Job 33
1 “However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
“Ko ia ʻoku ou kole kiate koe ʻe Siope, fakafanongo ki heʻeku ngaahi fakamatala, mo ke tokanga ki heʻeku lea kotoa pē.
2 See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
Vakai, kuo u faʻai eni ʻa hoku ngutu, kuo lea ʻa hoku ʻelelo ʻi hoku ngutu.
3 My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.
Te u lea au mei he totonu ʻo hoku loto: pea ʻe mahino ʻae ʻilo ʻe lea ʻaki ʻe hoku loungutu.
4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Naʻe ngaohi au ʻe he Laumālie ʻoe ʻOtua, pea ko e mānava ʻoe Māfimafi kuo ne foaki ʻae moʻui kiate au.
5 If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand up.
Kapau te ke faʻa tali au, pea fokotuʻu hokohoko pe hoʻo ngaahi lea, tuʻu hake ʻi hoku ʻao.
6 Behold, I am towards God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.
Vakai, ʻoku ou tatau mo koe ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua: kuo ngaohi foki au mei he ʻumea.
7 Behold, my terror will not make you afraid, neither will my pressure be heavy on you.
ʻE ʻikai fakamanavahēʻi koe ʻe haʻaku fakailifia, pea ʻe ʻikai mamafa ʻa hoku nima kiate koe.
8 “Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
“Ko e moʻoni kuo ke lea ʻi hoku telinga, pea kuo u ongoʻi ʻae leʻo ʻo hoʻo ngaahi lea, ʻo pehē,
9 ‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
‘ʻOku ou maʻa taʻehaangahala, ʻoku ou māʻoniʻoni; pea ʻoku ʻikai ha hia ʻiate au.
10 Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.
Vakai, ʻoku ne kumi ʻae meʻa ke u kovi ai, ʻoku ne lauʻi au ko hono fili,
11 He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.’
ʻOku ne ʻai hoku vaʻe ki he meʻa fakamaʻu vaʻe, ʻoku ne vakaiʻi ʻa hoku ʻalunga kotoa pē.’
12 “Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.
“Vakai eni, ʻoku ʻikai te ke tonuhia: te u talia koe, he ʻoku lahi ʻae ʻOtua ki he tangata.
13 Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?
He ko e hā ʻoku ke fai ai mo ia? Koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai fakahā ʻe ia ʻae ʻuhinga ʻo ʻene ngaahi ngāue.
14 For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.
Ka ʻoku lea ʻae ʻOtua ʻo tuʻo taha, ʻio, ʻo tuʻo ua, ka ʻoku ʻikai tokangaʻi ia ʻe he tangata.
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed,
ʻI he misi, ʻi he meʻa hā mai ʻoe poʻuli, ʻi he tō ʻae mohe maʻu ki he kakai, ʻi he tulemohe ʻi he mohenga;
16 then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
ʻOku ne toki fakaongo ʻae telinga ʻoe kakai, ʻo ne pulusi ʻa honau akonakiʻi,
17 that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Koeʻuhi ke ne taʻofi ʻae tangata mei heʻene ngāue ʻaʻana, pea fufū ʻae fielahi mei he tangata.
18 He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
ʻOku ne taʻofi mai hono laumālie mei he luo, mo ʻene moʻui ke ʻoua naʻa ʻauha ʻi he heletā.
19 “He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,
Pea ʻoku ne tautea foki ia ʻaki ʻae mamahi ʻi hono mohenga, mo hono ngaahi hui ʻaki ʻae mamahi lahi:
20 so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
Ko ia ʻoku fehiʻa ai ʻene moʻui ki he mā, mo hono laumālie ki he meʻakai ifo lelei.
21 His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.
ʻOku fakaʻaʻau ʻo ʻosi ʻa hono kakano, ʻo ʻikai ʻiloa; pea ʻoku tuʻu mai hono ngaahi hui naʻe ʻikai hā mai.
22 Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
ʻIo, ʻoku ʻunuʻunu atu hono laumālie ki he faʻitoka, mo ʻene moʻui ki he kau fakaʻauha.
23 “If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one amongst a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,
“Kapau ʻe ʻiate ia ha faifekau, ko e fakamatala, ko e taha mei he toko taha afe, ke fakahā ki he tangata ʻene māʻoniʻoni:
24 then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’
ʻOku toki ʻaloʻofa ai ia kiate ia, ʻo ne pehē, “Fakamoʻui ia mei he ʻalu hifo ki he luo: kuo u ʻiloʻi ʻae huhuʻi.”
25 His flesh will be fresher than a child’s. He returns to the days of his youth.
ʻE moʻui lelei hake hono sino ʻi ha tamasiʻi: ʻe toe foki ia ki he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻene kei siʻi:
26 He prays to God, and he is favourable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.
ʻE lotu ia ki he ʻOtua, pea ʻe tokanga ia ki ai: pea ʻe mamata ia ki hono fofonga ʻi he fiefia: he te ne totongi ki he tangata ʻa ʻene māʻoniʻoni.
27 He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.
ʻOku ne vakai ki he kakai, pea ka pehē ʻe ha taha, ‘Kuo u angahala, pea fakakehe ʻaia ʻoku totonu, pea kuo taʻeʻaonga ia kiate au;
28 He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’
ʻE fakahaofi ʻe ia ʻa hono laumālie ke ʻoua naʻa ʻalu hifo ki he luo, pea ʻe mamata ʻene moʻui ki he maama.
29 “Behold, God does all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man,
“Vakai, ʻoku faʻa fai ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa pē koeʻuhi ko e tangata,
30 to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
Ke ne toe ʻomi ai hono laumālie mei he luo, pea ne fakamaama ia ʻaki ʻae maama ʻoe moʻui.
31 Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.
Tokanga, ʻe Siope, fakafanongo kiate au: ke ke longo pe, kau lea.
32 If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.
Kapau ʻoku ai haʻo lea, tali mai: lea, he ko hoku loto ke ke tonuhia.
33 If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”
Kapau ʻoku ʻikai, fakafanongo kiate au: ke ke longo pē, kau akonekina koe ke ke poto.
