Ioba 35

1 OLELO aku la hoi o Elihu, i aku la,

And Elius resumed and said,

2 Ke manao nei oe he pono keia, O kau i olelo mai, O ko'u pono, ua oi mamua o ko ke Akua?

What is this that you think to be according to right? who are you that you have said, I am righteous before the Lord?

3 No ka mea, ua ninau mai oe, Heaha ka pono no'u? Heaha hoi ko'u pomaikai no kuu hewa ole ana?

I will answer you, and your three friends.

4 Owau ke hoihoi aku ia olelo iou la, A i kou mau hoalauna me oe.

Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high [they are] above you.

5 E nana ae oe i ka lani, a ike; A e nana i na ao, ua kiekie lakou mamua ou.

If you have sinned, what will you do?

6 Ina e hana hewa oe, heaha kau hana ia ia? Ina e hoonuiia kou mau hala, heaha kau e hana'i nana?

and if too you have transgressed much, what can you perform?

7 Ina ua pono oe, heaha kau e haawi aku ai ia ia? Heaha kana e loaa'i mai kou lima aku?

And suppose you are righteous, what will you give him? or what shall he receive of your hand?

8 No ke kanaka e like me oe kou hala, A no ke keiki a ke kanaka kou pono.

Your ungodliness [may affect] a man who is like to you; or your righteousness a son of man.

9 Ke uwe ae nei ka poe kaumaha no ka hooluhiia; I uwe lakou no ka lima o na mea koikoi.

They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.

10 Aka, aole e i mai kekahi, Auhea ke Akua nana au i hana, Ka mea i haawi mai i na mele olioli i ka po;

But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;

11 O ka mea i ao mai ia kakou mamua o na holoholona o ka honua, A ua hoonaauao oia ia kakou mamua o na manu o ka lewa?

who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?

12 Malaila lakou e uwe ai, aole mea i ekemu mai, No ka haaheo o ka poe hewa.

There they shall cry, and none shall listen, even because of the insolence of wicked men.

13 He oiaio, aole ke Akua e hoolohe mai i ka mea wahahee, Aole ka Mea mana e maliu mai ia.

For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.

14 Ina paha e olelo oe, aole oe i ike ia ia, Imua ona ka hooponopono, nolaila e kali aku oe ia ia.

He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do you plead before him, if you can praise him, as it is [possible] even now.

15 Ano hoi, he mea ole ka hoopai ana o kona inaina, Aole ia e haka pono mai i na hewa;

For he is not [now] regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass.

16 Nolaila i oaka hewa mai ai ko Ioba waha, He hoonui olelo kana me ko ike ole.

Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.