Job 35
1 And Elihu went on to say:
OLELO aku la hoi o Elihu, i aku la,
2 “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
Ke manao nei oe he pono keia, O kau i olelo mai, O ko'u pono, ua oi mamua o ko ke Akua?
3 For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
No ka mea, ua ninau mai oe, Heaha ka pono no'u? Heaha hoi ko'u pomaikai no kuu hewa ole ana?
4 I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
Owau ke hoihoi aku ia olelo iou la, A i kou mau hoalauna me oe.
5 Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
E nana ae oe i ka lani, a ike; A e nana i na ao, ua kiekie lakou mamua ou.
6 If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
Ina e hana hewa oe, heaha kau hana ia ia? Ina e hoonuiia kou mau hala, heaha kau e hana'i nana?
7 If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
Ina ua pono oe, heaha kau e haawi aku ai ia ia? Heaha kana e loaa'i mai kou lima aku?
8 Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.
No ke kanaka e like me oe kou hala, A no ke keiki a ke kanaka kou pono.
9 Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
Ke uwe ae nei ka poe kaumaha no ka hooluhiia; I uwe lakou no ka lima o na mea koikoi.
10 But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
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;
11 who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
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?
12 There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Malaila lakou e uwe ai, aole mea i ekemu mai, No ka haaheo o ka poe hewa.
13 Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
He oiaio, aole ke Akua e hoolohe mai i ka mea wahahee, Aole ka Mea mana e maliu mai ia.
14 How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
Ina paha e olelo oe, aole oe i ike ia ia, Imua ona ka hooponopono, nolaila e kali aku oe ia ia.
15 and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
Ano hoi, he mea ole ka hoopai ana o kona inaina, Aole ia e haka pono mai i na hewa;
16 So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
Nolaila i oaka hewa mai ai ko Ioba waha, He hoonui olelo kana me ko ike ole.
