Siope 18

1 Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Pilitati mei Suaa, ʻo ne pehē,

Then Baldad the Sauchite answered and said,

2 “ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa pea ke fakangata ʻae lea? Tokanga, pea te mau toki lea.

How long will you continue? forbear, that we also may speak.

3 Ko e hā kuo lau ai ʻakimautolu ko e fanga manu, pea lau ko e ʻuli ʻi ho ʻao?

For therefore have we been silent before you like brutes?

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?

Anger has possessed you: for what if you should die; would [the earth] under heaven be desolate? or shall the mountains be overthrown from their foundations?

5 “Ko e moʻoni, ʻe tāmateʻi ʻae maama ʻoe angahala, pea ʻe ʻikai ulo ʻae kalofiama ʻo ʻene afi.

But the light of the ungodly shall be quenched, and their flame shall not go up.

6 ‌ʻE fakapoʻuli ʻae maama ʻi hono fale, pea ʻe tāmateʻi ʻa ʻene maama fakataha mo ia.

His light [shall be] darkness in [his] habitation, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

7 ‌ʻE fakaʻapiʻapi ʻae lakaʻanga ʻo hono mālohi, pea ʻe lī ki lalo ia ʻe heʻene fakakaukau ʻaʻana.

Let the meanest of men spoil his goods, and let his counsel deceive [him].

8 He ko hono kauvaʻe ʻoʻona kuo ne lī ia ki he kupenga, pea ʻoku ne ʻeveʻeva ʻi he funga tauhele.

His foot also has been caught in a snare, [and] let it be entangled in a net.

9 ‌ʻE moʻua ia ʻe he hele ʻi hono muivaʻe, pea ʻe ikuna ia ʻe he kaihaʻa.

And let snares come upon him: he shall strengthen those that thirst for his destruction.

10 Kuo ʻai ʻae tauhele kiate ia ʻi he kelekele, mo e sokitanu kiate ia ʻi he hala.

His snare is hid in the earth, and that which shall take him is by the path.

11 ‌ʻE fakamanavahēʻi ia ʻe he ngaahi meʻa fakailifia mei he potu kotoa pē, pea ʻe fakaveʻevave ia.

Let pains destroy him round about, and let many [enemies] come about him,

12 ‌ʻE kai ʻe he fiekaia ʻa hono mālohi, pea ʻe tali ofi ʻae fakaʻauha ki hono vakavaka.

[vex him] with distressing hunger: and a signal destruction has been prepared for him.

13 ‌ʻE fakaʻauha ʻe ia ʻae mālohi ʻo hono sino: ʻio, ko e ʻuluaki fānau ʻoe mate te ne fakaʻauha ʻene mālohi.

Let the soles of his feet be devoured: and death shall consume his beauty.

14 ‌ʻE lī kituʻa mei hono fale ʻa hono falalaʻanga, pea ko ia ʻe ʻomi ia ki he tuʻi ʻoe fakailifia.

And let health be utterly banished from his tabernacle, and let distress seize upon him with a charge from the king.

15 ‌ʻE nofo ia ʻi hono fale, he ʻoku ʻikai ʻoʻona ia: ʻe tūtuuʻi ki hono ʻapi ʻae sulifa.

It shall dwell in his tabernacle in his night: his excellency shall be sown with brimstone.

16 ‌ʻE mōmoa mei lalo hono ngaahi aka, pea ʻe motuhi mei ʻolunga ʻa hono vaʻa.

His roots shall be dried up from beneath, and his crop shall fall away from above.

17 Ko hono manatuʻi ʻe ʻauha mei he fonua, pea ʻe ʻikai hano hingoa ʻi he hala.

Let his memorial perish out of the earth, and his name shall be publicly cast out.

18 ‌ʻE kapusi ia mei he maama ki he poʻuli, pea ʻe tulia ia mei he māmani.

Let [one] drive him from light into darkness.

19 ‌ʻE ʻikai maʻu ʻe ia ha foha pe mokopuna ʻi hono kakai, ʻe ʻikai toe ha niʻihi ʻi hono ngaahi fale.

He shall not be known among his people, nor his house preserved on the earth.

20 Ko kinautolu ʻe muimui ʻiate ia te nau ofo ki hono ʻaho, ʻo hangē ko e ilifia ʻanautolu naʻa nau feangai.

But strangers shall dwell in his possessions: the last groaned for him, and wonder seized the first.

21 Ko e moʻoni ʻoku pehē pe ʻae ngaahi nofoʻanga ʻoe angahala, pea ko eni ʻae potu ʻo ia ʻoku taʻeʻiloʻi ʻae ʻOtua.”

These are the houses of the unrighteous, and this is the place of them that know not the Lord.