Siope 8

1 Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Pilitati mei Suaa, ʻo ne pehē,

Then Baldad the Sauchite answered, and said,

2 ‌ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa ʻo hoʻo lea pehē pe? Pea tatau mo e matangi mālohi ʻae ngaahi lea ʻa ho ngutu?

How long wilt thou speak these things, [how long shall] the breath of thy mouth [be] abundant in words?

3 He ʻoku fakahala ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae fakamaau? Pe fakahalaʻi ʻe he Māfimafi ʻae angatonu?

Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has made all things pervert justice?

4 Kapau kuo angahala ʻa hoʻo fānau kiate ia, pea kuo ne liʻaki ʻakinautolu ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau fai hala;

If thy sons have sinned before him, he has cast them away because of their transgression.

5 Kapau te ke kumi vave ki he ʻOtua, pea fai hoʻo faʻa hū tāumaʻu ki he Māfimafi;

But be thou early in prayer to the Lord Almighty.

6 Kapau kuo ke maʻa mo angatonu ko e moʻoni ʻe ʻā hake ia maʻau, pea te ne ngaohi ke monūʻia ʻae nofoʻanga ʻo hoʻo māʻoniʻoni.

If thou art pure and true, he will hearken to thy supplication, and will restore to thee the habitation of righteousness.

7 Neongo ʻae siʻi ʻa ho kamataʻanga, ka ʻe fakalahi ʻaupito ho ikuʻanga.

Though then thy beginning should be small, yet thy end should be unspeakably great.

8 “Ko eni, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke fehuʻi ki he kuonga ʻi muʻa, pea ke teuʻi koe ke ke ʻeke ki heʻenau ngaahi tamai:

For ask of the former generation, and search diligently among the race of [our] fathers:

9 (He ʻoku ʻoe ʻaneafi pe ʻakinautolu, pea taʻeʻilo ha meʻa, koeʻuhi ʻoku tatau hotau ngaahi ʻaho ʻi māmani mo e ʻata: )

(for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow: )

10 ‌ʻIkai ʻe akonakiʻi koe ʻekinautolu, ʻo tala kiate koe, pea hua ʻaki mai ʻae ngaahi lea mei honau loto?

shall not these teach thee, and report [to thee], and bring out words from [their] heart?

11 “ʻE faʻa tupu ʻae mohuku ʻoe anovai ka ʻi he kelepulu pe? ʻE faʻa tupu ʻae kaho ka ʻi he vai pe?

Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without moisture?

12 He ʻoku lolotonga ʻene kei mata, ʻo ʻikai tā, ʻoku tomuʻa mae ia ʻi he ʻakau kotoa pē.

When it is yet on the root, and [though] it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?

13 ‌ʻOku pehē pe ʻae ʻaluʻanga ʻokinautolu ʻoku fakangaloʻi ʻae ʻOtua; pea ko e ʻamanaki ʻae mālualoi ʻe ʻauha ia:

Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

14 Ko ʻene ʻamanaki ʻe tuʻusi ia, pea ko ʻene falalaʻanga ko e matamata kupenga ʻoe hina.

For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a spider's web.

15 ‌ʻE faʻaki ia ki hono fale, ka ʻe ʻikai tuʻu ia: ʻe puke maʻu ʻe ia ki ai, ka ʻe ʻikai te ne tolonga.”

If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: and when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain.

16 ‌ʻOku maʻuiʻui ia ʻi he mata ʻoe laʻā, pea tupu hono vaʻa ʻi heʻene ngoue.

For it is moist under the sun, and his branch shall come forth out of his dung-heap.

17 Ko hono ngaahi aka ʻoku fefihifihitaki ʻi he tafungofunga, ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻae potu makamaka.

He lies down upon a gathering of stones, and shall live in the mist of flints.

18 Kapau te ne fakaʻauha ia mei hono potu, pea ʻe toki fakafisi ia, ʻo pehē, ‘naʻe ʻikai te u mamata kiate koe.’

If [God] should destroy [him], his place shall deny him. Hast thou not seen such things,

19 Vakai, ko e fiefia eni ʻa hono hala, pea ʻe toe tupu ʻae niʻihi mei he kelekele.

that such is the overthrow of the ungodly? and out of the earth another shall grow.

20 “Vakai, ʻe ʻikai siʻaki ʻe he ʻOtua ha taha haohaoa, pea ʻe ʻikai tokoniʻi ʻe ia ʻae kau fai kovi:

For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; but he will not receive any gift of the ungodly.

21 Kaeʻoua ke ne fakapito ho ngutu ʻi he kata, mo ho loungutu ʻi he fiefia.

But he will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips with thanksgiving.

22 Ko kinautolu ʻoku fehiʻa kiate koe ʻe fakakofuʻaki ʻae mā; pea ʻe fakaʻauha ʻae nofoʻanga ʻoe angahala.”

But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; and the habitation of the ungodly shall perish.