Siope 19
1 Pea naʻe toki tali ʻe Siope, ʻo ne pehē,
Then Job answered and said,
2 ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa mo hoʻomou fakafiuʻi hoku laumālie, mo lailaiki ʻaki au ʻae ngaahi lea.
How long will ye vex my soul, and destroy me with words? only know that the Lord has dealt with me thus.
3 Ko hono liunga hongofulu eni mo hoʻomou manukiʻi au: pea ʻoku ʻikai te mou mā ʻi hoʻomou fai ʻo hangē ko e kau muli kiate au.
Ye speak against me; ye do not feel for me, but bear hard upon me.
4 Pea kapau moʻoni kuo u hē, ʻoku ʻiate au pe ʻeku hē.
Yea verily, I have erred in truth, (but the error abides with myself) in having spoken words which it was not right [to speak]; and my words err, and are unreasonable.
5 Pea kapau moʻoni te mou fai fielahi kiate au, pea talatalaakiʻi au ʻaki hoku manukiaʻanga:
But alas! for ye magnify yourselves against me, and insult me with reproach.
6 Mou ʻilo eni, kuo fulihi au ʻe he ʻOtua, pea ne kāpui au ʻaki hono kupenga.
Know then that it is the Lord that has troubled [me], and has raised his bulwark against me.
7 “Vakai, ʻoku ou tangi koeʻuhi ko e fakamālohi, ka ʻoku ʻikai ongoʻi au: ʻoku ou tangi kalanga ka ʻoku ʻikai ha fakamaau.
Behold, I laugh at reproach; I will not speak: [or] I will cry out, but [there is] nowhere judgment.
8 Kuo ne feleʻi hoku hala ke ʻoua naʻaku ʻalu, pea kuo ne ʻai ʻae fakapoʻuli ʻi hoku ngaahi hala.
I am fenced round about, and can by no means escape: he has set darkness before my face.
9 Kuo ne fakamasivaʻi au ʻi hoku nāunau, pea kuo ne toʻo ʻae tatā mei hoku ʻulu.
And he has stripped me of my glory, and has taken the crown from my head.
10 Kuo ne fakaʻauhaʻi au mei he potu kotoa pē, pea kuo u mole: pea kuo ne taʻaki ʻeku ʻamanaki ʻo hangē ha ʻakau.
He has torn me around about, and I am gone: and he has cut off my hope like a tree.
11 Kuo ne tutu foki ʻa hono houhau kiate au, pea ʻoku ne lauʻi au ko e taha ʻo hono ngaahi fili.
And he has dreadfully handled me in anger, and has counted me for an enemy.
12 ʻOku fakataha ʻene ngaahi kautau, ʻonau keli takatakai ʻiate au, pea nofo fakatakamilo ʻi hoku fale.
His troops also came upon me with one accord, liars in wait compassed my ways.
13 “Kuo ne fakamamaʻo atu hoku kāinga ʻiate au, pea ko ʻeku ngaahi kaumeʻa ʻoku mahuʻi ʻaupito meiate au.
My brethren have stood aloof from me; they have recognized strangers [rather] than me: and my friends have become pitiless.
14 Kuo mahuʻi hoku ngaahi kāinga ʻiate au, pea kuo fakangalongaloʻi au ʻe hoku ngaahi kāinga feʻofoʻofani.
My nearest of kin have not acknowledged me, and they that knew my name, have forgotten me.
15 Ko kinautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi hoku fale, mo ʻeku kau kaunanga, ʻoku nau lau au ko e muli, ko e taha kehe au ʻi honau ʻao.
[As for] my household, and my maid-servants, I was a stranger before them.
16 Naʻaku ui ki heʻeku tamaioʻeiki, ka naʻe ʻikai te ne tali; ne u fakakolekole ʻaki hoku ngutu ki ai.
I called my servant, and he hearkened not; and my mouth intreated [him].
17 Kuo fakalielia ʻa ʻeku mānava ki hoku uaifi, neongo ʻa ʻeku fakakolekole koeʻuhi ko e fānau ʻa hoku sino ʻoʻoku.
And I besought my wife, and earnestly intreated the sons of my concubines.
18 ʻIo, naʻe manukiʻi au ʻe he fānau iiki, ʻoku ou tuʻu hake pea nau lauʻikoviʻi au.
But they rejected me for ever; whenever I rise up, they speak against me.
19 Kuo fehiʻa kiate au ʻa hoku ngaahi kāinga feʻofoʻofani kotoa pē, pea ko kinautolu ne u ʻofa ki ai kuo liliu ʻo angatuʻu kiate au.
They that saw me abhorred me: the very persons whom I had loved, rose up against me.
20 ʻOku piki hoku ngaahi hui ki hoku kili ʻo hangē ko hoku kakano, pea kuo u hao mo e kili ʻo hoku kau nifo.
My flesh is corrupt under my skin, and my bones are held in [my] teeth.
21 “ʻOfa mai kiate au, ʻofa mai kiate au, ʻakimoutolu ko hoku kāinga; he kuo ala kiate au ʻae nima ʻoe ʻOtua.
Pity me, pity me, O friends; for it is the hand of the Lord that has touched me.
22 Ko e hā ʻoku mou fakatanga ai au ʻo hangē ko e ʻOtua, pea mou taʻefiu ʻi hoku kakano?
Wherefore do ye persecute me as also the Lord [does], and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23 “Taumaiā kuo tohi ʻa ʻeku ngaahi lea! Taumaiā kuo tohi ia ʻi ha tohi!
For oh that my words were written, and that they were recorded in a book forever,
24 Koeʻuhi ke tohi tongi ia ʻaki ʻae peni ukamea mo e pulu, ʻi he maka ke taʻengata!
with an iron pen and lead, or graven in the rocks!
25 He ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻoku moʻui ʻa hoku Huhuʻi, pea ʻe tuʻu ia ʻi māmani ʻi he ʻaho fakamui.
For I know that he is eternal who is about to deliver me,
26 Pea ka ʻosi hoku kili pea maumau hoku sino, ka te u mamata ʻi hoku kakano ki he ʻOtua:
[and] to raise up upon the earth my skin that endures these [sufferings]: for these things have been accomplished to me of the Lord;
27 ʻAia te u mamata ki ai maʻaku, pea ʻe vakai ki ai ʻa hoku mata, pea ʻikai ha taha kehe; “Neongo ʻae ʻauha ʻa hoku ngaahi kupuʻi sino ʻiate au.
which I am conscious of in myself, which mine eye has seen, and not another, but all have been fulfilled to me in [my] bosom.
28 Ka ʻe lelei hoʻomou pehē, ‘Ko e hā ʻoku tau fakatanga ai ia?’ He ʻoku ʻiate au ʻae tefito ʻoe meʻa lelei.
But if ye shall also say, What shall we say before him, and [so] find the root of the matter in him?
29 Ke manavahē ʻakimoutolu ki he heletā: he ʻoku ʻomi ʻe he ʻita ʻae ngaahi tautea ʻoe heletā, koeʻuhi ke mou ʻilo ʻoku ai ʻae fakamaau.”
Do ye also beware of deceit: for wrath will come upon transgressors; and then shall they know where their substance is.
