Siope 30
1 “Ka ko eni, ʻoku manukiʻi au ʻekinautolu ʻoku mui ʻiate au, ka ko ʻenau ngaahi tamai ʻanautolu ne u fehiʻa ke lau fakataha mo e fanga kulī ʻo ʻeku ngaahi fanga manu.
But now the younger in time scorn me, whose fathers I would not have set with the dogs of my flock:
2 ʻIo, ʻe ʻaonga fēfē kiate au ʻae mālohi ʻa honau nima, ka kuo ʻauha ʻenau motuʻa lelei?
The strength of whose hands was to me as nothing, and they were thought unworthy of life itself.
3 Ko e meʻa ʻi he masiva mo e honge naʻa nau ʻi he fakapoʻuli ʻo hangē ko e pō; ʻo feholaki ki he toafa kuo masiva mo siʻaki.
Barren with want and hunger, who gnawed in the wilderness, disfigured with calamity and misery.
4 Naʻa nau tuʻusi ʻae ngaahi ʻakau kona, pea keli aka ke nau kai.
And they ate grass, and barks of trees, and the root of junipers was their food.
5 Naʻe kapusi ʻakinautolu mei he kakai, (pea naʻa nau kalanga ki ai ʻo hangē ki ha kaihaʻa; )
Who snatched up these things out of the valleys, and when they had found any of them, they ran to them with a cry.
6 Ke nau nofo ʻi he ngaahi lilifa ʻoe luo, ʻi he ngaahi ʻana ʻoe fonua, mo e ngaahi maka.
They dwelt in the desert places of torrents, and in caves of earth, or upon the gravel.
7 Naʻa nau tangi mei he ngaahi ʻakau, pea nau fakataha ʻi lalo ʻi he ngaahi ʻakau talatala.
They pleased themselves among these kind of things, and counted it delightful to be under the briers.
8 Ko e fānau ʻae kau vale, ko e hako ʻoe kakai meʻa vale; naʻe kapusi ʻakinautolu mei he fonua.
The children of foolish and base men, and not appearing at all upon the earth.
9 “Ka ko eni, kuo u hoko au ko ʻenau hivehivaʻanga, ʻio, ko ʻenau lea manukiʻanga au.
Now I am turned into their song, and am become their byword.
10 ʻOku nau fakaliliʻa kiate au, pea nau hola mamaʻo ʻiate au, pea ʻikai te nau manavahē ke ʻaʻanu ki hoku mata.
They abhor me, and flee far from me, and are not afraid to spit in my face.
11 Ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene vete ʻeku afo, ʻo tautea au, ko ia kuo nau tukuange ai foki ʻae noʻo ʻi hoku ʻao.
For he hath opened his quiver, and hath afflicted me, and hath put a bridle into my mouth.
12 ʻOku tutuʻu ʻae kau talavou ʻi hoku toʻomataʻu; ʻoku nau tekeʻi hoku vaʻe, pea ʻoku nau fokotuʻu hake ʻo angatuʻu kiate au ʻae ngaahi hala ʻo honau fakaʻauha.
At the right hand of my rising, my calamities forthwith arose: they have overthrown my feet, and have overwhelmed me with their paths as with waves.
13 ʻOku nau maumauʻi hoku hala, ʻoku nau fiefia ʻi heʻeku mamahi, ʻoku ʻikai hanau tokoni.
They have destroyed my ways, they have lain in wait against me, and they have prevailed, and there was none to help.
14 Naʻa nau feʻohofi mai ʻo hangē ʻi ha potu fālahi: pea ʻi he maumau naʻa nau filifilihi ʻakinautolu kiate au.
They have rushed in upon me, as when a wall is broken, and a gate opened, and have rolled themselves down to my miseries.
15 Kuo tō kiate au ʻae ngaahi ilifia: ʻoku nau tuli hoku laumālie ʻo hangē ko e matangi: pea ʻoku mole atu ʻeku lelei ʻo hangē ko e ʻao.
I am brought to nothing: as a wind thou hast taken away my desire: and my prosperity hath passed away like a cloud.
16 “Pea ko eni, kuo lilingi hoku laumālie ʻiate au; kuo puke au ʻe he ngaahi ʻaho ʻoe mamahi.
And now my soul fadeth within myself, and the days of affliction possess me.
17 ʻOku mahuhuhuhu ʻa hoku ngaahi hui ʻi he poʻuli: pea ʻoku ʻikai ke mālōlō siʻi hoku ngaahi uoua.
In the night my bone is pierced with sorrows: and they that feed upon me, do not sleep.
18 Kuo fetongi hoku kofu ʻe he mālohi lahi: ʻoku ne nonoʻo takatakai au ʻo hangē ko e kia ʻo hoku kofutuʻa.
With the multitude of them my garment is consumed, and they have girded me about, as with the collar of my coat.
19 Kuo ne lī au ki he pelepela, pea kuo u tatau mo e efu mo e efuefu.
I am compared to dirt, and am likened to embers and ashes.
20 ʻOku ou tangi kiate koe, ka ʻoku ʻikai te ke ongoʻi au: ʻoku ou tuʻu hake, ka ʻoku ʻikai te ke tokangaʻi au.
I cry to thee, and thou hearest me not: I stand up, and thou dost not regard me.
21 Kuo ke liliu ʻo taʻeʻofa kiate au: ʻoku ke tuʻu kiate au ʻaki ho nima mālohi.
Thou art changed to be cruel toward me, and in the hardness of thy hand thou art against me.
22 ʻOku ke ʻohake au ki he matangi mo ke fakaheka au ki ai, pea ʻoku ke veteki ʻeku meʻa.
Thou hast lifted me up, and set me as it were upon the wind, and thou hast mightily dashed me.
23 He ʻoku ou ʻilo pau te ke ʻomi au ki he mate, pea ki he fale kuo tuʻutuʻuni ki he kakai moʻui kotoa pē.
I know that thou wilt deliver me to death, where a house is appointed for every one that liveth.
24 “Ka ʻe ʻikai te ne mafao atu hono nima ki he faʻitoka, neongo ʻoku nau tangi ʻi heʻene fakaʻauha.
But yet thou stretchest not forth thy hand to their consumption: and if they shall fall down thou wilt save.
25 ʻIkai naʻaku tēngihia ia ʻaia naʻe mamahi? ʻIkai naʻe mamahi hoku laumālie koeʻuhi ko e masiva?
I wept heretofore for him that was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poor.
26 ʻI heʻeku ʻamanaki ki he lelei, naʻe hoko mai ʻae kovi: pea ʻi heʻeku tatali ki he maama, ne hoko mai ʻae fakapoʻuli.
I expected good things, and evils are come upon me: I waited for light, and darkness broke out.
27 Naʻe lili hoku fatu, ʻo ʻikai toka: naʻe taʻofi au ʻe he ngaahi ʻaho ʻoe mamahi.
My inner parts have boiled without any rest, the days of affliction have prevented me.
28 Naʻaku ʻalu mamahi pe ʻi he taʻeulo ʻae laʻā; ne u tuʻu hake ʻo tangi ʻi he fakataha.
I went mourning without indignation; I rose up, and cried in the crowd.
29 Ko e tokoua au ʻoe fanga talākoni, mo e kaumeʻa ʻoe fanga lulu.
I was the brother of dragons, and companion of ostriches.
30 Kuo ʻuliʻuli hoku kili ʻiate au, pea kuo velehia hoku ngaahi hui ʻi he ʻafu.
My skin is become black upon me, and my bones are dried up with heat.
31 Kuo liliu ʻeku haʻape ko e tangi, pea ko ʻeku meʻa ifi ko e leʻo ʻokinautolu ʻoku tangi.
My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep.
