Siope 8
1 Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Pilitati mei Suaa, ʻo ne pehē,
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide,
2 ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa ʻo hoʻo lea pehē pe? Pea tatau mo e matangi mālohi ʻae ngaahi lea ʻa ho ngutu?
Howe long wilt thou talke of these things? and howe long shall the wordes of thy mouth be as a mightie winde?
3 He ʻoku fakahala ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae fakamaau? Pe fakahalaʻi ʻe he Māfimafi ʻae angatonu?
Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?
4 Kapau kuo angahala ʻa hoʻo fānau kiate ia, pea kuo ne liʻaki ʻakinautolu ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau fai hala;
If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie,
5 Kapau te ke kumi vave ki he ʻOtua, pea fai hoʻo faʻa hū tāumaʻu ki he Māfimafi;
Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,
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 be pure and vpright, then surely hee will awake vp vnto thee, and he wil make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous.
7 Neongo ʻae siʻi ʻa ho kamataʻanga, ka ʻe fakalahi ʻaupito ho ikuʻanga.
And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.
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:
Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to search of their 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 but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)
10 ʻIkai ʻe akonakiʻi koe ʻekinautolu, ʻo tala kiate koe, pea hua ʻaki mai ʻae ngaahi lea mei honau loto?
Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of 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?
Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water?
12 He ʻoku lolotonga ʻene kei mata, ʻo ʻikai tā, ʻoku tomuʻa mae ia ʻi he ʻakau kotoa pē.
Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.
13 ʻOku pehē pe ʻae ʻaluʻanga ʻokinautolu ʻoku fakangaloʻi ʻae ʻOtua; pea ko e ʻamanaki ʻae mālualoi ʻe ʻauha ia:
So are the paths of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish.
14 Ko ʻene ʻamanaki ʻe tuʻusi ia, pea ko ʻene falalaʻanga ko e matamata kupenga ʻoe hina.
His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder.
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.”
He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.
16 ʻOku maʻuiʻui ia ʻi he mata ʻoe laʻā, pea tupu hono vaʻa ʻi heʻene ngoue.
The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.
17 Ko hono ngaahi aka ʻoku fefihifihitaki ʻi he tafungofunga, ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻae potu makamaka.
The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones.
18 Kapau te ne fakaʻauha ia mei hono potu, pea ʻe toki fakafisi ia, ʻo pehē, ‘naʻe ʻikai te u mamata kiate koe.’
If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee,
19 Vakai, ko e fiefia eni ʻa hono hala, pea ʻe toe tupu ʻae niʻihi mei he kelekele.
Beholde, it will reioyce by this meanes, that it may growe in another molde.
20 “Vakai, ʻe ʻikai siʻaki ʻe he ʻOtua ha taha haohaoa, pea ʻe ʻikai tokoniʻi ʻe ia ʻae kau fai kovi:
Behold, God will not cast away an vpright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,
21 Kaeʻoua ke ne fakapito ho ngutu ʻi he kata, mo ho loungutu ʻi he fiefia.
Till he haue filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lippes with ioy.
22 Ko kinautolu ʻoku fehiʻa kiate koe ʻe fakakofuʻaki ʻae mā; pea ʻe fakaʻauha ʻae nofoʻanga ʻoe angahala.”
They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine.
