Siope 25

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

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

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

“Dominion and fear are with him; he makes order in his high places of heaven.

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

Is there any end to the number of his armies? Upon whom does his light not shine?

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 can man be righteous with God? How can he who is born of a woman be clean, acceptable to him?

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

See, even the moon has no brightness to him; the stars are not pure in his sight.

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

How much less man, who is a worm— a son of man, who is a worm!”