Siope 31
1 “Naʻa ku fai ʻae fuakava mo hoku mata; pea ka kuo pehē, ko e hā te u siofia ai ha taʻahine?
2 He ko e hā ʻae ʻinasi mei he ʻOtua ʻi ʻolunga? Pea mo e tufakanga mei he Māfimafi ʻi ʻolunga?
3 ʻIkai ʻoku ʻi he kau angahala ʻae malaʻia? Mo e fakaʻauha foʻou ki he kau fai kovi?
4 ʻIkai ʻoku ne ʻiloʻi hoku ngaahi hala, pea lau ʻeku ngaahi laka kotoa pē?
5 “He kapau naʻaku ʻalu ʻi he loi, pea kapau teu veʻe vave ki he kākā;
6 Tuku ke fakamamafa au ʻi he meʻa fakatatau totonu, koeʻuhi ke ʻilo ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa ʻeku angatonu.
7 He kapau naʻaku laka hē mei he hala, pea muimui hoku loto ki hoku mata, pe piki ha ʻuli ki hoku nima;
8 Tuku ai ke u tūtuuʻi kae kai ʻe ha taha kehe; ʻio, ke taʻaki fuʻu hake ʻa hoku taʻu.
9 “Kapau naʻe kākaaʻi ʻa hoku loto ʻe ha fefine, pe te u toitoi ʻi he matapā ʻo hoku kaungāʻapi;
10 Pea tuku ke momosi ʻa hoku uaifi mo ha taha, pea mapelu ki ai ha niʻihi kehe.
11 He ko e hia matea ia, ʻio, ko e angahala ke tautea ʻe he kau fakamaau.
12 He ko e afi ia ʻoku ne kai ʻo aʻu ki he fakaʻauha, pea ʻe ʻosiʻosingamālie ai ʻeku koloa.
13 “Kapau naʻaku lumaʻi ʻae meʻa ʻa ʻeku tamaioʻeiki pe ko ʻeku kaunanga, ʻi he ʻena fai mo au.
14 Ko e hā ai te u fai ʻoka tuʻu hake ʻae ʻOtua? Pea ʻoka ʻaʻahi ʻe ia, ko e hā te u tali ʻaki ia?
15 He ʻikai naʻe ngaohi ia ʻe ia naʻa ne ngaohi au ʻi he manāva? Pea ʻikai naʻe fakatupu ʻakimaua ʻosi pe ʻi he manāva ʻe he tokotaha?
16 “Kapau ne u taʻofi ʻae masiva mei heʻenau holi, pe fai ke vaivai ʻae mata ʻoe fefine kuo mate hono husepāniti;
17 Pea kuo u kai vale haʻaku meʻa siʻi, ʻo ʻikai te ma kai ia mo e tamai mate;
18 (He ʻoku talu ʻeku lahi hake mo ʻene ʻiate au, ʻo hangē ko haʻane tamai, pea talu ʻeku haʻu mei he manāva ʻo ʻeku faʻē mo ʻeku fakahinohino ia;)
19 Kapau kuo u mamata ki ha taha ʻoku mate koeʻuhi ko e telefua, pe ha masiva taʻehakofu;
20 Kapau naʻe ʻikai tāpuaki au ʻe hono noʻotanga vala, pea ʻikai māfana ia ʻi he fulufulu ʻo ʻeku fanga sipi;
21 Kapau kuo u hiki hoku nima ki he tamai mate, ʻi heʻeku ʻilo ʻoku ou mālohi ʻi he matapā:
22 ʻOfa ke homo hoku uma mei hoku hui fohe, pea fesiʻi hoku nima ʻi he hokotanga hui.
23 He ko e fakaʻauha mei he ʻOtua ko e meʻa fakailifia kiate au, pea ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene ngeia naʻe ʻikai te u faʻa kātakiʻi.
24 “He kapau naʻaku ʻamanaki ki he koula, pe te u pehē ki he koula lelei, ‘Ko hoku falalaʻanga koe;’
25 Kapau naʻaku fiefia ʻi he tupu ʻo lahi ʻeku koloa, pea koeʻuhi kuo maʻu lahi ʻe hoku nima;
26 Kapau naʻaku siofia ʻae laʻā ʻi heʻene ulo, pe ko e māhina ʻoku hāʻele ʻi he ngingila;
27 Pea kuo fasiaʻi fufū pe hoku loto, pe ʻuma hoku ngutu ki hoku nima:
28 Ko e angahala foki ia ke fakamaauʻi he ka ne pehē, ko ʻeku liʻaki ia ʻae ʻOtua ʻoku ʻi ʻolunga.
29 He kapau naʻaku fiefia ʻi he ʻauha ʻo ia naʻe fehiʻa kiate au, pe te u angahiki ki ai ʻoka moʻua ia ʻe he kovi:
30 Ka naʻe ʻikai te u tuku ke angahala ai ʻa hoku ngutu, ʻi he fakaʻamu ke tō ha malaʻia ki hono laumālie.
31 ʻIkai ʻoku faʻa pehē ʻe heʻeku kau nofoʻanga, Naʻe holi ʻe hai ki haʻane meʻakai pea ʻikai mākona ai?
32 Naʻe ʻikai mohe ʻae muli ʻi he hala: ka ne u fakaava hoku matapā ke talia ʻae fononga.
33 He naʻaku fufū koā ʻeku angahala ʻo hangē ko ʻAtama, ʻo fakalilolilo ʻeku hia ʻi hoku fatafata?
34 Pea te u manavahē ki he fuʻu tokolahi? Pe fakailifiaʻi au ʻe he manuki ʻae ngaahi fānau, ke u longo ai, ʻo taʻehū atu ʻi he matapā?
35 Taumaiā kuo ʻi ai ha tokotaha ʻe fie fanongo kiate au! Vakai, ko hoku loto ke talia au ʻe he Māfimafi, pea ke fai ha tohi ʻe hoku fili.
36 Ko e moʻoni te u hili ia ki hoku uma, ʻo nonoʻo ia kiate au ʻo hangē ha pale.
37 Te u ʻaʻau atu kiate ia ʻae lau ʻo ʻeku ngaahi laka; te u ʻalu atu ʻo hangē ha ʻeiki ke ofi kiate ia.
38 He kapau kuo tangi ʻe hoku fonua kiate au, pe lāunga ʻa hono ngaahi keliʻanga;
39 Pea kapau kuo u kai taʻetotongi ʻa hono ngaahi fua, pe te u fakamamahiʻi ʻae laumālie ʻokinautolu naʻe tauhi ki ai:
40 ʻOfa ke tupu ai ʻae talatalaʻāmoa ko e fetongi ʻoe uite, mo e ʻakau taʻeʻaonga ko e fetongi ʻoe paʻale.” Kuo ngata ʻae fakamatala ʻa Siope.
Cross-references
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- 1Jas 1:14–15, Mat 5:28–29, Psa 119:37, 1Jn 2:16, Pro 6:25, 2Sa 11:2–4, Pro 4:25, Gen 6:2
- 2Job 20:29, Heb 13:4, Job 27:13
- 3Job 21:30, Job 34:22, Psa 55:23, Pro 10:29, Mat 7:13, 1Th 5:3, Pro 21:15, 2Pe 2:1
- 4Job 34:21, 2Ch 16:9, Pro 5:21, Job 14:16, Jer 32:19, Pro 15:3, Jer 16:17, Psa 139:1–3
- 5Psa 44:20–21, Pro 12:11, Jer 2:5, Mic 2:11, Psa 4:2, Psa 12:2, Ezk 13:8, Psa 7:3–5
- 6Dan 5:27, Psa 7:8–9, 1Sa 2:3, Isa 26:7, Mat 7:23, Jos 22:22, Pro 16:11, Psa 139:23
- 7Num 15:39, Ecc 11:9, Mat 5:29, Job 23:11, Psa 44:20–21, Psa 101:3, Ezk 14:3, Isa 33:15
- 8Lev 26:16, Mic 6:15, Deu 28:38, Job 18:19, Psa 109:13, Jdg 6:3–6, Deu 28:30–33, Job 15:30
- 91Ki 11:4, Ecc 7:26, Jdg 16:5, Hos 7:4, Pro 2:16–19, Pro 6:25, Job 24:15–16, Neh 13:26
- 10Jer 8:10, 2Sa 12:11, Isa 47:2, Exo 11:5, Deu 28:30, Mat 24:41, Hos 4:13–14
- 11Lev 20:10, Job 31:28, Deu 22:22–24, Gen 38:24, Gen 26:10, Pro 6:29–33, Gen 20:9, Exo 20:14
- 12Pro 6:27, Jer 5:7–9, Pro 3:33, Job 15:30, Job 26:6, Job 20:28, Heb 13:4, Mal 3:5
- 13Col 4:1, Eph 6:9, Lev 25:43, Jer 34:14–17, Exo 21:20–21, Lev 25:46, Deu 15:12–15, Exo 21:26–27
- 14Jas 2:13, Psa 10:12–15, Psa 9:12, Psa 44:21, Rom 3:19, Psa 9:19, Zec 2:13, Job 10:2
- 15Pro 14:31, Mal 2:10, Pro 22:2, Job 34:19, Job 10:8–12, Neh 5:5, Job 10:3, Psa 139:14–16
- 16Isa 38:14, Deu 15:7–10, Deu 28:32, Act 11:29, Job 5:16, Gal 2:10, Job 20:19, Psa 119:82
- 17Deu 15:11, Act 4:32, Rom 12:13, Jas 1:27, Job 29:12–16, Jhn 13:29, Ezk 18:16, Deu 15:14
- 19Job 22:6, 1Jn 3:18, Job 29:13, Job 24:4, Act 9:39, Mat 25:43, Mat 25:36, Luk 3:11
- 20Deu 24:13, Job 29:11
- 21Job 22:9, Job 29:12, Job 24:9, Mic 2:1–2, Mic 7:3, Job 6:27, Jer 5:28, Ezk 22:7
- 22Job 31:40, Job 38:15, Job 31:10, Jos 22:22–23, Psa 7:4–5, Psa 137:6
- 23Job 13:11, Psa 119:120, 2Co 5:11, Psa 76:7, Isa 13:6, Job 20:23, Gen 39:9, Job 21:20
- 24Psa 52:7, Pro 11:28, Psa 49:6–7, Deu 8:12–14, Psa 62:10, Luk 12:15, Psa 49:17, 1Ti 6:17
- 25Psa 62:10, Hab 1:16, Hos 12:8, Deu 8:17–18, Luk 16:25, Luk 16:19, Ezk 28:5, Pro 23:5
- 26Ezk 8:16, Deu 4:19, Deu 17:3, 2Ki 23:11, 2Ki 23:5, Jer 8:2, Jer 44:17, Gen 1:16–18
- 27Deu 13:6, Deu 11:16, Rom 1:21, 1Ki 19:18, Hos 13:2, Isa 44:20, Rom 1:28, Psa 2:12
- 28Deu 17:2–7, Job 31:11, Psa 50:6, Deu 17:9, Job 9:15, Jos 24:27, Job 23:7, Gen 18:25
- 29Pro 24:17–18, Pro 17:5, Psa 35:13–14, Oba 1:12, Psa 35:25–26, 2Sa 1:12, 2Sa 4:10–11, 2Sa 16:5–8
- 301Pe 3:9, Rom 12:14, Mat 5:22, 1Pe 2:22–23, Jas 3:9–10, Exo 23:4–5, Mat 5:43–44, Mat 12:36
- 31Job 22:7, 2Sa 19:21–22, Pro 1:11–12, 1Sa 24:10, Luk 9:54–55, Luk 22:50–51, Jer 40:15–16, 1Sa 24:4
- 32Heb 13:2, Gen 19:2–3, Jdg 19:20–21, Isa 58:7, Rom 12:13, 1Pe 4:9, Mat 25:35, Jdg 19:15
- 33Pro 28:13, Act 5:8, Gen 3:12, 1Jn 1:8–10, Hos 6:7, Jos 7:11, Gen 3:7–8
- 34Exo 23:2, Pro 29:25, Jer 38:19, Exo 32:27, Num 25:14–15, Job 22:8, Neh 5:7, Est 4:14
- 35Job 13:21–22, Job 40:4–5, Job 35:14, Job 13:3, Job 33:6, Job 13:24, Job 38:1–3, Job 19:7
- 36Isa 22:22, Php 4:1, Job 29:14, Isa 62:3, Exo 28:12
- 37Job 13:15, Heb 4:15–16, Eph 3:12, Job 14:16, Job 42:3–6, Psa 19:12, Gen 32:28, 1Jn 3:19–21
- 38Hab 2:11, Job 20:27, Psa 65:13, Jas 5:4
- 391Ki 21:19, Jas 5:4, Gen 4:12, 1Ki 21:13–16, Ezk 22:6, Pro 1:19, Isa 26:21, Ezk 22:12–13
- 40Psa 72:20, Zep 2:9, Isa 7:23, Gen 3:17–18, Mal 1:3
Topics in this chapter
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Adam, Adultery, Afflictions and Adversities, Balances, Beneficence, Chastity, Cockle, Continence, Covetousness, Deceit, Employer, Enemy, Fall of Man, Falsehood, Fear, God, Gold, Heart, Hope, Hospitality, Hypocrisy, Idolatry, Injustice, Integrity, Job, Judgment, Lust, Malice, Man, Master, Money, Moon, Orphan, Poor, Respect of Persons, Rich, the, Servant, Sun, Temptation, Thistle, Vows, Wicked (People), Widow