Siope 35

1 Pea naʻe fai pe ʻe Elihu ʻa ʻene lea, ʻo ne pehē,

Elihu spake moreover, and said,

2 “ʻOku ke mahalo ʻoku totonu eni, ʻa hoʻo lea ʻo pehē, ‘Ko ʻeku māʻoniʻoni ʻoku lahi ki he ʻOtua?’

Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?

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 thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?

4 Te u tala kiate koe, mo kinautolu ʻoku kaumeʻa mo koe.

I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

5 Sio ki he ngaahi langi, ʻo mamata; pea vakai ki he ngaahi ʻao ʻaia ʻoku māʻolunga hake ʻiate koe.

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.

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 thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto 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 thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine 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.

Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art; ] and thy righteousness [may profit] the 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.

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of 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 none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth 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 teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

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, but none giveth 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 will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard 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.

Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in 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:

But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:

16 Ko ia ʻoku mafaʻa taʻeʻaonga ai ʻae ngutu ʻo Siope; ʻoku ne fakalahi ʻae ngaahi lea ʻi he taʻeʻilo.

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.