Siope 18
1 Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Pilitati mei Suaa, ʻo ne pehē,
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, and said,
2 “ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa pea ke fakangata ʻae lea? Tokanga, pea te mau toki lea.
How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
3 Ko e hā kuo lau ai ʻakimautolu ko e fanga manu, pea lau ko e ʻuli ʻi ho ʻao?
Why are we counted as beasts, and have become unclean in your eyes?
4 ʻOku ne haehae ia ʻe ia pe ʻi heʻene ʻita: ʻe liʻaki ʻa māmani koeʻuhi ko koe? Pea ʻe hiki ʻae fuʻu makatuʻu mei hono potu?
Thou who tear thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
5 “Ko e moʻoni, ʻe tāmateʻi ʻae maama ʻoe angahala, pea ʻe ʻikai ulo ʻae kalofiama ʻo ʻene afi.
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
6 ʻE fakapoʻuli ʻae maama ʻi hono fale, pea ʻe tāmateʻi ʻa ʻene maama fakataha mo ia.
The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp above him shall be put out.
7 ʻE fakaʻapiʻapi ʻae lakaʻanga ʻo hono mālohi, pea ʻe lī ki lalo ia ʻe heʻene fakakaukau ʻaʻana.
The steps of his strength shall be restricted, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
8 He ko hono kauvaʻe ʻoʻona kuo ne lī ia ki he kupenga, pea ʻoku ne ʻeveʻeva ʻi he funga tauhele.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon the toils.
9 ʻE moʻua ia ʻe he hele ʻi hono muivaʻe, pea ʻe ikuna ia ʻe he kaihaʻa.
A trap shall take him by the heel. A snare shall lay hold on him.
10 Kuo ʻai ʻae tauhele kiate ia ʻi he kelekele, mo e sokitanu kiate ia ʻi he hala.
A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
11 ʻE fakamanavahēʻi ia ʻe he ngaahi meʻa fakailifia mei he potu kotoa pē, pea ʻe fakaveʻevave ia.
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels.
12 ʻE kai ʻe he fiekaia ʻa hono mālohi, pea ʻe tali ofi ʻae fakaʻauha ki hono vakavaka.
His strength shall be weakened by hunger, and calamity shall be ready at his side.
13 ʻE fakaʻauha ʻe ia ʻae mālohi ʻo hono sino: ʻio, ko e ʻuluaki fānau ʻoe mate te ne fakaʻauha ʻene mālohi.
The members of his body shall be devoured. The firstborn of death shall devour his body-parts.
14 ʻE lī kituʻa mei hono fale ʻa hono falalaʻanga, pea ko ia ʻe ʻomi ia ki he tuʻi ʻoe fakailifia.
He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts, and he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
15 ʻE nofo ia ʻi hono fale, he ʻoku ʻikai ʻoʻona ia: ʻe tūtuuʻi ki hono ʻapi ʻae sulifa.
There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
16 ʻE mōmoa mei lalo hono ngaahi aka, pea ʻe motuhi mei ʻolunga ʻa hono vaʻa.
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
17 Ko hono manatuʻi ʻe ʻauha mei he fonua, pea ʻe ʻikai hano hingoa ʻi he hala.
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
18 ʻE kapusi ia mei he maama ki he poʻuli, pea ʻe tulia ia mei he māmani.
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
19 ʻE ʻikai maʻu ʻe ia ha foha pe mokopuna ʻi hono kakai, ʻe ʻikai toe ha niʻihi ʻi hono ngaahi fale.
He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, nor any remaining where he sojourned.
20 Ko kinautolu ʻe muimui ʻiate ia te nau ofo ki hono ʻaho, ʻo hangē ko e ilifia ʻanautolu naʻa nau feangai.
Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.
21 Ko e moʻoni ʻoku pehē pe ʻae ngaahi nofoʻanga ʻoe angahala, pea ko eni ʻae potu ʻo ia ʻoku taʻeʻiloʻi ʻae ʻOtua.”
Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, and this is the place of him who does not know God.
