Job 12
1 Then Job said [to his three friends],
OLELO mai ia o Ioba, i mai la,
2 “You (talk as though/You think) [SAR] that you are the people [whom everyone should listen to], and that when you die, there will be no more wise people.
He oiaio, o oukou ka poe kanaka, A e make pu ka noiau me oukou.
3 But I have as much good sense as you do; I am (not less wise than/certainly as wise as [LIT]) you. Certainly everyone knows [RHQ] all that you have said.
Aka, he naauao ko'u e like me oukou; Aole au i emi malalo iho o oukou: A owai la ka mea ike ole i na mea like me keia mau mea?
4 My friends all laugh at me now. Previously I habitually requested God to help me, and he answered/helped me. I am righteous, a very godly man [DOU], but everyone laughs at me.
Ua lilo au i mea heneheneia e kona hoalauna, E kahea ana i ke Akua, a hoolohe mai oia ia ia; O ka mea pono a me ka hala ole, ua akaakaia oia.
5 Those [like you] who have no troubles make fun of me; they cause those [like me] who are already suffering to have more troubles.
Me ka ipukukui i hoowahawahaia i ka manao o ka mea e noho nanea ana, Pela ka mea ua kokoke pahee kona mau wawae.
6 Bandits live peacefully, and no one threatens those who cause God to become angry; their own strength is the god [that they worship].
Ua pomaikai na halelewa o ka poe luku wale, A ua noho maluhia ka poe hoonaukiuki aku i ke Akua; Iloko o ko lakou lima na ke Akua i haawi mai.
7 “But ask the wild animals [what they know about God], and [if they could speak] they would teach you. [If you could] ask the birds, they would tell you.
Aka, ano e ninau i na holoholona, a e ao mai lakou ia oe; A me na manu o ka lewa, a e hoike mai lakou ia oe;
8 [If you could] ask the creatures [that crawl] on the ground, or the fish in the sea, they would tell you [about God].
E olelo aku paha i ka honua, a e ao mai no ia ia oe: A o na ia o ke kai e hoakaka mai no lakou ia oe,
9 All of them certainly know [RHQ] that it is Yahweh who has made them with his hands.
Owai la ka mea ike ole i keia mau mea a pau, Na ka lima o Iehova i hana keia?
10 He directs the lives of all living creatures; he gives breath to all [us] humans [to enable us to remain alive].
Iloko o kona lima ka uhane o na mea ola a pau, A me ka hanu o na kanaka a pau.
11 And when we [SYN] hear what other people [like you] say, we [RHQ] think carefully about what they say [to determine what is good and what is bad], like we [SYN] taste food [to determine what is good and what is bad].
Aole anei e hoao ke pepeiao i na olelo? A e hoao ka waha i ka ai nona iho?
12 Old people are [often] very wise, and because of having lived many years, they understand much,
Me ka poe kahiko ka maiau, A me ke ola loihi ka naauao.
13 but God is wise and very powerful; he has good sense and understands [everything].
Ia ia ka naauao, a me ka ikaika; Nona ka oleloao, a me ke akamai.
14 If he tears [something] down, no one can rebuild it; if he puts someone in prison, no one can open [the prison doors to allow that person to escape].
Aia hoi, ke wawahi nei oia, aole e kukulu hou ia; Ke hahao aku ia i ke kanaka iloko, aole e hookuuia'ku.
15 When he prevents rain from falling, everything dries up. When he causes a lot of rain to fall, [the result is that] there are floods.
Aia hoi, ke hoopaa nei oia i na wai, a ua maloo lakou: A hookuu aku oia ia lakou, a luku lakou i ko ka honua.
16 He is the one who is truly strong and wise; he rules over those who deceive others and those whom they deceive.
Me ia ka ikaika, a me ka naauao: Nona ka mea i hoopuniia, a me ka mea hoopuni.
17 He [sometimes] causes [the king’s] officials to no longer be wise, and he causes judges to become foolish.
Ua lawe pio aku ia i na kakaolelo, A hoolilo i na lunakanawai i poe hawawa.
18 He takes from kings the robes that they wear and puts loincloths around their waists, [causing them to become slaves].
Kala aku no ia i ka mea paa o na'lii, A kaei aku ia i ko lakou puhaka i ke kaei.
19 He takes from priests the sacred clothes that they wear, [with the result that they no longer can do their work], and takes power from those who rule others.
Alakai pio aku ia i na kahuna, A hookahuli i ka poe ikaika.
20 He [sometimes] causes those whom others trust to be unable to speak, and he causes old men to no longer have good sense.
Hoopau aku ia i ka olelo a ka poe oiaio, A lawe aku ia i ka naauao, mai ka poe kahiko aku.
21 He causes those who have authority to be despised, and he causes those who are powerful to no longer have any power/strength.
Ninini iho ia i ka hoino maluna o na'lii, A kala ae no ia i ke kaei o ka poe ikaika.
22 He causes things that are hidden in the darkness to be revealed.
Hoike mai ia i na mea hohonu mailoko mai o ka pouli, A hoopuka no ia i ka malamalama mai ka malu make mai.
23 He causes some nations to become very great, and [later] he destroys them; he causes the territory of some nations to become much larger, and [later] he causes them to be defeated and their people to be scattered.
Hoomahuahua no ia i na lahuikanaka, a luku aku no hoi ia lakou: Hoonui aku no ia i na lahuikanaka, a hoemi hou iho ia lakou.
24 He causes [some] rulers to become foolish/stupid, and then he causes them to wander around, lost, in an barren desert.
Lawe aku ia i ka naauao o na luna o kanaka ma ka honua; A hooauwana ia lakou ma ka waonahele, aohe alauui.
25 They grope around in the darkness, without any light, and he causes them to stagger like [SIM] people who are drunk.”
Haha lakou iloko o ka pouli aohe malamalama, A e hoohikaka aku oia ia lakou, me he mea ona la.
