Siope 24
1 “Ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻikai lilo ʻae ngaahi kuonga mei he Māfimafi, ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai mamata ai ki hono ngaahi ʻaho ʻekinautolu ʻoku nau ʻiloʻi ia?
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
2 ʻOku hiki ʻe he niʻihi ʻae ngaahi fakangatangata ʻoe fonua; ʻoku nau ʻave fakamālohi ʻae ngaahi fanga manu, ʻonau fafanga ʻaki ʻakinautolu.
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
3 ʻOku nau fakahēʻi ʻae ʻasi ʻae tamai mate, ʻoku nau maʻu ko e totongi ʻae pulu tangata ʻae fefine kuo mate hono husepāniti.
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
4 ʻOku nau fakaafeʻi ʻae masiva mei he hala: ʻoku toitoi fakataha ʻae kakai masiva ʻoe fonua.
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
5 Vakai, ʻoku nau ʻalu atu ki heʻenau ngāue ʻo hangē ko e fanga ʻasi kaivao ʻoe toafa; ʻo tuʻu hengihengi ki he kaihaʻa: ʻoku maʻu ʻae meʻakai maʻanautolu mo ʻenau fānau mei he toafa.
Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
6 ʻOku nau taki taha tuʻusi ʻene koane ʻi he ngoue: pea utu ʻe he angahala ʻae fua ʻoe vaine.
They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
7 ʻOku nau fai ke mohe taʻekafu ʻae telefua, pea ʻikai ha kafu ʻi he momoko.
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
8 ʻOku nau viviku ʻi he ngaahi ʻuha mei he moʻunga, mo nau fāufuaʻi ʻae maka ko e taʻehamaluʻanga.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
9 ʻOku hamusi ʻe he niʻihi ʻae tamai mate mei he huhu, pea maʻu ʻae kofu ʻoe masiva ko e totongi.
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
10 ʻOku nau fai ke ʻalu telefua ia ʻo taʻehakofu, ʻonau ʻave ʻae ū uite mei he fiekaia;
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
11 ʻOku nau fai lolo ʻi honau ngaahi loto ʻā, ʻo molomoloki ʻae ngaahi tataʻoʻanga uaine, mo nau fieinu.
Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12 ʻOku toʻe ʻae kakai mei he loto kolo, pea tangi kalanga ʻae laumālie ʻoe mamahiʻia: kae ʻikai ke tokangaʻi ʻe he ʻOtua.
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet Eloah layeth not folly to them.
13 “Ko kinautolu ni ʻoku nau angatuʻu ki he maama; ʻoku ʻikai ke nau ʻilo hono ngaahi hala ʻoʻona, pe nofomaʻu ʻi hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga.
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14 ʻOku tuʻu fakataha ʻae fakapō mo e maama ʻo ne tāmateʻi ʻae masiva mo e vaivai, pea tatau ia ʻi he poʻuli mo ha kaihaʻa.
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
15 ʻOku tatali ʻae mata ʻoe tono fefine ki he efiafi poʻuli, ʻo ne pehē, ‘ʻE ʻikai sio ha mata kiate au,’ pea ne fakapuli hono mata.
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
16 ʻOka poʻuli ʻoku nau keli ki he ngaahi fale, ʻaia naʻa nau fakaʻilongaʻi moʻonautolu ʻi he kei ʻaho, ʻoku ʻikai ke nau ʻilo ʻae maama.
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
17 He ʻoku tatau kiate kinautolu ʻae pongipongi mo e malumalu ʻoe mate: pea ka ʻiloa, ʻoku nau ʻi he lilika ʻoe malumalu ʻoe mate.
For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
18 “ʻOku ʻalu vave ia ʻo hangē ko e vaitafe; kuo fakamalaʻia honau tofiʻa ʻi he fonua: ʻoku ʻikai mamata ia ki he hala ʻoe ngaahi ngoue vaine.
He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
19 Ko e laʻā mo e pupuha ʻoku faʻao ai ʻae ngaahi vai ʻuha hinehina: ʻoku pehē ʻae faʻitoka kiate kinautolu kuo fai angahala. (Sheol h7585)
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
20 ʻE fakangaloʻi ia ʻe he manāva; ʻe kai melie ia ʻe he kelemutu; ʻe ʻikai toe manatuʻi ia; pea ʻe fesiʻi ʻae angahala ʻo hangē ko e ʻakau.
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
21 ʻOku ne fai kovi ki he paʻa naʻe ʻikai fānau: pea ʻoku ʻikai fai lelei ki he fefine kuo mate hono husepāniti.
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
22 ʻOku ne toho ʻaki ʻe hono mālohi ʻae kakai mālohi: ʻoku ne tuʻuhake, pea ʻikai ʻilo ʻe ha taha pe te ne moʻui.
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
23 Neongo ʻene foaki kiate ia ʻae nofo fiemālie, ʻaia ʻoku ne falala ki ai; ka ʻoku ne ʻafioʻi honau ngaahi hala.
Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
24 ʻOku hakeakiʻi ʻakinautolu ʻo fuoloa siʻi pe, ka ʻe mole leva, pea fakahifo ki lalo; ʻoku toʻo atu ʻakinautolu ʻo hangē ko e kakai fulipē, pea tutuʻu ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi fua ʻoe uite.
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
25 Pea kapau ʻoku ʻikai pehē, ko hai te ne fakaʻilo ʻeku loi, mo fakataʻeʻaonga ʻeku lea?”
And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
