Job 29

1 Job again took up his parable, and said,

OLELO hou mai la o Ioba i kana olelonane, i mai la,

2 “Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

Ina e like au me na malama mamua, I na la a ke Akua i malama mai ai ia'u!

3 when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

I ka wa i lilelile ai kona kukui maluna o kuu poo, A ma kona malamalama hele no au mawaena o ka pouli!

4 as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was in my tent,

E like me au i na la o kuu oo ana, I ka wa i kuka pu ai me ke Akua ma kuu halelewa!

5 when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,

I ka wa o ka Mea mana me au, I ka wa e hoopuni ana kuu poe keiki ia'u!

6 when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,

I ka wa a'u i holoi ai i kuu mau wawae i ka waiu, A hookahe mai ka pohaku no'u i na kahawai aila!

7 when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.

I kuu hele ana'ku ma ka pukapa i ke kulanakauhale, Ma ke alanui hoomakaukau iho au i kuu wahi noho!

8 The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.

Ike mai ka poe kanaka opio ia'u, a pee iho la; A o ka poe kahiko, ala mai lakou a ku iluna.

9 The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

Noho malie na luna i ka olelo aku, A kau lakou i ka lima maluna o ko lakou waha.

10 The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

O ka leo o na'lii ua hunaia, Pipili ko lakou alelo me ko lakou kileo.

11 For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it commended me,

A lohe ka pepeiao, hoomaikai no ia ia'u; A ike ka maka, hoike mai ia no'u:

12 because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,

No ka mea, ua hoopakele au i ka poe hune e uwe ana, A me ka mea makua ole, aole ana mea kokua.

13 the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

O ka hoomaikai o ka mea ane make i kau mai maluna o'u: A hoohauoli no au i ka naau o ka wahinekanemake.

14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

Aahu iho no au i ka pono, a ua uhi mai ia ia'u; E like me ka aahu a me ke kaei poo, pela kuu olelohoopono.

15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.

Ua lilo au i maka no ka makapo, I wawae hoi no ka oopa.

16 I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.

He makua hoi au no ka poe ilihune; A o ka mea hakaka a'u i ike ole ai, ua huli aku au ia.

17 I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

Ua haki ia'u na kui o ka mea hewa, A ua kaili aku au i ka waiwai hao mai kona mau niho aku.

18 Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house, I will count my days as the sand.

Alaila i iho la au, e make auanei au iloko o kuu punana, A me he one la e hoonui auanei au i na la.

19 My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.

Manamana ae la kuu aa ma na wai, A kau iho la ka hau, a ao ka po, maluna o kuu lala.

20 My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’

Ua hou ko'u nani iloko o'u, A o ka'u kakaka, ua hooulu hou ia ma kuu lima.

21 “Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

Hoolohe lakou ia'u a kakali hoi, A noho malie lakou i kau oleloao.

22 After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them.

Mahope o ka'u olelo ana, aole lakou i olelo hou, A kulu iho ka'u olelo maluna iho o lakou.

23 They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

Kakali lakou ia'u e like me ka ua; A hamama loa lakou i ko lakou waha, no ke kuaua hope.

24 I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.

A akaaka au ia lakou, aole lakou i manao he oiaio; A o ka malamalama o kuu maka aole lakou i hookulou ilalo ia.

25 I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.

Ua wae aku au i ko lakou aoao, a noho me he luna la, A noho au me he alii la maluna o ka poe kaua, E like me ka mea hooluolu i ka poe e uwe ana.