Job 8

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide,

Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Pilitati mei Suaa, ʻo ne pehē,

2 Howe long wilt thou talke of these things? and howe long shall the wordes of thy mouth be as a mightie winde?

‌ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa ʻo hoʻo lea pehē pe? Pea tatau mo e matangi mālohi ʻae ngaahi lea ʻa ho ngutu?

3 Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?

He ʻoku fakahala ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae fakamaau? Pe fakahalaʻi ʻe he Māfimafi ʻae angatonu?

4 If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie,

Kapau kuo angahala ʻa hoʻo fānau kiate ia, pea kuo ne liʻaki ʻakinautolu ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau fai hala;

5 Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,

Kapau te ke kumi vave ki he ʻOtua, pea fai hoʻo faʻa hū tāumaʻu ki he Māfimafi;

6 If thou be pure and vpright, then surely hee will awake vp vnto thee, and he wil make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous.

Kapau kuo ke maʻa mo angatonu ko e moʻoni ʻe ʻā hake ia maʻau, pea te ne ngaohi ke monūʻia ʻae nofoʻanga ʻo hoʻo māʻoniʻoni.

7 And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.

Neongo ʻae siʻi ʻa ho kamataʻanga, ka ʻe fakalahi ʻaupito ho ikuʻanga.

8 Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to search of their fathers.

“Ko eni, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke fehuʻi ki he kuonga ʻi muʻa, pea ke teuʻi koe ke ke ʻeke ki heʻenau ngaahi tamai:

9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)

(He ʻoku ʻoe ʻaneafi pe ʻakinautolu, pea taʻeʻilo ha meʻa, koeʻuhi ʻoku tatau hotau ngaahi ʻaho ʻi māmani mo e ʻata: )

10 Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?

‌ʻIkai ʻe akonakiʻi koe ʻekinautolu, ʻo tala kiate koe, pea hua ʻaki mai ʻae ngaahi lea mei honau loto?

11 Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water?

“ʻE faʻa tupu ʻae mohuku ʻoe anovai ka ʻi he kelepulu pe? ʻE faʻa tupu ʻae kaho ka ʻi he vai pe?

12 Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.

He ʻoku lolotonga ʻene kei mata, ʻo ʻikai tā, ʻoku tomuʻa mae ia ʻi he ʻakau kotoa pē.

13 So are the paths of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish.

‌ʻOku pehē pe ʻae ʻaluʻanga ʻokinautolu ʻoku fakangaloʻi ʻae ʻOtua; pea ko e ʻamanaki ʻae mālualoi ʻe ʻauha ia:

14 His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder.

Ko ʻene ʻamanaki ʻe tuʻusi ia, pea ko ʻene falalaʻanga ko e matamata kupenga ʻoe hina.

15 He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.

‌ʻE faʻaki ia ki hono fale, ka ʻe ʻikai tuʻu ia: ʻe puke maʻu ʻe ia ki ai, ka ʻe ʻikai te ne tolonga.”

16 The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.

‌ʻOku maʻuiʻui ia ʻi he mata ʻoe laʻā, pea tupu hono vaʻa ʻi heʻene ngoue.

17 The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones.

Ko hono ngaahi aka ʻoku fefihifihitaki ʻi he tafungofunga, ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻae potu makamaka.

18 If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee,

Kapau te ne fakaʻauha ia mei hono potu, pea ʻe toki fakafisi ia, ʻo pehē, ‘naʻe ʻikai te u mamata kiate koe.’

19 Beholde, it will reioyce by this meanes, that it may growe in another molde.

Vakai, ko e fiefia eni ʻa hono hala, pea ʻe toe tupu ʻae niʻihi mei he kelekele.

20 Behold, God will not cast away an vpright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,

“Vakai, ʻe ʻikai siʻaki ʻe he ʻOtua ha taha haohaoa, pea ʻe ʻikai tokoniʻi ʻe ia ʻae kau fai kovi:

21 Till he haue filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lippes with ioy.

Kaeʻoua ke ne fakapito ho ngutu ʻi he kata, mo ho loungutu ʻi he fiefia.

22 They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine.

Ko kinautolu ʻoku fehiʻa kiate koe ʻe fakakofuʻaki ʻae mā; pea ʻe fakaʻauha ʻae nofoʻanga ʻoe angahala.”