Ioba 14
1 O KE kanaka i hanauia e ka wahine. He hapa kona mau la, a ua piha i ka popilikia.
“Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
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.
He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’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?
Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgement with you?
4 Owai ka mea e unuhi ae i ka mea maemae mai o ka mea haumia? aole kekahi.
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not 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;
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass.
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.
Look away from him, that he may rest, until he accomplishes, as a hireling, his day.
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 if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease.
8 Ina ua elemakule kona aa ma ka honua, A ua make hoi kona kumu ma ka lepo;
Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground,
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,
yet through the scent of water it will bud, and sprout boughs like a plant.
10 Aka, o ke kanaka, e make no ia, a e nalowale aku; Oia, e make ana no ke kanaka, auhea la oia?
But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
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;
As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries 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.
so man lies down and doesn’t rise. Until the heavens are no more, they will not awake, nor be roused out of 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)
“Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time and 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.
If a man dies, will he live again? I would wait all the days of my warfare, until my release should come.
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.
You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire for 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 now you count my steps. Don’t you watch over my sin?
17 Ua hoopaaia kuu hewa iloko o ka aa, Ua imi hala oe i kuu hewa.
My disobedience is sealed up in a bag. You fasten up my iniquity.
18 A he oiaio, o ka mauna e hiolo ana, moe mau no ia, A ua hooneeia ka pohaku mai kona wahi aku.
“But the mountain falling comes to nothing. The rock is removed 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. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So 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 forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away.
21 Ua hoohanohanoia kana keiki, aole oia i ike: A ua hoohaahaaia lakou, aole ia i noonoo no lakou.
His sons come to honour, and he doesn’t know it. They are brought low, but he doesn’t perceive it of them.
22 Aka, e hui kona io maluna ona, A e uwe kona naau iloko ona.
But his flesh on him has pain, and his soul within him mourns.”
