Job 16
1 And Job answers and says:
A LAILA olelo mai la o Ioba, i mai la,
2 “I have heard many such things, Miserable comforters [are] you all.
He nui na mea like a'u i lohe ai: He poe hooluolu hoopilikia oukou a pau.
3 Is there an end to words of wind? Or what emboldens you that you answer?
He hope anei no na huaolelo makani? Heaha ka mea hoala mai nei ia oe, i olelo mai ai oe?
4 I also, like you, might speak, If your soul were in my soul’s stead. I might join against you with words, And nod at you with my head.
E hiki no ia'u ke olelo aku e like me ka oukou; Ina paha ua noho oukou ma ko'u wahi. E hiki no ia'u ke hookui i ka olelo ku e ia oukou; A e hooluliluli aku i ko'u poo ia oukou.
5 I might harden you with my mouth, And the moving of my lips might be sparing.
Aka, e hookupaa no au ia oukou me kuu waha, A o ka hooluolu ana o kuu lehelehe, e hoopaa aku no ia.
6 If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease—what goes from me?
Ina e olelo aku au, aole e oluolu kuu eha; Ina e noho malie hoi au, pehea ia e haalele ai ia'u?
7 Only, now, it has wearied me; You have desolated all my company,
Aka, ano ua hooluhi mai ia ia'u; Ua luku mai oe i ko'u ohana a pau.
8 And You loathe me, For it has been a witness, And my failure rises up against me, It testifies in my face.
Ua hoopaa mai oe ia'u, i mea hoike; O kuu wiwi, ke ku mai no ia ia'u, A e hoike mai imua o kuu maka.
9 His anger has torn, and He hates me, He has gnashed at me with His teeth, My adversary sharpens His eyes for me.
Ke haehae mai nei kona huhu, a ua inaina mai ia ia'u; Ke nau mai nei ia ia'u me kona mau niho; O kuu enemi, ke hookala nei ia i kona mau maka maluna o'u.
10 They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have struck my cheeks, Together they set themselves against me.
Ua hamama lakou maluna o'u me ko lakou waha; Ua papai lakou ia'u ma ka papalina me ka hoino: Ua hoakoakoaia lakou ma kahi hookahi e ku e ia'u.
11 God shuts me up to the perverse, And turns me over to the hands of the wicked.
Ua hoolilo ke Akua ia'u i ka poe hewa, A ua haawi ia'u iloko o ka lima o ka poe aia.
12 I have been at ease, and He breaks me, And He has laid hold on my neck, And He breaks me in pieces, And He raises me to Him for a mark.
I noho maluhia la no wan, aka, ua ulupa mai nei ia ia'u; Ua lalau mai ia ma kuu a-i, a ulupa mai no ia ia'u, Ua hooku mai ia'u i hoailona nona.
13 His archers go around against me. He split my reins, and does not spare, He pours out my gall to the earth.
Ua hoopuni kona poe panapua ia'u, Ua wahi mai ia i na puupaa o'u, aole e hookuu ae; Ua ninini iho ia i kuu au ma ka honua.
14 He breaks me—breach on breach, He runs on me as a mighty one.
Ua wawahi roai ia ia'u, me ka wahi ana mahope o ka wahi ana, Ua lele mai ia maluna o'u me he mea ikaika la.
15 I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, And have rolled my horn in the dust.
Ua humuhumu au i ke kapa ino maluna o kuu ili, Ua hoohaumia au i kuu pepeiaohao iloko o ka lepo.
16 My face is foul with weeping, And on my eyelids [is] death-shade.
Ua ulaula kuu maka i ka uwe ana, A maluna o ko'u mau lihilihi maka ke aka o ka make.
17 Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer [is] pure.
Aole no ka mea pono ole iloko o ko'u lima; A o ka'u pule, ua maemae hoi ia.
18 O earth, do not cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.
E ka honua, mai uhi oe i ko'u koko, Aole hoi e haawi i wahi no kuu uwe ana.
19 Also, now, behold, my witness [is] in the heavens, And my testifier in the high places.
Ano hoi, aia ma ka lani kuu mea ike maka, A o kuu mea hoike ma na wahi kiekie.
20 My interpreter [is] my friend, My eye has dropped to God;
O kuu poe hoino, o ko'u mau makamaka no ia: Ke hu aku nei kuu maka i ke Akua.
21 And He reasons for a man with God, As a son of man for his friend.
Ina he mea e uwao me ke Akua no ke kanaka, E like me ke kanaka no kona hoalauna!
22 When a few years come, Then I go [on] the path of no return.”
A hala he hapa na makahiki, Alaila e hele aku au i ke ala aole au e hoi hou mai.
