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 out now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 He ʻoku tāmateʻi ʻe he houhau ʻae tangata vale, pea fakaʻauha ʻe he tuputāmaki ʻae fakavalevale.
For anger kills the foolish man; jealousy kills the silly one.
3 Kuo u mamata ki he vale kuo aka, kae fakafokifā ne u tuku hono ʻapi ki he malaʻia.
I have seen a foolish person taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.
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; they are crushed in the city gate. There is no one to rescue 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 hungry eat up their harvest; they even take it from among the thorns. The thirsty pant for their wealth.
6 Neongo ʻoku ʻikai ʻalu hake mei he efu ʻae angahala, pea ʻoku ʻikai tupu mei he kelekele ʻae mamahi;
For difficulties do not come out from the soil; neither does trouble sprout from the ground.
7 Ka kuo fanauʻi ʻae tangata ki he mamahi, ʻo hangē ko e puna hake ʻae kalofiama.
Instead, mankind is born for trouble, just as sparks fly upward.
8 “Ko ia te u kumi ki he ʻOtua, pea te u tuku ʻeku ngāue ki he ʻOtua:
But as for me, I would turn to God himself; to him I would 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:
he who does great and unsearchable things, marvelous 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:
He gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields.
11 Koeʻuhi ke hiki ki ʻolunga ʻakinautolu ʻoku māʻulalo; kae hakeakiʻi ke moʻui ʻakinautolu ʻoku tangi.
He does this in order to set up on high those who are low; to raise to safety those who mourn.
12 ʻOku ne motuhi ʻae fakakaukau ʻoe fie poto, pea ʻoku ʻikai faʻa fai ai ʻe honau nima ha momoʻi meʻa.
He breaks the plans of the crafty people, so that their hands cannot achieve success.
13 ʻOku ne tauheleʻi ʻae poto ʻi heʻenau fiepoto: pea ko e fakakaukau ʻoe anga pikopiko ʻoku fakataʻeaongaʻi,
He traps wise people in their own crafty actions; the plans of twisted people are hurried to their end.
14 ʻOku nau fekitaki mo e poʻuli ʻi he kei ʻaho, pea tautaufā ʻi he hoʻatāmālie ʻo hangē ko e pō.
They encounter darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as if it were night.
15 Ka ʻoku ne fakahaofia ʻae masiva mei he heletā ʻo honau ngutu, pea mei he nima ʻoe mālohi.
But he saves the poor person from the sword in their mouths and the needy person from the hand of mighty people.
16 ʻOku tupu ai ʻi he masiva ʻae ʻamanaki lelei, pea ko e angahala ʻe tāpuni hono ngutu ʻoʻona.
So the poor person has hope, and injustice shuts her own mouth.
17 “Vakai, ʻoku monūʻia ʻae tangata ʻoku tautea ʻe he ʻOtua: ko ia, ʻoua naʻa ke taʻetokangaʻi ʻae tautea mei he Māfimafi:
See, blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not despise 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 wounds and then binds up; he wounds and then his hands heal.
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 rescue you out of six troubles; indeed, in seven troubles, no evil will touch you.
20 Te ne huhuʻi koe mei he mate ʻi he honge: pea mei he mālohi ʻoe heletā ʻi he tau.
In famine he will ransom you from death, and in war from the hands of the sword.
21 ʻE fufū koe mei he tautea ʻoe ʻelelo: pea ka haʻu ʻae fakaʻauha ʻe ʻikai te ke manavahē ai.
You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22 Te ke kata koe ʻi he fakaʻauha mo e honge: pea ʻe ʻikai te ke manavahē ki he fanga manu fekai ʻoe fonua.
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and you will not be afraid of beasts 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 you will have a covenant with the stones in your field, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
24 Pea te ke ʻilo ʻe melino pe ho nofoʻanga; te ke ʻaʻahi ki ho ʻapi, pea ʻe ʻikai te ke angahala.
You will know that your tent is in safety; you will visit your sheepfold and you will not miss anything.
25 Pea te ke ʻilo foki ʻe tokolahi ho hako, pea ʻe tatau hoʻo fānau mo e mohuku ʻoe fonua.
You will also know that your seed will be great, that your offspring will be like the grass on the ground.
26 Te ke hoko ki ho tanuʻanga ʻi he motuʻa lelei, ʻo hangē ko e ʻū koane ʻi hono faʻahitaʻu.
You will come to your grave at a full age, like a stack of grain bundles that goes up at its time.
27 Vakai ko e meʻa ni, kuo mau ʻekea, pea ʻoku pehē pe ia; fanongo ki ai, pea ke ʻilo ia maʻau.
See, we have examined this matter; it is like this; listen to it, and know it for yourself.”
