Ioba 10

1 U A uluhua ko'u naau i kuu ola ana; E waiho iho au i kuu ulono ana ia'u iho; E olelo aku au maloko o ka ehaeha o kuu naau.

Weary in my soul, I will pour my words with groans upon him: I will speak being straitened in the bitterness of my soul.

2 E i aku au i ke Akua, Mai hoohewa mai oe ia'u; E hoike mai oe i ka mea au e hakaka mai nei me au.

And I will say to the Lord, Do not teach me to be impious; and therefore have you thus judged me?

3 He mea maikai anei ia oe, e hookaumaha, A e hoowahawaha i ka hana a kou lima, A e hoomalamalama ae maluna o ka manao o ka poe hewa?

Is it good before you if I be unrighteous? for you have disowned the work of your hands, and attended to the counsel of the ungodly.

4 O ko ke kino mau maka anei kou? Ua ike anei oe e like me ka ike ana a ke kanaka?

Or do you see as a mortal sees? or will you look as a man sees?

5 Ua like anei kou mau la me na la o ke kanaka? Ua like anei kou mau makahiki me na la o ke kanaka,

Or is your life human, or your years [the years] of a man,

6 I ninau mai ai oe i kuu hala, A imi mai ai hoi i ko'u hewa?

that you have enquired into mine iniquity, and searched out my sins?

7 Ma kou ike aohe o'u hewa; Aohe mea nana e hoopakele mai kou lima aku.

For you know that I have not committed iniquity: but who is he that can deliver out of your hands?

8 Ua hana kou mau lima ia'u, A ua hoopaa mai oe ia'u a puni; Aka, ke luku mai nei oe ia'u.

Your hands have formed me and made me; afterwards you did change [your mind], and strike me.

9 Ke noi aku nei au ia oe e hoomanao, Ua hana mai oe ia'u, e like me ka lepo; A e hoihoi anei oe ia'u i ka lepo?

Remember that you have made me [as] clay, and you do turn me again to earth.

10 Aole anei oe i ninini iho ia'u me he waiu la, A i hoopaakiki mai hoi ia'u, me he waiupaa la?

Hast you not poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese?

11 Ua uhi mai oe ia'u i ka ili a me ka io, A ua hoopaa mai oe ia'u i na iwi a me na olona.

And you did clothe me with skin and flesh, and frame me with bones and sinews.

12 Ua hana mai oe iloko i ke ola a me ka pomaikai, A ua malama mai kou kiai ana i kuu uhane.

And you did bestow upon me life and mercy, and your oversight has preserved my spirit.

13 O keia mau mea kau i huna'i iloko o kou naau: Ua ike no wau, aia no me oe keia mea.

Having these things in yourself, I know that you can do all things; for nothing is impossible with you.

14 Ina e hana hewa au, alaila hoomanao mai no oe ia'u, Aole oe e kela mai ia'u, mai ko'u hewa aku.

And if I should sin, you watch me; and you have not cleared me from iniquity.

15 Ina ua hewa au, auwe hoi wau; Ina ua pono au, aole wau e hookiekie i ko'u poo. Ua piha au i ka hilahila; A ua ike au i kuu poino;

Or if I should be ungodly, woe is me: and if I should be righteous, I can’t lift myself up, for I am full of dishonor.

16 Ina e hookiekieia auanei ia, Ke hoohalua nei oe ia'u, me he liona la: A hoike hou mai oe ia oe iho he mana maluna o'u.

For I am hunted like a lion for slaughter; for again you have changed and are terribly destroying me;

17 Ke hoala hou nei oe i kou mau hoike ku e ia'u, A ke hoonui nei i kou inaina ia'u; A ke hoomahuahua mau nei na puali kaua ia'u.

renewing against me my torture: and you have dealt with me in great anger, and you have brought trials upon me.

18 No ke aha la hoi oe i lawe mai ai ia'u, mai ka opu mai: Ina ua make au ilaila, A ua ike ole ka maka ia'u!

Why then did you bring me out of the womb? and why did I not die, and no eye see me,

19 Ina ua like au me he mea ola ole la, Ina ua laweia'ku au mai ka opu aku, a ka luakupapau.

and I become as if I had not been? for why was I not carried from the womb to the grave?

20 Aole anei he uuku ko'u mau la? U'oki pela, a e waiho ia'u, i oluolu iki iho ai au,

Is not the time of my life short? suffer me to rest a little,

21 Mamua o kuu hele ana'ku i kahi aole au e hoi hou mai, I ka aina pouli, a me ka malu make;

before I go whence I shall not return, to a land of darkness and gloominess;

22 He aina poeleele e like me ka pouli; He malu make, aohe mea i hooponoponoia, A o ka malamalama, ua like ia me ka pouli.

to a land of perpetual darkness, where there is no light, neither [can any one] see the life of mortals.