< Siope 12 >

1 Pea naʻe tali ʻe Siope, ʻo ne pehē,
and to answer Job and to say
2 Ta ko kimoutolu pe ʻae kakai, pea ʻe mate mo kimoutolu ʻae poto.
truly for you(m. p.) people and with you to die wisdom
3 Ka ʻoku ai hoku loto ʻo hangē pe ko kimoutolu; ʻoku ʻikai te u siʻi hifo au kiate kimoutolu: ʻio, ko hai ʻoku ʻikai ke ne ʻilo ki he ngaahi meʻa pehē ni?
also to/for me heart like you not to fall: fall I from you and with who? nothing like these
4 ‌ʻOku ou tatau mo ha taha ʻoku taukaea ʻe hono kaungāʻapi, ʻo pehē, ʻoku ne ui ki he ʻOtua, pea ʻoku ne talia ia: ʻoku kata manukia ʻae tonuhia mo e angatonu.
laughter to/for neighbor his to be to call: call to to/for god and to answer him laughter righteous unblemished: blameless
5 ‌ʻO hangē ko e maama kuo fakatukutukuʻi, ʻoku pehē ʻaia ʻoku meimei hekea hono vaʻe ʻi he mahalo ʻo ia ʻoku fiemālie.
to/for disaster contempt to/for thought secure blow to/for to slip foot
6 ‌ʻOku monūʻia ʻae ngaahi fale ʻoe kau kaihaʻa, pea ʻoku nofo fiemālie pē ʻakinautolu ʻoku fakahouhau ki he ʻOtua; ʻoku ʻatu lahi ʻe he ʻOtua ki honau nima.
to prosper tent to/for to ruin and security to/for to tremble God to/for which to come (in): bring god in/on/with hand his
7 “Kae fehuʻi eni ki he fanga manu, pea te nau akoʻi koe; mo e fanga manu ʻoe ʻatā, pea te nau tala kiate koe:
and but to ask please animal and to show you and bird [the] heaven and to tell to/for you
8 Pea lea ki he fonua, pea te ne akoʻi koe: pea ʻe fakahā kiate koe ʻe he ngaahi ika ʻoe tahi.
or to muse to/for land: soil and to show you and to recount to/for you fish [the] sea
9 Ko hai ʻoku ʻikai te ne ʻilo ʻi he meʻa ni kotoa pē, ko e nima ʻo Sihova kuo ne fai eni?
who? not to know in/on/with all these for hand: power LORD to make: do this
10 ‌ʻAia ʻoku ʻi hono nima ʻae moʻui ʻae meʻa moʻui fulipē, mo e mānava ʻoe kakai kotoa pē.
which in/on/with hand: power his soul: life all alive and spirit: breath all flesh man
11 ‌ʻIkai ʻoku ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻe he telinga ʻae ngaahi lea? Pea kamata ʻe he ngutu hono kai?
not ear speech to test and palate food to perceive to/for him
12 Pea ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻoku talu mei muʻa ʻae poto; pea ko e ʻilo ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho lahi.
in/on/with aged wisdom and length day: old understanding
13 “ʻOku ʻiate ia ʻae poto mo e mālohi, ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻae fakakaukau mo e ʻilo.
with him wisdom and might to/for him counsel and understanding
14 Vakai, ʻoku ne holoki hifo, pea ʻe ʻikai faʻa toe fokotuʻu ia: ʻoku ne tāpuni ki he tangata, pea ʻoku ʻikai ke faʻa matoʻo.
look! to overthrow and not to build to shut upon man and not to open
15 Vakai, ʻoku ne taʻofi ki he ngaahi vai, pea matuʻu ia: ʻoku ne fekau atu foki ia, pea ʻoku fulihi ʻe ia ʻae fonua.
look! to restrain in/on/with water and to wither and to send: depart them and to overturn land: country/planet
16 ‌ʻOku ʻiate ia ʻae mālohi mo e poto, ʻoku ʻoʻona ʻae kākāʻia mo ia ʻoku kākā.
with him strength and wisdom to/for him to go astray and to wander
17 ‌ʻOku ne taki pōpula ʻae kau fakakaukau, pea ne fakavaleʻi ʻae kau fakamaau.
to go: take to advise barefoot and to judge to be foolish
18 Ko e haʻi ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi kuo ne vete, ka ne haʻihaʻi honau noʻotanga vala ʻaki ʻae haʻi.
discipline: bonds king to open and to bind girdle in/on/with loin their
19 ‌ʻOku ne taki pōpula ʻae ngaahi houʻeiki, pea ʻoku ne lī ki lalo ʻae mālohi.
to go: take priest barefoot and strong to pervert
20 ‌ʻOku ne toʻo atu ʻae lea ʻae kau poto, pea toʻo mo e ʻilo ʻae mātuʻa.
to turn aside: remove lip: words to/for be faithful and taste old: elder to take: take
21 ‌ʻOku ne lilingi ʻae manukia ki he ngaahi houʻeiki, pea ne vete ʻae noʻo ʻoe mālohi.
to pour: pour contempt upon noble and belt channel to slacken
22 ‌ʻOku ne fakahā ʻae ngaahi meʻa lilo mei he fakapoʻuli, pea ne ʻomi ki he maama ʻae ʻata ʻoe mate.
to reveal: reveal deep from darkness and to come out: produce to/for light shadow
23 ‌ʻOku ne fakatokolahi ʻakinautolu ʻoku ne fakalahi ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga, pea toe fakasiʻisiʻi ia.
to grow great to/for nation and to perish them to spread to/for nation and to lead them
24 ‌ʻOku ne toʻo ʻo ʻave ʻae loto ʻoe ngaahi ʻeiki ʻoe kakai ʻo māmani, ʻo ne pule ke nau ʻalu fano ʻi ha toafa taʻehahala.
to turn aside: remove heart head: leader people [the] land: country/planet and to go astray them in/on/with formlessness not way: road
25 ‌ʻOku nau tautaufā ʻi he poʻuli taʻehamaama, pea ʻoku ne pule ke nau fehēaki fano ʻo hangē ha konā.
to feel darkness and not light and to go astray them like/as drunken

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