Ioba 35

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

Then commenced Elihu, 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?

Dost thou deem this to be just, that thou hast said, “My righteousness is more than God's?”

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

For thou sayest, “What benefit will it be unto thee? what more profit shall I have, than if I had sinned?”

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

I will truly reply unto thee with words, and unto thy friends with thee.

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

Look unto the heavens, and see; and gaze on the skies which are higher than thou.

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

If thou sin, what dost thou effect against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?

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

If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what doth he accept out of thy hand?

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

A man like thyself thy wickedness may reach, and a son of earth thy righteousness.

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

By reason of the multitude of oppressions [the wicked] cause men to cry: these complain aloud because of the arm of the mighty.

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 [man] saith not, Where is God my maker, who bestoweth joyful songs even in the night;

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 teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of the heavens?

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

There do they cry, but he answereth not: because of the pride of evil men.

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

Only what is false will God not hear, nor will the Almighty regard it.

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

Although thou sayest, thou canst not see him: yet the decision is before him; and do thou wait for him.

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

But now, because his anger hath punished nothing, shall he not greatly take cognizance of the multitude of sins?

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

But Job openeth wide his mouth for nought: without knowledge he heapeth up words.