Job 19
1 Job replied,
Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Siope, ʻo ne pehē,
2 “How long will you go on tormenting me? How long will you go on crushing me with words?
ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa mo hoʻomou fakafiuʻi hoku laumālie, mo lailaiki ʻaki au ʻae ngaahi lea.
3 Ten times already you have humiliated me. Aren't you ashamed for treating me so badly?
Ko hono liunga hongofulu eni mo hoʻomou manukiʻi au: pea ʻoku ʻikai te mou mā ʻi hoʻomou fai ʻo hangē ko e kau muli kiate au.
4 Even if I did sin, that's my problem, and has nothing to do with you.
Pea kapau moʻoni kuo u hē, ʻoku ʻiate au pe ʻeku hē.
5 You think you're so much better than me, and you use my degradation against me.
Pea kapau moʻoni te mou fai fielahi kiate au, pea talatalaakiʻi au ʻaki hoku manukiaʻanga:
6 But you should realize that it's God who has wronged me, he has trapped me in his net.
Mou ʻilo eni, kuo fulihi au ʻe he ʻOtua, pea ne kāpui au ʻaki hono kupenga.
7 Even though I cry for help, I get no answer; even though I shout my objections, I get no justice.
“Vakai, ʻoku ou tangi koeʻuhi ko e fakamālohi, ka ʻoku ʻikai ongoʻi au: ʻoku ou tangi kalanga ka ʻoku ʻikai ha fakamaau.
8 God has walled me in so I can't escape; he has plunged my path into darkness.
Kuo ne feleʻi hoku hala ke ʻoua naʻaku ʻalu, pea kuo ne ʻai ʻae fakapoʻuli ʻi hoku ngaahi hala.
9 He has stripped my honor from me; he has taken away my reputation.
Kuo ne fakamasivaʻi au ʻi hoku nāunau, pea kuo ne toʻo ʻae tatā mei hoku ʻulu.
10 He tears me down from all sides until I am finished; he has destroyed my hope like a tree that is uprooted.
Kuo ne fakaʻauhaʻi au mei he potu kotoa pē, pea kuo u mole: pea kuo ne taʻaki ʻeku ʻamanaki ʻo hangē ha ʻakau.
11 His anger burns against me; he treats me as one of his enemies.
Kuo ne tutu foki ʻa hono houhau kiate au, pea ʻoku ne lauʻi au ko e taha ʻo hono ngaahi fili.
12 God's troops assemble to attack me. They build ramparts against me. They encircle and besiege my home.
ʻOku fakataha ʻene ngaahi kautau, ʻonau keli takatakai ʻiate au, pea nofo fakatakamilo ʻi hoku fale.
13 He has driven my brothers far away from me; all my former friends are estranged from me.
“Kuo ne fakamamaʻo atu hoku kāinga ʻiate au, pea ko ʻeku ngaahi kaumeʻa ʻoku mahuʻi ʻaupito meiate au.
14 My relatives have abandoned me; my close friends have forgotten me.
Kuo mahuʻi hoku ngaahi kāinga ʻiate au, pea kuo fakangalongaloʻi au ʻe hoku ngaahi kāinga feʻofoʻofani.
15 My house guests and my maidservants treat me as a stranger—to them I have become a foreigner.
Ko kinautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi hoku fale, mo ʻeku kau kaunanga, ʻoku nau lau au ko e muli, ko e taha kehe au ʻi honau ʻao.
16 I call my servant, but he doesn't reply. I have to beg him!
Naʻaku ui ki heʻeku tamaioʻeiki, ka naʻe ʻikai te ne tali; ne u fakakolekole ʻaki hoku ngutu ki ai.
17 I am repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own brothers.
Kuo fakalielia ʻa ʻeku mānava ki hoku uaifi, neongo ʻa ʻeku fakakolekole koeʻuhi ko e fānau ʻa hoku sino ʻoʻoku.
18 Even young children despise me; when I stand up they ridicule me.
ʻIo, naʻe manukiʻi au ʻe he fānau iiki, ʻoku ou tuʻu hake pea nau lauʻikoviʻi au.
19 All my closest friends despise me, and those I loved have turned on me.
Kuo fehiʻa kiate au ʻa hoku ngaahi kāinga feʻofoʻofani kotoa pē, pea ko kinautolu ne u ʻofa ki ai kuo liliu ʻo angatuʻu kiate au.
20 I've been reduced to skin and bones and I survive by the skin of my teeth.
ʻOku piki hoku ngaahi hui ki hoku kili ʻo hangē ko hoku kakano, pea kuo u hao mo e kili ʻo hoku kau nifo.
21 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, because God has struck me down!
“ʻOfa mai kiate au, ʻofa mai kiate au, ʻakimoutolu ko hoku kāinga; he kuo ala kiate au ʻae nima ʻoe ʻOtua.
22 Why are you persecuting me like God does? Aren't you satisfied with getting your pound of flesh?
Ko e hā ʻoku mou fakatanga ai au ʻo hangē ko e ʻOtua, pea mou taʻefiu ʻi hoku kakano?
23 I wish my words could be written down, recorded in a book,
“Taumaiā kuo tohi ʻa ʻeku ngaahi lea! Taumaiā kuo tohi ia ʻi ha tohi!
24 or engraved with an iron pen and molten lead in the rock forever.
Koeʻuhi ke tohi tongi ia ʻaki ʻae peni ukamea mo e pulu, ʻi he maka ke taʻengata!
25 I know my Redeemer is alive, and that he shall finally take the stand for me on the earth.
He ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻoku moʻui ʻa hoku Huhuʻi, pea ʻe tuʻu ia ʻi māmani ʻi he ʻaho fakamui.
26 Even though my skin is destroyed, in my body I shall see God.
Pea ka ʻosi hoku kili pea maumau hoku sino, ka te u mamata ʻi hoku kakano ki he ʻOtua:
27 I myself will see him—with my own eyes, and not those of someone else! The thought overcomes me!
ʻAia te u mamata ki ai maʻaku, pea ʻe vakai ki ai ʻa hoku mata, pea ʻikai ha taha kehe; “Neongo ʻae ʻauha ʻa hoku ngaahi kupuʻi sino ʻiate au.
28 You say to yourselves, ‘How can we make him suffer so he can see he is the source of his problems?’
Ka ʻe lelei hoʻomou pehē, ‘Ko e hā ʻoku tau fakatanga ai ia?’ He ʻoku ʻiate au ʻae tefito ʻoe meʻa lelei.
29 You yourselves should fear being punished by God, for you know anger brings God's punishment that accompanies judgment.”
Ke manavahē ʻakimoutolu ki he heletā: he ʻoku ʻomi ʻe he ʻita ʻae ngaahi tautea ʻoe heletā, koeʻuhi ke mou ʻilo ʻoku ai ʻae fakamaau.”
