Siope 34
1 Pea naʻe fai pe ʻe Elihu ʻa ʻene lea, ʻo ne pehē,
2 “ʻAe kau tangata poto, mou fanongo ki heʻeku ngaahi lea; pea tokanga kiate au ʻakimoutolu kuo maʻu ʻae ʻilo.
3 He ʻoku ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻe he telinga ʻae ngaahi lea, ʻo hangē ʻoku kamata ʻe he ngutu ʻae kai.
4 Ke tau fili kiate kitautolu ʻae fakamaau; ke tau ʻilo ʻiate kitautolu ʻaia ʻoku lelei.
5 He naʻe pehē ʻe Siope, ‘ʻOku ou māʻoniʻoni: pea kuo toʻo atu ʻe he ʻOtua hoku fakamaau.
6 He te u lohiakiʻi ʻa ʻeku totonu? ʻOku taʻefaʻafakamoʻui ʻa hoku lavea ʻi he taʻetalangataʻa.’
7 Ko hai ha tangata ʻoku tatau mo Siope, ʻoku ne inumia ʻae manuki ʻo hangē ko e vai?
8 ʻAia ʻoku ne ʻalu fakataha mo e kau ngāue kovi, pea ʻeveʻeva mo e kau tangata angahala.
9 He naʻe pehē ʻe ia, ‘ʻOku ʻikai hano ʻaonga siʻi ki ha tangata ke ne fakafiefiaʻi ia ʻi he ʻOtua.’
10 “Ko ia, fanongo mai kiate au, ʻakimoutolu ʻae kau tangata faʻa ʻilo: ko e kovi, ke mamaʻo ia mei he ʻOtua, pea mo e angahala mei he Māfimafi.
11 He ko e ngāue ʻae tangata te ne totongi kiate ia, pea fakaʻilo ki he tangata kotoa pē ʻo fakatatau ki hono ngaahi hala.
12 ʻIo, ko e moʻoni ʻe ʻikai fai kovi ʻae ʻOtua, pea ʻe ʻikai fakahalaʻi ʻae fakamaau ʻe he Māfimafi.
13 Ko hai naʻa ne fakanofo ia ke pule ki māmani? Pea ko hai kuo ne ngaohi ʻa māmani kotoa pē?
14 Kapau te ne fakatokangaʻi hono finangalo ki he tangata, te ne tānaki kiate ia hono laumālie mo ʻene mānava;
15 ʻE mate fakataha ʻae kakano kotoa pē, pea ʻe toe liliu ʻae tangata ko e efu.
16 “Kapau ʻoku ke maʻu ʻae faʻa ʻilo, fanongo eni: fakafanongo ki he leʻo ʻo ʻeku ngaahi lea.
17 Te ne faʻa pule ʻaia ʻoku fehiʻa ki he totonu? Pea te ke faʻa fakahalaiaʻi ʻaia ʻoku mātuʻaki angatonu?
18 He ʻoku ngali ke pehē ki ha tuʻi, ʻOku ke kovi? Pe ki he houʻeiki, ʻOku mou fai kovi?
19 Ka ʻe fēfē kiate ia ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai te ne filifilimānako ki he kakai houʻeiki, pea ʻoku ʻikai lahi hake ʻene tokanga ki he koloaʻia ʻi he masiva? He ko e ngāue ʻa hono nima ʻakinautolu kotoa pē.
20 Te nau mate fakafokifā pe, pea ʻe mamahi ʻae kakai ʻi he tuʻuapō mālie, pea nau mole atu: pea ʻe fetuku atu ʻae kau mālohi taʻehanima.
21 “He ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi fale ʻoe tangata ʻa hono fofonga, pea ʻoku ne ʻafioʻi ʻa hono ʻalunga kotoa pē.
22 ʻOku ʻikai ha poʻuli, pe ha malumalu ʻoe mate, ʻe faʻa fakafufū ai ʻe he kau fai kovi ʻakinautolu.
23 Koeʻuhi ʻe ʻi he meʻa ʻoku totonu; koeʻuhi ke ne fie fakamaau ai mo e ʻOtua.
24 Te ne lailaiki ʻae kau tangata mālohi tokolahi taʻefaʻalaua, pea fokotuʻu ʻae niʻihi moʻono totongi.
25 Ko ia ʻoku ne ʻilo ʻenau ngaahi ngāue, pea ʻoku ne fulihi ʻakinautolu ʻi he pō, pea ʻoku nau ʻauha ai.
26 ʻOku ne taaʻi ʻakinautolu ʻo hangē ko e kau tangata fai kovi, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai.
27 Koeʻuhi naʻa nau tafoki kimui meiate ia, pea ʻikai fie tokanga ki hono ngaahi hala:
28 Ko ia ʻoku nau fakahoko ʻae tangi ʻae masiva ke aʻu atu kiate ia, pea ʻoku ne ongoʻi ʻae tangi ʻae mahaki.
29 ʻOku foaki ʻe ia ʻae fiemālie, ko hai te ne faʻa fakamamahi? Pea ka fufū ʻe ia hono fofonga, ko hai ʻe faʻa mamata kiate ia? ʻO kapau te ne fai ki ha puleʻanga, pe ki ha tangata pe tokotaha:
30 Koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa pule ʻae mālualoi, telia naʻa fasiaʻi ʻae kakai.
31 “ʻOku taau moʻoni mo e ʻOtua ʻae lea pehē ki ai, kuo u kātaki, ʻe ʻikai te u fakamamahi.
32 Ko ia ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻilo ke ke ako ia kiate au: kapau kuo u fai angahala, ʻe ʻikai te u toe fai ia.
33 ʻE fakatatau ia koā mo ho loto? Te ne totongi ia, ʻo kapau te ke ʻoua, pe te ke loto ki ai; kae ʻikai ko au: ko ia ke ke tala ʻaia ʻoku ke ʻilo.
34 Ke tala kiate au ʻe he kau tangata faʻa ʻilo, pea ke fanongo kiate au ʻe ha tangata poto.
35 ‘Kuo lea ʻa Siope ʻi he taʻeʻilo, pea ʻoku taʻepoto ʻa ʻene ngaahi lea.
36 Ko hoku loto ke fakamaauʻi ʻa Siope ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga, koeʻuhi ko ʻene ngaahi tali ʻo hangē ko e kau tangata angahala.
37 He ʻoku ne fakahoko ʻae talangataʻa ki he angahala, ʻoku ne pasipasi hono nima ʻiate kitautolu, ʻo fakalahi ʻene ngaahi lea ki he ʻOtua.”
Cross-references
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- 21Co 14:20, Pro 1:5, 1Co 10:15
- 3Job 12:11, 1Co 2:15, Job 33:2, Heb 5:14, Job 31:30, Job 6:30
- 41Th 5:21, Isa 11:2–5, Jdg 19:30, Rom 12:2, Jhn 7:24, Job 34:36, Gal 2:11–14, Jdg 20:7
- 5Job 27:2, Job 33:9, Job 32:1, Job 16:17, Job 9:17, Job 11:4, Job 29:14, Job 10:7
- 6Job 6:4, Job 16:13, Job 27:4–6
- 7Job 15:16, Pro 1:22, Deu 29:19, Pro 4:17
- 8Psa 1:1, Pro 13:20, 1Co 15:33, Psa 50:18, Psa 26:4, Pro 2:12, Pro 1:15, Psa 73:12–15
- 9Job 21:14–16, Job 35:3, Mal 3:14, Job 9:22–23, Job 27:10, Job 9:30–31, Psa 37:4, Job 21:30
- 10Rom 9:14, Deu 32:4, 2Ch 19:7, Job 8:3, Jas 1:13, Gen 18:25, Job 36:23, Rom 3:4–5
- 112Co 5:10, Rom 2:6, Rev 22:12, Psa 62:12, Mat 16:27, Jer 32:19, Gal 6:7–8, Pro 24:12
- 12Job 8:3, Psa 11:7, Psa 145:17, Hab 1:12–13
- 131Ch 29:11, Rom 11:34–36, Isa 40:13–14, Job 36:23, Job 40:8–11, Job 38:4–41, Pro 8:23–30, Dan 4:35
- 14Psa 104:29, Job 7:17, Job 9:4, Isa 24:22
- 15Gen 3:19, Ecc 12:7, Isa 57:16, Psa 90:3–10, Job 10:9, Isa 27:4, Job 9:22, Job 30:23
- 16Job 13:2–6, Job 12:3
- 172Sa 23:3, Gen 18:25, Job 40:8, Rom 9:14, Rom 3:5–7, Job 1:22, 2Sa 19:21
- 18Exo 22:28, Pro 17:26, Rom 13:7, Jud 1:8, Act 23:5, Act 23:3, 2Pe 2:10, 1Pe 2:17
- 19Deu 10:17, Act 10:34, Jas 2:5, Rom 2:11, Col 3:25, Lev 19:15, 2Ch 19:7, Gal 2:6
- 20Psa 73:19, Isa 30:13, 1Th 5:2, Luk 17:26–29, Isa 37:36, Luk 12:20, 1Sa 25:37–39, Dan 5:30
- 21Pro 15:3, Job 31:4, Pro 5:21, Jer 16:17, Jer 32:19, Psa 139:23, Jer 17:10, Gen 16:13
- 22Heb 4:13, Amo 9:2–3, Pro 10:29, Psa 139:11–12, Jer 23:24, Job 3:5, Rev 6:15–16, Isa 29:15
- 23Ezr 9:13, Psa 119:137, Dan 9:7–9, Rom 9:20, Jer 2:5, Isa 42:3, Job 34:10–12, Job 16:21
- 24Dan 2:21, Psa 2:9, Psa 94:5, Psa 72:4, Psa 113:7–8, Dan 2:44–45, Job 19:2, 1Ki 14:14
- 25Hos 7:2, Job 34:20, Sng 3:8, Psa 33:15, 1Th 5:2, Amo 8:7, Isa 66:18, Isa 15:1
- 26Psa 58:10–11, Exo 14:30, Isa 66:24, 1Ti 5:24, 1Ti 5:20, Deu 21:21, Deu 13:9–11, Rev 18:9–10
- 271Sa 15:11, Psa 28:5, Isa 5:12, Heb 10:39, Pro 1:29–30, Zep 1:6, Isa 1:3, Hag 2:15–19
- 28Jas 5:4, Exo 3:7, Job 35:9, Exo 3:9, Psa 12:5, Job 29:12–13, Exo 22:23–27, Job 22:9–10
- 29Job 23:13, Isa 26:3, Jhn 14:27, Rom 8:31–34, Psa 27:9, Php 4:7, Isa 32:17, Psa 30:7
- 30Pro 29:2–12, Rev 13:3–4, 1Ki 12:28–30, Psa 12:8, 2Th 2:4–11, Job 34:21, Hos 13:11, 2Ki 21:9
- 31Job 33:27, Mic 7:9, Neh 9:33–38, Job 40:3–5, Lev 26:41, Ezr 9:13–14, Dan 9:7–14, Job 42:6
- 32Psa 32:8, Psa 139:23–24, Psa 25:4–5, Psa 19:12, Psa 143:8–10, Pro 28:13, Job 35:11, Job 10:2
- 33Job 33:32, Psa 135:6, Pro 11:31, Isa 45:9, Job 34:11, Heb 2:2, Rom 11:35, Job 33:5
- 34Job 34:10, Job 34:2, Job 34:16, 1Co 10:15, Job 34:4
- 35Job 35:16, Job 38:2, Job 15:2, Job 42:3, Job 13:2
- 36Psa 26:2, Job 21:7, Job 23:16, Job 24:1, Job 12:6, Psa 17:3, Job 34:8–9, Jas 5:11
- 37Job 27:23, Isa 1:19–20, 1Sa 15:23, Job 42:7, Job 35:2–3, Job 23:2, Job 35:16, Job 11:2–3
Topics in this chapter
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Afflictions and Adversities, Backsliders, Blasphemy, Citizens, Corruption, Death, Elihu, Escape, God, Hypocrisy, Infidelity, Job, Judgment, King, Life, Loyalty, Murmuring, Nation, Peace, Poor, Prayer, Prudence, Punishment, Repentance, Resignation, Respect of Persons, Scoffing, Sin, Wicked (People), Wisdom