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 drawe out Liuiathan with an hooke, and with a line which thou shalt cast downe vnto his tongue?
2 ʻOku ke faʻa ʻai ʻae mātaʻu ki hono ihu? Pe vili ke ʻasi hono kouʻahe ʻaki ʻae talaʻi ʻakau?
Canst thou cast an hooke into his nose? canst thou perce his iawes with an angle?
3 Te ne fai ʻene ngaahi hū tāumaʻu kiate koe? Te ne lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea malu kiate koe?
Will he make many prayers vnto thee, or speake thee faire?
4 Te ne fai ʻae fuakava mo koe? Te ke maʻu ia ko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ʻo taʻengata?
Will hee make a couenant with thee? and wilt thou take him as a seruant for euer?
5 Te ke fakavā mo ia ʻo hangē ko e manupuna? Pe te ke noʻotaki ia maʻa hoʻo kau taʻahine?
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bynd him for thy maydes?
6 ʻE fai kātoanga ʻaki ia ʻe ho kaumeʻa? Te nau vahevahe ia ki he kakai fakatau?
Shall the companions baket with him? shall they deuide him among the marchants?
7 ʻOku ke faʻa fakapito hono kili ʻi he tao ukamea talatala? Pe ko hono ʻulu ʻi he tao hoka ika?
Canst thou fill the basket with his skinne? or the fishpanier with his head?
8 Hilifaki ho nima kiate ia, manatu ki he tau, pea ʻoua naʻa toe fai hā meʻa.
Lay thine hand vpon him: remember the battel, and do no more so.
9 Vakai, ʻoku taʻeʻaonga ke ʻamanaki kiate ia: ʻikai ʻe tō ki lalo ha tokotaha ʻi he mamata pe kiate ia?
Behold, his hope is in vaine: for shall not one perish euen at the sight of him?
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?
None is so fearce that dare stirre him vp. Who is he then that can stand before me?
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 preuented mee that I shoulde make an ende? Al vnder heauen is mine.
12 “ʻE ʻikai te u fakapuli hono ngaahi konga, pe ko hono mālohi, pe ko hono matamatalelei.
I will not keepe silence concerning his partes, nor his power nor his comely proportion.
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 discouer the face of his garmet? or who shall come to him with a double bridle?
14 Ko hai te ne faʻa toʻo ʻae matapā ʻo hono mata? ʻOku fakailifia hono ngaahi nifo ʻoku takatakai.
Who shall open the doores of his face? his teeth are fearefull round about.
15 ʻOku viki ia ʻi hono ngaahi ʻuno, ʻaia ʻoku tāpuni fakataha ʻo hangē ko e meʻa pulusi maʻu.
The maiestie of his scales is like strog shields, and are sure sealed.
16 ʻOku fengūtaki pehē ʻae taha ki he taha, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai faʻa hū ai ʻae matangi ʻi hona vahaʻa.
One is set to another, that no winde can come betweene them.
17 ʻOku nau fehokotaki, ʻo fepikitaki fakataha, pea ʻe ʻikai faʻa vaheʻi.
One is ioyned to another: they sticke together, that they cannot be sundered.
18 ʻI heʻene mafatua ʻoku ulo ai ʻae maama, pea ʻoku tatau hono mata mo e laumata ʻoe pongipongi.
His niesings make the light to shine, and his eyes are 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 lampes, and sparkes of fire leape out.
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 nostrels commeth out smoke, as out of a boyling pot or caldron.
21 ʻOku tutu ʻe heʻene mānava ʻae malala, pea ʻoku ulo mai ʻae afi mei hono ngutu.
His breath maketh the coales burne: for a flame goeth 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 necke remayneth strength, and labour is reiected 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 bodie are ioyned: they are strong in themselues, and cannot be mooued.
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 is as strong as a stone, and as hard as the nether milstone.
25 ʻOka fokotuʻu hake ia ki ʻolunga, ʻoku manavahē ʻae kau mālohi: ko e meʻa ʻi he faʻa maumau ʻoku nau fakamaʻa ʻakinautolu.
The mightie are afrayd of his maiestie, and for feare they faint in themselues.
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 the sword doeth touch him, he will not rise vp, nor for the speare, dart nor habergeon.
27 ʻOku tatau kiate ia ʻae ʻaione mo e mohuku, ʻae palasa mo e ʻakau popo.
He esteemeth yron as strawe, and brasse as rotten wood.
28 ʻE ʻikai hola ia ʻi he ngahau: ʻoku ne liliu ʻae ngaahi makatā ko e veve.
The archer canot make him flee: ye stones of the sling are turned into stubble vnto him:
29 ʻOku ne ui ʻae ngaahi ngahau ko e mohuku mōmoa: ʻoku kata ia ʻi he apoapo ʻoe tao.
The dartes are counted as strawe: and hee laugheth at the shaking of the speare.
30 ʻOku ʻi lalo ʻiate ia ʻae ngaahi maka māsila: ʻoku ne folahi ki he pelepela ʻae ngaahi meʻa māsila.
Sharpe stones are vnder him, and he spreadeth sharpe things vpon the myre.
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 maketh the depth to boyle like a pot, and maketh the sea like a pot of oyntment.
32 ʻOku ne fakangingila ʻae hala kimui ʻiate ia; ʻe mahalo ʻe ha taha ʻoku hinehina ʻae loloto.
He maketh a path to shine after him: one would thinke the depth as an hoare head.
33 ʻOku ʻikai hano tatau ʻi he fonua, ʻaia kuo ngaohi ke taʻemanavahē.
In the earth there is none like him: hee is made without feare.
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 al hie things: he is a King ouer all the children of pride.
