Ioba 35

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

Moreover Elihu continued, saying,

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

“Do you think this is just when you say, 'My right before God'?

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

For you ask, 'What use is it to me?' and, 'Would I be better off if I had sinned?'

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

I will answer you, both you and your friends.

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

Look up at the sky, and see it; see the sky, which is higher than you.

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

If you have sinned, what harm do you do to God? If your transgressions pile up high, what do you do to him?

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

If you are righteous, what can you give to him? What will he receive from your hand?

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

Your wickedness may hurt a man, as you are a man, and your righteousness might benefit another son of man.

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

Because of many acts of oppression, people cry out; they call for help from the arms of mighty men.

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 no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs 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 teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth, and who makes us wiser than 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 cry out, but God gives no answer 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.

God will certainly not hear a foolish cry; the Almighty will pay no attention to it.

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

How much less will he answer you if you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him, and that you are waiting for him!

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

Now you say that his anger does not punish, and he does not take even a litte notice of transgression.

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

So Job opens his mouth only to speak foolishness; he piles up words without knowledge.”