Job 9
1 And Job, responding, said:
Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Siope, ʻo ne pehē,
2 Truly, I know that it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with God.
ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻoku pehē moʻoni ia ka ʻe tonuhia fēfē ʻae tangata ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua?
3 If he chooses to contend with him, he is not able to respond to him once out of a thousand times.
Kapau te na alea, mo ia, ʻe ʻikai te ne faʻa talia ʻe ia ha taha ʻi he meʻa ʻe afe.
4 He is understanding in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and yet had peace?
ʻOku poto ia ʻi loto, pea lahi ʻi he mālohi: ko hai kuo ne fakaangatuʻu ia kiate ia, pea monūʻia?
5 He has moved mountains, and those whom he overthrew in his fury did not know it.
Ko ia ia ʻoku ne hiki ʻae ngaahi moʻunga, kae ʻikai ke nau ʻilo: ʻoku ne fulihi ia ʻi hono houhau.
6 He shakes the earth out of its place and its pillars tremble.
ʻOku ne luluʻi ʻae fonua mei hono potu, pea ʻoku ngalulululu hono ngaahi pou.
7 He commands the sun and it does not rise, and he closes the stars as if under a seal.
ʻOku ne fekauʻi ʻae laʻā, pea ʻikai ʻalu hake ia; pea ne tāpuni hake ʻae ngaahi fetuʻu.
8 He alone extends the heavens, and he walks upon the waves of the sea.
ʻOku ne folahi atu tokotaha pē ʻae ngaahi langi, pea ʻoku ne hāʻele ʻi he ngaahi peau ʻoe tahi.
9 He fashions Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the interior of the south.
ʻOku ne ngaohi ʻa ʻAakitulio, mo Olioni, mo Peliatisi, pea mo e ngaahi potu ki he feituʻu tonga.
10 He accomplishes great and incomprehensible and miraculous things, which cannot be numbered.
ʻOku ne fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi ʻo taʻefaʻaʻilo; ʻio, ko e ngaahi meʻa mana ʻoku taʻefaʻalaua.
11 If he approaches me, I will not see him; if he departs, I will not understand.
Vakai, ʻoku hāʻele ia ʻi hoku tafaʻaki, ka ʻoku ʻikai te u mamata ki ai: ʻoku ne hāʻele atu foki ka ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻiloʻi ia.
12 If he suddenly should question, who will answer him? Or who can say, “Why did you do so?”
Vakai, ʻoku ne toʻo atu, ko hai ʻe faʻa taʻofi ia? Ko hai ʻe pehē kiate ia, ‘Ko e hā ʻoku ke fai?’
13 God, whose wrath no one is able to resist, and under whom they bend who carry the world,
“Kapau ʻe ʻikai taʻofi ʻe he ʻOtua ki hono houhau, ʻe mapelu ki lalo ʻiate ia ʻae kau tokoni fielahi.
14 what am I then, that I should answer him and exchange words with him?
Kae fēfē ai ʻeku talia ia ʻeau, pea u fili ʻeku ngaahi lea ke alea mo ia?
15 And if I now have any justice, I will not respond, but will beseech my judge.
ʻAia ʻe ʻikai te u talia, ʻoka ne u māʻoniʻoni, ka te u hū tāumaʻu ki hoku Fakamaau.
16 And if he should listen to me when I call, I would not believe that he had heard my voice.
Ka ne u ui, pea talia ia; kae ʻikai te u tui kuo ne ongoʻi hoku leʻo.
17 For he will crush me in a whirlwind and multiply my wounds, even without cause.
He ʻoku ne haʻaki au ʻaki ʻae afā, pea ne fakalahi ʻeku lavea taʻehanoʻuhinga.
18 He does not permit my spirit to rest, and he fills me with bitterness.
ʻOku ʻikai tuku ʻe ia ke u mānava, ka ʻoku ne fakapito au ʻaki ʻae mamahi.
19 If strength is sought, he is most strong; if equity in judgment, no one would dare to give testimony for me.
Kapau te u lea ki he mālohi, vakai, ʻoku māfimafi ia: pe ki he fakamaau, ‘ko hai te ne fakamoʻoni kiate au?’
20 If I wanted to justify myself, my own mouth will condemn me; if I would reveal my innocence, he would prove me depraved.
Kapau te u fakatonuhiaʻi au, pea tā ʻe fakahalaʻi au ʻe hoku ngutu ʻoʻoku; pē te u pehē ʻoku ou haohaoa, ʻe fakamoʻoni ia ki heʻeku halaia.
21 And if I now became simple, my soul would be ignorant even of this, and my life would weary me.
Neongo ʻa ʻeku haohaoa, ka ʻe ʻikai te u ʻilo ki hoku loto: te u fehiʻa ʻeau pē ki heʻeku moʻui.
22 There is one thing that I have said: both the innocent and the impious he consumes.
“Ko e meʻa ni pē taha, ʻoku ou fakamoʻoni ki ai, ʻOku ne fakaʻauha ʻae haohaoa mo e angahala.
23 If he scourges, let him kill all at once, and not laugh at the punishment of the innocent.
Kapau ʻe fakafokifā pē ʻae taaʻi ʻe he fakamamahi, ʻe kata ʻe ia ʻi he ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻoe taʻeangahala.
24 Since the earth has been given into the hand of the impious, he covers the face of its judges; for if it is not him, then who is it?
Kuo tuku ʻae fonua ki he nima ʻoe angahala: ʻoku ne ʻufiʻufi ʻae mata ʻo hono kau fakamāu; ka ʻikai, pea kofaa, pe ko hai ia?
25 My days have been swifter than a messenger; they have fled and have not seen goodness.
“ʻOku vave eni ʻa hoku ngaahi ʻaho ʻi he tangata fekau: ʻoku puna atu ia, ʻoku ʻikai ʻilo ʻe ia ha lelei.
26 They have passed by like ships carrying fruits, just like an eagle flying to food.
Kuo mole ia ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi vaka ngaholo: ʻo hangē ko e ʻikale ʻoku fakavave ki he kai.
27 If I say: “By no means will I speak this way.” I change my face and I am tortured with sorrow.
Kapau te u pehē, ‘Te u fakangaloʻi ʻa ʻeku mamahi, te u siʻaki ʻeku māfasia, ʻo fakafiemālieʻi au:’
28 I have dreaded all my works, knowing that you did not spare the offender.
Tā te u ilifia ʻi heʻeku ngaahi mamahi fulipē, ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻe ʻikai te ke fakatonuhiaʻi au.
29 Yet, if I am also just as impious, why have I labored in vain?
Kapau ʻoku ou angakovi, pea tā ʻoku kei taʻeʻaonga pe ʻeku ngāue?
30 If I had been washed with snow-like waters, and my hands were shining like the cleanest thing,
He kapau te u kaukau au ʻi he vai ʻuha hinehina, ʻo ngaohi ke maʻa ʻaupito hoku nima;
31 yet you would plunge me in filth, and my own garments would abhor me.
Ka te ke lī au ki he pelepela, pea ʻe fakaliliʻa kiate au ʻa hoku ngaahi kofu ʻoʻoku.
32 For even I would not answer a man who were like myself, nor one who could be heard with me equally in judgment.
He ʻoku ʻikai ko e tangata ia, ʻo hangē ko au, koeʻuhi ke u talia ia, pea kema fakataha ʻi he fakamaau.
33 There is no one who could both prevail in argument and in placing his hand between the two.
Pea ʻoku ʻikai ha tangata fakalelei ʻi homa vahaʻa, ke ne hili hono nima kiate kimaua fakatouʻosi.
34 Let him take his staff away from me, and let not the fear of him terrify me.
Ke toʻo ʻe ia ʻene meʻa tā ʻiate au, pea ʻoua naʻa fakailifiaʻi au ʻe heʻene manavahē:
35 I will speak and I will not fear him, for in fearfulness I am not able to respond.
Te u toki lea ai, ʻo taʻemanavahē kiate ia; ka ʻoku ʻikai te u pehē eni.
