Siope 41
1 “ʻOku ke faʻa fusi hake ʻae levaiatani ʻaki ʻae mātaʻu? Pe ko hono ʻelelo ʻaki ʻae afo ʻoku ke tukutuku hifo?
Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?
2 ʻOku ke faʻa ʻai ʻae mātaʻu ki hono ihu? Pe vili ke ʻasi hono kouʻahe ʻaki ʻae talaʻi ʻakau?
Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle?
3 Te ne fai ʻene ngaahi hū tāumaʻu kiate koe? Te ne lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea malu kiate koe?
Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee?
4 Te ne fai ʻae fuakava mo koe? Te ke maʻu ia ko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ʻo taʻengata?
Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever?
5 Te ke fakavā mo ia ʻo hangē ko e manupuna? Pe te ke noʻotaki ia maʻa hoʻo kau taʻahine?
Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?
6 ʻE fai kātoanga ʻaki ia ʻe ho kaumeʻa? Te nau vahevahe ia ki he kakai fakatau?
Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him?
7 ʻOku ke faʻa fakapito hono kili ʻi he tao ukamea talatala? Pe ko hono ʻulu ʻi he tao hoka ika?
Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and the cabins of fishes with his head?
8 Hilifaki ho nima kiate ia, manatu ki he tau, pea ʻoua naʻa toe fai hā meʻa.
Lay thy hand upon him: remember the battle, and speak no more.
9 Vakai, ʻoku taʻeʻaonga ke ʻamanaki kiate ia: ʻikai ʻe tō ki lalo ha tokotaha ʻi he mamata pe kiate ia?
Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down.
10 ʻOku ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻoku loto lahi ʻe fie ueʻi ia ke tuʻu hake: pea ka kuo pehē, ko hai koā ʻe faʻa tuʻu ʻi hoku ʻao?
I will not stir him up, like one that is cruel: for who can resist my countenance?
11 Ko hai kuo ne tomuʻa fai kiate au koeʻuhi ke u totongi ia? Ko e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi lalo langi ʻoku ʻaʻaku ia.
Who hath given me before that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.
12 “ʻE ʻikai te u fakapuli hono ngaahi konga, pe ko hono mālohi, pe ko hono matamatalelei.
I will not spare him, nor his mighty words, and framed to make supplication.
13 Ko hai te ne faʻa ʻilo ʻae mata ʻo hono kofu? Pe ko hai ʻe faʻa haʻu kiate ia mo e palaiteli lou ua?
Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can go into the midst of his mouth?
14 Ko hai te ne faʻa toʻo ʻae matapā ʻo hono mata? ʻOku fakailifia hono ngaahi nifo ʻoku takatakai.
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
15 ʻOku viki ia ʻi hono ngaahi ʻuno, ʻaia ʻoku tāpuni fakataha ʻo hangē ko e meʻa pulusi maʻu.
His body is like molten shields, shut close up with scales pressing upon one another.
16 ʻOku fengūtaki pehē ʻae taha ki he taha, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai faʻa hū ai ʻae matangi ʻi hona vahaʻa.
One is joined to another, and not so much as any air can come between them:
17 ʻOku nau fehokotaki, ʻo fepikitaki fakataha, pea ʻe ʻikai faʻa vaheʻi.
They stick one to another and they hold one another fast, and shall not be separated.
18 ʻI heʻene mafatua ʻoku ulo ai ʻae maama, pea ʻoku tatau hono mata mo e laumata ʻoe pongipongi.
His sneezing is like the shining of fire, and his eyes like the eyelids of the morning.
19 ʻOku ʻalu atu mei hono ngutu ʻae ngaahi maama ulo, ʻoku puna mei ai kituʻa ʻae ngaahi kalofiama.
Out of his mouth go forth lamps, like torches of lighted fire.
20 ʻOku ʻalu atu ʻi hono avaʻi ihu ʻae ʻohuafi, ʻo hangē ko e kulo vai kuo lili, pe ko e fuʻu kulo.
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, like that of a pot heated and boiling.
21 ʻOku tutu ʻe heʻene mānava ʻae malala, pea ʻoku ulo mai ʻae afi mei hono ngutu.
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame cometh forth out of his mouth.
22 ʻOku nofo ʻae mālohi ʻi hono kia, pea ʻoku liliu ʻae mamahi ko e fiefia ʻi hono ʻao.
In his neck strength shall dwell, and want goeth before his face.
23 Ko hono ngaahi ʻioʻi kakano ʻoku piki fakataha: ʻoku mālohi ia ʻi ai; ʻoku ʻikai faʻa ueʻi.
The members of his flesh cleave one to another: he shall send lightnings against him, and they shall not be carried to another place.
24 ʻOku mālohi hono loto ʻo hangē ko e maka; ʻio, ʻoku fefeka ʻo hangē ko e konga ʻoe maka tokalalo ʻoe meʻa momosi.
His heart shall be as hard as a stone, and as firm as a smith’s anvil.
25 ʻOka fokotuʻu hake ia ki ʻolunga, ʻoku manavahē ʻae kau mālohi: ko e meʻa ʻi he faʻa maumau ʻoku nau fakamaʻa ʻakinautolu.
When he shall raise him up, the angels shall fear, and being affrighted shall purify themselves.
26 Ko e heletā ʻo ia ʻoku ne tā kiate ia ʻoku ʻikai tau; pe ko e tao, pe ko e tokotoko, mo e kofutau.
When a sword shall lay at him, it shall not be able to hold, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.
27 ʻOku tatau kiate ia ʻae ʻaione mo e mohuku, ʻae palasa mo e ʻakau popo.
For he shall esteem iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
28 ʻE ʻikai hola ia ʻi he ngahau: ʻoku ne liliu ʻae ngaahi makatā ko e veve.
The archer shall not put him to flight, the stones of the sling are to him like stubble.
29 ʻOku ne ui ʻae ngaahi ngahau ko e mohuku mōmoa: ʻoku kata ia ʻi he apoapo ʻoe tao.
As stubble will he esteem the hammer, and he will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear.
30 ʻOku ʻi lalo ʻiate ia ʻae ngaahi maka māsila: ʻoku ne folahi ki he pelepela ʻae ngaahi meʻa māsila.
The beams of the sun shall be under him, and he shall strew gold under him like mire.
31 ʻOku ne fakalili ʻae loloto ʻo hangē ko e kulo: ʻoku ne ngaohi ke tatau ʻae tahi mo e ipu ʻoe meʻa tākai.
He shall make the deep sea to boil like a pot, and shall make it as when ointments boil.
32 ʻOku ne fakangingila ʻae hala kimui ʻiate ia; ʻe mahalo ʻe ha taha ʻoku hinehina ʻae loloto.
A path shall shine after him, he shall esteem the deep as growing old.
33 ʻOku ʻikai hano tatau ʻi he fonua, ʻaia kuo ngaohi ke taʻemanavahē.
There is no power upon earth that can be compared with him who was made to fear no one.
34 ʻOku ne vakai ki he ngaahi meʻa māʻolunga kotoa pē: ko e tuʻi ia ki he ngaahi fānau kotoa pē ʻoe laukau.”
He beholdeth every high thing, he is king over all the children of pride.
