Siope 33
1 “Ko ia ʻoku ou kole kiate koe ʻe Siope, fakafanongo ki heʻeku ngaahi fakamatala, mo ke tokanga ki heʻeku lea kotoa pē.
So now, Job, I beg you, hear my speech; listen to all my words.
2 Vakai, kuo u faʻai eni ʻa hoku ngutu, kuo lea ʻa hoku ʻelelo ʻi hoku ngutu.
See now, I have opened my mouth; my tongue has spoken in my mouth.
3 Te u lea au mei he totonu ʻo hoku loto: pea ʻe mahino ʻae ʻilo ʻe lea ʻaki ʻe hoku loungutu.
My words come from the uprightness of my heart; my lips speak pure knowledge.
4 Naʻe ngaohi au ʻe he Laumālie ʻoe ʻOtua, pea ko e mānava ʻoe Māfimafi kuo ne foaki ʻae moʻui kiate au.
The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty has given me life.
5 Kapau te ke faʻa tali au, pea fokotuʻu hokohoko pe hoʻo ngaahi lea, tuʻu hake ʻi hoku ʻao.
If you can, answer me; set your words in order before me and stand up.
6 Vakai, ʻoku ou tatau mo koe ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua: kuo ngaohi foki au mei he ʻumea.
See, I am just as you are in God's sight; I also have been formed out of the clay.
7 ʻE ʻikai fakamanavahēʻi koe ʻe haʻaku fakailifia, pea ʻe ʻikai mamafa ʻa hoku nima kiate koe.
See, terror of me will not make you afraid; neither will my pressure be heavy upon you.
8 “Ko e moʻoni kuo ke lea ʻi hoku telinga, pea kuo u ongoʻi ʻae leʻo ʻo hoʻo ngaahi lea, ʻo pehē,
You have certainly spoken in my hearing; I have heard the sound of your words saying,
9 ‘ʻOku ou maʻa taʻehaangahala, ʻoku ou māʻoniʻoni; pea ʻoku ʻikai ha hia ʻiate au.
'I am clean and without transgression; I am innocent, and there is no sin in me.
10 Vakai, ʻoku ne kumi ʻae meʻa ke u kovi ai, ʻoku ne lauʻi au ko hono fili,
See, God finds opportunities to attack me; he regards me as his enemy.
11 ʻOku ne ʻai hoku vaʻe ki he meʻa fakamaʻu vaʻe, ʻoku ne vakaiʻi ʻa hoku ʻalunga kotoa pē.’
He puts my feet in stocks; he watches all my paths.'
12 “Vakai eni, ʻoku ʻikai te ke tonuhia: te u talia koe, he ʻoku lahi ʻae ʻOtua ki he tangata.
See, in this you are not right—I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
13 He ko e hā ʻoku ke fai ai mo ia? Koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai fakahā ʻe ia ʻae ʻuhinga ʻo ʻene ngaahi ngāue.
Why do you struggle against him? He does not account for any of his doings.
14 Ka ʻoku lea ʻae ʻOtua ʻo tuʻo taha, ʻio, ʻo tuʻo ua, ka ʻoku ʻikai tokangaʻi ia ʻe he tangata.
For God speaks once— yes, twice, though man does not notice it.
15 ʻI he misi, ʻi he meʻa hā mai ʻoe poʻuli, ʻi he tō ʻae mohe maʻu ki he kakai, ʻi he tulemohe ʻi he mohenga;
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumber on the bed—
16 ʻOku ne toki fakaongo ʻae telinga ʻoe kakai, ʻo ne pulusi ʻa honau akonakiʻi,
then God opens the ears of men, and frightens them with threats,
17 Koeʻuhi ke ne taʻofi ʻae tangata mei heʻene ngāue ʻaʻana, pea fufū ʻae fielahi mei he tangata.
in order to pull man back from his sinful purposes, and keep pride from him.
18 ʻOku ne taʻofi mai hono laumālie mei he luo, mo ʻene moʻui ke ʻoua naʻa ʻauha ʻi he heletā.
God keeps man's life back from the pit, his life from crossing over to death.
19 Pea ʻoku ne tautea foki ia ʻaki ʻae mamahi ʻi hono mohenga, mo hono ngaahi hui ʻaki ʻae mamahi lahi:
Man is punished also with pain on his bed, with constant agony in his bones,
20 Ko ia ʻoku fehiʻa ai ʻene moʻui ki he mā, mo hono laumālie ki he meʻakai ifo lelei.
so that his life abhors food, and his soul abhors delicacies.
21 ʻOku fakaʻaʻau ʻo ʻosi ʻa hono kakano, ʻo ʻikai ʻiloa; pea ʻoku tuʻu mai hono ngaahi hui naʻe ʻikai hā mai.
His flesh is consumed away so that it cannot be seen; his bones, once not seen, now stick out.
22 ʻIo, ʻoku ʻunuʻunu atu hono laumālie ki he faʻitoka, mo ʻene moʻui ki he kau fakaʻauha.
Indeed, his soul draws close to the pit, his life to those who wish to destroy it.
23 “Kapau ʻe ʻiate ia ha faifekau, ko e fakamatala, ko e taha mei he toko taha afe, ke fakahā ki he tangata ʻene māʻoniʻoni:
But if there is an angel who can be a mediator for him, a mediator, one from among the thousands of angels, to show him what is right to do,
24 ʻOku toki ʻaloʻofa ai ia kiate ia, ʻo ne pehē, “Fakamoʻui ia mei he ʻalu hifo ki he luo: kuo u ʻiloʻi ʻae huhuʻi.”
and if the angel is kind to him and says to God, 'Save this person from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom for him,'
25 ʻE moʻui lelei hake hono sino ʻi ha tamasiʻi: ʻe toe foki ia ki he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻene kei siʻi:
then his flesh will become fresher than a child's; he will return to the days of his youthful strength.
26 ʻE lotu ia ki he ʻOtua, pea ʻe tokanga ia ki ai: pea ʻe mamata ia ki hono fofonga ʻi he fiefia: he te ne totongi ki he tangata ʻa ʻene māʻoniʻoni.
He will pray to God, and God will be kind to him, so that he sees God's face with joy. God will give the person his triumph.
27 ʻOku ne vakai ki he kakai, pea ka pehē ʻe ha taha, ‘Kuo u angahala, pea fakakehe ʻaia ʻoku totonu, pea kuo taʻeʻaonga ia kiate au;
Then that person will sing in front of other people and say, 'I sinned and perverted that which was right, but my sin was not punished.
28 ʻE fakahaofi ʻe ia ʻa hono laumālie ke ʻoua naʻa ʻalu hifo ki he luo, pea ʻe mamata ʻene moʻui ki he maama.
God has rescued my soul from going down into the pit; my life will continue to see light.'
29 “Vakai, ʻoku faʻa fai ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa pē koeʻuhi ko e tangata,
See, God does all these things with a person, twice, yes, even three times,
30 Ke ne toe ʻomi ai hono laumālie mei he luo, pea ne fakamaama ia ʻaki ʻae maama ʻoe moʻui.
to bring his soul back from the pit, so that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
31 Tokanga, ʻe Siope, fakafanongo kiate au: ke ke longo pe, kau lea.
Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent and I will speak.
32 Kapau ʻoku ai haʻo lea, tali mai: lea, he ko hoku loto ke ke tonuhia.
If you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I wish to prove that you are in the right.
33 Kapau ʻoku ʻikai, fakafanongo kiate au: ke ke longo pē, kau akonekina koe ke ke poto.
If not, then listen to me; remain silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”
