Job 38

1 And after Elius had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, [saying],

Pea naʻe toki folofola ʻa Sihova kia Siope mei he ʻahiohio, ʻo pehē,

2 Who is this that hides counsel from me, and confines words in [his] heart, and thinks to conceal [them] from me?

“Ko hai eni ʻoku ne fakapoʻuliʻi ʻae fakakaukau ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea ʻoe taʻeʻilo?

3 Gird thy loins like a man; and I will ask thee, and do thou answer me.

Ko eni, ke ke nonoʻo ho noʻotangavala ʻo ngali mo e tangata; he te u ʻeke kiate koe, pea ke fakamatala mai kiate au.

4 Where wast thou when I founded the earth? tell me now, if thou hast knowledge,

“Naʻa ke ʻi fē koe ʻi heʻeku ʻai ʻae ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo māmani? Fakahā mai, kapau ʻoku ʻiate koe ʻae faʻa ʻilo.

5 who set the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?

Ko hai naʻa ne ai hono ngaahi fuofua ʻo ia, ʻo kapau ʻoku ke ʻilo? Pe ko hai naʻa ne falō ʻae afo ki ai?

6 On what are its rings fastened? and who is he that laid the corner-stone upon it?

‌ʻOku fakamaʻu ki he hā ʻa hono ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo ia? Pe ko hai naʻa ne ʻai ʻa hono maka tuliki ʻo ia;

7 When the stars were made, all my angels praised me with a loud voice.

‌ʻAia naʻe hiva fiefia fakataha ai ʻae ngaahi fetuʻu ʻoe pongipongi, pea kalanga fakafiefia ai ʻae ngaahi foha kotoa pē ʻoe ʻOtua?

8 And I shut up the sea with gates, when it rushed out, coming forth out its mother's womb.

“Pe ko hai naʻa ne tāpuni ʻae tahi ʻaki ʻae ngaahi matapā, ʻi heʻene hā mai, ʻo hangē ko ʻene puna mei he manāva?

9 And I made a cloud its clothing, and swathed it in mist.

‌ʻI heʻeku ngaohi ʻae ʻao ko e kofu ʻo ia, pea ko e fakapoʻuli matolu ko hono noʻo ʻoʻona.

10 And I set bounds to it, surrounding it with bars and gates.

‌ʻO keli hake ʻae potu naʻaku tuʻutuʻuni ki ai, ʻo ʻai ki ai ʻae ngaahi pou mo e matapā.

11 And I said to it, Hitherto shalt thou come, but thou shalt not go beyond, but thy waves shall be confined within thee.

Pea u pehē, ‘Te ke haʻu ki heni, pea ngata ai: pea ʻe lolomi ʻi heni hoʻo ngaahi peau laukau?’

12 Or did I order the morning light in thy time; and [did] the morning star [then first] see his appointed place;

“Naʻa ke fekau ki he pongipongi talu hoʻo ngaahi ʻaho; pea pule ki he hengihengi ʻoe ʻaho ke ne ʻilo hono potu:

13 to lay hold of the extremities of the earth, to cast out the ungodly out of it?

Koeʻuhi ke ne puke ki he ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻoe fonua, koeʻuhi ke tupeʻi mei ai ʻae kakai angahala.

14 Or didst thou take clay of the ground, and form a living creature, and set it with the power of speech upon the earth?

‌ʻOku liliu ia ʻo hangē ko e ʻumea ki he fakaʻilonga; pea ʻoku nau tuʻu ʻo hangē ko e kofu.

15 And hast thou removed light from the ungodly, and crushed the arm of the proud?

Ka ʻoku taʻofi mei he kau angahala ʻenau maama, pea ʻe fesiʻi ʻae nima māʻolunga.

16 Or hast thou gone to the source of the sea, and walked in the tracks of the deep?

“Naʻa ke hū koe ki he ngaahi matavai ʻoe tahi? Pe naʻa ke ʻeveʻeva ke kumi ʻae loloto?

17 And do the gates of death open to thee for fear; and did the porters of hell quake when they saw thee? (questioned)

Naʻe toʻo ʻae ngaahi matapā ʻoe mate kiate koe? Pe naʻa ke mamata ʻe koe ki he ngaahi matapā ʻoe malumalu ʻoe mate?

18 And hast thou been instructed in the breadth of the [whole earth] under heaven? tell me now, what is the extent of it?

Naʻa ke ʻiloʻi ʻae māukupu ʻoe fonua? Fakahā ʻo kapau ʻoku ke ʻilo ia kotoa pē.

19 And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? and of what kind is the place of darkness?

“Ko e fē ʻae hala ʻoku nofo ai ʻae maama? Pea ko e poʻuli, komaʻa ia ʻae potu ʻoʻona.

20 If thou couldest bring me to their [utmost] boundaries, and if also thou knowest their paths;

Koeʻuhi ke ke ʻave ia ki hono ngataʻanga ʻoʻona, pea koeʻuhi ke ke ʻilo ʻae ngaahi hala ki he fale ʻo ia?

21 I know then that thou wert born at that time, and the number of thy years is great.

Kuo ke ʻilo ia, he naʻe fanauʻi koe ʻi he kuonga ko ia? Pe koeʻuhi kuo lahi hono lau ʻo ho ngaahi ʻaho?

22 But hast thou gone to the treasures of snow? and hast thou seen the treasures of hail?

Naʻa ke hū koe ki he ngaahi faʻoakianga ʻoe ʻuha hinehina? Pe naʻa ke mamata koe ki he ngaahi faʻoakiʻanga ʻoe ʻuha maka,

23 And is there a store [of them], for thee against the time of [thine] enemies, for the day of wars and battle?

‌ʻAia kuo u tuku ki he kuonga ʻoe fakamamahi, ki he ʻaho ʻoe fekeʻikeʻi mo e tau?

24 And whence proceeds the frost? or [whence] is the south wind dispersed over the [whole world] under heaven?

‌ʻOku vahevahe fēfeeʻi ʻae maama, ʻaia ʻoku ne tufaki ke mamaʻo ʻae matangi hahake ʻi he fonua?

25 And who prepared a course for the violent rain, and a way for the thunders;

Ko hai kuo ne vaheʻi ʻae tafeʻanga vai ki he mahuohua ʻoe ngaahi vai, pe ko e hala ki he ʻuhila ʻoe mana;

26 to rain upon the land where [there is] no man, the wilderness, where there is not a man in it; so as to feed the untrodden and uninhabited [land],

Koeʻuhi ke pule ke ʻuha ki he fonua, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai ha tangata; ki he toafa, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai ha tangata;

27 and cause it to send forth a crop of green herbs?

Ke fakafiemālie ʻae kelekele lala mo liʻaki; ke fakatupu ʻae moto ʻoe ʻakau vaivai?

28 Who is the rain's father? and who has generated the drops of dew?

Ko hai ʻae tamai ʻae ʻuha? Pe ko hai kuo ne fakatupu ʻae ngaahi tulutā ʻoe hahau?

29 And out of whose womb comes the ice? and who has produced the frost in the sky,

Naʻe haʻu ʻae vai fefeka mei he manāva ʻo hai? Pea ko hai naʻa ne fakatupu ʻae falositi hinehina ʻoe langi?

30 which descends like flowing water? who has terrified the face of the ungodly?

Kuo fufū ʻae ngaahi vai ʻo hangē ko e maka, pea kuo fakafefeka ʻae funga ʻoe loloto.

31 And dost thou understand the band of Pleias, and hast thou opened the barrier of Orion?

“ʻOku ke faʻa puleʻi ʻe koe ʻae ngaahi mālohi melie ʻo Peliatisi, pe vete ʻae ngaahi haʻi ʻo Olioni?

32 Or wilt thou reveal Mazuroth in his season, and the evening star with his rays? Wilt thou guide them?

‌ʻOku ke faʻa ʻomi ʻe koe ʻa Masaloti ʻi hono kuonga? Pe te ke faʻa fakahinohino ʻa ʻAakitulio mo hono ngaahi foha?

33 And knowest thou the changes of heaven, or the events which take place together under heaven?

‌ʻOku ke ʻiloʻi ʻae ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ʻoe langi? ʻOku ke faʻa fokotuʻu ʻene pule ki he fonua?

34 And wilt thou call a cloud with thy voice, and will it obey thee with a violent shower of much rain?

“ʻOku ke faʻa hiki hake ʻe koe ho leʻo ki he ngaahi ʻao, koeʻuhi ke ʻufiʻufi ʻaki koe ʻae ngaahi vai lahi?

35 And wilt thou send lightnings, and they shall go? and shall they say to thee, What is [thy pleasure]?

‌ʻOku ke faʻa fekau atu ʻae ngaahi ʻuhila, koeʻuhi ke nau ʻalu, ʻonau pehē kiate koe, ‘Ko kimautolu eni?’

36 And who has given to women skill in weaving, or knowledge of embroidery?

Ko hai kuo ne ʻai ʻae poto ki he ngaahi potu ʻi loto? Pe ko hai kuo ne foaki ʻae faʻa ʻilo ki he loto?

37 And who is he that numbers the clouds in wisdom, and has bowed the heaven [down] to the earth?

Ko hai ʻoku faʻa lau ʻae ngaahi ʻao ʻi he poto? Pe ko hai te ne faʻa taʻofi ʻae ngaahi hina ʻoe langi?

38 For it is spread out as dusty earth, and I have cemented it as one hewn stone to another.

‌ʻOka tupu ʻo fefeka ʻae efu, pea piki fakataha ʻae tuʻutanga kelekele?

39 And wilt thou hunt a prey for the lions? and satisfy the desires of the serpents?

“He te ke tuli ʻae meʻakai maʻae laione? Pe fakamākona ʻae fiekaia ʻoe fanga laione mui,

40 For they fear in their lairs, and lying in wait couch in the woods.

‌ʻOka nau ka tokoto ʻi honau ngaahi ʻana, pea nofo pe ʻo lama ʻi he potu lilo?

41 And who has prepared food for the raven? for its young ones wander and cry to the Lord, in search of food.

Ko hai ʻoku ne tokonaki ʻae meʻakai ki he leveni, ʻoka tangi hono fānganga ki he ʻOtua, ʻi heʻenau hē ko e masiva kai?