Siope 25

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

Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —

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

Dominion and dread, are with him, who causeth prosperity among his lofty ones;

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

Is there any number to his troops? And upon whom ariseth not his light?

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

How then shall, a mortal, be just with GOD? Or how shall he be pure who is born of a woman?

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

Look as far as the moon, and it is not clear, and, the stars, are not bright in his eyes!

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

How much less a mortal who is a creeping thing? Or a son of the earth-born who is a worm?