Job 23
1 And Job answereth and saith: —
A LAILA olelo mai la o loba, i mai la,
2 Also — to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.
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 O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto 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 arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.
E hooponopono aku au imua ona i ko'u, A e hoopiha i ko'u waha i ka olelo hoakaka,
5 I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith 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 In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.
E paio anei ia me au me kona mana nui? Aole, aka, e manao mai no ia ia'u.
7 There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
Malaila e paio ka mea pono me ia; A e hoopakele loa ia au mai kuu lunakanawai aku,
8 Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.
Aia hoi, hele aku au ma ka hikina, aole ia malaila; A ma ke komohana, aole au e ike ia ia:
9 [To] the left in His working — and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.
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 For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.
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 On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,
Ua hoopaa ko'u wawae i kona hele ana, Ua malama au i kona aoao, aole au i haalele.
12 The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
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 And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth [it].
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 doth complete my portion, 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, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
Nolaila, ua haalulu au imua o kona alo; Noonoo iho la au, a makau ia ia.
16 And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.
Ke hoomakau mai nei ke Akua i kuu naau, A ke hooweliweli mai nei ka Mea mana ia'u;
17 For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.
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.
