Siope 31

1 “Naʻa ku fai ʻae fuakava mo hoku mata; pea ka kuo pehē, ko e hā te u siofia ai ha taʻahine?

I made a covenant with mine eyes, and I will not think upon a virgin.

2 He ko e hā ʻae ʻinasi mei he ʻOtua ʻi ʻolunga? Pea mo e tufakanga mei he Māfimafi ʻi ʻolunga?

Now what portion has God given from above? and is there an inheritance [given] of the Mighty One from the highest?

3 ‌ʻIkai ʻoku ʻi he kau angahala ʻae malaʻia? Mo e fakaʻauha foʻou ki he kau fai kovi?

Alas! destruction to the unrighteous, and rejection to them that do iniquity.

4 ‌ʻIkai ʻoku ne ʻiloʻi hoku ngaahi hala, pea lau ʻeku ngaahi laka kotoa pē?

Will he not see my way, and number all my steps?

5 “He kapau naʻaku ʻalu ʻi he loi, pea kapau teu veʻe vave ki he kākā;

But if I had gone with scorners, and if too my foot has hasted to deceit:

6 Tuku ke fakamamafa au ʻi he meʻa fakatatau totonu, koeʻuhi ke ʻilo ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa ʻeku angatonu.

(for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence: )

7 He kapau naʻaku laka hē mei he hala, pea muimui hoku loto ki hoku mata, pe piki ha ʻuli ki hoku nima;

if my foot has turned aside out of the way, or if mine heart has followed mine eye, and if too I have touched gifts with my hands;

8 Tuku ai ke u tūtuuʻi kae kai ʻe ha taha kehe; ʻio, ke taʻaki fuʻu hake ʻa hoku taʻu.

then let me sow, and let others eat; and let me be uprooted on the earth.

9 “Kapau naʻe kākaaʻi ʻa hoku loto ʻe ha fefine, pe te u toitoi ʻi he matapā ʻo hoku kaungāʻapi;

If my heart has gone forth after another man's wife, and if I laid wait at her doors;

10 Pea tuku ke momosi ʻa hoku uaifi mo ha taha, pea mapelu ki ai ha niʻihi kehe.

then let my wife also please another, and let my children be brought low.

11 He ko e hia matea ia, ʻio, ko e angahala ke tautea ʻe he kau fakamaau.

For the rage of anger is not to be controlled, [in the case] of defiling [another] man's wife.

12 He ko e afi ia ʻoku ne kai ʻo aʻu ki he fakaʻauha, pea ʻe ʻosiʻosingamālie ai ʻeku koloa.

For it is a fire burning on every side, and whoever it attacks, it utterly destroys.

13 “Kapau naʻaku lumaʻi ʻae meʻa ʻa ʻeku tamaioʻeiki pe ko ʻeku kaunanga, ʻi he ʻena fai mo au.

And if too I despised the judgement of my servant or [my] handmaid, when they pleaded with me;

14 Ko e hā ai te u fai ʻoka tuʻu hake ʻae ʻOtua? Pea ʻoka ʻaʻahi ʻe ia, ko e hā te u tali ʻaki ia?

what then shall I do if the Lord should try me? and if also he should at all visit me, can I make an answer?

15 He ʻikai naʻe ngaohi ia ʻe ia naʻa ne ngaohi au ʻi he manāva? Pea ʻikai naʻe fakatupu ʻakimaua ʻosi pe ʻi he manāva ʻe he tokotaha?

Were not they too formed as I also was formed in the womb? yes, we were formed in the same womb.

16 “Kapau ne u taʻofi ʻae masiva mei heʻenau holi, pe fai ke vaivai ʻae mata ʻoe fefine kuo mate hono husepāniti;

But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail.

17 Pea kuo u kai vale haʻaku meʻa siʻi, ʻo ʻikai te ma kai ia mo e tamai mate;

And if too I ate my morsel alone, and did not impart [of it] to the orphan;

18 (He ʻoku talu ʻeku lahi hake mo ʻene ʻiate au, ʻo hangē ko haʻane tamai, pea talu ʻeku haʻu mei he manāva ʻo ʻeku faʻē mo ʻeku fakahinohino ia; )

(for I nourished [them] as a father from my youth and guided [them] from my mother's womb.)

19 Kapau kuo u mamata ki ha taha ʻoku mate koeʻuhi ko e telefua, pe ha masiva taʻehakofu;

And if too I overlooked the naked as he was perishing, and did not clothe him;

20 Kapau naʻe ʻikai tāpuaki au ʻe hono noʻotanga vala, pea ʻikai māfana ia ʻi he fulufulu ʻo ʻeku fanga sipi;

and if the poor did not bless me, and their shoulders were [not] warmed with the fleece of my lambs;

21 Kapau kuo u hiki hoku nima ki he tamai mate, ʻi heʻeku ʻilo ʻoku ou mālohi ʻi he matapā:

if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior [to his]:

22 ‌ʻOfa ke homo hoku uma mei hoku hui fohe, pea fesiʻi hoku nima ʻi he hokotanga hui.

let them my shoulder start from the blade-bone, and my arm be crushed off from the elbow.

23 He ko e fakaʻauha mei he ʻOtua ko e meʻa fakailifia kiate au, pea ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene ngeia naʻe ʻikai te u faʻa kātakiʻi.

For the fear of the Lord constrained me, and I can’t bear up by reason of his burden.

24 “He kapau naʻaku ʻamanaki ki he koula, pe te u pehē ki he koula lelei, ‘Ko hoku falalaʻanga koe;’

If I made gold my treasure, and if too I trusted the precious stone;

25 Kapau naʻaku fiefia ʻi he tupu ʻo lahi ʻeku koloa, pea koeʻuhi kuo maʻu lahi ʻe hoku nima;

and if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, and if too I laid my hand on innumerable [treasures]:

26 Kapau naʻaku siofia ʻae laʻā ʻi heʻene ulo, pe ko e māhina ʻoku hāʻele ʻi he ngingila;

(do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, and the moon waning? for they have not [power to continue]: )

27 Pea kuo fasiaʻi fufū pe hoku loto, pe ʻuma hoku ngutu ki hoku nima:

and if my heart was secretly deceived, and if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it:

28 Ko e angahala foki ia ke fakamaauʻi he ka ne pehē, ko ʻeku liʻaki ia ʻae ʻOtua ʻoku ʻi ʻolunga.

let this also then be reckoned to me as the greatest iniquity: for I [should] have lied against the Lord Most High.

29 He kapau naʻaku fiefia ʻi he ʻauha ʻo ia naʻe fehiʻa kiate au, pe te u angahiki ki ai ʻoka moʻua ia ʻe he kovi:

And if too I was glad at the fall of mine enemies, and mine heart said, Aha!

30 Ka naʻe ʻikai te u tuku ke angahala ai ʻa hoku ngutu, ʻi he fakaʻamu ke tō ha malaʻia ki hono laumālie.

let then mine ear hear my curse, and let me be a byword amongst my people in my affliction.

31 ‌ʻIkai ʻoku faʻa pehē ʻe heʻeku kau nofoʻanga, Naʻe holi ʻe hai ki haʻane meʻakai pea ʻikai mākona ai?

And if too my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind:

32 Naʻe ʻikai mohe ʻae muli ʻi he hala: ka ne u fakaava hoku matapā ke talia ʻae fononga.

for the stranger did not lodge without, and my door was opened to every one that came: )

33 He naʻaku fufū koā ʻeku angahala ʻo hangē ko ʻAtama, ʻo fakalilolilo ʻeku hia ʻi hoku fatafata?

or if too having sinned unintentionally, I hid my sin;

34 Pea te u manavahē ki he fuʻu tokolahi? Pe fakailifiaʻi au ʻe he manuki ʻae ngaahi fānau, ke u longo ai, ʻo taʻehū atu ʻi he matapā?

(for I did not stand in awe of a great multitude, so as not to declare boldly before them: ) and if too I permitted a poor man to go out of my door with an empty bosom:

35 Taumaiā kuo ʻi ai ha tokotaha ʻe fie fanongo kiate au! Vakai, ko hoku loto ke talia au ʻe he Māfimafi, pea ke fai ha tohi ʻe hoku fili.

(Oh that I had a hearer, ) and if I had not feared the hand of the Lord; and [as to] the written charge which I had against any one,

36 Ko e moʻoni te u hili ia ki hoku uma, ʻo nonoʻo ia kiate au ʻo hangē ha pale.

I would place [it] as a chaplet on my shoulders, and read it.

37 Te u ʻaʻau atu kiate ia ʻae lau ʻo ʻeku ngaahi laka; te u ʻalu atu ʻo hangē ha ʻeiki ke ofi kiate ia.

And if I did not read it and return it, having taken nothing from the debtor:

38 He kapau kuo tangi ʻe hoku fonua kiate au, pe lāunga ʻa hono ngaahi keliʻanga;

If at any time the land groaned against me, and if its furrows mourned together;

39 Pea kapau kuo u kai taʻetotongi ʻa hono ngaahi fua, pe te u fakamamahiʻi ʻae laumālie ʻokinautolu naʻe tauhi ki ai:

and if I ate its strength alone without price, and if I too grieved the heart of the owner of the soil, by taking [anything] from [him]:

40 ‌ʻOfa ke tupu ai ʻae talatalaʻāmoa ko e fetongi ʻoe uite, mo e ʻakau taʻeʻaonga ko e fetongi ʻoe paʻale.” Kuo ngata ʻae fakamatala ʻa Siope.

then let the nettle come up to me instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley. And Job ceased speaking.