Siope 9
1 Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Siope, ʻo ne pehē,
Then Job answered,
2 ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻoku pehē moʻoni ia ka ʻe tonuhia fēfē ʻae tangata ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua?
“Truly I know that 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 is pleased to contend with him, he can’t answer him one time in a thousand.
4 ʻOku poto ia ʻi loto, pea lahi ʻi he mālohi: ko hai kuo ne fakaangatuʻu ia kiate ia, pea monūʻia?
God is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him and prospered?
5 Ko ia ia ʻoku ne hiki ʻae ngaahi moʻunga, kae ʻikai ke nau ʻilo: ʻoku ne fulihi ia ʻi hono houhau.
He removes the mountains, and they don’t know it, when he overturns them in his anger.
6 ʻOku ne luluʻi ʻae fonua mei hono potu, pea ʻoku ngalulululu hono ngaahi pou.
He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble.
7 ʻOku ne fekauʻi ʻae laʻā, pea ʻikai ʻalu hake ia; pea ne tāpuni hake ʻae ngaahi fetuʻu.
He commands the sun and it doesn’t rise, and seals up the stars.
8 ʻOku ne folahi atu tokotaha pē ʻae ngaahi langi, pea ʻoku ne hāʻele ʻi he ngaahi peau ʻoe tahi.
He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.
9 ʻOku ne ngaohi ʻa ʻAakitulio, mo Olioni, mo Peliatisi, pea mo e ngaahi potu ki he feituʻu tonga.
He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the rooms of the south.
10 ʻOku ne fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi ʻo taʻefaʻaʻilo; ʻio, ko e ngaahi meʻa mana ʻoku taʻefaʻalaua.
He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things 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.
Behold, he goes by me, and I don’t see him. He passes on also, but I don’t perceive him.
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 snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, ‘What are you doing?’
13 “Kapau ʻe ʻikai taʻofi ʻe he ʻOtua ki hono houhau, ʻe mapelu ki lalo ʻiate ia ʻae kau tokoni fielahi.
“God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.
14 Kae fēfē ai ʻeku talia ia ʻeau, pea u fili ʻeku ngaahi lea ke alea mo ia?
How much less will I answer him, and choose my words to argue with him?
15 ʻAia ʻe ʻikai te u talia, ʻoka ne u māʻoniʻoni, ka te u hū tāumaʻu ki hoku Fakamaau.
Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him. 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 I wouldn’t believe that he listened to my voice.
17 He ʻoku ne haʻaki au ʻaki ʻae afā, pea ne fakalahi ʻeku lavea taʻehanoʻuhinga.
For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
18 ʻOku ʻikai tuku ʻe ia ke u mānava, ka ʻoku ne fakapito au ʻaki ʻae mamahi.
He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills 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 it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, ‘Who,’ says he, ‘will summon me?’
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.
Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me. Though I am blameless, it will 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.
I am blameless. I don’t respect myself. I 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 the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless 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 kills suddenly, he will mock 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 covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who 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.
“Now 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 have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on 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 put off my sad face, and cheer 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 you will not hold me innocent.
29 Kapau ʻoku ou angakovi, pea tā ʻoku kei taʻeʻaonga pe ʻeku ngāue?
I will be condemned. Why then do I labor 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, and cleanse my hands with lye,
31 Ka te ke lī au ki he pelepela, pea ʻe fakaliliʻa kiate au ʻa hoku ngaahi kofu ʻoʻoku.
yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes will 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 no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on 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. Let his terror not make me afraid;
35 Te u toki lea ai, ʻo taʻemanavahē kiate ia; ka ʻoku ʻikai te u pehē eni.
then I would speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself.
