Ioba 14

1 O KE kanaka i hanauia e ka wahine. He hapa kona mau la, a ua piha i ka popilikia.

For a mortal born of a woman [is] short lived, and full of wrath.

2 Puka mai no ia me he pua la, a ua okiia aku; A holo aku no ia me he aka la, aole ia e mau.

Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and can’t continue.

3 A ke kau anei oe i kou mau maka maluna o ka mea like me ia, A e lawe mai ia'u i ka hookolokoloia ana e oe?

Hast you not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before you?

4 Owai ka mea e unuhi ae i ka mea maemae mai o ka mea haumia? aole kekahi.

For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;

5 No ka mea, ua heluia kona mau la, A ia oe no ka huina o kona mau malama, Ua hoonoho oe i kona mau mokuna, i hiki ole ai ia ke ae aku;

if even his life should be [but] one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: you have appointed [him] for a time, and he shall by no means exceed [it].

6 E nana ae oe mai ona aku la, i hoomaha iho ai ia, A hauoli ia i kona ia, me he mea hoolimalima la.

Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, [though] as a hireling.

7 No ka mea, a i kuaia ka laau, He manao no nona, e ulu hou auanei, Aole hoi e pau na lala hou.

For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, [that] it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.

8 Ina ua elemakule kona aa ma ka honua, A ua make hoi kona kumu ma ka lepo;

For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;

9 Aka, no ka honi ana i ka wai e kupu ae ia, A e hookupu aku i na lala, me he laau kanu la,

it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted.

10 Aka, o ke kanaka, e make no ia, a e nalowale aku; Oia, e make ana no ke kanaka, auhea la oia?

But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.

11 E like me ka maloo ana o na wai, mai ke kai aku, A me ka emi ana o ka muliwai, a maloo iho;

For the sea wastes in [length of] time, and a river fails and is dried up.

12 Pela e moe iho ai ke kanaka, aole ku hou ae; Aole lakou e ala hou mai, a pau aku na lani, Aole hoi e hooku hou ia, mai ko lakou hiamoe ana.

And man that has lain down [in death] shall certainly not rise again till the heaven be dissolved, and they shall not awake from their sleep.

13 E pono e waiho iho oe ia'u iloko o ka luakupapau, A e huna oe ia'u, a hala aku kou huhu, A e hoakaka mai no'u i ka manawa pono, a e hoomanao mai ia'u! (Sheol h7585)

For oh that you had kept me in the grave, and had hidden me until your wrath should cease, and you should set me a time in which you would remember me! (Sheol h7585)

14 Ina e make ke kanaka, e ola hou anei oia? O na la a pau o ko'u kaua ana ka'u e kali ai, A hiki mai ko'u manawa.

For if a man should die, shall he live [again], having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?

15 E kahea mai oe ia'u, a e hoolohe aku no au ia oe: A e aloha mai no oe i ka hana a kou mau lima.

Then shall you call, and I will listen to you: but do not you reject the work of your hands.

16 No ka mea, ano ke helu nei oe i kuu mau kapuwai; Aole anei oe e kiai mai nei i ko'u hewa?

But you have numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape you?

17 Ua hoopaaia kuu hewa iloko o ka aa, Ua imi hala oe i kuu hewa.

An you have sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.

18 A he oiaio, o ka mauna e hiolo ana, moe mau no ia, A ua hooneeia ka pohaku mai kona wahi aku.

And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place.

19 Ke anai nei na wai i na pohaku; O kona wai nui, ua hoopau aku ia i ka lepo o ka aina; Pela oe e hoomake nei i ka manaolana o ke kanaka.

The waters wear the stones, and waters falling headlong [overflow] a heap of the earth: and you destroy the hope of man.

20 Ke lanakila mau nei oe maluna ona, a hele aku no ia: Ke boopahaohao nei oe i kona maka, a hoouna aku ia ia.

You drive him to an end, and he is gone: you set your face against him, and send him away;

21 Ua hoohanohanoia kana keiki, aole oia i ike: A ua hoohaahaaia lakou, aole ia i noonoo no lakou.

and though his children be multiplied, he knows [it] not; and if they be few, he is not aware.

22 Aka, e hui kona io maluna ona, A e uwe kona naau iloko ona.

But his flesh is in pain, and his soul mourns.