Job 39

1 Have you knowledge of the rock-goats? or do you see the roes giving birth to their young?

“ʻOku ke ʻilo ʻae feituʻulaʻā ʻoku fanauʻi ai ʻae fanga kosi kaivao ʻoe maka? Pe ʻoku ke faʻa fakaʻilonga ʻoka fanauʻi ʻae fanga hainiti?

2 Is the number of their months fixed by you? or is the time when they give birth ordered by you?

‌ʻOku ke faʻa lau ki he kakato ʻo honau ngaahi māhina? Pe ʻoku ke ʻilo ʻae feituʻulaʻā ʻoku nau fāʻele ai?

3 They are bent down, they give birth to their young, they let loose the fruit of their body.

‌ʻOku nau fakamapelu ʻakinautolu, ʻoku nau fāʻeleʻi honau ʻuhiki, ʻoku nau lī kituʻa ʻenau ngaahi mamahi.

4 Their young ones are strong, living in the open country; they go out and do not come back again.

‌ʻOku matamatalelei honau ʻuhiki, ʻoku nau tupu hake ʻi he toafa; ʻoku nau ʻalu atu, pea ʻikai toe haʻu kiate kinautolu.

5 Who has let the ass of the fields go free? or made loose the bands of the loud-voiced beast?

“Ko hai kuo ne fekau atu tauʻatāina ʻae ʻasi kaivao? Pe ko hai kuo ne vete ʻae ngaahi haʻi ʻoe ʻasi kaivao?

6 To whom I have given the waste land for a heritage, and the salt land as a living-place.

‌ʻAia kuo u tuʻutuʻuni ʻae toafa ko hono fale ʻoʻona, mo e fonua lala ko hono ngaahi nofoʻanga.

7 He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears;

‌ʻOku manuki ia ki he tokolahi ʻoe kolo, pea ʻoku ʻikai te ne tokanga ki he kalanga ʻoe tauhi.

8 He goes looking for his grass-lands in the mountains, searching out every green thing.

Ko hono kaiʻanga ko e ngaahi moʻunga ʻataʻatā, pea ʻoku ne kumi ʻae meʻa mata kotoa pē.

9 Will the ox of the mountains be your servant? or is his night's resting-place by your food-store?

“ʻE fie tauhi kiate koe ʻae liimi, pe nofo ofi ki hoʻo ʻaiʻangakai?

10 Will he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you?

‌ʻOku ke faʻa nonoʻo ʻae liimi ʻaki hono noʻotaki ʻi he keli? Pe te ne muimui ʻiate koe ke fakatoka lelei ʻae ngaahi luo?

11 Will you put your faith in him, because his strength is great? will you give the fruit of your work into his care?

Te ke falala ki ai koeʻuhi ʻoku lahi ʻa hono mālohi? Pe te ke tuku hoʻo ngāue kiate ia?

12 Will you be looking for him to come back, and get in your seed to the crushing-floor?

Te ke tui kiate ia, te ne fetuku ki ʻapi hoʻo ngaahi fua, ʻo tānaki ia ki ho feleoko?

13 Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

“Ko e kapakau ʻoe ʻositalesi ke kapakapa: ka ʻoku puna hake ʻae sitoaka mo e falekoni.

14 That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust,

Vakai, ʻoku ne fakato hono ngaahi fua ʻi he kelekele, ʻo ne fakamafana ia ʻi he efu,

15 Without a thought that they may be crushed by the foot, and broken by the beasts of the field?

Pea ngalo ʻiate ia ʻe laiki nai ia ʻe he vaʻe, pe maumauʻi ia ʻe he manu kaivao.

16 She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.

Kuo fakafefeka ʻene anga ki hono fānganga ʻo hangē ʻoku ʻikai ʻaʻana ʻakinautolu: ʻoku taʻeʻaonga ʻene ngāue taʻemanavahē;

17 For God has taken wisdom from her mind, and given her no measure of knowledge.

Koeʻuhi kuo fakamasivaʻi ia ʻe he ʻOtua ʻi he poto, pea naʻe ʻikai te ne tuku kiate ia ʻae faʻa ʻilo.

18 When she is shaking her wings on high, she makes sport of the horse and of him who is seated on him.

Ko e feituʻulaʻā ko ia te ne tuʻu hake ki ʻolunga, ʻoku ne manukiʻi ʻae hoosi mo ia ʻoku heka ai.

19 Do you give strength to the horse? is it by your hand that his neck is clothed with power?

“Naʻa ke tuku ʻe koe ʻae mālohi ki he hoosi? Naʻa ke fakakofuʻaki hono kia ʻae mana?

20 Is it through you that he is shaking like a locust, in the pride of his loud-sounding breath?

‌ʻOku ke faʻa fakamanavahēʻi ia ʻo hangē ko e heʻe? Ko e mānava lahi ʻo hono ihu ʻoku fakailifia.

21 He is stamping with joy in the valley; he makes sport of fear.

‌ʻOku kenukenu ia ʻi he vahaʻa moʻunga, pea fiefia ʻi he mālohi: ʻoku ʻalu atu ia ke fakafetaulaki ki he kau tangata ʻoku toʻo mahafutau.

22 In his strength he goes out against the arms of war, turning not away from the sword.

‌ʻOku ne manuki ki he manavahē, pea ʻoku ʻikai ilifia ia; pe foki kimui mei he heletā.

23 The bow is sounding against him; he sees the shining point of spear and arrow.

‌ʻOku ngatata ʻae tangakaho kiate ia, ʻae tao ngingila pea mo e fakaū.

24 Shaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn;

‌ʻOku ne folohifo ʻae kelekele ʻi he feinga mo e lili: pea ʻoku ʻikai te ne tui ko e leʻo ia ʻoe meʻa lea.

25 When it comes to his ears he says, Aha! He is smelling the fight from far off, and hearing the thunder of the captains, and the war-cries.

‌ʻOku pehē ʻe ia ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe ngaahi meʻa lea, ‘He, he;’ pea nanamu ki he tau ʻi he kei mamaʻo, ko e mana ʻoe kau taki tau, mo ʻenau mavava.

26 Is it through your knowledge that the hawk takes his flight, stretching out his wings to the south?

“ʻOku puna ʻae falekoni ʻi hoʻo poto, ʻo mafao atu hono kapakau ki he feituʻu tonga?

27 Or is it by your orders that the eagle goes up, and makes his resting-place on high?

‌ʻOku puna hake ʻae ʻikale ko hoʻo fekau, ʻo ne ngaohi hono pununga ʻi ʻolunga?

28 On the rock is his house, and on the mountain-top his strong place.

‌ʻOku nofo ia ʻo tatali ʻi he maka, ʻi he maka hangatāmaki, mo e potu mālohi.

29 From there he is watching for food; his eye sees it far off.

‌ʻOku kumi mei ai ʻene meʻakai, pea ʻoku sio hono mata mei he mamaʻo.

30 His young have blood for their drink, and where the dead bodies are, there is he to be seen.

‌ʻOku mimisi hake foki ʻe hono ʻuhiki ʻae toto: pea ko e potu ko ia ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae mate, ʻoku ʻi ai ia.”