Job 17
1 “My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
U A paupauaho au, ua hookiia kuu mau la, Ua makaukau na halelua no'u.
2 Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
Aole anei he poe olelo hoino me au? A ke kau nei kuu maka ma ko lakou hoonaukiuki ana?
3 Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
E waiho iho ano, e hana mai ia'u i malu me oe; Owai ka mea e pai i na lima me au.
4 You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
No ka mea, ua hoohuna oe i ka naauao mai ko lakou naau aku; Nolaila, aole oe e hookiekie ia lakou.
5 If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
O ka mea e kumakaia i kona mau hoalauna no ka waiwai pio, E hoopauia na maka o kaua poe keiki.
6 He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
Ua hooku mai oia ia'u i mea e olelo nane ia e na kanaka; A ua lilo au i mea hoopailua imua o lakou.
7 My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
Ua ponalonalo kuu maka no ka uwe ana, A o kuu helehelena a pau ua like ia me ke aka.
8 The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.
E kahaha ka poe pono i keia, A e hooku e la mea hala ole i ka aia.
9 Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
E hoomau no ka mea pono i kona aoao, A o ka mea lima maemae, e hoomahuahua aku ia i ka ikaika.
10 But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
Aka, o oukou a pau, e hoi mai no, No ka mea, aole e loaa ia'u iwaena o oukou ka mea naauao.
11 My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.
Ua hala kuu mau la, ua okiia'ku kuu mau noonoo, O na manaolana o kuu naau.
12 They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
Ua hoololi lakou i ka po i ao, O ka malamalama, ua pokole ia no ka pouli.
Ina e kakali aku au, O ka luakupapau ko'u hale: Ua hohola aku au i kuu wahi moe ma ka pouli. (Sheol h7585)
14 and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
Ua kapa aku au i ka palaho, O oe ko'u makuakane, A i ka ilo, O oe ko'u makuwahine, a me ko'u kaikuwahine.
15 where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
Auhea hoi kuu manaolana? A o ko'u manaolana, owai la ka mea e ike aku ia?
