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 nowe, if any will answere thee, and to which of the Saintes wilt thou turne?
2 He ʻoku tāmateʻi ʻe he houhau ʻae tangata vale, pea fakaʻauha ʻe he tuputāmaki ʻae fakavalevale.
Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.
3 Kuo u mamata ki he vale kuo aka, kae fakafokifā ne u tuku hono ʻapi ki he malaʻia.
I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying,
4 ʻOku mamaʻo ʻene fānau mo e hūfanga, ʻoku taʻomia ʻakinautolu ʻi he matapā, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha fakahaofia.
His children shalbe farre from saluation, and they shall be destroyed in the gate, and none shall deliuer them.
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.
The hungrie shall eate vp his haruest: yea, they shall take it from among the thornes, and the thirstie shall drinke vp their substance.
6 Neongo ʻoku ʻikai ʻalu hake mei he efu ʻae angahala, pea ʻoku ʻikai tupu mei he kelekele ʻae mamahi;
For miserie commeth not foorth of the dust, neither doeth affliction spring out of the earth.
7 Ka kuo fanauʻi ʻae tangata ki he mamahi, ʻo hangē ko e puna hake ʻae kalofiama.
But man is borne vnto trauaile, as the sparkes flie vpwarde.
8 “Ko ia te u kumi ki he ʻOtua, pea te u tuku ʻeku ngāue ki he ʻOtua:
But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:
9 He ko ia ia ʻoku ne faʻa fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi mo taʻefaʻaʻilo; ko e ngaahi meʻa fakaofo mo taʻefaʻalaua:
Which doeth great things and vnsearchable, and marueilous things without nomber.
10 Ko ia ia ʻoku ne foaki ʻae ʻuha ki he kelekele, pea ne fekau hifo ʻae ngaahi vai ki he tokaʻanga ngoue:
He giueth raine vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes,
11 Koeʻuhi ke hiki ki ʻolunga ʻakinautolu ʻoku māʻulalo; kae hakeakiʻi ke moʻui ʻakinautolu ʻoku tangi.
And setteth vp on hie them that be lowe, that the sorowfull may be exalted to saluation.
12 ʻOku ne motuhi ʻae fakakaukau ʻoe fie poto, pea ʻoku ʻikai faʻa fai ai ʻe honau nima ha momoʻi meʻa.
He scattereth the deuices of the craftie: so that their handes can not accomplish that which they doe 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 craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.
14 ʻOku nau fekitaki mo e poʻuli ʻi he kei ʻaho, pea tautaufā ʻi he hoʻatāmālie ʻo hangē ko e pō.
They meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope at noone day, as in the night.
15 Ka ʻoku ne fakahaofia ʻae masiva mei he heletā ʻo honau ngutu, pea mei he nima ʻoe mālohi.
But he saueth the poore from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hande of the violent man,
16 ʻOku tupu ai ʻi he masiva ʻae ʻamanaki lelei, pea ko e angahala ʻe tāpuni hono ngutu ʻoʻona.
So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth.
17 “Vakai, ʻoku monūʻia ʻae tangata ʻoku tautea ʻe he ʻOtua: ko ia, ʻoua naʻa ke taʻetokangaʻi ʻae tautea mei he Māfimafi:
Beholde, blessed is the man whome God correcteth: therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie.
18 He ʻoku ne fakamamahi, pea ʻoku ne nonoʻo: ʻoku ne hokaʻi, kae fakamoʻui ʻe hono nima ʻoʻona.
For he maketh the wound, and bindeth it vp: he smiteth, and his handes 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 shall deliuer thee in sixe troubles, and in the seuenth the euill shall not 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 shall deliuer thee from death: and in battel from the power of the sworde.
21 ʻE fufū koe mei he tautea ʻoe ʻelelo: pea ka haʻu ʻae fakaʻauha ʻe ʻikai te ke manavahē ai.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it commeth.
22 Te ke kata koe ʻi he fakaʻauha mo e honge: pea ʻe ʻikai te ke manavahē ki he fanga manu fekai ʻoe fonua.
But thou shalt laugh at destruction and dearth, and shalt not be afraide of the beast of the earth.
23 He te mou kaumeʻa mo e ngaahi maka ʻoe fonua: pea ʻe fiemālie mo koe ʻae fanga manu ʻoe fonua.
For the stones of the fielde shall be in league with thee, and the beastes 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 knowe, that peace shall be in thy tabernacle, and thou shalt visite thine habitation, and shalt not sinne.
25 Pea te ke ʻilo foki ʻe tokolahi ho hako, pea ʻe tatau hoʻo fānau mo e mohuku ʻoe fonua.
Thou shalt perceiue also, that thy seede shalbe great, and thy posteritie as the grasse 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 goe to thy graue in a ful age, as a ricke of corne commeth in due season into the barne.
27 Vakai ko e meʻa ni, kuo mau ʻekea, pea ʻoku pehē pe ia; fanongo ki ai, pea ke ʻilo ia maʻau.
Lo, thus haue we inquired of it, and so it is: heare this and knowe it for thy selfe.
