Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
A LAILA olelo mai la o loba, i mai la,
2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
I keia la hoi ua awaawa kuu ulono ana; Ua oi ke kaumaha o ka lima maluna o'u mamua o kuu kanikau ana.
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
Ina paha e ike au i kahi e loaa'i ia'u ia, E hele aku auanei au a kona wahi!
4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
E hooponopono aku au imua ona i ko'u, A e hoopiha i ko'u waha i ka olelo hoakaka,
5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
E ike au i na olelo ana e pane mai ai ia'u, A e manao i ka mea ana e olelo mai ai ia'u.
6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
E paio anei ia me au me kona mana nui? Aole, aka, e manao mai no ia ia'u.
7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Malaila e paio ka mea pono me ia; A e hoopakele loa ia au mai kuu lunakanawai aku,
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
Aia hoi, hele aku au ma ka hikina, aole ia malaila; A ma ke komohana, aole au e ike ia ia:
9 On the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him: he hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
Ma ke kukuluakau, kahi ana i hana ai, aole au e nana ia ia; Ua hunaia oia ma ke kukuluhema, aka, aole au e ike ia ia:
10 But he knows the way that I take: when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
No ka mea, ua ike no ia i ka aoao iloko o'u; Ke hoao nei ia ia'u, a e puka aku auanei au, me he gula la.
11 My foot has held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
Ua hoopaa ko'u wawae i kona hele ana, Ua malama au i kona aoao, aole au i haalele.
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Mai ke kauoha o kona mau lehelehe aku, aole au i hele; Ua malama au i na olelo a kona waha mamua o kuu haawina ai.
13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desires, even that he does.
Aka, oia ka mea hookahi, a owai ke hoohuli ia ia? A o ka mea a kona naau e makemake ai, oia kana e hana'i
14 For he performs the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
No ka mea, ua hana mai ia i ka mea i hoopaaia no'u: A nui na mea ia ia e like me ia.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
Nolaila, ua haalulu au imua o kona alo; Noonoo iho la au, a makau ia ia.
16 For God makes my heart soft, and the Almighty troubles me:
Ke hoomakau mai nei ke Akua i kuu naau, A ke hooweliweli mai nei ka Mea mana ia'u;
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered the darkness from my face.
No ka mea, aole i okiia aku au imua o ka pouli, Aole hoi i huna mai ia i ka pouli mai kuu maka aku.
