Job 5

1 “Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

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

2 For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

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

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

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

4 His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

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

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

‌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.

6 For affliction does not come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

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

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

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

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

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

9 who does great things that cannot be fathomed, marvelous things without number;

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

10 who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;

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

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

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

12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

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

13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

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

14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.

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

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

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

16 So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

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

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

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

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

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

19 He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.

‌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.

20 In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.

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

21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

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

22 You will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth.

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

23 For you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you.

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

24 You will know that your tent is in peace. You will visit your fold, and will miss nothing.

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

25 You will know also that your offspring will be great, your offspring as the grass of the earth.

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

26 You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

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

27 Behold, we have researched it. It is so. Hear it, and know it for your good.”

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