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 they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to 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?
Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? men in whom ripe age is perished.
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.
They are gaunt with want and famine; they gnaw the dry ground; in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.
4 Naʻa nau tuʻusi ʻae ngaahi ʻakau kona, pea keli aka ke nau kai.
They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; and the roots of the broom [are] their meat.
5 Naʻe kapusi ʻakinautolu mei he kakai, (pea naʻa nau kalanga ki ai ʻo hangē ki ha kaihaʻa; )
They are driven forth from the midst [of men]; they cry after them as after a thief.
6 Ke nau nofo ʻi he ngaahi lilifa ʻoe luo, ʻi he ngaahi ʻana ʻoe fonua, mo e ngaahi maka.
In the clefts of the valleys must they dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
7 Naʻa nau tangi mei he ngaahi ʻakau, pea nau fakataha ʻi lalo ʻi he ngaahi ʻakau talatala.
Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they are gathered together.
8 Ko e fānau ʻae kau vale, ko e hako ʻoe kakai meʻa vale; naʻe kapusi ʻakinautolu mei he fonua.
[They are] children of fools, yea, children of base men; they were scourged out of the land.
9 “Ka ko eni, kuo u hoko au ko ʻenau hivehivaʻanga, ʻio, ko ʻenau lea manukiʻanga au.
And now I am become their song, yea, I am a byword unto them.
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, they stand aloof from me, and spare not 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 loosed his cord, and afflicted me, and they have cast off the bridle before me.
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.
Upon my right hand rise the rabble; they thrust aside my feet, and they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
13 ʻOku nau maumauʻi hoku hala, ʻoku nau fiefia ʻi heʻeku mamahi, ʻoku ʻikai hanau tokoni.
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, [even] men that have no helper.
14 Naʻa nau feʻohofi mai ʻo hangē ʻi ha potu fālahi: pea ʻi he maumau naʻa nau filifilihi ʻakinautolu kiate au.
As through a wide breach they come: in the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me].
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.
Terrors are turned upon me, they chase mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away as 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 is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
17 ʻOku mahuhuhuhu ʻa hoku ngaahi hui ʻi he poʻuli: pea ʻoku ʻikai ke mālōlō siʻi hoku ngaahi uoua.
In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the [pains] that gnaw me take no rest.
18 Kuo fetongi hoku kofu ʻe he mālohi lahi: ʻoku ne nonoʻo takatakai au ʻo hangē ko e kia ʻo hoku kofutuʻa.
By the great force [of my disease] is my garment disfigured: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
19 Kuo ne lī au ki he pelepela, pea kuo u tatau mo e efu mo e efuefu.
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust 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 unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou lookest at me.
21 Kuo ke liliu ʻo taʻeʻofa kiate au: ʻoku ke tuʻu kiate au ʻaki ho nima mālohi.
Thou art turned to be cruel to me: with the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.
22 ʻOku ke ʻohake au ki he matangi mo ke fakaheka au ki ai, pea ʻoku ke veteki ʻeku meʻa.
Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou causest me to ride [upon it]; and thou dissolvest me in the storm.
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.
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
24 “Ka ʻe ʻikai te ne mafao atu hono nima ki he faʻitoka, neongo ʻoku nau tangi ʻi heʻene fakaʻauha.
Surely against a ruinous heap he will not put forth his hand; though [it be] in his destruction, [one may utter] a cry because of these things.
25 ʻIkai naʻaku tēngihia ia ʻaia naʻe mamahi? ʻIkai naʻe mamahi hoku laumālie koeʻuhi ko e masiva?
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the needy?
26 ʻI heʻeku ʻamanaki ki he lelei, naʻe hoko mai ʻae kovi: pea ʻi heʻeku tatali ki he maama, ne hoko mai ʻae fakapoʻuli.
When I looked for good, then evil came; and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
27 Naʻe lili hoku fatu, ʻo ʻikai toka: naʻe taʻofi au ʻe he ngaahi ʻaho ʻoe mamahi.
My bowels boil, and rest not; days of affliction are come upon me.
28 Naʻaku ʻalu mamahi pe ʻi he taʻeulo ʻae laʻā; ne u tuʻu hake ʻo tangi ʻi he fakataha.
I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
29 Ko e tokoua au ʻoe fanga talākoni, mo e kaumeʻa ʻoe fanga lulu.
I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
30 Kuo ʻuliʻuli hoku kili ʻiate au, pea kuo velehia hoku ngaahi hui ʻi he ʻafu.
My skin is black, [and falleth] from me, and my bones are burned with heat.
31 Kuo liliu ʻeku haʻape ko e tangi, pea ko ʻeku meʻa ifi ko e leʻo ʻokinautolu ʻoku tangi.
Therefore is my harp [turned] to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of them that weep.
