Siope 9
1 Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Siope, ʻo ne pehē,
And Job answered and said,
2 ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻoku pehē moʻoni ia ka ʻe tonuhia fēfē ʻae tangata ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua?
Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with God?
3 Kapau te na alea, mo ia, ʻe ʻikai te ne faʻa talia ʻe ia ha taha ʻi he meʻa ʻe afe.
If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.
4 ʻOku poto ia ʻi loto, pea lahi ʻi he mālohi: ko hai kuo ne fakaangatuʻu ia kiate ia, pea monūʻia?
He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?
5 Ko ia ia ʻoku ne hiki ʻae ngaahi moʻunga, kae ʻikai ke nau ʻilo: ʻoku ne fulihi ia ʻi hono houhau.
Who removeth mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger;
6 ʻOku ne luluʻi ʻae fonua mei hono potu, pea ʻoku ngalulululu hono ngaahi pou.
Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble;
7 ʻOku ne fekauʻi ʻae laʻā, pea ʻikai ʻalu hake ia; pea ne tāpuni hake ʻae ngaahi fetuʻu.
Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars;
8 ʻOku ne folahi atu tokotaha pē ʻae ngaahi langi, pea ʻoku ne hāʻele ʻi he ngaahi peau ʻoe tahi.
Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;
9 ʻOku ne ngaohi ʻa ʻAakitulio, mo Olioni, mo Peliatisi, pea mo e ngaahi potu ki he feituʻu tonga.
Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;
10 ʻOku ne fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi ʻo taʻefaʻaʻilo; ʻio, ko e ngaahi meʻa mana ʻoku taʻefaʻalaua.
Who doeth great things past finding out, and wonders without number.
11 Vakai, ʻoku hāʻele ia ʻi hoku tafaʻaki, ka ʻoku ʻikai te u mamata ki ai: ʻoku ne hāʻele atu foki ka ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻiloʻi ia.
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.
12 Vakai, ʻoku ne toʻo atu, ko hai ʻe faʻa taʻofi ia? Ko hai ʻe pehē kiate ia, ‘Ko e hā ʻoku ke fai?’
Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
13 “Kapau ʻe ʻikai taʻofi ʻe he ʻOtua ki hono houhau, ʻe mapelu ki lalo ʻiate ia ʻae kau tokoni fielahi.
God withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him:
14 Kae fēfē ai ʻeku talia ia ʻeau, pea u fili ʻeku ngaahi lea ke alea mo ia?
How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words [to strive] with him?
15 ʻAia ʻe ʻikai te u talia, ʻoka ne u māʻoniʻoni, ka te u hū tāumaʻu ki hoku Fakamaau.
Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.
16 Ka ne u ui, pea talia ia; kae ʻikai te u tui kuo ne ongoʻi hoku leʻo.
If I had called, and he had answered me, I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice, —
17 He ʻoku ne haʻaki au ʻaki ʻae afā, pea ne fakalahi ʻeku lavea taʻehanoʻuhinga.
He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18 ʻOku ʻikai tuku ʻe ia ke u mānava, ka ʻoku ne fakapito au ʻaki ʻae mamahi.
He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.
19 Kapau te u lea ki he mālohi, vakai, ʻoku māfimafi ia: pe ki he fakamaau, ‘ko hai te ne fakamoʻoni kiate au?’
Be it a question of strength, lo, [he is] strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?
20 Kapau te u fakatonuhiaʻi au, pea tā ʻe fakahalaʻi au ʻe hoku ngutu ʻoʻoku; pē te u pehē ʻoku ou haohaoa, ʻe fakamoʻoni ia ki heʻeku halaia.
If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.
21 Neongo ʻa ʻeku haohaoa, ka ʻe ʻikai te u ʻilo ki hoku loto: te u fehiʻa ʻeau pē ki heʻeku moʻui.
Were I perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
22 “Ko e meʻa ni pē taha, ʻoku ou fakamoʻoni ki ai, ʻOku ne fakaʻauha ʻae haohaoa mo e angahala.
It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
23 Kapau ʻe fakafokifā pē ʻae taaʻi ʻe he fakamamahi, ʻe kata ʻe ia ʻi he ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻoe taʻeangahala.
If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.
24 Kuo tuku ʻae fonua ki he nima ʻoe angahala: ʻoku ne ʻufiʻufi ʻae mata ʻo hono kau fakamāu; ka ʻikai, pea kofaa, pe ko hai ia?
The earth is given over into the hand of the wicked [man]; he covereth the faces of its judges. If not, who then is it?
25 “ʻOku vave eni ʻa hoku ngaahi ʻaho ʻi he tangata fekau: ʻoku puna atu ia, ʻoku ʻikai ʻilo ʻe ia ha lelei.
And my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.
26 Kuo mole ia ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi vaka ngaholo: ʻo hangē ko e ʻikale ʻoku fakavave ki he kai.
They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.
27 Kapau te u pehē, ‘Te u fakangaloʻi ʻa ʻeku mamahi, te u siʻaki ʻeku māfasia, ʻo fakafiemālieʻi au:’
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my [sad] countenance, and brighten up,
28 Tā te u ilifia ʻi heʻeku ngaahi mamahi fulipē, ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻe ʻikai te ke fakatonuhiaʻi au.
I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29 Kapau ʻoku ou angakovi, pea tā ʻoku kei taʻeʻaonga pe ʻeku ngāue?
Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?
30 He kapau te u kaukau au ʻi he vai ʻuha hinehina, ʻo ngaohi ke maʻa ʻaupito hoku nima;
If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,
31 Ka te ke lī au ki he pelepela, pea ʻe fakaliliʻa kiate au ʻa hoku ngaahi kofu ʻoʻoku.
Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.
32 He ʻoku ʻikai ko e tangata ia, ʻo hangē ko au, koeʻuhi ke u talia ia, pea kema fakataha ʻi he fakamaau.
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.
33 Pea ʻoku ʻikai ha tangata fakalelei ʻi homa vahaʻa, ke ne hili hono nima kiate kimaua fakatouʻosi.
There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.
34 Ke toʻo ʻe ia ʻene meʻa tā ʻiate au, pea ʻoua naʻa fakailifiaʻi au ʻe heʻene manavahē:
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,
35 Te u toki lea ai, ʻo taʻemanavahē kiate ia; ka ʻoku ʻikai te u pehē eni.
[Then] I will speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
