Job 16
1 But Job answered and said:
A LAILA olelo mai la o Ioba, i mai la,
2 Of such things as these I have heard enough! Miserable comforters are ye all!
He nui na mea like a'u i lohe ai: He poe hooluolu hoopilikia oukou a pau.
3 Will there ever be an end to words of wind? What stirreth thee up, that thou answerest?
He hope anei no na huaolelo makani? Heaha ka mea hoala mai nei ia oe, i olelo mai ai oe?
4 I also might speak like you, If ye were now in my place; I might string together words against you, And shake my head at you.
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 would strengthen you with my mouth, And the consolation of my lips should sustain you.
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 grief is not assuaged; And if I forbear, it doth not leave 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 For now He hath quite exhausted me; Thou hast desolated all my house!
Aka, ano ua hooluhi mai ia ia'u; Ua luku mai oe i ko'u ohana a pau.
8 Thou hast seized hold of me, and this is a witness against me; My leanness riseth up and testifieth against me to 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 teareth my flesh, and pursueth me; He gnasheth upon me with his teeth; My adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon 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 gape for me with their mouths; In scorn they smite me on the cheek; With one consent they assemble 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 hath given me a prey to the unrighteous, And delivered me into 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 was at ease, but he hath crushed me; He hath seized me by the neck, and dashed me in pieces; He hath set me up for his 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 encompass me around; He pierceth my reins, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
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 breaketh me with breach upon breach; He rusheth upon me like a warrior.
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 upon my skin, And thrust my horn into 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 red with weeping, And upon my eyelids is deathlike darkness.
Ua ulaula kuu maka i ka uwe ana, A maluna o ko'u mau lihilihi maka ke aka o ka make.
17 Yet is there no injustice in my bands. And my prayer hath been pure.
Aole no ka mea pono ole iloko o ko'u lima; A o ka'u pule, ua maemae hoi ia.
18 O earth! cover not thou my blood, And let there be no hiding-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 Yet even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he who knoweth me is on high.
Ano hoi, aia ma ka lani kuu mea ike maka, A o kuu mea hoike ma na wahi kiekie.
20 My friends have me in derision, But my eye poureth out tears unto God.
O kuu poe hoino, o ko'u mau makamaka no ia: Ke hu aku nei kuu maka i ke Akua.
21 O that one might contend for a man with God, As a man contendeth with his neighbor!
Ina he mea e uwao me ke Akua no ke kanaka, E like me ke kanaka no kona hoalauna!
22 For when a few years shall have passed, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
A hala he hapa na makahiki, Alaila e hele aku au i ke ala aole au e hoi hou mai.
