Job 16
1 Then Job answered,
A LAILA olelo mai la o Ioba, i mai la,
2 “I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!
He nui na mea like a'u i lohe ai: He poe hooluolu hoopilikia oukou a pau.
3 Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
He hope anei no na huaolelo makani? Heaha ka mea hoala mai nei ia oe, i olelo mai ai oe?
4 I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul’s place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,
E hiki no ia'u ke olelo aku e like me ka oukou; Ina paha ua noho oukou ma ko'u wahi. E hiki no ia'u ke hookui i ka olelo ku e ia oukou; A e hooluliluli aku i ko'u poo ia oukou.
5 but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.
Aka, e hookupaa no au ia oukou me kuu waha, A o ka hooluolu ana o kuu lehelehe, e hoopaa aku no ia.
6 “Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?
Ina e olelo aku au, aole e oluolu kuu eha; Ina e noho malie hoi au, pehea ia e haalele ai ia'u?
7 But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made all my company desolate.
Aka, ano ua hooluhi mai ia ia'u; Ua luku mai oe i ko'u ohana a pau.
8 You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.
Ua hoopaa mai oe ia'u, i mea hoike; O kuu wiwi, ke ku mai no ia ia'u, A e hoike mai imua o kuu maka.
9 He has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
Ke haehae mai nei kona huhu, a ua inaina mai ia ia'u; Ke nau mai nei ia ia'u me kona mau niho; O kuu enemi, ke hookala nei ia i kona mau maka maluna o'u.
10 They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
Ua hamama lakou maluna o'u me ko lakou waha; Ua papai lakou ia'u ma ka papalina me ka hoino: Ua hoakoakoaia lakou ma kahi hookahi e ku e ia'u.
11 God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
Ua hoolilo ke Akua ia'u i ka poe hewa, A ua haawi ia'u iloko o ka lima o ka poe aia.
12 I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.
I noho maluhia la no wan, aka, ua ulupa mai nei ia ia'u; Ua lalau mai ia ma kuu a-i, a ulupa mai no ia ia'u, Ua hooku mai ia'u i hoailona nona.
13 His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my bile on the ground.
Ua hoopuni kona poe panapua ia'u, Ua wahi mai ia i na puupaa o'u, aole e hookuu ae; Ua ninini iho ia i kuu au ma ka honua.
14 He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs at me like a giant.
Ua wawahi roai ia ia'u, me ka wahi ana mahope o ka wahi ana, Ua lele mai ia maluna o'u me he mea ikaika la.
15 I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.
Ua humuhumu au i ke kapa ino maluna o kuu ili, Ua hoohaumia au i kuu pepeiaohao iloko o ka lepo.
16 My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids,
Ua ulaula kuu maka i ka uwe ana, A maluna o ko'u mau lihilihi maka ke aka o ka make.
17 although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
Aole no ka mea pono ole iloko o ko'u lima; A o ka'u pule, ua maemae hoi ia.
18 “Earth, don’t cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.
E ka honua, mai uhi oe i ko'u koko, Aole hoi e haawi i wahi no kuu uwe ana.
19 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.
Ano hoi, aia ma ka lani kuu mea ike maka, A o kuu mea hoike ma na wahi kiekie.
20 My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,
O kuu poe hoino, o ko'u mau makamaka no ia: Ke hu aku nei kuu maka i ke Akua.
21 that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!
Ina he mea e uwao me ke Akua no ke kanaka, E like me ke kanaka no kona hoalauna!
22 For when a few years have come, I will go the way of no return.
A hala he hapa na makahiki, Alaila e hele aku au i ke ala aole au e hoi hou mai.
