Job 14
1 Life is short and full of trouble,
O KE kanaka i hanauia e ka wahine. He hapa kona mau la, a ua piha i ka popilikia.
2 like a flower that blooms and withers, like a passing shadow that soon disappears.
Puka mai no ia me he pua la, a ua okiia aku; A holo aku no ia me he aka la, aole ia e mau.
3 Do you even notice me, God, and why do you have to drag me to court?
A ke kau anei oe i kou mau maka maluna o ka mea like me ia, A e lawe mai ia'u i ka hookolokoloia ana e oe?
4 Who can bring something clean of what is unclean? No one.
Owai ka mea e unuhi ae i ka mea maemae mai o ka mea haumia? aole kekahi.
5 You have determined how long we shall live—the number of months, a time limit on our lives.
No ka mea, ua heluia kona mau la, A ia oe no ka huina o kona mau malama, Ua hoonoho oe i kona mau mokuna, i hiki ole ai ia ke ae aku;
6 So leave us alone and give us some peace—so like a laborer we could enjoy a few hours of rest at the end of the day.
E nana ae oe mai ona aku la, i hoomaha iho ai ia, A hauoli ia i kona ia, me he mea hoolimalima la.
7 Even a tree that's cut down has the hope of sprouting again, of sending up shoots and continuing to live.
No ka mea, a i kuaia ka laau, He manao no nona, e ulu hou auanei, Aole hoi e pau na lala hou.
8 Even though its roots grow old in the earth, and its stump dies in the ground,
Ina ua elemakule kona aa ma ka honua, A ua make hoi kona kumu ma ka lepo;
9 just a trickle of water will make it bud and grow branches like a young plant.
Aka, no ka honi ana i ka wai e kupu ae ia, A e hookupu aku i na lala, me he laau kanu la,
10 But human beings die, their strength dwindles away; they perish, and where are they then?
Aka, o ke kanaka, e make no ia, a e nalowale aku; Oia, e make ana no ke kanaka, auhea la oia?
11 Like water evaporating from a lake and a river that dries up and disappears,
E like me ka maloo ana o na wai, mai ke kai aku, A me ka emi ana o ka muliwai, a maloo iho;
12 so human beings lie down and don't get up again. Until the heavens cease to exist they will not awake from their sleep.
Pela e moe iho ai ke kanaka, aole ku hou ae; Aole lakou e ala hou mai, a pau aku na lani, Aole hoi e hooku hou ia, mai ko lakou hiamoe ana.
13 I wish you would hide me in Sheol; conceal me there until your anger is gone. Set a definite time for me there, and remember me! (Sheol h7585)
E pono e waiho iho oe ia'u iloko o ka luakupapau, A e huna oe ia'u, a hala aku kou huhu, A e hoakaka mai no'u i ka manawa pono, a e hoomanao mai ia'u! (Sheol h7585)
14 Will the dead live again? Then I would have hope through all my time of trouble until my release comes.
Ina e make ke kanaka, e ola hou anei oia? O na la a pau o ko'u kaua ana ka'u e kali ai, A hiki mai ko'u manawa.
15 You would call and I would answer you; you would long for me, the being that you made.
E kahea mai oe ia'u, a e hoolohe aku no au ia oe: A e aloha mai no oe i ka hana a kou mau lima.
16 Then you would look after me and wouldn't be watching me to see if I sinned.
No ka mea, ano ke helu nei oe i kuu mau kapuwai; Aole anei oe e kiai mai nei i ko'u hewa?
17 My sins would be sealed up in a bag and you would cover my guilt.
Ua hoopaaia kuu hewa iloko o ka aa, Ua imi hala oe i kuu hewa.
18 But just as the mountains crumble and fall, and the rocks tumble down;
A he oiaio, o ka mauna e hiolo ana, moe mau no ia, A ua hooneeia ka pohaku mai kona wahi aku.
19 as water wears away the stones, as floods wash away the soil, so you destroy the hope people have.
Ke anai nei na wai i na pohaku; O kona wai nui, ua hoopau aku ia i ka lepo o ka aina; Pela oe e hoomake nei i ka manaolana o ke kanaka.
20 You continually overpower them and they pass away; you distort their faces in death and send them away.
Ke lanakila mau nei oe maluna ona, a hele aku no ia: Ke boopahaohao nei oe i kona maka, a hoouna aku ia ia.
21 Their children may become important or fall from their positions, but they don't know or see any of this.
Ua hoohanohanoia kana keiki, aole oia i ike: A ua hoohaahaaia lakou, aole ia i noonoo no lakou.
22 As people die they only know their own pain and are sad for themselves.”
Aka, e hui kona io maluna ona, A e uwe kona naau iloko ona.
