Siope 19

1 Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Siope, ʻo ne pehē,

Then Job answered,

2 ‌ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa mo hoʻomou fakafiuʻi hoku laumālie, mo lailaiki ʻaki au ʻae ngaahi lea.

“How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?

3 Ko hono liunga hongofulu eni mo hoʻomou manukiʻi au: pea ʻoku ʻikai te mou mā ʻi hoʻomou fai ʻo hangē ko e kau muli kiate au.

You have reproached me ten times. You aren’t ashamed that you attack me.

4 Pea kapau moʻoni kuo u hē, ʻoku ʻiate au pe ʻeku hē.

If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.

5 Pea kapau moʻoni te mou fai fielahi kiate au, pea talatalaakiʻi au ʻaki hoku manukiaʻanga:

If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach,

6 Mou ʻilo eni, kuo fulihi au ʻe he ʻOtua, pea ne kāpui au ʻaki hono kupenga.

know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.

7 “Vakai, ʻoku ou tangi koeʻuhi ko e fakamālohi, ka ʻoku ʻikai ongoʻi au: ʻoku ou tangi kalanga ka ʻoku ʻikai ha fakamaau.

“Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.

8 Kuo ne feleʻi hoku hala ke ʻoua naʻaku ʻalu, pea kuo ne ʻai ʻae fakapoʻuli ʻi hoku ngaahi hala.

He has walled up my way so that I can’t pass, and has set darkness in my paths.

9 Kuo ne fakamasivaʻi au ʻi hoku nāunau, pea kuo ne toʻo ʻae tatā mei hoku ʻulu.

He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

10 Kuo ne fakaʻauhaʻi au mei he potu kotoa pē, pea kuo u mole: pea kuo ne taʻaki ʻeku ʻamanaki ʻo hangē ha ʻakau.

He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. He has plucked my hope up like a tree.

11 Kuo ne tutu foki ʻa hono houhau kiate au, pea ʻoku ne lauʻi au ko e taha ʻo hono ngaahi fili.

He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.

12 ‌ʻOku fakataha ʻene ngaahi kautau, ʻonau keli takatakai ʻiate au, pea nofo fakatakamilo ʻi hoku fale.

His troops come on together, build a siege ramp against me, and encamp around my tent.

13 “Kuo ne fakamamaʻo atu hoku kāinga ʻiate au, pea ko ʻeku ngaahi kaumeʻa ʻoku mahuʻi ʻaupito meiate au.

“He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.

14 Kuo mahuʻi hoku ngaahi kāinga ʻiate au, pea kuo fakangalongaloʻi au ʻe hoku ngaahi kāinga feʻofoʻofani.

My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.

15 Ko kinautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi hoku fale, mo ʻeku kau kaunanga, ʻoku nau lau au ko e muli, ko e taha kehe au ʻi honau ʻao.

Those who dwell in my house and my maids consider me a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.

16 Naʻaku ui ki heʻeku tamaioʻeiki, ka naʻe ʻikai te ne tali; ne u fakakolekole ʻaki hoku ngutu ki ai.

I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.

17 Kuo fakalielia ʻa ʻeku mānava ki hoku uaifi, neongo ʻa ʻeku fakakolekole koeʻuhi ko e fānau ʻa hoku sino ʻoʻoku.

My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.

18 ‌ʻIo, naʻe manukiʻi au ʻe he fānau iiki, ʻoku ou tuʻu hake pea nau lauʻikoviʻi au.

Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.

19 Kuo fehiʻa kiate au ʻa hoku ngaahi kāinga feʻofoʻofani kotoa pē, pea ko kinautolu ne u ʻofa ki ai kuo liliu ʻo angatuʻu kiate au.

All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.

20 ‌ʻOku piki hoku ngaahi hui ki hoku kili ʻo hangē ko hoku kakano, pea kuo u hao mo e kili ʻo hoku kau nifo.

My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

21 “ʻOfa mai kiate au, ʻofa mai kiate au, ʻakimoutolu ko hoku kāinga; he kuo ala kiate au ʻae nima ʻoe ʻOtua.

“Have pity on me. Have pity on me, you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.

22 Ko e hā ʻoku mou fakatanga ai au ʻo hangē ko e ʻOtua, pea mou taʻefiu ʻi hoku kakano?

Why do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

23 “Taumaiā kuo tohi ʻa ʻeku ngaahi lea! Taumaiā kuo tohi ia ʻi ha tohi!

“Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

24 Koeʻuhi ke tohi tongi ia ʻaki ʻae peni ukamea mo e pulu, ʻi he maka ke taʻengata!

That with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever!

25 He ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻoku moʻui ʻa hoku Huhuʻi, pea ʻe tuʻu ia ʻi māmani ʻi he ʻaho fakamui.

But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.

26 Pea ka ʻosi hoku kili pea maumau hoku sino, ka te u mamata ʻi hoku kakano ki he ʻOtua:

After my skin is destroyed, then I will see God in my flesh,

27 ‌ʻAia te u mamata ki ai maʻaku, pea ʻe vakai ki ai ʻa hoku mata, pea ʻikai ha taha kehe; “Neongo ʻae ʻauha ʻa hoku ngaahi kupuʻi sino ʻiate au.

whom I, even I, will see on my side. My eyes will see, and not as a stranger. “My heart is consumed within me.

28 Ka ʻe lelei hoʻomou pehē, ‘Ko e hā ʻoku tau fakatanga ai ia?’ He ʻoku ʻiate au ʻae tefito ʻoe meʻa lelei.

If you say, ‘How we will persecute him!’ because the root of the matter is found in me,

29 Ke manavahē ʻakimoutolu ki he heletā: he ʻoku ʻomi ʻe he ʻita ʻae ngaahi tautea ʻoe heletā, koeʻuhi ke mou ʻilo ʻoku ai ʻae fakamaau.”

be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.”