Ioba 6
1 OLELO mai la o Ioba, i mai la,
Then responded Job, and said: —
2 Ina paha e kaupaona pono ia kuu luuluu, A e kauia ma ka mea kaupaona kuu ehaeha!
Oh that, weighed, were my vexation, and, my engulfing ruin—into the balances, they would lift up all at once!
3 No ka mea, ano, ua oi kona kaumaha mamua o ke one o ke kai: Nolaila, ua ilihia ka'u mau huaolelo.
For, now, beyond the sand of the seas, would it be heavy, On this account, my words, have wandered.
4 No ka mea, o na pua pana o ka Mea mana, eia iloko o'u, A ke inu nei ka wela o ia mau mea i kuu uhane; O na mea weliweli o ke Akua, ke ku e mai nei ia'u.
For, the arrows of the Almighty, are in me, The heat whereof, my spirit is drinking up, The, terrors of GOD, array themselves against me.
5 E uwe anei ka hoki hihiu imua o ka weuweu? A ke uwo anei ka bipi maluna o kana mea ai?
Doth the wild ass bray over grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
6 E hiki anei ke aiia ka mea mananalo, ke ole ka paakai. He mea ono anei ke ewe o ka hua moa?
Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7 Aole au e hiki ke hoopa aku, Ua like ia me ka hoopailua o ko'u ai.
My soul hath refused to touch, Those things, are like disease in my food.
8 Ina paha e haawiia mai kuu mea e noi aku ai, Ina paha e haawi mai ke Akua i kuu mea i kuko aku ai!
Oh that my request would come! and, my hope, oh that GOD would grant!
9 A ina paha e oluolu ke Akua e ulupa mai ia'u, Ina e hookuu mai ia i kona lima, a e oki mai ia'u!
That it would please GOD to crush me, That he would set free his hand, and cut me off!
10 Alaila e oluolu hou iho no wau, A e hauoli aku au i ka eha: Mai aua mai ia; no ka mea, aole au i hoole i na olelo a ka Mea Hemolele.
So might it still be my comfort, And I might exult in the anguish he would not spare, —That I had not concealed the sayings of the Holy One.
11 Heaha kuu ikaika, i kakali aku ai au? Heaha hoi kuu hope, i hooloihi aku ai au i kuu ola?
What is my strength, that I should hope? Or what mine end, that I should prolong my desire?
12 He ikaika anei ko'u e like me ka ikaika o na pohaku? He keleawe anei ko'u io?
Is my strength, the strength of stones? Or is, my flesh, of bronze?
13 Aole anei ka'u kokua iloko o'u? A ua holo aku anei ka mea e pakele ai mai o'u aku la?
Is there any help at all in me? Is not, abiding success, driven from me?
14 O ka mea ehaeha e alohaia oia e kona hoalauna; Aka, ua haalele aku ia i ka makau i ka Mea mana.
The despairing, from his friend, should have lovingkindness, or, the reverence of the Almighty, he may forsake.
15 Ua hana hoopunipuni mai ko'u mau hoahanau, e like me ke kahawai; Ua nalowale aku lakou, e like me ka wai kahe o na awawa;
Mine own brethren, have proved treacherous like a torrent, like a channel of torrents which disappear:
16 I uliuli i ka waipaa, Malaila i hunaia'i ka hau.
Which darken by reason of the cold, over them, is a covering made by the snow:
17 I ka wa e ololi ai lakou, ua hoopauia lakou; I ke kau wela, ua maloo aku la mai ko lakou wahi aku.
By the time they begin to thaw, they are dried up, as soon as it is warm, they have vanished out of their place.
18 Ua huli ae na huakai ma ko lakou ala ilaila; Hele lakou a nalowale, a pau.
Caravans turn aside by their course, they go up into a waste, and are lost:
19 Nana aku la, na huakai hele o Tema, A o na poe hele o Seba, i kakali aku ia lakou.
The caravans of Tema looked about, the travelling companies of Sheba, hoped for them:
20 Ua hoka lakou, no ka mea, ua lana wale ka manao: Hele lakou ilaila, a hoohilahilaia lakou.
They are ashamed that they had trusted, They have come up to one of them, and are confounded.
21 No ka mea, ua like oukou me ka mea ole; Ua ike oukou i ka popilikia, a makau iho la.
For, now, ye have come to him, ye see something fearful, and fear.
22 Ua olelo anei au, E lawe mai no'u? A e haawi mai i makana no'u mailoko mai o ko oukou waiwai?
Is it that I said, Make me a gift, or, out of your abundance, offer a bribe on my behalf;
23 A e hoopakele paha oukou ia'u mai ka lima mai o ka enemi? A e hoola ia'u, mai ka lima mai o ka poe ikaika?
And deliver me from the hand of the adversary? And, out of the hand of tyrants, ransom me?
24 E ao mai oukou ia'u, a e noho malie iho au: E hoike mai oukou ia'u i kuu mea i lalau ai.
Show me, and, I, will hold my peace, And, wherein I have erred, cause me to understand.
25 Nani ka ikaika o na olelo oiaio! Aka, heaha la ka ka oukou olelo hoino e hooiaio ai?
How pleasant are the sayings that are right! But what can a decision from you, decide?
26 Ke manao nei anei oukou e hoohewa i na hua olelo? A o na olelo a ka mea paupauaho, Ua like me ka makani?
To decide words, do ye intend, When, to the wind, are spoken the sayings of one in despair?
27 Oiaio, ke hoohina nei oukou i ka mea makua ole, A ke eli iho oukou i lua no ko oukou hoalauna.
Surely, the fatherless, ye would assail, and make merchandise of your friend!
28 Ano hoi, e noho malie oukou, e nana mai ia'u; No ka mea, ua akaka ia oukou, ke hoopunipuni au.
But, now, be pleased to turn to me, that it may be, to your faces, if I speak falsehood,
29 E hoi hou, ke noi aku nei au ia oukou, mai hoolilo ia i hewa; Oia e hoi hou hoi, A o ko'u pono aia iloko o ia mea.
Reply, I pray you, let there be no perversity, Yea reply even yet, my vindication is in it!
30 He hewa anei iloko o kuu alelo? Aole anei au e ike i na mea hewa?
Is there, in my tongue, perversity? Or can, my sense, not discern, engulfing ruin?
