Job 38

1 Then answered the Lord vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and said,

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

2 Who is this that darkeneth the counsell by wordes without knowledge?

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

3 Girde vp nowe thy loynes like a man: I will demande of thee and declare thou vnto 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 layd the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast vnderstanding,

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

5 Who hath layde the measures thereof, if thou knowest, or who hath stretched the line ouer 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 Whereupon are the foundations thereof set: or who layed the corner stone thereof:

‌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 starres of the morning praysed me together, and all the children of God reioyced:

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

8 Or who hath shut vp the Sea with doores, when it yssued and came foorth as out of the wombe:

“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 When I made the cloudes as a couering thereof, and darkenesse as the swadeling bands thereof:

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

10 When I stablished my commandement vpon it, and set barres and doores,

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

11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall it stay thy proude waues.

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

12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy dayes? hast thou caused the morning to knowe his place,

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

13 That it might take hold of the corners of the earth, and that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

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

14 It is turned as clay to facion, and all stand vp as a garment.

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

15 And from the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the hie arme shalbe broken.

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

16 Hast thou entred into the bottomes of the sea? or hast thou walked to seeke out the depth?

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

17 Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto thee? or hast thou seene the gates of the shadowe of death?

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

18 Hast thou perceiued the breadth of the earth? tell if thou knowest all this.

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

19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and where is the place of darkenesse,

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

20 That thou shouldest receiue it in the boundes thereof, and that thou shouldest knowe the paths to the house thereof?

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

21 Knewest thou it, because thou wast then borne, and because the nomber of thy dayes 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 Hast thou entred into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seene the treasures of ye haile,

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

23 Which I haue hid against the time of trouble, against the day of warre and battell?

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

24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the East winde vpon the earth?

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

25 Who hath deuided the spowtes for the raine? or the way for the lightning of ye 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 cause it to raine on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernes where there is no man?

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 To fulfil the wilde and waste place, and to cause the bud of the herbe to spring forth?

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

28 Who is the father of the rayne? or who hath begotten the droppes of the dewe?

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

29 Out of whose wombe came the yee? who hath ingendred the frost of the heauen?

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

30 The waters are hid as with a stone: and the face of the depth is frosen.

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

31 Canst thou restraine the sweete influences of the Pleiades? or loose the bandes of Orion?

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

32 Canst thou bring foorth Mazzaroth in their time? canst thou also guide Arcturus with his sonnes?

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

33 Knowest thou the course of heauen, or canst thou set the rule thereof in the earth?

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

34 Canst thou lift vp thy voice to the cloudes that the aboundance of water may couer thee?

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

35 Canst thou sende the lightenings that they may walke, and say vnto thee, Loe, heere we are?

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

36 Who hath put wisedome in the reines? or who hath giuen the heart vnderstanding?

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 Who can nomber cloudes by wisedome? or who can cause to cease the bottels of heaue,

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

38 When the earth groweth into hardnesse, and the clottes are fast together?

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

39 Wilt thou hunt the pray for the lyon? or fill the appetite of the lyons whelpes,

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

40 When they couch in their places, and remaine in the couert to lye in waite?

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

41 Who prepareth for the rauen his meate, when his birdes crie vnto God, wandering for lacke of meate?

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