Job 4

1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:

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

2 If one venture a word unto thee, wilt thou be weary? But who can withhold himself 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 instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

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

4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble 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 upon thee, and thou art weary; it toucheth thee, and thou art affrighted.

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

6 Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, and thy hope the integrity of thy ways?

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

7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

“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 According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow mischief, reap 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 By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger are they consumed.

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

10 The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth — yet the teeth of the young lions 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 old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

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

12 Now a word was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.

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

13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

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

14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were made to shake.

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

15 Then a spirit passed before my face, that made the hair of my flesh to stand up.

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

16 It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; a form was before mine eyes; I heard a still voice:

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 mortal man be just before God? Shall a man be pure before his Maker?

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

18 Behold, He putteth no trust in His servants, and His angels He chargeth with folly;

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

19 How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed 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 Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it.

‌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 Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'

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