Ioba 16
1 A LAILA olelo mai la o Ioba, i mai la,
But Job answered and said,
2 He nui na mea like a'u i lohe ai: He poe hooluolu hoopilikia oukou a pau.
I have heard many such things: poor comforters are ye all.
3 He hope anei no na huaolelo makani? Heaha ka mea hoala mai nei ia oe, i olelo mai ai oe?
What! is there any reason in vain words? or what will hinder thee from answering?
4 E hiki no ia'u ke olelo aku e like me ka oukou; Ina paha ua noho oukou ma ko'u wahi. E hiki no ia'u ke hookui i ka olelo ku e ia oukou; A e hooluliluli aku i ko'u poo ia oukou.
I also will speak as ye [do]: if indeed your soul were in my [soul's] stead, then would I insult you with words, and I would shake my head at you.
5 Aka, e hookupaa no au ia oukou me kuu waha, A o ka hooluolu ana o kuu lehelehe, e hoopaa aku no ia.
And would there were strength in my mouth, and I would not spare the movement of my lips.
6 Ina e olelo aku au, aole e oluolu kuu eha; Ina e noho malie hoi au, pehea ia e haalele ai ia'u?
For if I should speak, I shall not feel the pain of my wound: and if I should be silent, how shall I be wounded the less?
7 Aka, ano ua hooluhi mai ia ia'u; Ua luku mai oe i ko'u ohana a pau.
But now he has made me weary, and a worn-out fool; and thou hast laid hold of me.
8 Ua hoopaa mai oe ia'u, i mea hoike; O kuu wiwi, ke ku mai no ia ia'u, A e hoike mai imua o kuu maka.
My falsehood has become a testimony, and has risen up against me: it has confronted me to my face.
9 Ke haehae mai nei kona huhu, a ua inaina mai ia ia'u; Ke nau mai nei ia ia'u me kona mau niho; O kuu enemi, ke hookala nei ia i kona mau maka maluna o'u.
In his anger he has cast me down; he has gnashed his teeth upon me: the weapons of his robbers have fallen upon me.
10 Ua hamama lakou maluna o'u me ko lakou waha; Ua papai lakou ia'u ma ka papalina me ka hoino: Ua hoakoakoaia lakou ma kahi hookahi e ku e ia'u.
He has attacked me with the keen glances of his eyes; with his sharp [spear] he has smitten me [down] upon my knees; and they have run upon me with one accord.
11 Ua hoolilo ke Akua ia'u i ka poe hewa, A ua haawi ia'u iloko o ka lima o ka poe aia.
For the Lord has delivered me into the hands of unrighteous men, and thrown me upon the ungodly.
12 I noho maluhia la no wan, aka, ua ulupa mai nei ia ia'u; Ua lalau mai ia ma kuu a-i, a ulupa mai no ia ia'u, Ua hooku mai ia'u i hoailona nona.
When I was at peace he distracted me: he took me by the hair of the head, and plucked it out: he set me up as a mark.
13 Ua hoopuni kona poe panapua ia'u, Ua wahi mai ia i na puupaa o'u, aole e hookuu ae; Ua ninini iho ia i kuu au ma ka honua.
They surrounded me with spears, aiming at my reins: without sparing [me] they poured out my gall upon the ground.
14 Ua wawahi roai ia ia'u, me ka wahi ana mahope o ka wahi ana, Ua lele mai ia maluna o'u me he mea ikaika la.
They overthrew me with fall upon fall: they ran upon me in [their] might.
15 Ua humuhumu au i ke kapa ino maluna o kuu ili, Ua hoohaumia au i kuu pepeiaohao iloko o ka lepo.
They sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and my strength has been spent on the ground.
16 Ua ulaula kuu maka i ka uwe ana, A maluna o ko'u mau lihilihi maka ke aka o ka make.
My belly has been parched with wailing, and darkness is on my eyelids.
17 Aole no ka mea pono ole iloko o ko'u lima; A o ka'u pule, ua maemae hoi ia.
Yet there was no injustice in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
18 E ka honua, mai uhi oe i ko'u koko, Aole hoi e haawi i wahi no kuu uwe ana.
Earth, cover not over the blood of my flesh, and let my cry have no place.
19 Ano hoi, aia ma ka lani kuu mea ike maka, A o kuu mea hoike ma na wahi kiekie.
And now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
20 O kuu poe hoino, o ko'u mau makamaka no ia: Ke hu aku nei kuu maka i ke Akua.
Let my supplication come to the Lord, and let mine eye weep before him.
21 Ina he mea e uwao me ke Akua no ke kanaka, E like me ke kanaka no kona hoalauna!
Oh that a man might plead before the Lord, even [as] the son of man with his neighbor!
22 A hala he hapa na makahiki, Alaila e hele aku au i ke ala aole au e hoi hou mai.
But my years are numbered and [their end] come, and I shall go by the way by which I shall not return.
