Siope 29
1 Ka naʻe fai ai pe ʻe Siope ʻene lea mamafa, ʻo ne pehē,
And Job again took up his discourse, and said,
2 “Taumaiā kuo u tatau eni mo e ngaahi māhina kuo hili ange, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi ʻaho naʻe maluʻi ai au ʻe he ʻOtua;
O that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me,
3 ʻI he kei ulo ʻa ʻene maama ki hoku ʻulu, pea u ʻalu mo ʻene maama ʻi he fakapoʻuli;
when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
4 ʻO hangē ko ʻeku nofo ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻeku monūʻia, ʻi he fakataha ʻae kakai ʻoe ʻOtua ʻi hoku fale;
as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was upon my tent,
5 ʻI he kei ʻiate au ʻae Māfimafi, pea ʻiate au mo ʻeku fānau;
when the Almighty was yet with me, and my sons were about me,
6 ʻI he tafe ʻae pota ʻi hoku hala, pea lilingi mai ʻe he maka ʻae lolo lahi ʻaupito;
when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil to me,
7 ʻI heʻeku ʻalu atu ʻi he loto kolo ki he matapā, pea teuʻi hoku nofoʻanga ʻi he hala lahi!
when I went forth to the gate to the city, when I prepared my seat in the street.
8 Naʻe sio kiate au ʻae kau talavou, ʻonau toitoi: pea tutuʻu ki ʻolunga ʻae kau mātuʻa.
The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood.
9 Naʻe taʻofi ʻe he ngaahi ʻeiki ʻenau alea, ʻo ʻai honau nima ki honau ngutu.
The rulers refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
10 Naʻe longo pe ʻae houʻeiki, pea piki honau ʻelelo ki honau ʻoʻaoʻingutu.
The voice of the ranking men was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
11 ʻI he ongoʻi au ʻe he telinga, ne ne tāpuakiʻi au; pea ʻi he mamata ʻae mata kiate au, naʻa ne fakamoʻoniʻi au:
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me.
12 He naʻaku fakahaofia ʻae masiva naʻe tangi, ʻae tamai mate, mo ia naʻe ʻikai hano tokoni.
Because I delivered the poor who cried, also the fatherless who had none to help him.
13 Ko e tāpuaki ʻo ia naʻe meimei mate ne hoko kiate au: pea naʻaku fakafiefiaʻi ke hiva ʻae loto ʻoe fefine kuo mate hono husepāniti.
The blessing of him who was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14 Ne u ai ʻae māʻoniʻoni, pea ne ʻufiʻufi ʻaki au: naʻe tatau ʻeku fakamaau mo e pulupulu mo e pale.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
15 Ko e mata au ki he kui, mo e vaʻe ki he ketu.
I was eyes to the blind, and I was feet to the lame.
16 Ko e tamai au ki he masiva: pea ko e meʻa naʻe ʻikai te u ʻiloʻi ne u kumi lahi ki ai.
I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case of him whom I did not know.
17 Naʻaku fesiʻi ʻae kouʻahe ʻoe fai kovi, ʻo toʻo ʻae meʻa faʻao mei hono nifo.
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
18 Pea u toki pehē, ‘Te u mate ʻi hoku pununga, pea te u fakalahi hoku ngaahi ʻaho ke hangē ko e ʻoneʻone.
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
19 Naʻe mafola hoku aka ʻi he ngaahi veʻe vai, pea toka ʻae hahau ki hoku vaʻa ʻi he pō kotoa.
My root is spread out to the waters, and the dew lays all night upon my branch.
20 Ko hoku ongoongolelei naʻe maʻuiʻui pe, pea naʻe fakafoʻou ʻeku kaufana ʻi hoku nima.’
My glory is fresh in me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.
21 “Naʻe fakafanongo ʻae kakai kiate au, ʻo tatali, pea fakalongo pē ʻi heʻeku akonaki.
To me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
22 Hili ʻeku lea naʻe ʻikai te nau tali; pea naʻe tō ʻeku lea kiate kinautolu.
After my words they spoke not again, and my speech distilled upon them.
23 Pea naʻa nau tatali kiate au ʻo hangē ki he ʻuha: pea nau fakamanga lahi honau ngutu ʻo hangē ki he ʻuha mui.
And they waited for me as for the rain. And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24 Ne u kata kiate kinautolu, pea ʻikai te nau faʻa tui; pea ko e maama ʻo hoku mata naʻe ʻikai ke nau lī ki lalo.
I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and they did not cast down the light of my countenance.
25 Naʻaku fili honau hala, ʻo nofo ko e ʻeiki, ne u nofo ʻo hangē ha tuʻi ʻi he kautau, pea hangē ha taha ʻoku ne fakafiemālieʻi ʻae kakai mamahi.
I chose out their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as a man who comforts the mourners.
