Siope 33
1 “Ko ia ʻoku ou kole kiate koe ʻe Siope, fakafanongo ki heʻeku ngaahi fakamatala, mo ke tokanga ki heʻeku lea kotoa pē.
2 Vakai, kuo u faʻai eni ʻa hoku ngutu, kuo lea ʻa hoku ʻelelo ʻi hoku ngutu.
3 Te u lea au mei he totonu ʻo hoku loto: pea ʻe mahino ʻae ʻilo ʻe lea ʻaki ʻe hoku loungutu.
4 Naʻe ngaohi au ʻe he Laumālie ʻoe ʻOtua, pea ko e mānava ʻoe Māfimafi kuo ne foaki ʻae moʻui kiate au.
5 Kapau te ke faʻa tali au, pea fokotuʻu hokohoko pe hoʻo ngaahi lea, tuʻu hake ʻi hoku ʻao.
6 Vakai, ʻoku ou tatau mo koe ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua: kuo ngaohi foki au mei he ʻumea.
7 ʻE ʻikai fakamanavahēʻi koe ʻe haʻaku fakailifia, pea ʻe ʻikai mamafa ʻa hoku nima kiate koe.
8 “Ko e moʻoni kuo ke lea ʻi hoku telinga, pea kuo u ongoʻi ʻae leʻo ʻo hoʻo ngaahi lea, ʻo pehē,
9 ‘ʻOku ou maʻa taʻehaangahala, ʻoku ou māʻoniʻoni; pea ʻoku ʻikai ha hia ʻiate au.
10 Vakai, ʻoku ne kumi ʻae meʻa ke u kovi ai, ʻoku ne lauʻi au ko hono fili,
11 ʻOku ne ʻai hoku vaʻe ki he meʻa fakamaʻu vaʻe, ʻoku ne vakaiʻi ʻa hoku ʻalunga kotoa pē.’
12 “Vakai eni, ʻoku ʻikai te ke tonuhia: te u talia koe, he ʻoku lahi ʻae ʻOtua ki he tangata.
13 He ko e hā ʻoku ke fai ai mo ia? Koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai fakahā ʻe ia ʻae ʻuhinga ʻo ʻene ngaahi ngāue.
14 Ka ʻoku lea ʻae ʻOtua ʻo tuʻo taha, ʻio, ʻo tuʻo ua, ka ʻoku ʻikai tokangaʻi ia ʻe he tangata.
15 ʻI he misi, ʻi he meʻa hā mai ʻoe poʻuli, ʻi he tō ʻae mohe maʻu ki he kakai, ʻi he tulemohe ʻi he mohenga;
16 ʻOku ne toki fakaongo ʻae telinga ʻoe kakai, ʻo ne pulusi ʻa honau akonakiʻi,
17 Koeʻuhi ke ne taʻofi ʻae tangata mei heʻene ngāue ʻaʻana, pea fufū ʻae fielahi mei he tangata.
18 ʻOku ne taʻofi mai hono laumālie mei he luo, mo ʻene moʻui ke ʻoua naʻa ʻauha ʻi he heletā.
19 Pea ʻoku ne tautea foki ia ʻaki ʻae mamahi ʻi hono mohenga, mo hono ngaahi hui ʻaki ʻae mamahi lahi:
20 Ko ia ʻoku fehiʻa ai ʻene moʻui ki he mā, mo hono laumālie ki he meʻakai ifo lelei.
21 ʻOku fakaʻaʻau ʻo ʻosi ʻa hono kakano, ʻo ʻikai ʻiloa; pea ʻoku tuʻu mai hono ngaahi hui naʻe ʻikai hā mai.
22 ʻIo, ʻoku ʻunuʻunu atu hono laumālie ki he faʻitoka, mo ʻene moʻui ki he kau fakaʻauha.
23 “Kapau ʻe ʻiate ia ha faifekau, ko e fakamatala, ko e taha mei he toko taha afe, ke fakahā ki he tangata ʻene māʻoniʻoni:
24 ʻOku toki ʻaloʻofa ai ia kiate ia, ʻo ne pehē, “Fakamoʻui ia mei he ʻalu hifo ki he luo: kuo u ʻiloʻi ʻae huhuʻi.”
25 ʻE moʻui lelei hake hono sino ʻi ha tamasiʻi: ʻe toe foki ia ki he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻene kei siʻi:
26 ʻE lotu ia ki he ʻOtua, pea ʻe tokanga ia ki ai: pea ʻe mamata ia ki hono fofonga ʻi he fiefia: he te ne totongi ki he tangata ʻa ʻene māʻoniʻoni.
27 ʻOku ne vakai ki he kakai, pea ka pehē ʻe ha taha, ‘Kuo u angahala, pea fakakehe ʻaia ʻoku totonu, pea kuo taʻeʻaonga ia kiate au;
28 ʻE fakahaofi ʻe ia ʻa hono laumālie ke ʻoua naʻa ʻalu hifo ki he luo, pea ʻe mamata ʻene moʻui ki he maama.
29 “Vakai, ʻoku faʻa fai ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa pē koeʻuhi ko e tangata,
30 Ke ne toe ʻomi ai hono laumālie mei he luo, pea ne fakamaama ia ʻaki ʻae maama ʻoe moʻui.
31 Tokanga, ʻe Siope, fakafanongo kiate au: ke ke longo pe, kau lea.
32 Kapau ʻoku ai haʻo lea, tali mai: lea, he ko hoku loto ke ke tonuhia.
33 Kapau ʻoku ʻikai, fakafanongo kiate au: ke ke longo pē, kau akonekina koe ke ke poto.
Cross-references
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- 1Job 13:6, Job 34:2, Mrk 4:9, Psa 49:1–3
- 2Job 3:1, Psa 78:2, Mat 5:2, Job 31:30
- 3Job 27:4, Pro 20:15, 1Th 2:3–4, Job 36:3–4, Pro 15:7, Pro 8:7–8, Psa 37:30–31, Pro 15:2
- 4Job 32:8, Gen 2:7, Job 27:3, 1Co 15:45, Job 10:12, Psa 33:6, Rom 8:2, Job 10:3
- 5Job 33:32–33, Job 13:18, Job 32:12, Job 32:1, Act 10:26, Job 32:14, Psa 50:21, Job 23:4–5
- 6Job 4:19, 2Co 5:1, Job 10:9, Gen 2:7, Exo 4:16, Job 13:12, Job 20:22, Job 9:32–35
- 7Job 13:21, Job 9:34, Psa 32:4, Psa 88:16
- 8Deu 13:14, Jer 29:23
- 9Job 16:17, Job 10:7, Job 11:4, Job 9:21, Job 29:14, Job 9:28, Job 9:17, Jer 2:35
- 10Job 19:11, Job 13:24–25, Job 14:16, Job 31:35, Job 16:9, Job 34:5, Job 30:21, Job 10:15–17
- 11Job 13:27, Job 31:4, Psa 105:18, Job 14:16, Act 16:24, Dan 4:35, Jer 20:2
- 12Ezk 18:25, Job 36:5, Job 40:8–9, Job 35:4, Job 34:17–19, Job 34:10–12, Job 34:23, Jer 18:6
- 13Job 40:2, Isa 45:9, Rom 11:34, Dan 4:35, Ezk 22:14, Psa 62:11, Job 15:25–26, Act 1:7
- 14Pro 1:24, 2Ch 33:10, Psa 62:11, Job 33:29, Luk 24:25, Jhn 3:19, Isa 6:9, Mat 13:14
- 15Num 12:6, Job 4:13, Gen 31:24, Gen 20:3, Dan 4:5, Jer 23:28, Dan 8:18, Heb 1:1
- 16Job 36:10, Job 36:15, Psa 40:6, Isa 50:5, Luk 24:45, Isa 6:10, Act 16:14, Isa 48:8
- 17Jas 4:10, Isa 2:11, 2Co 12:7, 2Ch 32:25, Gen 20:6, Mat 27:19, Job 17:11, Act 9:2–6
- 18Job 33:30, Job 33:28, 2Pe 3:9, Rom 2:4, Act 16:27–33, Job 33:24, Job 33:22, Job 15:22
- 19Job 30:17, Job 5:17–18, Psa 94:12, 1Co 11:32, Psa 119:71, Isa 37:12–13, Psa 119:67, 2Ch 16:12
- 20Job 3:24, Psa 107:17–18, Amo 5:11, Gen 3:6, Jer 3:19
- 21Job 19:20, Job 7:5, Job 13:28, Pro 5:11, Psa 102:3–5, Psa 39:11, Job 16:8, Job 14:20
- 222Sa 24:16, Job 33:28, Rev 9:11, Job 17:1, Psa 88:3–5, Job 15:21, Psa 17:4, Act 12:23
- 23Mal 3:1, Ecc 7:28, 2Co 5:20, Mal 2:7, Hag 1:13, Psa 119:75, Isa 61:1–3, Job 37:23
- 24Psa 49:7–8, Job 33:18, Mat 20:28, 1Pe 1:18–19, Zec 9:11, Exo 33:19, Mic 7:18–20, 1Ti 2:6
- 25Psa 103:5, 2Ki 5:14, Jos 14:10–11, Deu 34:7, Job 42:16, Hos 2:15
- 26Psa 50:15, Psa 30:5, Act 2:28, Act 9:11, Isa 30:19, Jud 1:24, Heb 11:26, Psa 91:15
- 27Rom 6:21, 2Sa 12:13, Psa 14:2, Rom 7:22, Mat 16:26, 1Jn 1:8–10, Jer 31:18–19, Rom 7:16
- 28Job 33:24, Job 3:9, Job 3:16, Job 33:22, Jhn 11:9, Job 3:20, Psa 69:15, Psa 49:19
- 29Eph 1:11, Php 2:13, 1Co 12:6, Heb 13:21, 2Co 5:5, 2Ki 6:10, Job 33:14–17, Col 1:29
- 30Psa 56:13, Isa 38:17, Psa 40:1–2, Job 33:28, Jhn 8:12, Isa 2:5, Psa 118:17–18, Act 26:18
- 31Job 18:2, Job 32:11, Job 21:2, Job 13:6
- 32Job 27:5, Job 21:27, Job 15:4–5, Job 22:5–9
- 33Psa 34:11, Pro 4:1–2, Job 33:3, Pro 8:5, Pro 5:1–2, Psa 49:3
Topics in this chapter
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Afflictions and Adversities, Agency, Ambassadors, Blasphemy, Breath, Chastisement, Clay, Conviction, Elihu, God, Ground, Holy Spirit, Humility, Impenitence, Interpreter, Job, Joy, Man, Murmuring, Pain, Penitent, Philosophy, Prayer, Prophets, Ransom, Repentance, Righteousness, Self-Righteousness, Stocks, Wicked (People), Wisdom