< Job 17 >

1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.
“ʻOku ʻeho ʻeku mānava, kuo ʻosi hoku ngaahi ʻaho, ʻoku tali ʻae ngaahi luo kiate au.
2 [Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not my eye continue in their provocation?
‌ʻIkai ʻoku ʻiate au ʻae kau manuki? Pea ʻikai ʻoku nofomaʻu ʻi hoku ʻao ʻenau ʻahiʻahi kovi?
3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?
“Ko eni, ke tuku hifo, ke ai haʻaku fakamoʻoni meiate koe; ko hai ia te ma tā nima mo au?
4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
He kuo ke fufū honau loto mei he ʻilo: ko ia ʻe ʻikai ai te ke hakeakiʻi ʻakinautolu.
5 He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Ko ia ʻoku ne lea lapu ki hono kāinga, ʻe vaivai ʻae mata ʻo ʻene fānau ʻaʻana.
6 He hath made me also a by-word of the people; and in former time I was as a tabret.
“Kuo ne tuku au ko e taukaeʻanga ʻoe kakai; ka naʻaku tatau muʻa mo e meʻa faiva.
7 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shade.
Kuo nenefu hoku mata ko e meʻa ʻi he mamahi, pea ko e ata pe ʻa hoku kupuʻi sino kotoa pē.
8 Upright [men] shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
‌ʻE ofo ʻae kakai angatonu ʻi he meʻa ni, pea ko e taʻeangahala te ne ueʻi ia ki he mālualoi.
9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
‌ʻE fakakukafi foki ʻae māʻoniʻoni ʻi hono hala, pea ko ia ʻoku nima maʻa ʻe fakahoko ʻe ia ʻae mālohi ki he mālohi.
10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.
Ka ko kimoutolu kotoa pē, mou foki ʻo ʻalu: he ʻoku ʻikai te u faʻa ʻilo ha taha ʻoku poto ʻiate kimoutolu.
11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, [even] the thoughts of my heart.
Kuo ʻosi hoku ngaahi ʻaho, kuo motuhi ʻeku ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, ʻio, ʻaia naʻaku loto ki ai.
12 They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.
‌ʻOku nau liliu ʻae pō ko e ʻaho: ʻoku fuonounou ʻae maama ko e meʻa ʻi he fakapoʻuli.
13 If I wait, the grave [is] my house: I have made my bed in the darkness. (Sheol h7585)
Kapau te u tatali, ko hoku fale ʻae faʻitoka pē: kuo ngaohi hoku mohenga ʻi he fakapoʻuli. (Sheol h7585)
14 I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.
Kuo u pehē ki he popo, ‘Ko ʻeku tamai koe:’ pea ki he kelemutu, ‘Ko ʻeku faʻē,’ mo ‘hoku tuofefine.’
15 And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who will see it?
Pea kofaʻā eni ʻa ʻeku ʻamanaki lelei? ʻIo, ko ʻeku ʻamanaki lelei, ko hai te ne mamata ki ai?
16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] in the dust. (Sheol h7585)
‌ʻE ʻalu hifo ia ki he ngaahi tāpuni ʻoe luo, ʻoka tau ka mālōlō fakataha ʻi he efu. (Sheol h7585)

< Job 17 >