Siope 25

1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

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

2“Dominion and fear are with God; he makes peace in his high heaven.

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

3Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise?

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

4How then can man be in the right before God? How can he who is born of woman be pure?

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

5Behold, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure in his eyes;

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

6how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!”

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