Siope 25

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

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

2 “ʻOku ʻiate ia ʻae pule mo e manavahēʻia, ʻoku ne fakamelino ʻi hono ngaahi potu māʻolunga.

Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.

3 He ʻoku faʻa lauʻi ʻa ʻene ngaahi matatau? Pea ko hai ia ʻoku ʻikai hopo ki ai ʻa ʻene maama?

Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

4 Pea ka kuo pehē, ʻe faʻa fakatonuhia fēfē ʻae tangata mo e ʻOtua? Pea ʻe maʻa fēfē ʻaia kuo fanauʻi ʻe he fefine?

How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

5 Vakai pē ki he māhina, pea ʻoku ʻikai huhulu ia; ʻio, ko e ngaahi fetuʻu ʻoku ʻikai maʻa ʻi hono ʻao.

Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

6 Ka ʻe huanoa ʻae tangata ʻaia ko e kelemutu? Mo e foha ʻoe tangata, ʻaia ko e kelemutu?”

How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?