Siope 39
1 “ʻOku ke ʻilo ʻae feituʻulaʻā ʻoku fanauʻi ai ʻae fanga kosi kaivao ʻoe maka? Pe ʻoku ke faʻa fakaʻilonga ʻoka fanauʻi ʻae fanga hainiti?
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?
2 ʻOku ke faʻa lau ki he kakato ʻo honau ngaahi māhina? Pe ʻoku ke ʻilo ʻae feituʻulaʻā ʻoku nau fāʻele ai?
Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3 ʻOku nau fakamapelu ʻakinautolu, ʻoku nau fāʻeleʻi honau ʻuhiki, ʻoku nau lī kituʻa ʻenau ngaahi mamahi.
They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains;
4 ʻOku matamatalelei honau ʻuhiki, ʻoku nau tupu hake ʻi he toafa; ʻoku nau ʻalu atu, pea ʻikai toe haʻu kiate kinautolu.
Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and return not unto them.
5 “Ko hai kuo ne fekau atu tauʻatāina ʻae ʻasi kaivao? Pe ko hai kuo ne vete ʻae ngaahi haʻi ʻoe ʻasi kaivao?
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,
6 ʻAia kuo u tuʻutuʻuni ʻae toafa ko hono fale ʻoʻona, mo e fonua lala ko hono ngaahi nofoʻanga.
Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?
7 ʻOku manuki ia ki he tokolahi ʻoe kolo, pea ʻoku ʻikai te ne tokanga ki he kalanga ʻoe tauhi.
He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;
8 Ko hono kaiʻanga ko e ngaahi moʻunga ʻataʻatā, pea ʻoku ne kumi ʻae meʻa mata kotoa pē.
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
9 “ʻE fie tauhi kiate koe ʻae liimi, pe nofo ofi ki hoʻo ʻaiʻangakai?
Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib?
10 ʻOku ke faʻa nonoʻo ʻae liimi ʻaki hono noʻotaki ʻi he keli? Pe te ne muimui ʻiate koe ke fakatoka lelei ʻae ngaahi luo?
Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11 Te ke falala ki ai koeʻuhi ʻoku lahi ʻa hono mālohi? Pe te ke tuku hoʻo ngāue kiate ia?
Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
12 Te ke tui kiate ia, te ne fetuku ki ʻapi hoʻo ngaahi fua, ʻo tānaki ia ki ho feleoko?
Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?
13 “Ko e kapakau ʻoe ʻositalesi ke kapakapa: ka ʻoku puna hake ʻae sitoaka mo e falekoni.
The wing of the ostrich beats joyously — But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?
14 Vakai, ʻoku ne fakato hono ngaahi fua ʻi he kelekele, ʻo ne fakamafana ia ʻi he efu,
For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
15 Pea ngalo ʻiate ia ʻe laiki nai ia ʻe he vaʻe, pe maumauʻi ia ʻe he manu kaivao.
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.
16 Kuo fakafefeka ʻene anga ki hono fānganga ʻo hangē ʻoku ʻikai ʻaʻana ʻakinautolu: ʻoku taʻeʻaonga ʻene ngāue taʻemanavahē;
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.
17 Koeʻuhi kuo fakamasivaʻi ia ʻe he ʻOtua ʻi he poto, pea naʻe ʻikai te ne tuku kiate ia ʻae faʻa ʻilo.
For God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.
18 Ko e feituʻulaʻā ko ia te ne tuʻu hake ki ʻolunga, ʻoku ne manukiʻi ʻae hoosi mo ia ʻoku heka ai.
What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
19 “Naʻa ke tuku ʻe koe ʻae mālohi ki he hoosi? Naʻa ke fakakofuʻaki hono kia ʻae mana?
Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
20 ʻOku ke faʻa fakamanavahēʻi ia ʻo hangē ko e heʻe? Ko e mānava lahi ʻo hono ihu ʻoku fakailifia.
Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.
21 ʻOku kenukenu ia ʻi he vahaʻa moʻunga, pea fiefia ʻi he mālohi: ʻoku ʻalu atu ia ke fakafetaulaki ki he kau tangata ʻoku toʻo mahafutau.
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host.
22 ʻOku ne manuki ki he manavahē, pea ʻoku ʻikai ilifia ia; pe foki kimui mei he heletā.
He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.
23 ʻOku ngatata ʻae tangakaho kiate ia, ʻae tao ngingila pea mo e fakaū.
The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.
24 ʻOku ne folohifo ʻae kelekele ʻi he feinga mo e lili: pea ʻoku ʻikai te ne tui ko e leʻo ia ʻoe meʻa lea.
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet:
25 ʻOku pehē ʻe ia ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe ngaahi meʻa lea, ‘He, he;’ pea nanamu ki he tau ʻi he kei mamaʻo, ko e mana ʻoe kau taki tau, mo ʻenau mavava.
At the noise of the trumpets he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26 “ʻOku puna ʻae falekoni ʻi hoʻo poto, ʻo mafao atu hono kapakau ki he feituʻu tonga?
Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, [and] stretch his wings toward the south?
27 ʻOku puna hake ʻae ʻikale ko hoʻo fekau, ʻo ne ngaohi hono pununga ʻi ʻolunga?
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high?
28 ʻOku nofo ia ʻo tatali ʻi he maka, ʻi he maka hangatāmaki, mo e potu mālohi.
He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:
29 ʻOku kumi mei ai ʻene meʻakai, pea ʻoku sio hono mata mei he mamaʻo.
From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;
30 ʻOku mimisi hake foki ʻe hono ʻuhiki ʻae toto: pea ko e potu ko ia ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae mate, ʻoku ʻi ai ia.”
And his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he.
