Siope 31

1 “Naʻa ku fai ʻae fuakava mo hoku mata; pea ka kuo pehē, ko e hā te u siofia ai ha taʻahine?

A covenant I made to eyes my and what? will I look carefully on a virgin.

2 He ko e hā ʻae ʻinasi mei he ʻOtua ʻi ʻolunga? Pea mo e tufakanga mei he Māfimafi ʻi ʻolunga?

And what? - [is] [the] portion of God above and [the] inheritance of [the] Almighty from high places.

3 ‌ʻIkai ʻoku ʻi he kau angahala ʻae malaʻia? Mo e fakaʻauha foʻou ki he kau fai kovi?

¿ Not [does] calamity [belong] to an evil-doer and misfortune to [those who] do wickedness.

4 ‌ʻIkai ʻoku ne ʻiloʻi hoku ngaahi hala, pea lau ʻeku ngaahi laka kotoa pē?

¿ Not he does he see ways my and all steps my does he count?

5 “He kapau naʻaku ʻalu ʻi he loi, pea kapau teu veʻe vave ki he kākā;

If I have walked with falsehood and it has made haste to deceit foot my.

6 Tuku ke fakamamafa au ʻi he meʻa fakatatau totonu, koeʻuhi ke ʻilo ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa ʻeku angatonu.

Let him weigh me in balances of righteousness and let him acknowledge God integrity my.

7 He kapau naʻaku laka hē mei he hala, pea muimui hoku loto ki hoku mata, pe piki ha ʻuli ki hoku nima;

If it turned aside step my from the way and after eyes my it has gone heart my and to hands my it has stuck a blemish.

8 Tuku ai ke u tūtuuʻi kae kai ʻe ha taha kehe; ʻio, ke taʻaki fuʻu hake ʻa hoku taʻu.

Let me sow and another let him eat and produce my let them be rooted up.

9 “Kapau naʻe kākaaʻi ʻa hoku loto ʻe ha fefine, pe te u toitoi ʻi he matapā ʻo hoku kaungāʻapi;

If it has been deceived heart my on a woman and at [the] doorway of neighbor my I have lain in wait.

10 Pea tuku ke momosi ʻa hoku uaifi mo ha taha, pea mapelu ki ai ha niʻihi kehe.

Let her grind for another wife my and over her let them bow down! others.

11 He ko e hia matea ia, ʻio, ko e angahala ke tautea ʻe he kau fakamaau.

For (that *Q(K)*) [is] wickedness (and that *Q(k)*) [is] iniquity judges.

12 He ko e afi ia ʻoku ne kai ʻo aʻu ki he fakaʻauha, pea ʻe ʻosiʻosingamālie ai ʻeku koloa.

For [is] a fire that [which] to Abaddon it will devour and all produce my it will root up.

13 “Kapau naʻaku lumaʻi ʻae meʻa ʻa ʻeku tamaioʻeiki pe ko ʻeku kaunanga, ʻi he ʻena fai mo au.

If I rejected [the] cause of male servant my and female servant my in complaint their with me.

14 Ko e hā ai te u fai ʻoka tuʻu hake ʻae ʻOtua? Pea ʻoka ʻaʻahi ʻe ia, ko e hā te u tali ʻaki ia?

And what? will I do if he will arise God and if he will visit what? will I respond to him.

15 He ʻikai naʻe ngaohi ia ʻe ia naʻa ne ngaohi au ʻi he manāva? Pea ʻikai naʻe fakatupu ʻakimaua ʻosi pe ʻi he manāva ʻe he tokotaha?

¿ Not in the belly [the one who] made me did he make him and did prepare us? he in the womb one.

16 “Kapau ne u taʻofi ʻae masiva mei heʻenau holi, pe fai ke vaivai ʻae mata ʻoe fefine kuo mate hono husepāniti;

If I withheld any of [the] desire of poor [people] and [the] eyes of a widow I caused to fail.

17 Pea kuo u kai vale haʻaku meʻa siʻi, ʻo ʻikai te ma kai ia mo e tamai mate;

And I may eat morsel of bread my to alone me and not he ate a fatherless one some of it.

18 (He ʻoku talu ʻeku lahi hake mo ʻene ʻiate au, ʻo hangē ko haʻane tamai, pea talu ʻeku haʻu mei he manāva ʻo ʻeku faʻē mo ʻeku fakahinohino ia; )

For since youth my he grew up with me like a father and from [the] womb of mother my I guided her.

19 Kapau kuo u mamata ki ha taha ʻoku mate koeʻuhi ko e telefua, pe ha masiva taʻehakofu;

If I saw [one who] was perishing because not clothing and not covering [belonged] to the needy [person].

20 Kapau naʻe ʻikai tāpuaki au ʻe hono noʻotanga vala, pea ʻikai māfana ia ʻi he fulufulu ʻo ʻeku fanga sipi;

If not they blessed me (loins his *Q(K)*) and from [the] fleece of lambs my he warmed himself.

21 Kapau kuo u hiki hoku nima ki he tamai mate, ʻi heʻeku ʻilo ʻoku ou mālohi ʻi he matapā:

If I brandished on a fatherless one hand my for I saw in the gate help my.

22 ‌ʻOfa ke homo hoku uma mei hoku hui fohe, pea fesiʻi hoku nima ʻi he hokotanga hui.

Shoulder my from its shoulder let it fall and arm my from arm its let it be broken.

23 He ko e fakaʻauha mei he ʻOtua ko e meʻa fakailifia kiate au, pea ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene ngeia naʻe ʻikai te u faʻa kātakiʻi.

For [was] a fear to me calamity of God and from majesty his not I am able.

24 “He kapau naʻaku ʻamanaki ki he koula, pe te u pehē ki he koula lelei, ‘Ko hoku falalaʻanga koe;’

If I have made gold confidence my and to pure gold I have said security my.

25 Kapau naʻaku fiefia ʻi he tupu ʻo lahi ʻeku koloa, pea koeʻuhi kuo maʻu lahi ʻe hoku nima;

If I rejoiced for [was] great wealth my and for much it had found hand my.

26 Kapau naʻaku siofia ʻae laʻā ʻi heʻene ulo, pe ko e māhina ʻoku hāʻele ʻi he ngingila;

If I saw a light that it shone and [the] moon splendid [was] going.

27 Pea kuo fasiaʻi fufū pe hoku loto, pe ʻuma hoku ngutu ki hoku nima:

And it was gullible in secrecy heart my and it kissed hand my mouth my.

28 Ko e angahala foki ia ke fakamaauʻi he ka ne pehē, ko ʻeku liʻaki ia ʻae ʻOtua ʻoku ʻi ʻolunga.

Also that [is] iniquity calling for judgment for I denied God above.

29 He kapau naʻaku fiefia ʻi he ʻauha ʻo ia naʻe fehiʻa kiate au, pe te u angahiki ki ai ʻoka moʻua ia ʻe he kovi:

If I rejoiced in [the] disaster of [one who] hated me and I excited myself if it had found him calamity.

30 Ka naʻe ʻikai te u tuku ke angahala ai ʻa hoku ngutu, ʻi he fakaʻamu ke tō ha malaʻia ki hono laumālie.

And not I have permitted to sin palate my by asking for by a curse life his.

31 ‌ʻIkai ʻoku faʻa pehē ʻe heʻeku kau nofoʻanga, Naʻe holi ʻe hai ki haʻane meʻakai pea ʻikai mākona ai?

If not they have said [the] men of tent my who? will he give from meat his not [one who] is satisfied.

32 Naʻe ʻikai mohe ʻae muli ʻi he hala: ka ne u fakaava hoku matapā ke talia ʻae fononga.

In the street not he passed [the] night a sojourner doors my to the path I opened.

33 He naʻaku fufū koā ʻeku angahala ʻo hangē ko ʻAtama, ʻo fakalilolilo ʻeku hia ʻi hoku fatafata?

If I have concealed like Adam transgressions my by hiding in bosom my iniquity my.

34 Pea te u manavahē ki he fuʻu tokolahi? Pe fakailifiaʻi au ʻe he manuki ʻae ngaahi fānau, ke u longo ai, ʻo taʻehū atu ʻi he matapā?

For I feared - a multitude great and [the] contempt of clans it caused to be dismayed me and I was silent not I went outside [the] door.

35 Taumaiā kuo ʻi ai ha tokotaha ʻe fie fanongo kiate au! Vakai, ko hoku loto ke talia au ʻe he Māfimafi, pea ke fai ha tohi ʻe hoku fili.

Who? will he give [will belong] to me - [one who] listens to me here! mark my [the] Almighty let him answer me and a document [which] he had written [the] person of case my.

36 Ko e moʻoni te u hili ia ki hoku uma, ʻo nonoʻo ia kiate au ʻo hangē ha pale.

If not on shoulder my I will carry it I will tie on it a crown to myself.

37 Te u ʻaʻau atu kiate ia ʻae lau ʻo ʻeku ngaahi laka; te u ʻalu atu ʻo hangē ha ʻeiki ke ofi kiate ia.

[the] number of Steps my I will tell to him like a chief I will approach him.

38 He kapau kuo tangi ʻe hoku fonua kiate au, pe lāunga ʻa hono ngaahi keliʻanga;

If on me land my it cried out and together furrows its they wept!

39 Pea kapau kuo u kai taʻetotongi ʻa hono ngaahi fua, pe te u fakamamahiʻi ʻae laumālie ʻokinautolu naʻe tauhi ki ai:

If produce its I have eaten not money and [the] life of owners its I have caused to breathe out.

40 ‌ʻOfa ke tupu ai ʻae talatalaʻāmoa ko e fetongi ʻoe uite, mo e ʻakau taʻeʻaonga ko e fetongi ʻoe paʻale.” Kuo ngata ʻae fakamatala ʻa Siope.

In place of wheat - let it come forth thorn[s] and in place of barley foul weed[s] they are finished [the] words of Job.