Job 4

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde,

Pea toki leaange ai ʻa Elifasi mei Timani, ʻo ne pehē,

2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieued? but who can withholde himselfe from speaking?

“Kapau te mau ʻahiʻahi ke lea kiate koe, te ke ʻita ai? Ka ko hai te ne faʻa taʻofi ia ʻe ia mei he lea?

3 Behold, thou hast taught many, and hast strengthened the wearie hands.

Vakai, kuo ke akonekina ʻae tokolahi, pea kuo ke fakamālohiʻi ʻae nima vaivai.

4 Thy wordes haue confirmed him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the weake knees.

Naʻe poupou hake ʻe hoʻo ngaahi lea ʻaia naʻe meimei hinga, pea kuo ke fakamālohiʻi ʻae foʻi tui vaivai.

5 But now it is come vpon thee, and thou art grieued: it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

Ka ko eni kuo hoko ia kiate koe, pea ke vaivai; ʻoku ala ia kiate koe, pea ʻoku ke puputuʻu.

6 Is not this thy feare, thy confidence, thy pacience, and the vprightnesse of thy wayes?

He kofaʻā eni hoʻo manavahē, hoʻo falala, hoʻo ʻamanaki lelei, mo e angatonu ʻa ho ngaahi hala?

7 Remember, I pray thee: who euer perished, being an innocent? or where were the vpright destroyed?

“ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke fakamanatu, ko hai ha taʻeangahala naʻe ʻauha? Pea ko e potu fē naʻe motuhi ai ʻae māʻoniʻoni?

8 As I haue seene, they that plow iniquitie, and sowe wickednesse, reape the same.

‌ʻIo, ʻo hangē pe ko ia kuo u mamata ki ai, ko kinautolu ʻoku keli ʻae angahala, mo tūtuuʻi ʻae fai kovi, ʻoku nau utu pe ia.

9 With the blast of God they perish, and with the breath of his nostrels are they cosumed.

‌ʻI he ifi ʻae ʻOtua ʻoku nau ʻauha, pea ko e mānava ʻo hono fofonga ʻoku nau ʻosiʻosingamālie ai.

10 The roaring of the Lion, and the voyce of the Lionesse, and the teeth of the Lions whelpes are broken.

‌ʻOku [fakangata ]ʻae ngungulu ʻoe laione, mo e leʻo ʻoe laione fekai, pea ʻoku mafesifesi ʻae kau nifo ʻoe fanga laione mui.

11 The Lyon perisheth for lacke of pray, and the Lyons whelpes are scattered abroade.

‌ʻOku ʻauha ʻae motuʻa laione ko e masiva meʻa kai, pea ko e fānganga ʻoe laione mālohi kuo fakahēʻi mamaʻo.

12 But a thing was brought to me secretly, and mine eare hath receiued a litle thereof.

“Ko eni, naʻe ai ha meʻa naʻe ʻomi fufū kiate au, pea naʻe ongoʻi ʻe hoku telinga ʻae fafana ʻo ia.

13 In the thoughtes of ye visions of the night, when sleepe falleth on men,

‌ʻI he ngaahi mahalo mei he ngaahi meʻa hā mai ʻoe pō, ʻoka tō ʻae mohe maʻu ki he kakai,

14 Feare came vpon me, and dread which made all my bones to tremble.

Naʻe hoko mai kiate au ʻae manavahē, mo e tetetete, ʻaia naʻe fakangalulu ai hoku ngaahi hui kotoa pē.

15 And the wind passed before me, and made the heares of my flesh to stande vp.

Pea naʻe toki māʻali ai ʻae laumālie ʻi hoku ʻao; pea naʻe vavana hake ʻae fulufulu ʻo hoku sino:

16 Then stoode one, and I knewe not his face: an image was before mine eyes, and in silence heard I a voyce, saying,

Naʻe tuʻu mai ia, ka naʻe ʻikai te u ʻilo hono anga: naʻe ʻi hoku ʻao ʻae fakatātā, naʻe longo pe, pea ne u ongoʻi ʻae leʻo, naʻe pehē,

17 Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be more pure then his maker?

“ʻE faʻa angatonu lahi hake ʻae tangata ki hono ʻOtua? ʻE māʻoniʻoni lahi hake ʻae tangata ki hono Tupuʻanga?

18 Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Seruants, and laid follie vpon his Angels.

Vakai, ʻoku ʻikai te ne falala ki heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, pea ko ʻene kau ʻāngelo ʻoku ʻikai ke ne fakamālō ki ai.

19 Howe much more in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which shalbe destroyed before the moth?

Kae huanoa ʻakinautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi he ngaahi fale ʻumea, ko honau tuʻunga ʻoku ʻi he efu, pea ʻoku taʻomia ʻakinautolu ʻo hangē pe ko e ane?

20 They be destroyed from the morning vnto the euening: they perish for euer, without regarde.

‌ʻOku tā hifo ʻakinautolu mei he pongipongi ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi: ʻoku nau ʻauha ʻo taʻetuku, ka ʻoku ʻikai tokanga ki ai ha taha.

21 Doeth not their dignitie goe away with them? do they not die, and that without wisdom?

Pea ʻikai ʻoku mole atu ʻae lelei kotoa pē ʻoku ʻiate kinautolu? ʻOku nau mate, ʻio, ʻi he taʻehapoto.’