Siope 21
1 Ka naʻe tali ʻe Siope, ʻo ne pehē,
And Job answered and said,
2 “Fakafanongo lelei ki heʻeku lea, pea ko hoʻomou fakafiemālie eni.
Hear attentively my speech, and let this replace your consolations.
3 Mou kātaki, kau lea atu; pea hili ʻeku lea, fai pe hoʻomou manuki.
Suffer me and I will speak; and after I have spoken, mock on!
4 ʻOiauē, he ʻoku ou liunga ki he tangata? Pea ka ne ko ia, ko e hā nai ʻe ʻikai mamahi ai hoku laumālie?
As for me, is my complaint to a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient?
5 Tokanga mai, pea mou ofo, pea ʻai homou nima ki homou ngutu.
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth.
6 ʻIo, ʻi heʻeku fakamanatu ʻoku ou manavahē ʻaupito, pea ʻoku puke ʻa hoku kakano ʻe he tetetete.
Even when I think [thereon], I am affrighted, and trembling taketh hold of my flesh.
7 “Ko e hā ʻoku moʻui ai ʻae angakovi, ʻo hoko ʻo motuʻa, ʻio, pea lahi ʻi he mālohi?
Wherefore do the wicked live, grow old, yea, become mighty in power?
8 Kuo fakatuʻumaʻu honau hako fakataha mo kinautolu, pea mo ʻenau fānau ʻi honau ʻao.
Their seed is established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes.
9 ʻOku malu honau fale mei he manavahē, pea ʻoku ʻikai ʻiate kinautolu ʻae meʻa tā ʻae ʻOtua.
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
10 ʻOku fakatauʻi ʻe heʻenau pulu tangata ʻo touʻia taʻehala; ʻoku fānau ʻenau pulu fefine ʻo taʻetōhonoʻuhiki.
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
11 ʻOku nau tuku atu ʻenau fānau ʻo hangē ko e fanga sipi, pea ʻoku meʻe hopohopo ʻenau fānau.
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
12 ʻOku nau toʻo hake ʻae kihiʻi lali mo e haʻape, pea nau fiefia ʻi he leʻo ʻoe meʻa ifi.
They shout to the tambour and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
13 ʻOku nau fakaʻosi honau ngaahi ʻaho ʻi he fakafiemālie, pea fakafokifā pe ʻoku nau ʻalu hifo ki he faʻitoka. (Sheol h7585)
They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
14 Ko ia ʻoku nau pehē ai ki he ʻOtua, ‘ʻAlu ʻiate kimautolu, he ʻoku ʻikai te mau holi ke ʻilo ho ngaahi hala.
And they say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
15 Ko hai ʻae Māfimafi, ke pehē ke mau tauhi ia? Pea ko e hā ʻae totongi te mau maʻu, ʻo kapau te mau lotu ki ai?’
What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what are we profited if we pray unto him?
16 Vakai, ʻoku ʻikai ʻi honau nima ʻenau monūʻia: ʻoku mamaʻo ʻiate au ʻae fakakaukau ʻoe angahala.
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be far from me!
17 “ʻOku liunga fiha ʻae tāmateʻi ʻoe maama ʻae angahala? Mo e hoko ʻenau fakaʻauha kiate kinautolu? ʻoku tufaki ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae ngaahi mamahi ʻi hono houhau.
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and cometh their calamity upon them? Doth he distribute sorrows [to them] in his anger?
18 ʻOku nau tatau mo e tefitoʻi kaho ʻi he mata ʻoe matangi, pea hangē ko e kafukafu ʻoku ʻave ʻe he afi.
Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
19 ‘ʻOku hili ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa ʻene angahala ki heʻene fānau:’ ʻoku ne totongi kiate ia, pea te ne ʻilo ia.
God layeth up [the punishment of] his iniquity for his children; he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it]:
20 ʻE mamata ʻe hono mata ki hono fakaʻauha, pea ʻe inu ia ʻi he houhau ʻoe Māfimafi.
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the fury of the Almighty.
21 He ko e hā ʻene fiemālie ʻi hono fale ʻamui ʻiate ia, ʻoka tuʻu ua mālie ʻae lau ʻo hono ngaahi māhina?
For what pleasure should he have in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?
22 “ʻE akonakiʻi ʻe ha taha ʻae ʻOtua ke ʻilo? He ʻoku ne fakamaau ʻe ia ʻakinautolu ʻoku māʻolunga.
Can any teach God knowledge? And he it is that judgeth those that are high.
23 ʻOku mate ha tokotaha lolotonga ʻene mālohi lahi, mo ʻene nofo tofu pe mo fiemālie.
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
24 ʻOku fonu hono sino ʻi he ngako, pea lolololo hono ngaahi hui ʻi he uho.
His sides are full of fat, and the marrow of his bones is moistened;
25 Pea ʻoku mate ha tokotaha ʻi he mamahi lahi ʻo hono laumālie, pea ʻikai ʻaupito haʻane kai ʻe fiemālie ai.
And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath not tasted good:
26 Te na tokoto tatau pe ʻi he efu, pea ʻe ʻuʻufi ʻakinaua ʻe he fanga kelemutu.
Together they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them.
27 “Vakai, ʻoku ou ʻilo hoʻomou ngaahi mahalo, mo e ngaahi filioʻi kovi ʻoku mou mahalo ʻaki kiate au.
Lo, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine against me.
28 He ʻoku mou pehē, ‘Kofaʻā ʻae fale ʻoe ʻeiki? Pea kofaʻā ʻae ngaahi nofoʻanga ʻoe kakai angahala?’
For ye say, Where is the house of the noble? and where the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?
29 ʻIkai kuo mou ʻeke kiate kinautolu ʻoku feʻaluʻaki ʻi he hala? Pea ʻikai ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻenau ngaahi tala,
Have ye not asked the wayfarers? and do ye not regard their tokens:
30 ʻAia kuo tuku tolonga ʻae angahala ki he ʻaho ʻoe fakaʻauha? ʻE taki atu ʻakinautolu ki he ʻaho ʻoe houhau.
That the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? They are led forth to the day of wrath.
31 Ko hai te ne fakahā hono hala ki hono mata? Pea ʻe totongi ʻe hai kiate ia ʻae meʻa kuo ne fai?
Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
32 Ka ʻe ʻomi ia ki he faʻitoka, ʻe nofomaʻu ia ʻi he fonualoto.
Yet is he carried to the graves, and watch is kept over the tomb.
33 ʻE melie kiate ia ʻae ngaahi tutuʻanga kelekele ʻoe luo, pea ʻe fusi kiate ia ʻae kakai kotoa pē, ʻo hangē ko e taʻefaʻalaua ʻae kakai naʻe muʻa ʻiate ia.
The clods of the valley are sweet unto him; and every man followeth suit after him, as there were innumerable before him.
34 Pea ka kuo pehē, pea ko e hā ʻoku mou fakafiemālie taʻeʻaonga kiate au, kae vakai ʻoku ai ʻae loi ʻi hoʻomou ngaahi lea?”
How then comfort ye me in vain? Your answers remain perfidious.
