Ioba 8

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

Then Baldad the Sauchite answered, and said,

2 Pehea la ka loihi o kau olelo ana i keia mau mea? A he makani ikaika na huaolelo o kou waha?

How long will you speak these things, [how long shall] the breath of your mouth [be] abundant in words?

3 E hookahuli anei ke Akua i ka pololei? A e hookekee anei ka Mea mana i ka pono?

Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has made all things pervert justice?

4 Ina paha ua hana hewa kau poe keiki ia ia, Alaila kiola aku la ia ia lakou, no ko lakou lawehala ana;

If your sons have sinned before him, he has cast them away because of their transgression.

5 Ina e imi oe i ke Akua, A e nonoi aku oe i ka Mea mana;

But be you early in prayer to the Lord Almighty.

6 Ina ua maemae oe a pono hoi; He oiaio no, ina ua ala mai no ia ano nou, A ua hoomalu mai ia i ka hale o kou pono ana.

If you are pure and true, he will listen to your supplication, and will restore to you the habitation of righteousness.

7 Ina ua uuku kou hoomaka ana i kinohou, O kou hopena, e mahuahua loa ana no ia.

Though then your beginning should be small, yet your end should be unspeakably great.

8 No ka mea, ke noi aku nei au ia oe, e ninau aku oe i ka hanauna mamua, A e hoomakaukau oe e noonoo i ko lakou poe makua:

For ask of the former generation, and search diligently among the race of [our] fathers:

9 (No ka mea, inehinei wale no kakou, aohe ike, A o ko kakou mau la ma ka honua, he aka no ia: )

(for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow: )

10 Aole anei lakou e ao mai ia oe, a e hai mai ia oe, A e hoike mai i na olelo mailoko mai o ko lakou naau?

shall not these teach you, and report [to you], and bring out words from [their] heart?

11 E ulu anei ke papuro ke ole ka lepo poho? E ulu anei ka akaakai ke ole ka wai?

Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without moisture?

12 I kona manawa uliuli, aole i okiia, Ua mae no ia mamua o na mauu e ae a pau.

When it is yet on the root, and [though] it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?

13 Pela no ka hope o ka poe a pau e hoopoina ana i ke Akua; A pela no ka manaolana o ka aia e make ai.

Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

14 O kona manaolana e okiia'ku ia, A o kona mea hilinai, he punawelewele no ia.

For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a spider's web.

15 E hilinai iho oia maluna o kona hale, aka, aole ia e paa: E hoopaa aku oia ia mea, aole nae ia e kupono.

If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: and when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain.

16 Ua uliuli oia imua o ka la, A kupu ae kona mau lala ma kona kihapai.

For it is moist under the sun, and his branch shall come forth out of his dung-heap.

17 Ua awiliia kona mau aa ma ka waikahe, A ike iho la ia i kahi o na pohaku.

He lies down upon a gathering of stones, and shall live in the mist of flints.

18 Aka, e hoopauia aku ia mea mai kona wahi aku, Alaila e hoole mai oia ia ia, aole au i ike ia oe.

If [God] should destroy [him], his place shall deny him. Hast you not seen such things,

19 Aia hoi, oia ka olioli o kona aoao, A mailoko mai o ka lepo e kupu ae na mea e.

that such is the overthrow of the ungodly? and out of the earth another shall grow.

20 Aia hoi, aole ke Akua e hoowahawaha i ka mea pono, Aole hoi ia e kokua aku i ka poe hana hewa:

For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; but he will not receive any gift of the ungodly.

21 A hoopiha mai ia i kou waha i ka akaaka, A i kou lehelehe i ka hooho olioli.

But he will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips with thanksgiving.

22 O ka poe inaina ia oe e hoaahuia lakou i ka hilahila: A e lilo ka hale o ka poe hewa i mea ole.

But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; and the habitation of the ungodly shall perish.