Siope 9
1 Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Siope, ʻo ne pehē,
Then Job answered and said,
2 ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻoku pehē moʻoni ia ka ʻe tonuhia fēfē ʻae tangata ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua?
I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with El?
3 Kapau te na alea, mo ia, ʻe ʻikai te ne faʻa talia ʻe ia ha taha ʻi he meʻa ʻe afe.
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one 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 hath prospered?
5 Ko ia ia ʻoku ne hiki ʻae ngaahi moʻunga, kae ʻikai ke nau ʻilo: ʻoku ne fulihi ia ʻi hono houhau.
Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
6 ʻOku ne luluʻi ʻae fonua mei hono potu, pea ʻoku ngalulululu hono ngaahi pou.
Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
7 ʻOku ne fekauʻi ʻae laʻā, pea ʻikai ʻalu hake ia; pea ne tāpuni hake ʻae ngaahi fetuʻu.
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
8 ʻOku ne folahi atu tokotaha pē ʻae ngaahi langi, pea ʻoku ne hāʻele ʻi he ngaahi peau ʻoe tahi.
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
9 ʻOku ne ngaohi ʻa ʻAakitulio, mo Olioni, mo Peliatisi, pea mo e ngaahi potu ki he feituʻu tonga.
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and 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.
Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, 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: he passeth on also, but 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 can 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.
Eloah will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do 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, and choose out my words to reason 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, but 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; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
17 He ʻoku ne haʻaki au ʻaki ʻae afā, pea ne fakalahi ʻeku lavea taʻehanoʻuhinga.
For he breaketh 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 will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19 Kapau te u lea ki he mālohi, vakai, ʻoku māfimafi ia: pe ki he fakamaau, ‘ko hai te ne fakamoʻoni kiate au?’
If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
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 justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also 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.
Though I were 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.
This is one thing, therefore I said it, 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 slay suddenly, he will laugh 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 into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
25 “ʻOku vave eni ʻa hoku ngaahi ʻaho ʻi he tangata fekau: ʻoku puna atu ia, ʻoku ʻikai ʻilo ʻe ia ha lelei.
Now my days are swifter than a post: 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 are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to 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 heaviness, and comfort myself:
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?
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
30 He kapau te u kaukau au ʻi he vai ʻuha hinehina, ʻo ngaohi ke maʻa ʻaupito hoku nima;
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
31 Ka te ke lī au ki he pelepela, pea ʻe fakaliliʻa kiate au ʻa hoku ngaahi kofu ʻoʻoku.
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall 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, and we should come together in judgment.
33 Pea ʻoku ʻikai ha tangata fakalelei ʻi homa vahaʻa, ke ne hili hono nima kiate kimaua fakatouʻosi.
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might 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 fear terrify me:
35 Te u toki lea ai, ʻo taʻemanavahē kiate ia; ka ʻoku ʻikai te u pehē eni.
Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
