoku ʻikai ha fakamaau.
8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.
Kuo ne feleʻi hoku hala ke ʻoua naʻaku ʻalu, pea kuo ne ʻai ʻae fakapoʻuli ʻi hoku ngaahi hala.
9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Kuo ne fakamasivaʻi au ʻi hoku nāunau, pea kuo ne toʻo ʻae tatā mei hoku ʻulu.
10 He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he plucked up like a tree.
Kuo ne fakaʻauhaʻi au mei he potu kotoa pē, pea kuo u mole: pea kuo ne taʻaki ʻeku ʻamanaki ʻo hangē ha ʻakau.
11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as [one of] his adversaries.
Kuo ne tutu foki ʻa hono houhau kiate au, pea ʻoku ne lauʻi au ko e taha ʻo hono ngaahi fili.
12 His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.
ʻOku fakataha ʻene ngaahi kautau, ʻonau keli takatakai ʻiate au, pea nofo fakatakamilo ʻi hoku fale.
13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
“Kuo ne fakamamaʻo atu hoku kāinga ʻiate au, pea ko ʻeku ngaahi kaumeʻa ʻoku mahuʻi ʻaupito meiate au.
14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
Kuo mahuʻi hoku ngaahi kāinga ʻiate au, pea kuo fakangalongaloʻi au ʻe hoku ngaahi kāinga feʻofoʻofani.
15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
Ko kinautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi hoku fale, mo ʻeku kau kaunanga, ʻoku nau lau au ko e muli, ko e taha kehe au ʻi honau ʻao.
16 I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, [though] I entreat him with my mouth.
Naʻaku ui ki heʻeku tamaioʻeiki, ka naʻe ʻikai te ne tali; ne u fakakolekole ʻaki hoku ngutu ki ai.
17 My breath is strange to my wife, and my supplication to the children of my [mother’s] womb.
Kuo fakalielia ʻa ʻeku mānava ki hoku uaifi, neongo ʻa ʻeku fakakolekole koeʻuhi ko e fānau ʻa hoku sino ʻoʻoku.
18 Even young children despise me; if I arise, they speak against me.
ʻIo, naʻe manukiʻi au ʻe he fānau iiki, ʻoku ou tuʻu hake pea nau lauʻikoviʻi au.
19 All my inward friends abhor me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
Kuo fehiʻa kiate au ʻa hoku ngaahi kāinga feʻofoʻofani kotoa pē, pea ko kinautolu ne u ʻofa ki ai kuo liliu ʻo angatuʻu kiate au.
20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
ʻOku piki hoku ngaahi hui ki hoku kili ʻo hangē ko hoku kakano, pea kuo u hao mo e kili ʻo hoku kau nifo.
21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
“ʻOfa mai kiate au, ʻofa mai kiate au, ʻakimoutolu ko hoku kāinga; he kuo ala kiate au ʻae nima ʻoe ʻOtua.
22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Ko e hā ʻoku mou fakatanga ai au ʻo hangē ko e ʻOtua, pea mou taʻefiu ʻi hoku kakano?
23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!
“Taumaiā kuo tohi ʻa ʻeku ngaahi lea! Taumaiā kuo tohi ia ʻi ha tohi!
24 That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
Koeʻuhi ke tohi tongi ia ʻaki ʻae peni ukamea mo e pulu, ʻi he maka ke taʻengata!
25 But I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand up at the last upon the earth:
He ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻoku moʻui ʻa hoku Huhuʻi, pea ʻe tuʻu ia ʻi māmani ʻi he ʻaho fakamui.
26 And after my skin hath been thus destroyed, yet from my flesh shall I see God:
Pea ka ʻosi hoku kili pea maumau hoku sino, ka te u mamata ʻi hoku kakano ki he ʻOtua:
27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. My reins are consumed within me.
ʻAia te u mamata ki ai maʻaku, pea ʻe vakai ki ai ʻa hoku mata, pea ʻikai ha taha kehe; “Neongo ʻae ʻauha ʻa hoku ngaahi kupuʻi sino ʻiate au.
28 If ye say, How we will persecute him! seeing that the root of the matter is found in me;
Ka ʻe lelei hoʻomou pehē, ‘Ko e hā ʻoku tau fakatanga ai ia?’ He ʻoku ʻiate au ʻae tefito ʻoe meʻa lelei.
29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
Ke manavahē ʻakimoutolu ki he heletā: he ʻoku ʻomi ʻe he ʻita ʻae ngaahi tautea ʻoe heletā, koeʻuhi ke mou ʻilo ʻoku ai ʻae fakamaau.”
