Ioba 15
1 A LAILA olelo aku o Elipaza, no Temana, i mai la,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
2 E hai aku anei ka mea naauao i ka manao makani? A e hoopiha i kona opu i ka makani hikina?
“Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
3 E ao aku anei ia me ka olelo pono ole? A me na olelo kokua ole mai?
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
4 Aka, ua hoole oe i ka makau, A ua hooemi iho oe i ka pule imua o ke Akua,
Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
5 No ka mea, ke ao nei kou waha i kou hewa, A ke koho nei oe i ke alelo o ka poe maalea.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
6 Ke hoohewa nei kou waha ia oe, aole owau; A ke hoike nei kou lehelehe ia oe.
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.
7 O oe anei ke kanaka makamua i hanau ai? Ua hanauia anei oe mamua o na puu?
“Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought out before the hills?
8 Ua lohe anei oe ma ka ahaolelo a ke Akua? A ke hoopaa nei anei oe i ka naauao ia oe iho?
Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
9 Heaha kau e ike nei, a ike ole makou ia? Heaha ka mea maopopo ia oe, aole hoi maloko o makou ia?
What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand which is not in us?
10 Me makou ke poohina a me ka mea kahiko, Ua oi aku ko lakou mau la mamua o ko kou makuakane.
With us are both the grey-headed and the very aged men, much older than your father.
11 He mea uuku anei ia oe na hooluolu o ke Akua? He mea huna anei kekahi ia oe?
Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle towards you?
12 No ke aha la e lawe aku nei kou naau ia oe? A i ke aha hoi kou mau maka e imoimo mai nei,
Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
13 I hoohuli ae ai oe i kou naau e ku e i ke Akua, A e hoopuka ae ia mau huaolelo mai kou waha mai?
that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
14 Heaha ke kanaka, i maemae ai oia? A o ka mea i hanauia e ka wahine, i pono ai oia?
What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Aia hoi, aole ia e hilinai i kona poe hemolele; Aole hoi i maemae na lani i kona mau maka.
Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
16 He oiaio hoi, ua hoopailuaia, a ua haumia hoi ke kanaka, Ka mea e inu ana i ka hewa me he wai la?
how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
17 E hai aku au ia oe, o hoolohe mai ia'u; A o ka mea a'u i ike ai, oia ka'u e hoike aku ana;
“I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare
18 Ka mea a ka poe naauao i hai mai, Aole hoi i huna, mai ko lakou poe makua mai:
(which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;
19 No lakou wale no i haawiia ka honua, Aole i hele ka malihini iwaena o lakou.
to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed amongst them):
20 I na la a pau, ua ehaeha ke kanaka hewa, A o ka huina o na makahiki, ua hunaia i ka mea hookaumaha.
the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
21 He leo hooweliweli maloko o kona pepeiao; Iloko ia o ka pomaikai, A e hele mai ka mea luku maluna ona.
A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.
22 Aole ona manao e hoi hou mai, mailoko mai o ka pouli, A ua kakali oia i ka pahikaua.
He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
23 E auwana no ia i ka imi ai, Auhea ia? A ke ike nei no ia, ua makaukau ka la o ka pouli, ua kokoke.
He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 E hoomakau ke kaumaha, a me ka popilikia ia ia; E lanakila laua maluna ona, me he alii la i makaukau no ke kaua.
Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25 No ka mea, ua o ku e aku ia i kona lima i ke Akua, Ua hookiekie aku ia ia iho i ka Mea mana.
Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty,
26 Wahi aku no ia maluna ona me ka a-i aa, Me ka manoa o na niho o kaua palekaua:
he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers,
27 No ka mea, ua hoouhi oia i kona maka me ka momona, A kau no ia i ka momona maluna o na puupaa.
because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.
28 A noho iho no ia i na kulanakauhale neoneo, Iloko o na hale, aohe mea noho ilaila, Na mea i makaukau e lilo i mau puu.
He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.
29 Aole e hoolakoia oia, Aole hoi e mau kana waiwai, Aole hoi e hoopalahalaha i ka lakou loaa ma ka honua,
He will not be rich, neither will his substance continue, neither will their possessions be extended on the earth.
30 Aole ia e pakele mailoko mai o ka pouli; E hoomaloo ka lapalapa i kona mau lala, A e laweia'ku oia ma ka ha o kona waha.
He will not depart out of darkness. The flame will dry up his branches. He will go away by the breath of God’s mouth.
31 O ka mea i puni, mai hilinai oia i ka mea lapuwale: No ka mea, e lilo ka lapuwale i uku nona.
Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his reward.
32 Mamua o kona manawa, e okiia'ku ia, Aole e uliuli kona lala.
It will be accomplished before his time. His branch will not be green.
33 E like me ke kumu waina, e hoohelelei ia i kona huawaina pala ole, A e like me ka laau oliva, e hoohaule ia i kona pua.
He will shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and will cast off his flower as the olive tree.
34 No ka mea, e hua ole ka ohana a ka aia, A e hoopau ke ahi i na halelewa a ke kipe.
For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
35 Hapai lakou, he kolohe, a hanau mai, he hewa; A noonoo ko lakou opu i ka wahahee.
They conceive mischief and produce iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.”
