Job 7
1 “Isn't life for human beings like serving a sentence of hard labor? Don't their days pass like those of a hired laborer?
A OLE anei he kaua no ke kanaka ma ka honua? A like kona mau la me na la o ka mea hoolimalima?
2 Like some slave longing for a bit of shade, like a hired hand anxiously waiting for pay day,
E like me ke kauwa i makemake nui i ka malu, A me ka hoolimalima i nana i ka uku o kana hana;
3 I've been given months of emptiness and nights of misery.
Pela no e lilo mai ai ia'u na malama luuluu, A e loaa ia'u na po kaumaha.
4 When I go to bed I ask, ‘When shall I get up?’ But the night goes on and on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
A i ka wa i moe ai au ilalo, i iho no au, Ahea la au e ala'e iluna? Ahea la e hala'e ka po? Ua piha au i ka hiaa ana a hiki i ka wanaao.
5 My body is covered with maggots and caked in dirt; my skin is cracked, with oozing sores.
Ua paapu ko'u kino i ka ilo a me ka papaa lepo; Ke ola mai nei kuu ili, alaila puha hou ae la.
6 My days pass quicker than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope.
Ua oi ka mama o kuu mau la mamua o ka laau ulana lole, A holo aku me ke manaolana ole.
7 Remember that my life is just a breath; I will not see happiness again.
E hoomanao oe, he makani kuu ola: Aole e ike hou ko'u maka i ka maikai.
8 Those watching me won't see me anymore; your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.
O ka maka o ka mea i ike ia'u, aole ia e ike hou ia'u: Maluna o'u kou mau maka, a e ole auanei au.
9 When a cloud disappears, it's gone, just as anyone who goes down to Sheol does not come back up. (Sheol h7585)
E like me ke ao e nalowale ana a e hele aku ana; Pela ka mea e iho ana i ka luakupapau, aole ia e ea hou ae iluna. (Sheol h7585)
10 They will never return home, and the people they knew will forget them.
Aole ia e hoi hou i kona hale, Aole hoi e ike hou kona wahi ia ia.
11 So, no, I won't hold my tongue—I will speak in the agony of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Nolaila aole au e hoopaa i kuu waha; E olelo aku au ma ka pilikia o kuu uhane; E ulono ana au no ka awaawa o kuu naau.
12 Am I the sea or a sea monster that you have to guard me?
He kai anei au, a he ia nui, I hoonoho mai ai oe i ke kiai maluna o'u?
13 If I tell myself, ‘I'll feel better if I lie down in my bed,’ or ‘it will help me to lie down on my couch,’
A i iho au, E hooluolu kuu wahi moe ia'u, E lawe aku kuu moe i ko'u ulono ana:
14 then you scare me so much with dreams and terrify me with visions
Alaila hoomakau mai oe ia'u ma na moeuhane, A hooweliweli mai oe ia'u i na mea hihio.
15 that I would rather be strangled—I would rather die than become just a bag of bones.
Nolaila ke koho nei kuu naau i ke kaawe, A me ka make mamua o kuu ola ana.
16 I hate my life! I know I won't live long. Leave me alone because my life is just a breath.
Ke hoopailua nei au ia mea; aole au makemake e ola loa; E waiho mai ia'u; no ka mea, he hanu wale no kuu mau la.
17 Why are human beings so important to you; why are you so concerned about them
Heaha la ke kanaka, i hoonui mai ai oe ia ia? A i kau mai ai oe i kou manao ia ia?
18 that you inspect them every morning and test them every moment? Won't you ever stop staring at me?
A i ike mai ai oe ia ia i kela kakahiaka keia kakahiaka, A i hoao mau mai ai oe ia ia?
19 Won't you ever leave me alone long enough to catch my breath?
Pehea ka loihi o kou nana ole ana mai io'u aku nei, A kuu ole mai ia'u, a moni iho au i kuu kuha?
20 What have I done wrong? What have I done to you, Watcher of Humanity? Why have you made me your target, so that I'm a burden even to myself?
Ua hana hewa au; heaha ka'u e hana aku ai ia oe, E ka Meakiai i na kanaka? No keaha la oe e hooku ae ia'u, i mea e hopu ai nou, I lilo ai hoi au i mea kaumaha no'u iho?
21 If so why don't you pardon my sins, and take away my guilt? Right now I'm going to lie down in the dust, and though you will look for me, I will be gone.”
No keaha la oe i kala ole mai ai i kuu hala, A i lawe aku hoi i ko'u hewa? No ka mea, ano e moe auanei au i ka lepo; A e imi mai oe ia'u, aole hoi wau.
