Siope 5

1 “Ui eni, ka ʻoku ai ha taha te ne talia koe; pea ko hai ʻi he kau māʻoniʻoni te ke hanga ki ai?

Call now, is there any who will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones will thou turn?

2 He ʻoku tāmateʻi ʻe he houhau ʻae tangata vale, pea fakaʻauha ʻe he tuputāmaki ʻae fakavalevale.

For vexation kills the foolish man, and jealousy slays the silly one.

3 Kuo u mamata ki he vale kuo aka, kae fakafokifā ne u tuku hono ʻapi ki he malaʻia.

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

4 ‌ʻOku mamaʻo ʻene fānau mo e hūfanga, ʻoku taʻomia ʻakinautolu ʻi he matapā, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha fakahaofia.

His sons are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

5 ‌ʻOku kai honau taʻu ʻe he fiekaia, ʻo ne faʻao ia, ʻio, mei he loto ʻakau talatala, pea ʻoku folo hifo ʻe he kaihaʻa ʻenau koloa.

whose harvest the hungry eat up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapes for their substance.

6 Neongo ʻoku ʻikai ʻalu hake mei he efu ʻae angahala, pea ʻoku ʻikai tupu mei he kelekele ʻae mamahi;

For affliction does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble spring out of the ground,

7 Ka kuo fanauʻi ʻae tangata ki he mamahi, ʻo hangē ko e puna hake ʻae kalofiama.

but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

8 “Ko ia te u kumi ki he ʻOtua, pea te u tuku ʻeku ngāue ki he ʻOtua:

But as for me, I would seek to God. And to God I would commit my cause,

9 He ko ia ia ʻoku ne faʻa fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi mo taʻefaʻaʻilo; ko e ngaahi meʻa fakaofo mo taʻefaʻalaua:

who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number,

10 Ko ia ia ʻoku ne foaki ʻae ʻuha ki he kelekele, pea ne fekau hifo ʻae ngaahi vai ki he tokaʻanga ngoue:

who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields,

11 Koeʻuhi ke hiki ki ʻolunga ʻakinautolu ʻoku māʻulalo; kae hakeakiʻi ke moʻui ʻakinautolu ʻoku tangi.

so that he sets up on high those who are low, and those who mourn are exalted to safety.

12 ‌ʻOku ne motuhi ʻae fakakaukau ʻoe fie poto, pea ʻoku ʻikai faʻa fai ai ʻe honau nima ha momoʻi meʻa.

He frustrates the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

13 ‌ʻOku ne tauheleʻi ʻae poto ʻi heʻenau fiepoto: pea ko e fakakaukau ʻoe anga pikopiko ʻoku fakataʻeaongaʻi,

He takes the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

14 ‌ʻOku nau fekitaki mo e poʻuli ʻi he kei ʻaho, pea tautaufā ʻi he hoʻatāmālie ʻo hangē ko e pō.

They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.

15 Ka ʻoku ne fakahaofia ʻae masiva mei he heletā ʻo honau ngutu, pea mei he nima ʻoe mālohi.

But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

16 ‌ʻOku tupu ai ʻi he masiva ʻae ʻamanaki lelei, pea ko e angahala ʻe tāpuni hono ngutu ʻoʻona.

So a poor man has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.

17 “Vakai, ʻoku monūʻia ʻae tangata ʻoku tautea ʻe he ʻOtua: ko ia, ʻoua naʻa ke taʻetokangaʻi ʻae tautea mei he Māfimafi:

Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise thou the chastening of the Almighty.

18 He ʻoku ne fakamamahi, pea ʻoku ne nonoʻo: ʻoku ne hokaʻi, kae fakamoʻui ʻe hono nima ʻoʻona.

For he injures, and binds up. He wounds, and his hands make whole.

19 ‌ʻE fakahaofi ʻe ia ʻa koe ʻi he mamahi ʻe ono: ʻio, ʻi he meʻa ʻe fitu ʻe ʻikai ha kovi te ne lavaʻi koe.

He will deliver thee in six troubles. Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

20 Te ne huhuʻi koe mei he mate ʻi he honge: pea mei he mālohi ʻoe heletā ʻi he tau.

In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

21 ‌ʻE fufū koe mei he tautea ʻoe ʻelelo: pea ka haʻu ʻae fakaʻauha ʻe ʻikai te ke manavahē ai.

Thou shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue. Neither shall thou be afraid of destruction when it comes.

22 Te ke kata koe ʻi he fakaʻauha mo e honge: pea ʻe ʻikai te ke manavahē ki he fanga manu fekai ʻoe fonua.

At destruction and dearth thou shall laugh, nor shall thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

23 He te mou kaumeʻa mo e ngaahi maka ʻoe fonua: pea ʻe fiemālie mo koe ʻae fanga manu ʻoe fonua.

For thou shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

24 Pea te ke ʻilo ʻe melino pe ho nofoʻanga; te ke ʻaʻahi ki ho ʻapi, pea ʻe ʻikai te ke angahala.

And thou shall know that thy tent is in peace, and thou shall visit thy fold, and shall miss nothing.

25 Pea te ke ʻilo foki ʻe tokolahi ho hako, pea ʻe tatau hoʻo fānau mo e mohuku ʻoe fonua.

Thou shall know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

26 Te ke hoko ki ho tanuʻanga ʻi he motuʻa lelei, ʻo hangē ko e ʻū koane ʻi hono faʻahitaʻu.

Thou shall come to thy grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

27 Vakai ko e meʻa ni, kuo mau ʻekea, pea ʻoku pehē pe ia; fanongo ki ai, pea ke ʻilo ia maʻau.

Lo this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.