Siope 5
1 “Ui eni, ka ʻoku ai ha taha te ne talia koe; pea ko hai ʻi he kau māʻoniʻoni te ke hanga ki ai?
Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
2 He ʻoku tāmateʻi ʻe he houhau ʻae tangata vale, pea fakaʻauha ʻe he tuputāmaki ʻae fakavalevale.
For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
3 Kuo u mamata ki he vale kuo aka, kae fakafokifā ne u tuku hono ʻapi ki he malaʻia.
I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 ʻOku mamaʻo ʻene fānau mo e hūfanga, ʻoku taʻomia ʻakinautolu ʻi he matapā, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha fakahaofia.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:
5 ʻOku kai honau taʻu ʻe he fiekaia, ʻo ne faʻao ia, ʻio, mei he loto ʻakau talatala, pea ʻoku folo hifo ʻe he kaihaʻa ʻenau koloa.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.
6 Neongo ʻoku ʻikai ʻalu hake mei he efu ʻae angahala, pea ʻoku ʻikai tupu mei he kelekele ʻae mamahi;
For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7 Ka kuo fanauʻi ʻae tangata ki he mamahi, ʻo hangē ko e puna hake ʻae kalofiama.
For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.
8 “Ko ia te u kumi ki he ʻOtua, pea te u tuku ʻeku ngāue ki he ʻOtua:
But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;
9 He ko ia ia ʻoku ne faʻa fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi mo taʻefaʻaʻilo; ko e ngaahi meʻa fakaofo mo taʻefaʻalaua:
Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
10 Ko ia ia ʻoku ne foaki ʻae ʻuha ki he kelekele, pea ne fekau hifo ʻae ngaahi vai ki he tokaʻanga ngoue:
Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;
11 Koeʻuhi ke hiki ki ʻolunga ʻakinautolu ʻoku māʻulalo; kae hakeakiʻi ke moʻui ʻakinautolu ʻoku tangi.
Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.
12 ʻOku ne motuhi ʻae fakakaukau ʻoe fie poto, pea ʻoku ʻikai faʻa fai ai ʻe honau nima ha momoʻi meʻa.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
13 ʻOku ne tauheleʻi ʻae poto ʻi heʻenau fiepoto: pea ko e fakakaukau ʻoe anga pikopiko ʻoku fakataʻeaongaʻi,
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:
14 ʻOku nau fekitaki mo e poʻuli ʻi he kei ʻaho, pea tautaufā ʻi he hoʻatāmālie ʻo hangē ko e pō.
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.
15 Ka ʻoku ne fakahaofia ʻae masiva mei he heletā ʻo honau ngutu, pea mei he nima ʻoe mālohi.
And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 ʻOku tupu ai ʻi he masiva ʻae ʻamanaki lelei, pea ko e angahala ʻe tāpuni hono ngutu ʻoʻona.
So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.
17 “Vakai, ʻoku monūʻia ʻae tangata ʻoku tautea ʻe he ʻOtua: ko ia, ʻoua naʻa ke taʻetokangaʻi ʻae tautea mei he Māfimafi:
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
18 He ʻoku ne fakamamahi, pea ʻoku ne nonoʻo: ʻoku ne hokaʻi, kae fakamoʻui ʻe hono nima ʻoʻona.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 ʻE fakahaofi ʻe ia ʻa koe ʻi he mamahi ʻe ono: ʻio, ʻi he meʻa ʻe fitu ʻe ʻikai ha kovi te ne lavaʻi koe.
He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 Te ne huhuʻi koe mei he mate ʻi he honge: pea mei he mālohi ʻoe heletā ʻi he tau.
In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
21 ʻE fufū koe mei he tautea ʻoe ʻelelo: pea ka haʻu ʻae fakaʻauha ʻe ʻikai te ke manavahē ai.
Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 Te ke kata koe ʻi he fakaʻauha mo e honge: pea ʻe ʻikai te ke manavahē ki he fanga manu fekai ʻoe fonua.
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
23 He te mou kaumeʻa mo e ngaahi maka ʻoe fonua: pea ʻe fiemālie mo koe ʻae fanga manu ʻoe fonua.
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 Pea te ke ʻilo ʻe melino pe ho nofoʻanga; te ke ʻaʻahi ki ho ʻapi, pea ʻe ʻikai te ke angahala.
And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.
25 Pea te ke ʻilo foki ʻe tokolahi ho hako, pea ʻe tatau hoʻo fānau mo e mohuku ʻoe fonua.
And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.
26 Te ke hoko ki ho tanuʻanga ʻi he motuʻa lelei, ʻo hangē ko e ʻū koane ʻi hono faʻahitaʻu.
Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.
27 Vakai ko e meʻa ni, kuo mau ʻekea, pea ʻoku pehē pe ia; fanongo ki ai, pea ke ʻilo ia maʻau.
Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.
