Job 8
1 Then Bildad, from [the] Shuah [area], spoke to Job. He said,
A LAILA olelo mai la o Biledada, no Suha, i mai la,
2 “Job, how much longer will you talk like this? What you say is [only] hot air.
Pehea la ka loihi o kau olelo ana i keia mau mea? A he makani ikaika na huaolelo o kou waha?
3 Almighty God certainly never does [RHQ] what is unfair/unjust. He always does [LIT] what is right/fair.
E hookahuli anei ke Akua i ka pololei? A e hookekee anei ka Mea mana i ka pono?
4 So, it is evident that your children have sinned against him, therefore he has caused them to be punished for evil things that they have done.
Ina paha ua hana hewa kau poe keiki ia ia, Alaila kiola aku la ia ia lakou, no ko lakou lawehala ana;
5 But, if you will [now] earnestly request [DOU] Almighty [God] to help you,
Ina e imi oe i ke Akua, A e nonoi aku oe i ka Mea mana;
6 and if you are pure and honest/righteous, he will surely do something good for you and reward you by giving your family back to you and enabling you to prosper.
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.
7 And even though you [think that you] were not very prosperous/wealthy before, during the last part of your life you will become very wealthy.
Ina ua uuku kou hoomaka ana i kinohou, O kou hopena, e mahuahua loa ana no ia.
8 “I request you to think about what happened long ago and consider what our ancestors found out.
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:
9 [It seems as though] we were born only yesterday and we know very little [HYP]; our time here on the earth [disappears quickly, like] a shadow [MET].
(No ka mea, inehinei wale no kakou, aohe ike, A o ko kakou mau la ma ka honua, he aka no ia: )
10 So, why do you not allow your ancestors to teach you and tell you something? Allow them to tell you from what they learned!
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?
11 Papyrus can certainly not [RHQ] grow in places where there is no marsh/swamp; reeds certainly cannot [RHQ] flourish/grow where there is no water.
E ulu anei ke papuro ke ole ka lepo poho? E ulu anei ka akaakai ke ole ka wai?
12 [If they do not have enough water], while they are still blossoming, they wither more quickly than other plants wither.
I kona manawa uliuli, aole i okiia, Ua mae no ia mamua o na mauu e ae a pau.
13 Those who do not pay attention to what God says are like those [reeds]; godless people stop confidently expecting [that good things will happen to them].
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.
14 The things they confidently expect to happen do not happen; things they trust [will help them] are [as fragile as] [MET] a spider’s web.
O kona manaolana e okiia'ku ia, A o kona mea hilinai, he punawelewele no ia.
15 If they lean against a house (OR, trust in their wealth; OR, lean on a spider web), it does not (endure/protect them) [LIT]; they cling to things [to be protected], but those things do not remain firm.
E hilinai iho oia maluna o kona hale, aka, aole ia e paa: E hoopaa aku oia ia mea, aole nae ia e kupono.
16 Godless people [are like plants] [MET] that are watered before the sun rises; their shoots spread all over the gardens.
Ua uliuli oia imua o ka la, A kupu ae kona mau lala ma kona kihapai.
17 The roots of those plants twist around piles of stones and cling tightly to rocks.
Ua awiliia kona mau aa ma ka waikahe, A ike iho la ia i kahi o na pohaku.
18 But if those plants are pulled out, [it is as though] the place where they were planted says ‘They were never here!’ [And that is what happens to wicked people who do not heed what God says].
Aka, e hoopauia aku ia mea mai kona wahi aku, Alaila e hoole mai oia ia ia, aole au i ike ia oe.
19 Truly, evil people [MET] are not joyful [IRO] for a long time; other people come and take their places.
Aia hoi, oia ka olioli o kona aoao, A mailoko mai o ka lepo e kupu ae na mea e.
20 :So, [I tell you, Job], God will not reject you if you are truly godly/righteous, but he does not help [IDM] evil people.
Aia hoi, aole ke Akua e hoowahawaha i ka mea pono, Aole hoi ia e kokua aku i ka poe hana hewa:
21 He will enable you [MTY] to continually laugh and to always shout [joyfully].
A hoopiha mai ia i kou waha i ka akaaka, A i kou lehelehe i ka hooho olioli.
22 But those who hate you will be very ashamed, and the homes of wicked people will disappear.”
O ka poe inaina ia oe e hoaahuia lakou i ka hilahila: A e lilo ka hale o ka poe hewa i mea ole.
