Siope 18
1 Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Pilitati mei Suaa, ʻo ne pehē,
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
2 “ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa pea ke fakangata ʻae lea? Tokanga, pea te mau toki lea.
“How long will you 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 animals, which have become unclean in your sight?
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?
You who tear yourself in your anger, will the earth be forsaken for you? Or will 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.
“Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine.
6 ʻE fakapoʻuli ʻae maama ʻi hono fale, pea ʻe tāmateʻi ʻa ʻene maama fakataha mo ia.
The light will be dark in his tent. His lamp above him will 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 will be shortened. His own counsel will 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 wanders into its mesh.
9 ʻE moʻua ia ʻe he hele ʻi hono muivaʻe, pea ʻe ikuna ia ʻe he kaihaʻa.
A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.
10 Kuo ʻai ʻae tauhele kiate ia ʻi he kelekele, mo e sokitanu kiate ia ʻi he hala.
A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him on the path.
11 ʻE fakamanavahēʻi ia ʻe he ngaahi meʻa fakailifia mei he potu kotoa pē, pea ʻe fakaveʻevave ia.
Terrors will make him afraid on every side, and will 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 will be famished. Calamity will 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 will be devoured. The firstborn of death will devour his members.
14 ʻE lī kituʻa mei hono fale ʻa hono falalaʻanga, pea ko ia ʻe ʻomi ia ki he tuʻi ʻoe fakailifia.
He will be rooted out of the security of his tent. He will 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 will dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur will be scattered on his habitation.
16 ʻE mōmoa mei lalo hono ngaahi aka, pea ʻe motuhi mei ʻolunga ʻa hono vaʻa.
His roots will be dried up beneath. His branch will be cut off above.
17 Ko hono manatuʻi ʻe ʻauha mei he fonua, pea ʻe ʻikai hano hingoa ʻi he hala.
His memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street.
18 ʻE kapusi ia mei he maama ki he poʻuli, pea ʻe tulia ia mei he māmani.
He will 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 will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he lived.
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 will 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. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”
