Siope 25

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

Then Baldad the Sauchite answered and said,

2 “ʻOku ʻiate ia ʻae pule mo e manavahēʻia, ʻoku ne fakamelino ʻi hono ngaahi potu māʻolunga.

What beginning or fear is his—even he that makes all things in the highest?

3 He ʻoku faʻa lauʻi ʻa ʻene ngaahi matatau? Pea ko hai ia ʻoku ʻikai hopo ki ai ʻa ʻene maama?

For let none think that there is a respite for robbers: and upon whom will there not come a snare from him?

4 Pea ka kuo pehē, ʻe faʻa fakatonuhia fēfē ʻae tangata mo e ʻOtua? Pea ʻe maʻa fēfē ʻaia kuo fanauʻi ʻe he fefine?

For how shall a mortal be just before the Lord? or who that is born of a woman shall purify himself?

5 Vakai pē ki he māhina, pea ʻoku ʻikai huhulu ia; ʻio, ko e ngaahi fetuʻu ʻoku ʻikai maʻa ʻi hono ʻao.

If he gives an order to the moon, then it shines not; and the stars are not pure before him.

6 Ka ʻe huanoa ʻae tangata ʻaia ko e kelemutu? Mo e foha ʻoe tangata, ʻaia ko e kelemutu?”

But alas! man is corruption, and the son of man a worm.