Siope 30
1 “Ka ko eni, ʻoku manukiʻi au ʻekinautolu ʻoku mui ʻiate au, ka ko ʻenau ngaahi tamai ʻanautolu ne u fehiʻa ke lau fakataha mo e fanga kulī ʻo ʻeku ngaahi fanga manu.
“But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I considered unworthy to put with my sheep dogs.
2 ʻIo, ʻe ʻaonga fēfē kiate au ʻae mālohi ʻa honau nima, ka kuo ʻauha ʻenau motuʻa lelei?
Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished?
3 Ko e meʻa ʻi he masiva mo e honge naʻa nau ʻi he fakapoʻuli ʻo hangē ko e pō; ʻo feholaki ki he toafa kuo masiva mo siʻaki.
They are gaunt from lack and famine. They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of waste and desolation.
4 Naʻa nau tuʻusi ʻae ngaahi ʻakau kona, pea keli aka ke nau kai.
They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom tree are their food.
5 Naʻe kapusi ʻakinautolu mei he kakai, (pea naʻa nau kalanga ki ai ʻo hangē ki ha kaihaʻa; )
They are driven out from among men. They cry after them as after a thief,
6 Ke nau nofo ʻi he ngaahi lilifa ʻoe luo, ʻi he ngaahi ʻana ʻoe fonua, mo e ngaahi maka.
so that they live in frightful valleys, and in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
7 Naʻa nau tangi mei he ngaahi ʻakau, pea nau fakataha ʻi lalo ʻi he ngaahi ʻakau talatala.
They bray among the bushes. They are gathered together under the nettles.
8 Ko e fānau ʻae kau vale, ko e hako ʻoe kakai meʻa vale; naʻe kapusi ʻakinautolu mei he fonua.
They are children of fools, yes, children of wicked men. They were flogged out of the land.
9 “Ka ko eni, kuo u hoko au ko ʻenau hivehivaʻanga, ʻio, ko ʻenau lea manukiʻanga au.
“Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.
10 ʻOku nau fakaliliʻa kiate au, pea nau hola mamaʻo ʻiate au, pea ʻikai te nau manavahē ke ʻaʻanu ki hoku mata.
They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and don’t hesitate to spit in my face.
11 Ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene vete ʻeku afo, ʻo tautea au, ko ia kuo nau tukuange ai foki ʻae noʻo ʻi hoku ʻao.
For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me.
12 ʻOku tutuʻu ʻae kau talavou ʻi hoku toʻomataʻu; ʻoku nau tekeʻi hoku vaʻe, pea ʻoku nau fokotuʻu hake ʻo angatuʻu kiate au ʻae ngaahi hala ʻo honau fakaʻauha.
On my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet. They cast their ways of destruction up against me.
13 ʻOku nau maumauʻi hoku hala, ʻoku nau fiefia ʻi heʻeku mamahi, ʻoku ʻikai hanau tokoni.
They mar my path. They promote my destruction without anyone’s help.
14 Naʻa nau feʻohofi mai ʻo hangē ʻi ha potu fālahi: pea ʻi he maumau naʻa nau filifilihi ʻakinautolu kiate au.
As through a wide breach they come. They roll themselves in amid the ruin.
15 Kuo tō kiate au ʻae ngaahi ilifia: ʻoku nau tuli hoku laumālie ʻo hangē ko e matangi: pea ʻoku mole atu ʻeku lelei ʻo hangē ko e ʻao.
Terrors have turned on me. They chase my honor as the wind. My welfare has passed away as a cloud.
16 “Pea ko eni, kuo lilingi hoku laumālie ʻiate au; kuo puke au ʻe he ngaahi ʻaho ʻoe mamahi.
“Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold of me.
17 ʻOku mahuhuhuhu ʻa hoku ngaahi hui ʻi he poʻuli: pea ʻoku ʻikai ke mālōlō siʻi hoku ngaahi uoua.
In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains that gnaw me take no rest.
18 Kuo fetongi hoku kofu ʻe he mālohi lahi: ʻoku ne nonoʻo takatakai au ʻo hangē ko e kia ʻo hoku kofutuʻa.
My garment is disfigured by great force. It binds me about as the collar of my tunic.
19 Kuo ne lī au ki he pelepela, pea kuo u tatau mo e efu mo e efuefu.
He has cast me into the mire. I have become like dust and ashes.
20 ʻOku ou tangi kiate koe, ka ʻoku ʻikai te ke ongoʻi au: ʻoku ou tuʻu hake, ka ʻoku ʻikai te ke tokangaʻi au.
I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
21 Kuo ke liliu ʻo taʻeʻofa kiate au: ʻoku ke tuʻu kiate au ʻaki ho nima mālohi.
You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.
22 ʻOku ke ʻohake au ki he matangi mo ke fakaheka au ki ai, pea ʻoku ke veteki ʻeku meʻa.
You lift me up to the wind, and drive me with it. You dissolve me in the storm.
23 He ʻoku ou ʻilo pau te ke ʻomi au ki he mate, pea ki he fale kuo tuʻutuʻuni ki he kakai moʻui kotoa pē.
For I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all living.
24 “Ka ʻe ʻikai te ne mafao atu hono nima ki he faʻitoka, neongo ʻoku nau tangi ʻi heʻene fakaʻauha.
“However doesn’t one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
25 ʻIkai naʻaku tēngihia ia ʻaia naʻe mamahi? ʻIkai naʻe mamahi hoku laumālie koeʻuhi ko e masiva?
Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy?
26 ʻI heʻeku ʻamanaki ki he lelei, naʻe hoko mai ʻae kovi: pea ʻi heʻeku tatali ki he maama, ne hoko mai ʻae fakapoʻuli.
When I looked for good, then evil came. When I waited for light, darkness came.
27 Naʻe lili hoku fatu, ʻo ʻikai toka: naʻe taʻofi au ʻe he ngaahi ʻaho ʻoe mamahi.
My heart is troubled, and doesn’t rest. Days of affliction have come on me.
28 Naʻaku ʻalu mamahi pe ʻi he taʻeulo ʻae laʻā; ne u tuʻu hake ʻo tangi ʻi he fakataha.
I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
29 Ko e tokoua au ʻoe fanga talākoni, mo e kaumeʻa ʻoe fanga lulu.
I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
30 Kuo ʻuliʻuli hoku kili ʻiate au, pea kuo velehia hoku ngaahi hui ʻi he ʻafu.
My skin grows black and peels from me. My bones are burned with heat.
31 Kuo liliu ʻeku haʻape ko e tangi, pea ko ʻeku meʻa ifi ko e leʻo ʻokinautolu ʻoku tangi.
Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.
