Job 18

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

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

2 How long will ye lay snares for words? consider, and afterwards we will speak.

“ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa pea ke fakangata ʻae lea? Tokanga, pea te mau toki lea.

3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [and] are become unclean in your sight?

Ko e hā kuo lau ai ʻakimautolu ko e fanga manu, pea lau ko e ʻuli ʻi ho ʻao?

4 Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

‌ʻOku ne haehae ia ʻe ia pe ʻi heʻene ʻita: ʻe liʻaki ʻa māmani koeʻuhi ko koe? Pea ʻe hiki ʻae fuʻu makatuʻu mei hono potu?

5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

“Ko e moʻoni, ʻe tāmateʻi ʻae maama ʻoe angahala, pea ʻe ʻikai ulo ʻae kalofiama ʻo ʻene afi.

6 The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp above him shall be put out.

‌ʻE fakapoʻuli ʻae maama ʻi hono fale, pea ʻe tāmateʻi ʻa ʻene maama fakataha mo ia.

7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

‌ʻE fakaʻapiʻapi ʻae lakaʻanga ʻo hono mālohi, pea ʻe lī ki lalo ia ʻe heʻene fakakaukau ʻaʻana.

8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon the toils.

He ko hono kauvaʻe ʻoʻona kuo ne lī ia ki he kupenga, pea ʻoku ne ʻeveʻeva ʻi he funga tauhele.

9 A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [and] a snare shall lay hold on him.

‌ʻE moʻua ia ʻe he hele ʻi hono muivaʻe, pea ʻe ikuna ia ʻe he kaihaʻa.

10 A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

Kuo ʻai ʻae tauhele kiate ia ʻi he kelekele, mo e sokitanu kiate ia ʻi he hala.

11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels.

‌ʻE fakamanavahēʻi ia ʻe he ngaahi meʻa fakailifia mei he potu kotoa pē, pea ʻe fakaveʻevave ia.

12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten and calamity shall be ready for his halting.

‌ʻE kai ʻe he fiekaia ʻa hono mālohi, pea ʻe tali ofi ʻae fakaʻauha ki hono vakavaka.

13 It shall devour the members of his body, [yea], the firstborn of death shall devour his members.

‌ʻE fakaʻauha ʻe ia ʻae mālohi ʻo hono sino: ʻio, ko e ʻuluaki fānau ʻoe mate te ne fakaʻauha ʻene mālohi.

14 He shall be rooted out of his tent wherein he trusteth; and he shall be brought to the king of terrors.

‌ʻE lī kituʻa mei hono fale ʻa hono falalaʻanga, pea ko ia ʻe ʻomi ia ki he tuʻi ʻoe fakailifia.

15 There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

‌ʻE nofo ia ʻi hono fale, he ʻoku ʻikai ʻoʻona ia: ʻe tūtuuʻi ki hono ʻapi ʻae sulifa.

16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

‌ʻE mōmoa mei lalo hono ngaahi aka, pea ʻe motuhi mei ʻolunga ʻa hono vaʻa.

17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

Ko hono manatuʻi ʻe ʻauha mei he fonua, pea ʻe ʻikai hano hingoa ʻi he hala.

18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

‌ʻE kapusi ia mei he maama ki he poʻuli, pea ʻe tulia ia mei he māmani.

19 He shall have neither son nor son’s son among his people, nor any remaining where he sojourned.

‌ʻE ʻikai maʻu ʻe ia ha foha pe mokopuna ʻi hono kakai, ʻe ʻikai toe ha niʻihi ʻi hono ngaahi fale.

20 They that come after shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

Ko kinautolu ʻe muimui ʻiate ia te nau ofo ki hono ʻaho, ʻo hangē ko e ilifia ʻanautolu naʻa nau feangai.

21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

Ko e moʻoni ʻoku pehē pe ʻae ngaahi nofoʻanga ʻoe angahala, pea ko eni ʻae potu ʻo ia ʻoku taʻeʻiloʻi ʻae ʻOtua.”