Siope 19
1 Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Siope, ʻo ne pehē,
And Job answereth and saith: —
2 ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa mo hoʻomou fakafiuʻi hoku laumālie, mo lailaiki ʻaki au ʻae ngaahi lea.
Till when do ye afflict my soul, And bruise me with words?
3 Ko hono liunga hongofulu eni mo hoʻomou manukiʻi au: pea ʻoku ʻikai te mou mā ʻi hoʻomou fai ʻo hangē ko e kau muli kiate au.
These ten times ye put me to shame, ye blush not. Ye make yourselves strange to me —
4 Pea kapau moʻoni kuo u hē, ʻoku ʻiate au pe ʻeku hē.
And also — truly, I have erred, With me doth my error remain.
5 Pea kapau moʻoni te mou fai fielahi kiate au, pea talatalaakiʻi au ʻaki hoku manukiaʻanga:
If, truly, over me ye magnify yourselves, And decide against me my reproach;
6 Mou ʻilo eni, kuo fulihi au ʻe he ʻOtua, pea ne kāpui au ʻaki hono kupenga.
Know now, that God turned me upside down, And His net against me hath set round,
7 “Vakai, ʻoku ou tangi koeʻuhi ko e fakamālohi, ka ʻoku ʻikai ongoʻi au: ʻoku ou tangi kalanga ka ʻoku ʻikai ha fakamaau.
Lo, I cry out — violence, and am not answered, I cry aloud, and there is no judgment.
8 Kuo ne feleʻi hoku hala ke ʻoua naʻaku ʻalu, pea kuo ne ʻai ʻae fakapoʻuli ʻi hoku ngaahi hala.
My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.
9 Kuo ne fakamasivaʻi au ʻi hoku nāunau, pea kuo ne toʻo ʻae tatā mei hoku ʻulu.
Mine honour from off me He hath stripped, And He turneth the crown from my head.
10 Kuo ne fakaʻauhaʻi au mei he potu kotoa pē, pea kuo u mole: pea kuo ne taʻaki ʻeku ʻamanaki ʻo hangē ha ʻakau.
He breaketh me down round about, and I go, And removeth like a tree my hope.
11 Kuo ne tutu foki ʻa hono houhau kiate au, pea ʻoku ne lauʻi au ko e taha ʻo hono ngaahi fili.
And He kindleth against me His anger, And reckoneth me to Him as His adversaries.
12 ʻOku fakataha ʻene ngaahi kautau, ʻonau keli takatakai ʻiate au, pea nofo fakatakamilo ʻi hoku fale.
Come in do His troops together, And they raise up against me their way, And encamp round about my tent.
13 “Kuo ne fakamamaʻo atu hoku kāinga ʻiate au, pea ko ʻeku ngaahi kaumeʻa ʻoku mahuʻi ʻaupito meiate au.
My brethren from me He hath put far off, And mine acquaintances surely Have been estranged from me.
14 Kuo mahuʻi hoku ngaahi kāinga ʻiate au, pea kuo fakangalongaloʻi au ʻe hoku ngaahi kāinga feʻofoʻofani.
Ceased have my neighbours And my familiar friends have forgotten me,
15 Ko kinautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi hoku fale, mo ʻeku kau kaunanga, ʻoku nau lau au ko e muli, ko e taha kehe au ʻi honau ʻao.
Sojourners of my house and my maids, For a stranger reckon me: An alien I have been in their eyes.
16 Naʻaku ui ki heʻeku tamaioʻeiki, ka naʻe ʻikai te ne tali; ne u fakakolekole ʻaki hoku ngutu ki ai.
To my servant I have called, And he doth not answer, With my mouth I make supplication to him.
17 Kuo fakalielia ʻa ʻeku mānava ki hoku uaifi, neongo ʻa ʻeku fakakolekole koeʻuhi ko e fānau ʻa hoku sino ʻoʻoku.
My spirit is strange to my wife, And my favours to the sons of my [mother's] womb.
18 ʻIo, naʻe manukiʻi au ʻe he fānau iiki, ʻoku ou tuʻu hake pea nau lauʻikoviʻi au.
Also sucklings have despised me, I rise, and they speak against me.
19 Kuo fehiʻa kiate au ʻa hoku ngaahi kāinga feʻofoʻofani kotoa pē, pea ko kinautolu ne u ʻofa ki ai kuo liliu ʻo angatuʻu kiate au.
Abominate me do all the men of my counsel, And those I have loved, Have been turned against me.
20 ʻOku piki hoku ngaahi hui ki hoku kili ʻo hangē ko hoku kakano, pea kuo u hao mo e kili ʻo hoku kau nifo.
To my skin and to my flesh Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.
21 “ʻOfa mai kiate au, ʻofa mai kiate au, ʻakimoutolu ko hoku kāinga; he kuo ala kiate au ʻae nima ʻoe ʻOtua.
Pity me, pity me, ye my friends, For the hand of God hath stricken against me.
22 Ko e hā ʻoku mou fakatanga ai au ʻo hangē ko e ʻOtua, pea mou taʻefiu ʻi hoku kakano?
Why do you pursue me as God? And with my flesh are not satisfied?
23 “Taumaiā kuo tohi ʻa ʻeku ngaahi lea! Taumaiā kuo tohi ia ʻi ha tohi!
Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven?
24 Koeʻuhi ke tohi tongi ia ʻaki ʻae peni ukamea mo e pulu, ʻi he maka ke taʻengata!
With a pen of iron and lead — For ever in a rock they may be hewn.
25 He ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻoku moʻui ʻa hoku Huhuʻi, pea ʻe tuʻu ia ʻi māmani ʻi he ʻaho fakamui.
That — I have known my Redeemer, The Living and the Last, For the dust he doth rise.
26 Pea ka ʻosi hoku kili pea maumau hoku sino, ka te u mamata ʻi hoku kakano ki he ʻOtua:
And after my skin hath compassed this [body], Then from my flesh I see God:
27 ʻAia te u mamata ki ai maʻaku, pea ʻe vakai ki ai ʻa hoku mata, pea ʻikai ha taha kehe; “Neongo ʻae ʻauha ʻa hoku ngaahi kupuʻi sino ʻiate au.
Whom I — I see on my side, And mine eyes have beheld, and not a stranger, Consumed have been my reins in my bosom.
28 Ka ʻe lelei hoʻomou pehē, ‘Ko e hā ʻoku tau fakatanga ai ia?’ He ʻoku ʻiate au ʻae tefito ʻoe meʻa lelei.
But ye say, 'Why do we pursue after him?' And the root of the matter hath been found in me.
29 Ke manavahē ʻakimoutolu ki he heletā: he ʻoku ʻomi ʻe he ʻita ʻae ngaahi tautea ʻoe heletā, koeʻuhi ke mou ʻilo ʻoku ai ʻae fakamaau.”
Be ye afraid because of the sword, For furious [are] the punishments of the sword, That ye may know that [there is] a judgment.
