Ioba 25

1 A LAILA olelo aku la o Biledada, no Suha, i aku la,

Then Baldad the Sauchite answered and said,

2 Ia ia no ke alii ana a me ka makaulia, A hana no ia i ke kuikahi ma kona mau wahi kiekie.

What beginning or fear is his—even he that makes all things in the highest?

3 Ua heluia anei kona mau poe koa? A maluna owai la i puka ole mai ai kona malamalama?

For let none think that there is a respite for robbers: and upon whom will there not come a snare from him?

4 A pehea la e hoaponoia'i ke kanaka imua o ke Akua? A pehea la e maemae ai ka mea i hanauia e ka wahine?

For how shall a mortal be just before the Lord? or who that is born of a woman shall purify himself?

5 E nana i ka mahina, aole ia e aiai; A o na hoku aole e maemae imua o kona maka:

If he gives an order to the moon, then it shines not; and the stars are not pure before him.

6 Pehea la hoi ke kanaka, he enuhe; A me ke keiki a ke kanaka, he ilo?

But alas! man is corruption, and the son of man a worm.