Job 18

1 Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —

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

2 How long will ye make a perversion of words? Ye should understand, and, afterwards, we could speak.

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

3 Wherefore are we accounted like beasts? or appear stupid, in thine eyes?

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

4 One tearing in pieces his own soul in his anger, —For thy sake, shall the earth be forsaken? or the rock be moved 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 Even the light of the lawless, shall go out, —Neither shall shine the flame of his fire;

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

6 The light, hath darkened in his tent, Yea, his lamp above him, goeth out;

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

7 The steppings of his strength are hemmed in, and his own counsel casteth him down;

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

8 For he is thrust into a net by his own feet, and, upon a trap, he marcheth;

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

9 There catcheth him—by the heel—a gin, there holdeth him fast—a noose:

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

10 Concealed in the ground is a cord for him, —and a snare for him, on the path.

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

11 Round about, terrors have startled him, and have driven him to his feet.

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

12 Let his strength be famished, and, calamity, be ready at his side;

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

13 Let it devour the members of his body, Let the firstborn of death 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 Uprooted, out of his tent, be his confidence, and let it drive him down 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, what is naught-of-his, Let brimstone be strewed over his dwelling;

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

16 Beneath, let his roots be dried up, and, above, be cut off his branch;

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

17 His memorial, have perished out of the land, and let him have no name over the face of the open field;

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

18 Let them thrust him out of light into darkness, Yea, out of the world, let them chase him;

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

19 Let him have neither scion nor seed among his people, neither any survivor in his place of sojourn:

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

20 Over his day, have they been astounded who come behind, and, them who are in advance, a shudder hath seized.

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

21 Surely, these, are the dwellings of him that is perverse, 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.”