Siope 20
1 Pea naʻe toki pehēange ʻe Sofaa mei Neama, ʻo ne pehē,
2 “Ko e moʻoni ʻoku langaʻi au ʻe heʻeku ngaahi mahalo ke u tali, ko ia ʻoku ou fakatoʻotoʻo ai.
3 Kuo u fanongo ki he tautea ʻo ʻeku manuki, pea ko e laumālie ʻo ʻeku ʻilo ʻoku langaʻi au ke u tali.
4 ʻIkai te ke ʻilo eni mei muʻa, talu hono tuku ʻoe tangata ʻi māmani,
5 Koeʻuhi ʻoku fuonounou ʻae nekeneka ʻoe angahala, pea ko e fiefia ʻae mālualoi ʻoku ʻi he kemo pe taha?
6 Neongo ʻae aʻu hake ki he langi ʻa hono ongolelei, pea ʻasi hake hono ʻulu ki he ngaahi ʻao;
7 Ka ʻe ʻauha ia ʻo taʻengata ʻo hangē pe ko ʻene meʻa kovi ʻaʻana: ko kinautolu naʻe mamata ki ai te nau pehē, ‘Kofaʻā ia?’
8 ʻE puna atu ia ʻo hangē ha misi, pea ʻe ʻikai ʻilo ia: ʻio, ʻe tuli atu ia ʻo hangē ko ha meʻa ʻoku hā mai ʻi he pō.
9 Ko e mata foki naʻe mamata ki ai ʻe ʻikai toe mamata ai; pea ʻe ʻikai toe ʻilo ia ʻe hono potu.
10 ʻE kumi ʻe heʻene fānau ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻae masiva, pea ʻe toe ʻatu ʻe hono nima ʻenau ngaahi meʻa.
11 ʻOku fonu hono ngaahi hui ʻi he angahala ʻo ʻene kei siʻi, pea ʻe takoto mo ia ʻi he efu.
12 “Neongo ʻoku melie ʻi hono ngutu ʻae fai kovi, pea ne fufū ia ʻi hono lalo ʻelelo:
13 Neongo ʻene mamae ki ai, ʻo ʻikai liʻaki; kae maʻu pe ʻi hono loto ngutu:
14 ʻE liliu ʻene meʻakai ʻi hono kete, ʻe hoko ia ko e ʻahu ʻoe fanga ngata fekai ʻi loto ʻiate ia.
15 Kuo ne folo hifo ʻae koloa, ka te ne toe lua ʻaki hake ia: ʻe lī ia ʻe he ʻOtua mei hono kete.
16 ʻE mimisi ʻe ia ʻae kona ʻoe fanga ngata fekai: ʻe teʻia ia ʻe he ʻelelo ʻoe ngata fekai.
17 ʻE ʻikai mamata ia ki he ngaahi vai, ko e ngaahi vai lahi, mo e ngaahi vaitafe ʻoe meʻa huʻamelie mo e pota.
18 ʻE toe ʻatu ʻe ia ʻae fua ʻo ʻene ngāue, pea ʻe ʻikai folo hifo: pea ʻe ʻikai fiefia ia ʻi he lahi fau ʻo ʻene koloa.
19 Koeʻuhi kuo ne taʻomia mo liʻaki ʻae masiva; kuo ne toʻo fakamālohi ʻae fale naʻe ʻikai ke ne langa;
20 “Ko e moʻoni ʻe ʻikai te ne ongoʻi ʻae fiemālie ʻi hono loto, ʻe ʻikai te ne faʻa maʻu ʻaia kuo ne holi ki ai.
21 ʻE ʻikai toe ʻene meʻa kai; ko ia ʻe ʻikai ʻamanaki ʻe ha taha ki haʻane meʻa.
22 ʻI he lahi ʻo ʻene maʻumeʻa ʻe masiva ai ia; ʻe hoko kiate ia ʻae nima ʻoe angakovi kotoa pē.
23 ʻI heʻene teu ke fakapito hono kete, ʻe lī kiate ia ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae mālohi ʻo hono houhau, pea fakaʻauha ia kiate ia lolotonga ʻene kai.
24 ʻE puna ia mei he meʻa tau ukamea, ka ʻe fanaʻi ia ke ʻasi ʻe he kaufana ukamea.
25 ʻE unuhi ia, pea ʻasi ʻi hono sino; ʻio, ʻoku haʻu mei hono ʻahu ʻae heletā ngingila, ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻae ngaahi ilifia.
26 Ko e ngaahi fakapoʻuli kotoa pē kuo fufū ʻi hono ngaahi potu fakalilolilo: ʻe fakaʻauha ia ʻe he afi taʻetapili; ʻe hoko ʻae kovi kiate ia ʻoku toe ʻi hono ʻapi.
27 ʻE fakahā ʻe he langi ʻa ʻene fai kovi, pea ʻe tuʻu hake ki ai ʻae fonua.
28 Ko e koloa ʻo hono fale ʻe mole, pea tafe atu ʻi he ʻaho ʻo hono houhau.
29 Ko e ʻinasi eni ʻoe tangata angahala mei he ʻOtua, mo e tufakanga kuo tuʻutuʻuni maʻana ʻe he ʻOtua.”
Cross-references
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- 1Job 2:11, Job 42:9, Job 11:1
- 2Pro 14:29, Psa 31:22, Pro 29:20, Psa 116:11, Ecc 7:9, Mrk 6:25, Psa 39:2–3, Jer 20:9
- 3Job 33:3, Job 20:2, Job 19:3, Job 27:11, Job 19:29, Psa 78:2–5, Psa 49:3
- 4Job 8:8–9, Job 15:10, Gen 1:28, Gen 9:1–3, Job 32:7, Psa 115:16
- 5Psa 37:35–36, Job 18:5–6, Job 5:3, Psa 73:18–20, Job 27:8, Act 12:22–23, Job 8:12–13, Mat 13:20–21
- 6Isa 14:13–14, Oba 1:3–4, Gen 11:4, Mat 11:23, Amo 9:2, Dan 4:22, Dan 4:11
- 7Psa 83:10, Job 7:10, 2Ki 9:37, Job 4:20, Job 14:10, 1Ki 14:10, Job 8:18, Jer 8:2
- 8Psa 90:5, Psa 73:20, Job 18:18, Isa 29:7–8, Psa 18:10, Job 27:21–23
- 9Job 7:8, Job 7:10, Job 8:18, Psa 37:36, Psa 37:10, Job 20:7, Psa 103:15–16, Job 27:3
- 10Job 20:18, Luk 19:8, Job 27:16–17, Pro 28:3, Exo 9:2, Exo 22:3, Exo 22:1, Psa 109:10
- 11Job 13:26, Psa 25:7, Job 21:26, Ezk 32:27, Ezk 24:13, Jhn 8:24, Act 1:25, Pro 14:32
- 12Job 15:16, Psa 10:7, Ecc 11:9, Pro 9:17–18, Psa 109:17–18, Gen 3:6, Pro 20:17
- 13Mrk 9:43–49, Mat 5:29–30, Rom 8:13, Num 11:18–20
- 14Rom 3:13, Deu 32:24, Psa 51:8–9, 2Sa 11:2–5, Job 20:16, Psa 38:1–8, Mal 2:2, Pro 1:31
- 15Pro 23:8, Mat 27:3–4
- 16Rom 3:13, Act 28:3–6, Isa 30:6, Mat 3:7, Deu 32:24
- 17Deu 32:13–14, Luk 16:24, Job 29:6, Rev 22:1, Jer 17:6–8, Num 14:23, Isa 7:15, Isa 7:22
- 18Job 20:10, Pro 1:12, Jer 51:44, Job 20:15, Jer 22:13, Hos 8:7–8, Job 31:25, Jer 51:34
- 19Job 35:9, Pro 14:31, Jas 5:4, Jas 2:6, Pro 22:22–23, Ezk 22:29, Jas 2:13, Job 31:13–22
- 20Ecc 5:13–14, Isa 57:20–21
- 21Job 15:29, Jer 17:11, Job 18:19, Luk 16:24–25
- 22Rev 18:7, Job 15:29, Ecc 2:18–20, Job 18:7, Psa 39:5, Job 1:17, Job 1:15, Job 3:17
- 23Psa 78:30–31, Num 11:33, Gen 19:24, Luk 12:17–20, Isa 21:4, Exo 9:23, Mal 2:2, Psa 11:6
- 24Amo 5:19, Isa 24:18, 2Sa 22:35, Pro 7:23, Jer 48:43–44, Amo 9:1–3, 1Ki 20:30
- 25Job 18:11, Job 16:13, Job 15:21, Deu 32:41, Job 27:20, Psa 7:12, 2Co 5:11, Psa 73:19
- 26Psa 21:9, Psa 120:4, Jud 1:13, Mat 8:12, Job 18:18–19, Job 18:5–6, Isa 14:20–22, Isa 8:22
- 27Luk 12:2–3, Job 16:18, Isa 26:21, Psa 44:20–21, Jer 29:23, Rom 2:16, 1Co 4:5, Job 18:18
- 28Job 27:14–19, Zep 1:18, Jas 5:1–3, Rev 18:17, Job 20:10, Job 5:5, Pro 11:4, 2Ki 20:17
- 29Job 27:13, Job 31:2–3, Job 18:21, Psa 11:5–6, Mat 24:51, Lam 3:38, Deu 29:20–28
Topics in this chapter
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Afflictions and Adversities, Ambition, Asp, Belly, Bow, Butter, Children, Covetousness, Creditor, Death, Debtor, Dream, Gall, Happiness, Hypocrisy, Iron, Job, Joy, Pleasure, Poor, Restitution, Serpent, Sin, Steel, Uncharitableness, Viper, Wicked (People), Worldliness, Zophar