Siope 38
1 Pea naʻe toki folofola ʻa Sihova kia Siope mei he ʻahiohio, ʻo pehē,
Then spake Jehovah to Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
2 “Ko hai eni ʻoku ne fakapoʻuliʻi ʻae fakakaukau ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea ʻoe taʻeʻilo?
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Ko eni, ke ke nonoʻo ho noʻotangavala ʻo ngali mo e tangata; he te u ʻeke kiate koe, pea ke fakamatala mai kiate au.
Gird up thy loins like a man! I will ask thee, and answer thou me!
4 “Naʻa ke ʻi fē koe ʻi heʻeku ʻai ʻae ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo māmani? Fakahā mai, kapau ʻoku ʻiate koe ʻae faʻa ʻilo.
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding!
5 Ko hai naʻa ne ai hono ngaahi fuofua ʻo ia, ʻo kapau ʻoku ke ʻilo? Pe ko hai naʻa ne falō ʻae afo ki ai?
Who fixed its dimensions, that thou shouldst know it! Or who stretched out the line upon it?
6 ʻOku fakamaʻu ki he hā ʻa hono ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo ia? Pe ko hai naʻa ne ʻai ʻa hono maka tuliki ʻo ia;
Upon what were its foundations fixed? And who laid its corner-stone,
7 ʻAia naʻe hiva fiefia fakataha ai ʻae ngaahi fetuʻu ʻoe pongipongi, pea kalanga fakafiefia ai ʻae ngaahi foha kotoa pē ʻoe ʻOtua?
When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 “Pe ko hai naʻa ne tāpuni ʻae tahi ʻaki ʻae ngaahi matapā, ʻi heʻene hā mai, ʻo hangē ko ʻene puna mei he manāva?
And who shut up the sea with doors, When it burst forth as from the womb?
9 ʻI heʻeku ngaohi ʻae ʻao ko e kofu ʻo ia, pea ko e fakapoʻuli matolu ko hono noʻo ʻoʻona.
When I made the clouds its mantle, And thick darkness its swaddling-band;
10 ʻO keli hake ʻae potu naʻaku tuʻutuʻuni ki ai, ʻo ʻai ki ai ʻae ngaahi pou mo e matapā.
When I appointed for it my bound, And fixed for it bars and doors;
11 Pea u pehē, ‘Te ke haʻu ki heni, pea ngata ai: pea ʻe lolomi ʻi heni hoʻo ngaahi peau laukau?’
And said, Thus far shalt thou come, and no farther, And here shall thy proud waves be stayed!
12 “Naʻa ke fekau ki he pongipongi talu hoʻo ngaahi ʻaho; pea pule ki he hengihengi ʻoe ʻaho ke ne ʻilo hono potu:
Hast thou, in thy life, given charge to the morning, Or caused the day-spring to know its place,
13 Koeʻuhi ke ne puke ki he ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻoe fonua, koeʻuhi ke tupeʻi mei ai ʻae kakai angahala.
That it should lay hold of the ends of the earth, And shake the wicked out of it?
14 ʻOku liliu ia ʻo hangē ko e ʻumea ki he fakaʻilonga; pea ʻoku nau tuʻu ʻo hangē ko e kofu.
It is changed as clay by the seal; And all things stand forth as in rich apparel.
15 Ka ʻoku taʻofi mei he kau angahala ʻenau maama, pea ʻe fesiʻi ʻae nima māʻolunga.
But from the wicked their light is withheld, And the high-raised arm is broken.
16 “Naʻa ke hū koe ki he ngaahi matavai ʻoe tahi? Pe naʻa ke ʻeveʻeva ke kumi ʻae loloto?
Hast thou visited the springs of the sea, And walked through the recesses of the deep?
17 Naʻe toʻo ʻae ngaahi matapā ʻoe mate kiate koe? Pe naʻa ke mamata ʻe koe ki he ngaahi matapā ʻoe malumalu ʻoe mate?
Have the gates of death been disclosed to thee, And hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
18 Naʻa ke ʻiloʻi ʻae māukupu ʻoe fonua? Fakahā ʻo kapau ʻoku ke ʻilo ia kotoa pē.
Hast thou surveyed the breadth of the earth? Declare, if thou knowest it all!
19 “Ko e fē ʻae hala ʻoku nofo ai ʻae maama? Pea ko e poʻuli, komaʻa ia ʻae potu ʻoʻona.
Where is the way to the abode of light? And darkness—where is its dwelling-place?
20 Koeʻuhi ke ke ʻave ia ki hono ngataʻanga ʻoʻona, pea koeʻuhi ke ke ʻilo ʻae ngaahi hala ki he fale ʻo ia?
That thou shouldst lead it to its boundary, And that thou shouldst know the paths to its mansion!
21 Kuo ke ʻilo ia, he naʻe fanauʻi koe ʻi he kuonga ko ia? Pe koeʻuhi kuo lahi hono lau ʻo ho ngaahi ʻaho?
Surely thou knowest; for thou wast then born! And the number of thy years is great!
22 Naʻa ke hū koe ki he ngaahi faʻoakianga ʻoe ʻuha hinehina? Pe naʻa ke mamata koe ki he ngaahi faʻoakiʻanga ʻoe ʻuha maka,
Hast thou visited the storehouses of the snow, Or seen the treasuries of the hail,
23 ʻAia kuo u tuku ki he kuonga ʻoe fakamamahi, ki he ʻaho ʻoe fekeʻikeʻi mo e tau?
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, —Against the day of battle and war?
24 ʻOku vahevahe fēfeeʻi ʻae maama, ʻaia ʻoku ne tufaki ke mamaʻo ʻae matangi hahake ʻi he fonua?
What is the way to where light is distributed, And the east wind spread abroad upon the earth?
25 Ko hai kuo ne vaheʻi ʻae tafeʻanga vai ki he mahuohua ʻoe ngaahi vai, pe ko e hala ki he ʻuhila ʻoe mana;
Who hath prepared channels for the rain, And a path for the thunder-flash,
26 Koeʻuhi ke pule ke ʻuha ki he fonua, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai ha tangata; ki he toafa, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai ha tangata;
To give rain to the land without an inhabitant, To the wilderness wherein is no man;
27 Ke fakafiemālie ʻae kelekele lala mo liʻaki; ke fakatupu ʻae moto ʻoe ʻakau vaivai?
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, And cause the tender herb to spring forth?
28 Ko hai ʻae tamai ʻae ʻuha? Pe ko hai kuo ne fakatupu ʻae ngaahi tulutā ʻoe hahau?
Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of the dew?
29 Naʻe haʻu ʻae vai fefeka mei he manāva ʻo hai? Pea ko hai naʻa ne fakatupu ʻae falositi hinehina ʻoe langi?
Out of whose womb came the ice? And who hath gendered the hoar-frost of heaven?
30 Kuo fufū ʻae ngaahi vai ʻo hangē ko e maka, pea kuo fakafefeka ʻae funga ʻoe loloto.
The waters are hid as under stone, And the face of the deep becometh solid.
31 “ʻOku ke faʻa puleʻi ʻe koe ʻae ngaahi mālohi melie ʻo Peliatisi, pe vete ʻae ngaahi haʻi ʻo Olioni?
Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, Or loosen the chains of Orion?
32 ʻOku ke faʻa ʻomi ʻe koe ʻa Masaloti ʻi hono kuonga? Pe te ke faʻa fakahinohino ʻa ʻAakitulio mo hono ngaahi foha?
Canst thou lead forth the Signs in their season, Or guide the Bear with her sons?
33 ʻOku ke ʻiloʻi ʻae ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ʻoe langi? ʻOku ke faʻa fokotuʻu ʻene pule ki he fonua?
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Hast thou appointed their dominion over the earth?
34 “ʻOku ke faʻa hiki hake ʻe koe ho leʻo ki he ngaahi ʻao, koeʻuhi ke ʻufiʻufi ʻaki koe ʻae ngaahi vai lahi?
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, So that abundance of waters will cover thee?
35 ʻOku ke faʻa fekau atu ʻae ngaahi ʻuhila, koeʻuhi ke nau ʻalu, ʻonau pehē kiate koe, ‘Ko kimautolu eni?’
Canst thou send forth lightnings, so that they will go, And say to thee, “Here we are”?
36 Ko hai kuo ne ʻai ʻae poto ki he ngaahi potu ʻi loto? Pe ko hai kuo ne foaki ʻae faʻa ʻilo ki he loto?
Who hath put understanding in the reins, And given intelligence to the mind?
37 Ko hai ʻoku faʻa lau ʻae ngaahi ʻao ʻi he poto? Pe ko hai te ne faʻa taʻofi ʻae ngaahi hina ʻoe langi?
Who numbereth the clouds in wisdom? And who poureth out the bottles of heaven,
38 ʻOka tupu ʻo fefeka ʻae efu, pea piki fakataha ʻae tuʻutanga kelekele?
When the dust floweth into a molten mass, And the clods cleave fast together?
39 “He te ke tuli ʻae meʻakai maʻae laione? Pe fakamākona ʻae fiekaia ʻoe fanga laione mui,
Canst thou hunt prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the hunger of the young lions,
40 ʻOka nau ka tokoto ʻi honau ngaahi ʻana, pea nofo pe ʻo lama ʻi he potu lilo?
When they couch in their dens, And lie in wait in the thicket?
41 Ko hai ʻoku ne tokonaki ʻae meʻakai ki he leveni, ʻoka tangi hono fānganga ki he ʻOtua, ʻi heʻenau hē ko e masiva kai?
Who provideth for the raven his food, When his young ones cry unto God, While they wander about without food?
