Siope 35

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

And Elihu answereth and saith: —

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

This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — '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 sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

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

I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

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

Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been 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 hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou 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 thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

8 ‌ʻE kovi nai hoʻo angahala ki he tangata ʻo hangē ko koe; pea ʻe ʻaonga nai hoʻo māʻoniʻoni ki he foha ʻoe tangata.

For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

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.

Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because 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;

And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving 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?’

Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'

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, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

13 Ko e moʻoni ʻe ʻikai fanongo ʻae ʻOtua ki he launoa, pea ʻe ʻikai tokanga ki ai ʻae Māfimafi.

Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold 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.

Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay 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, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.

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

And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.