Job 41

1 But will you catch the serpent with a hook, and put a halter about his nose?

“ʻOku ke faʻa fusi hake ʻae levaiatani ʻaki ʻae mātaʻu? Pe ko hono ʻelelo ʻaki ʻae afo ʻoku ke tukutuku hifo?

2 Or will you fasten a ring in his nostril, and bore his lip with a clasp?

‌ʻOku ke faʻa ʻai ʻae mātaʻu ki hono ihu? Pe vili ke ʻasi hono kouʻahe ʻaki ʻae talaʻi ʻakau?

3 Will he address you with a petition? softly, with the voice of a suppliant?

Te ne fai ʻene ngaahi hū tāumaʻu kiate koe? Te ne lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea malu kiate koe?

4 And will he make a covenant with you? and will you take him for a perpetual servant?

Te ne fai ʻae fuakava mo koe? Te ke maʻu ia ko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ʻo taʻengata?

5 And will you play with him as with a bird? or bind him as a sparrow for a child?

Te ke fakavā mo ia ʻo hangē ko e manupuna? Pe te ke noʻotaki ia maʻa hoʻo kau taʻahine?

6 And do the nations feed upon him, and the nations of the Phoenicians share him?

‌ʻE fai kātoanga ʻaki ia ʻe ho kaumeʻa? Te nau vahevahe ia ki he kakai fakatau?

7 And all the ships come together would not be able to bear the mere skin of his tail; neither [shall they carry] his head in fishing vessels.

‌ʻOku ke faʻa fakapito hono kili ʻi he tao ukamea talatala? Pe ko hono ʻulu ʻi he tao hoka ika?

8 But you shall lay your hand upon him [once], remembering the war that is waged by his mouth; and let it not be done any more.

Hilifaki ho nima kiate ia, manatu ki he tau, pea ʻoua naʻa toe fai hā meʻa.

9 Hast you not seen him? and have you not wondered at the things said [of him]?

Vakai, ʻoku taʻeʻaonga ke ʻamanaki kiate ia: ʻikai ʻe tō ki lalo ha tokotaha ʻi he mamata pe kiate ia?

10 Do you not fear because preparation has been made by me? for who is there that resists me?

‌ʻOku ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻoku loto lahi ʻe fie ueʻi ia ke tuʻu hake: pea ka kuo pehē, ko hai koā ʻe faʻa tuʻu ʻi hoku ʻao?

11 Or who will resist me, and abide, since the whole [world] under heaven is mine?

Ko hai kuo ne tomuʻa fai kiate au koeʻuhi ke u totongi ia? Ko e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi lalo langi ʻoku ʻaʻaku ia.

12 I will not be silent because of him: though because of his power [one] shall pity his antagonist.

“ʻE ʻikai te u fakapuli hono ngaahi konga, pe ko hono mālohi, pe ko hono matamatalelei.

13 Who will open the face of his garment? and who can enter within the fold of his breastplate?

Ko hai te ne faʻa ʻilo ʻae mata ʻo hono kofu? Pe ko hai ʻe faʻa haʻu kiate ia mo e palaiteli lou ua?

14 Who will open the doors of his face? terror is round about his teeth.

Ko hai te ne faʻa toʻo ʻae matapā ʻo hono mata? ʻOku fakailifia hono ngaahi nifo ʻoku takatakai.

15 His inwards are as brazen plates, and the texture of his [skin] as a smyrite stone.

‌ʻOku viki ia ʻi hono ngaahi ʻuno, ʻaia ʻoku tāpuni fakataha ʻo hangē ko e meʻa pulusi maʻu.

16 One [part] cleaves fast to another, and the air can’t come between them.

‌ʻOku fengūtaki pehē ʻae taha ki he taha, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai faʻa hū ai ʻae matangi ʻi hona vahaʻa.

17 They will remain united each to the other: they are closely joined, and can’t be separated.

‌ʻOku nau fehokotaki, ʻo fepikitaki fakataha, pea ʻe ʻikai faʻa vaheʻi.

18 At his sneezing a light shines, and his eyes are [as] the appearance of the morning star.

‌ʻI heʻene mafatua ʻoku ulo ai ʻae maama, pea ʻoku tatau hono mata mo e laumata ʻoe pongipongi.

19 Out of his mouth proceed as it were burning lamps, and as it were hearths of fire are cast abroad.

‌ʻOku ʻalu atu mei hono ngutu ʻae ngaahi maama ulo, ʻoku puna mei ai kituʻa ʻae ngaahi kalofiama.

20 Out of his nostrils proceeds smoke of a furnace burning with fire of coals.

‌ʻOku ʻalu atu ʻi hono avaʻi ihu ʻae ʻohuafi, ʻo hangē ko e kulo vai kuo lili, pe ko e fuʻu kulo.

21 His breath is [as] live coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.

‌ʻOku tutu ʻe heʻene mānava ʻae malala, pea ʻoku ulo mai ʻae afi mei hono ngutu.

22 And power is lodged in his neck, before him destruction runs.

‌ʻOku nofo ʻae mālohi ʻi hono kia, pea ʻoku liliu ʻae mamahi ko e fiefia ʻi hono ʻao.

23 The flesh also of his body is joined together: [if one] pours [violence] upon him, he shall not be moved.

Ko hono ngaahi ʻioʻi kakano ʻoku piki fakataha: ʻoku mālohi ia ʻi ai; ʻoku ʻikai faʻa ueʻi.

24 His heart is firm as a stone, and it stands like an unyielding anvil.

‌ʻOku mālohi hono loto ʻo hangē ko e maka; ʻio, ʻoku fefeka ʻo hangē ko e konga ʻoe maka tokalalo ʻoe meʻa momosi.

25 And when he turns, [he is] a terror to the four-footed wild beasts which leap upon the earth.

‌ʻOka fokotuʻu hake ia ki ʻolunga, ʻoku manavahē ʻae kau mālohi: ko e meʻa ʻi he faʻa maumau ʻoku nau fakamaʻa ʻakinautolu.

26 If spears should come against him, [men] will effect nothing, [either with] the spear or the breast-plate.

Ko e heletā ʻo ia ʻoku ne tā kiate ia ʻoku ʻikai tau; pe ko e tao, pe ko e tokotoko, mo e kofutau.

27 For he considers iron as chaff, and brass as rotten wood.

‌ʻOku tatau kiate ia ʻae ʻaione mo e mohuku, ʻae palasa mo e ʻakau popo.

28 The bow of brass shall not would him, he deems a slinger as grass.

‌ʻE ʻikai hola ia ʻi he ngahau: ʻoku ne liliu ʻae ngaahi makatā ko e veve.

29 Mauls are counted as stubble; and he laughs to scorn the waving of the firebrand.

‌ʻOku ne ui ʻae ngaahi ngahau ko e mohuku mōmoa: ʻoku kata ia ʻi he apoapo ʻoe tao.

30 His lair is [formed of] sharp points; and all the gold of the sea under him is an immense [quantity of] clay.

‌ʻOku ʻi lalo ʻiate ia ʻae ngaahi maka māsila: ʻoku ne folahi ki he pelepela ʻae ngaahi meʻa māsila.

31 He makes the deep boil like a brazen cauldron; and he regards the sea as a pot of ointment,

‌ʻOku ne fakalili ʻae loloto ʻo hangē ko e kulo: ʻoku ne ngaohi ke tatau ʻae tahi mo e ipu ʻoe meʻa tākai.

32 and the lowest part of the deep as a captive: he reckons the deep as [his] range.

‌ʻOku ne fakangingila ʻae hala kimui ʻiate ia; ʻe mahalo ʻe ha taha ʻoku hinehina ʻae loloto.

33 There is nothing upon the earth like to him, formed to be sported with by my angels.

‌ʻOku ʻikai hano tatau ʻi he fonua, ʻaia kuo ngaohi ke taʻemanavahē.

34 He beholds every high thing: and he is king of all that are in the waters.

‌ʻOku ne vakai ki he ngaahi meʻa māʻolunga kotoa pē: ko e tuʻi ia ki he ngaahi fānau kotoa pē ʻoe laukau.”