Job 41

1 Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, and can you bind his tongue with a cord?

“ʻOku ke faʻa fusi hake ʻae levaiatani ʻaki ʻae mātaʻu? Pe ko hono ʻelelo ʻaki ʻae afo ʻoku ke tukutuku hifo?

2 Can you place a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with an arm band?

‌ʻOku ke faʻa ʻai ʻae mātaʻu ki hono ihu? Pe vili ke ʻasi hono kouʻahe ʻaki ʻae talaʻi ʻakau?

3 Will he offer many prayers to you, or speak to you quietly?

Te ne fai ʻene ngaahi hū tāumaʻu kiate koe? Te ne lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea malu kiate koe?

4 Will he form a covenant with you, and will you accept him as a servant forever?

Te ne fai ʻae fuakava mo koe? Te ke maʻu ia ko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ʻo taʻengata?

5 Will you play with him as with a bird, or tether him for your handmaids?

Te ke fakavā mo ia ʻo hangē ko e manupuna? Pe te ke noʻotaki ia maʻa hoʻo kau taʻahine?

6 Will your friends cut him into pieces, will dealers distribute him?

‌ʻE fai kātoanga ʻaki ia ʻe ho kaumeʻa? Te nau vahevahe ia ki he kakai fakatau?

7 Will you fill up bags with his hide, and let his head be used as a home for fishes?

‌ʻOku ke faʻa fakapito hono kili ʻi he tao ukamea talatala? Pe ko hono ʻulu ʻi he tao hoka ika?

8 Place your hand upon him; remember the battle and speak no more.

Hilifaki ho nima kiate ia, manatu ki he tau, pea ʻoua naʻa toe fai hā meʻa.

9 Behold, his hope will fail him, and in the sight of all, he will be thrown down.

Vakai, ʻoku taʻeʻaonga ke ʻamanaki kiate ia: ʻikai ʻe tō ki lalo ha tokotaha ʻi he mamata pe kiate ia?

10 I will not rouse him, as the cruel would do, for who is able to withstand my countenance?

‌ʻOku ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻoku loto lahi ʻe fie ueʻi ia ke tuʻu hake: pea ka kuo pehē, ko hai koā ʻe faʻa tuʻu ʻi hoku ʻao?

11 Who has given to me beforehand, so that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.

Ko hai kuo ne tomuʻa fai kiate au koeʻuhi ke u totongi ia? Ko e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi lalo langi ʻoku ʻaʻaku ia.

12 I will not spare him, nor his powerful words and counterfeit attempts at supplication.

“ʻE ʻikai te u fakapuli hono ngaahi konga, pe ko hono mālohi, pe ko hono matamatalelei.

13 Who can reveal the beauty of his garment? And who can enter the middle of his mouth?

Ko hai te ne faʻa ʻilo ʻae mata ʻo hono kofu? Pe ko hai ʻe faʻa haʻu kiate ia mo e palaiteli lou ua?

14 Who can open the doors of his face? I gave fear to the circle of his teeth.

Ko hai te ne faʻa toʻo ʻae matapā ʻo hono mata? ʻOku fakailifia hono ngaahi nifo ʻoku takatakai.

15 His body is like shields fused together, like dense scales pressed over one another.

‌ʻOku viki ia ʻi hono ngaahi ʻuno, ʻaia ʻoku tāpuni fakataha ʻo hangē ko e meʻa pulusi maʻu.

16 One is joined to another, and not even air can pass between them.

‌ʻOku fengūtaki pehē ʻae taha ki he taha, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai faʻa hū ai ʻae matangi ʻi hona vahaʻa.

17 They adhere to one another, and they hold themselves in place and will not be separated.

‌ʻOku nau fehokotaki, ʻo fepikitaki fakataha, pea ʻe ʻikai faʻa vaheʻi.

18 His sneezing has the brilliance of fire, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

‌ʻI heʻene mafatua ʻoku ulo ai ʻae maama, pea ʻoku tatau hono mata mo e laumata ʻoe pongipongi.

19 Lamps proceed from his mouth, like torches of fire burning brightly.

‌ʻOku ʻalu atu mei hono ngutu ʻae ngaahi maama ulo, ʻoku puna mei ai kituʻa ʻae ngaahi kalofiama.

20 Smoke passes out of his nostrils, like a pot that is heated and boiling.

‌ʻOku ʻalu atu ʻi hono avaʻi ihu ʻae ʻohuafi, ʻo hangē ko e kulo vai kuo lili, pe ko e fuʻu kulo.

21 His breath causes coal to burn, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.

‌ʻOku tutu ʻe heʻene mānava ʻae malala, pea ʻoku ulo mai ʻae afi mei hono ngutu.

22 Strength dwells in his neck, and destitution goes before his presence.

‌ʻOku nofo ʻae mālohi ʻi hono kia, pea ʻoku liliu ʻae mamahi ko e fiefia ʻi hono ʻao.

23 The parts of his body work in harmony together. He will send lightning bolts against him, and they will not be carried to another place.

Ko hono ngaahi ʻioʻi kakano ʻoku piki fakataha: ʻoku mālohi ia ʻi ai; ʻoku ʻikai faʻa ueʻi.

24 His heart will be as hard as a stone and as dense as a blacksmith’s anvil.

‌ʻOku mālohi hono loto ʻo hangē ko e maka; ʻio, ʻoku fefeka ʻo hangē ko e konga ʻoe maka tokalalo ʻoe meʻa momosi.

25 When he will be raised up, the angels will be afraid, and, because they are terrified, they will purify themselves.

‌ʻOka fokotuʻu hake ia ki ʻolunga, ʻoku manavahē ʻae kau mālohi: ko e meʻa ʻi he faʻa maumau ʻoku nau fakamaʻa ʻakinautolu.

26 When a sword catches up with him, it will not be able to settle in, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.

Ko e heletā ʻo ia ʻoku ne tā kiate ia ʻoku ʻikai tau; pe ko e tao, pe ko e tokotoko, mo e kofutau.

27 For he will consider iron as if it were chaff, and brass as if it were rotten wood.

‌ʻOku tatau kiate ia ʻae ʻaione mo e mohuku, ʻae palasa mo e ʻakau popo.

28 The archer will not cause him to flee; the stones of the sling have been turned into stubble for him.

‌ʻE ʻikai hola ia ʻi he ngahau: ʻoku ne liliu ʻae ngaahi makatā ko e veve.

29 He will treat the hammer as if it were stubble, and he will ridicule those who brandish the spear.

‌ʻOku ne ui ʻae ngaahi ngahau ko e mohuku mōmoa: ʻoku kata ia ʻi he apoapo ʻoe tao.

30 The beams of the sun will be under him, and he will dispense gold to them as if it were clay.

‌ʻOku ʻi lalo ʻiate ia ʻae ngaahi maka māsila: ʻoku ne folahi ki he pelepela ʻae ngaahi meʻa māsila.

31 He will make the depths of the sea boil like a pot, and he will set it to bubble just as ointments do.

‌ʻOku ne fakalili ʻae loloto ʻo hangē ko e kulo: ʻoku ne ngaohi ke tatau ʻae tahi mo e ipu ʻoe meʻa tākai.

32 A path will shine after him; he will esteem the abyss as if it were weakening with age.

‌ʻOku ne fakangingila ʻae hala kimui ʻiate ia; ʻe mahalo ʻe ha taha ʻoku hinehina ʻae loloto.

33 There is no power on the earth that is being compared to him, who has been made so that he fears no one.

‌ʻOku ʻikai hano tatau ʻi he fonua, ʻaia kuo ngaohi ke taʻemanavahē.

34 He sees every prominent thing; he is king over all the sons of arrogance.

‌ʻOku ne vakai ki he ngaahi meʻa māʻolunga kotoa pē: ko e tuʻi ia ki he ngaahi fānau kotoa pē ʻoe laukau.”