Siope 35
1 Pea naʻe fai pe ʻe Elihu ʻa ʻene lea, ʻo ne pehē,
And Elihu went on to say:
2 “ʻOku ke mahalo ʻoku totonu eni, ʻa hoʻo lea ʻo pehē, ‘Ko ʻeku māʻoniʻoni ʻoku lahi ki he ʻOtua?’
“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
3 He naʻa ke pehē, ‘Ko e hā hono ʻaonga kiate koe? Pea ko e hā ʻae totongi te u maʻu [ʻo kapau ʻe fakamaʻa ]au mei heʻeku angahala?’
For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
4 Te u tala kiate koe, mo kinautolu ʻoku kaumeʻa mo koe.
I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
5 Sio ki he ngaahi langi, ʻo mamata; pea vakai ki he ngaahi ʻao ʻaia ʻoku māʻolunga hake ʻiate koe.
Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
6 Kapau ʻoku ke fai angahala, ko e hā ʻoku ke fai kiate ia? Pea kapau kuo tupu ʻo lahi ʻa hoʻo talangataʻa, ko e hā ʻoku ke fai kiate ia?
If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
7 Kapau ʻoku ke māʻoniʻoni, ko e hā ʻoku ke foaki kiate ia? Pe ko e hā ia ʻoku ne maʻu ʻi ho nima?
If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
8 ʻE kovi nai hoʻo angahala ki he tangata ʻo hangē ko koe; pea ʻe ʻaonga nai hoʻo māʻoniʻoni ki he foha ʻoe tangata.
Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.
9 “Ko e meʻa ʻi he lahi ʻoe ngaahi meʻa fakamālohi ʻoku tangi ai ʻae kau fakamālohia, ʻoku nau tangi kalanga ʻi he nima ʻoe mālohi.
Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
10 Ka ʻoku ʻikai pehē ʻe ha taha, ‘Kofaʻā ia ʻae ʻOtua ko hoku tupuʻanga, ʻaia ʻoku ne foaki ʻae ngaahi hiva ʻi he pō;
But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
11 ʻAia ʻoku ako lahi hake kiate kitautolu ʻi he ngaahi manu ʻoe fonua, ʻo ne fakapoto lahi hake ʻakitautolu ʻi he ngaahi manupuna ʻoe ʻatā?’
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
12 ʻOku nau tangi ʻi ai, ka ʻoku ʻikai lea ha tokotaha, ko e meʻa ʻi he laukau ʻae kau tangata kovi.
There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Ko e moʻoni ʻe ʻikai fanongo ʻae ʻOtua ki he launoa, pea ʻe ʻikai tokanga ki ai ʻae Māfimafi.
Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
14 Naʻa ke lea, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻE ʻikai te ke mamata kiate ia, ka ʻoku ʻi hono ʻao ʻae fakamaau, ko ia ke ke falala kiate ia.
How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
15 Ka koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai pehē eni, ko ia kuo ne ʻaʻahi ai ʻi hono houhau; ka ʻoku ʻikai te ne ʻilo ia ʻi he mamahi lahi:
and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
16 Ko ia ʻoku mafaʻa taʻeʻaonga ai ʻae ngutu ʻo Siope; ʻoku ne fakalahi ʻae ngaahi lea ʻi he taʻeʻilo.
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
