< Siope 11 >
1 Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Sofaa mei Neama, ʻo ne pehē,
納阿瑪人左法爾發言說:
2 “ʻIkai ʻoku totonu ke tali ʻae ngaahi lea lahi ni? Pea ʻe fakatonuhiaʻi koe ʻae tangata faʻa lau?
難道喋喋不休,就不需要答覆﹖難道多嘴多舌的人,就證明有理﹖
3 ʻE fakalongoʻi ʻae kakai ʻe hoʻo ngaahi loi? Pea ʻi hoʻo manuki, ʻe ʻikai fakamā koe ʻe ha taha?
你的空談,豈能叫人緘默﹖你如此謾罵,難道無人使你羞愧﹖
4 He kuo ke pehē, ‘Ko ʻeku akonaki ʻoku totonu pē, pea ʻoku ou maʻa ʻi ho ʻao.’
你說過:「我的品行是純潔的,我在你眼中是清白的。」
5 Kae taumaiā ke folofola mai ʻae ʻOtua, ʻo ne faʻai hono fofonga kiate koe;
但願天主講話,開口答覆你!
6 Pea ne fakahā kiate koe ʻae ngaahi meʻa lilo ʻoe poto, he ʻoku lahi hake ʻaupito ia ʻi he meʻa ʻoku hā mai! Ko ia ke ke ʻilo, ʻoku siʻi ʻae totongi ʻoku ʻeke ʻe he ʻOtua ʻi he meʻa ʻoku taau mo hoʻo angahia.
將智慧的秘密,-即那難以理解的事-啟示給你,那麼你便知道,天主還忽略了你的一些罪過。
7 “He te ke ʻilo ʻae ʻOtua ʻi he faʻa ʻeke? He te ke faʻa kumi ke ʻilo haohaoa ʻae Māfimafi?
你豈能探究天主的奧秘,或洞悉全能者的完美﹖
8 ʻOku māʻolunga ia ʻo hangē ko e langi; ko e hā ʻaʻau te ke fai? ʻOku māʻulalo hifo ʻi heli; te ke faʻa ʻilo ʻae hā? (Sheol )
完美高於諸天,你能作什麼﹖深於陰府,你能知道什麼﹖ (Sheol )
9 Ko hono fuofua ʻoku lōloa lahi ʻi he māmani, pea lau lahi ia ʻi he tahi.
其量長過大地,闊於海洋。
10 Kapau ʻe tuʻusi ʻe ia, pe tāpuni ke maʻu, pe tānaki fakataha, ʻe taʻofi ia ʻe hai?
天主若經過,誰能扣留他﹖他若下了逮捕令,誰能阻擋他﹖
11 He ʻoku ne ʻiloʻi ʻae kakai vale: ʻoku ne vakai foki ki he fai kovi; pea ʻe ʻikai te ne tokangaʻi?
他洞悉人的虛偽,明察人的罪行,且無不注意。
12 He ʻoku fie poto ʻae tangata vale, neongo ʻoku fanauʻi ʻae tangata ʻo hangē ko e ʻuhiki ʻoe ʻasi kai vao.
如此,愚蠢者纔可獲得智慧,野性驢駒纔能變為馴良。
13 “Kapau te ke teu ho loto, pea mafao atu ho nima kiate ia;
你若居心正直,向他伸開你的雙手;
14 Kapau ʻoku ʻi ho nima ʻae angahala, siʻaki ia ke mamaʻo, pea ʻoua naʻa nofo ʻae kovi ʻi ho ngaahi fale.
你若將手中的罪惡除掉,不容不義留在你的帳幕內;
15 He ko ia te ke toki hanga hake ai ho mata ʻo taʻehanoʻila; ʻio, te ke tuʻumaʻu, ʻo ʻikai manavahē:
那麼你定能仰首無愧,一定站立穩定,一無所懼;
16 He te ke fakangaloʻi hoʻo mamahi, ʻo manatuʻi ia ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi vai kuo tafe atu:
你必能忘卻痛苦,縱然想起,也必似水流去;
17 Pea ʻe ʻāsinisini lahi hoʻo motuʻa ʻi he hoʻatāmālie ʻoe ʻaho; te ke ulo atu, te ke tatau mo e pongipongi.
你的壽命如日中之光華,縱有陰暗,仍如晨曦。
18 Pea te ke fiemālie koe, he ʻoku ai ʻae ʻamanaki lelei; ʻio, te ke keli, ʻo mālōlō fiemālie pe.
因有希望,你纔感覺安全;因有保護,你纔坦然躺臥;
19 Pea te ke tokoto foki, pea ʻe ʻikai fakamanavahēʻi koe ʻe ha taha; ʻio, ʻe kumi meʻa meiate koe ʻe he tokolahi.
你躺臥,無人敢來擾亂你,反而有多人來奉承你。
20 Ka ʻe vaivai ʻae mata ʻoe angahala, pea ʻe ʻikai te nau hao, pea ko e ifi ʻoe mānava ʻa ʻenau ʻamanaki.”
然而惡人的眼必要昏花,他們安身之所必全毀壞,他們的希望只在吐出最後的一口氣。