Ioba 16
1 A LAILA olelo mai la o Ioba, i mai la,
And 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: grievous 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?
Shall words of wind have an end? or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
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 could speak as ye: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join together words against you, and 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.
[But] I would encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips should assuage [your pain].
6 Ina e olelo aku au, aole e oluolu kuu eha; Ina e noho malie hoi au, pehea ia e haalele ai ia'u?
If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, what am I eased?
7 Aka, ano ua hooluhi mai ia ia'u; Ua luku mai oe i ko'u ohana a pau.
But now he hath made me weary; ...thou hast made desolate all my family;
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.
Thou hast shrivelled me up! it is become a witness; and my leanness riseth up against me, it beareth witness 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.
His anger teareth and pursueth me; he gnasheth with his teeth against me; [as] mine adversary he sharpeneth his eyes at 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.
They gape upon me with their mouth; they smite my cheeks reproachfully; they range themselves together against me.
11 Ua hoolilo ke Akua ia'u i ka poe hewa, A ua haawi ia'u iloko o ka lima o ka poe aia.
God hath delivered me over to the iniquitous man, and hurled me into the hands of the wicked.
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.
I was at rest, but he hath shattered me; he hath taken me by the neck and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his 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.
His arrows encompass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder and doth not spare; he poureth 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.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach; he runneth upon me like a mighty man.
15 Ua humuhumu au i ke kapa ino maluna o kuu ili, Ua hoohaumia au i kuu pepeiaohao iloko o ka lepo.
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and rolled my horn in the dust.
16 Ua ulaula kuu maka i ka uwe ana, A maluna o ko'u mau lihilihi maka ke aka o ka make.
My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17 Aole no ka mea pono ole iloko o ko'u lima; A o ka'u pule, ua maemae hoi ia.
Although there is no violence 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.
O earth, cover not my blood, and let there be no place for my cry!
19 Ano hoi, aia ma ka lani kuu mea ike maka, A o kuu mea hoike ma na wahi kiekie.
Even now, behold, my Witness is in the heavens, and he that voucheth for me is in the heights.
20 O kuu poe hoino, o ko'u mau makamaka no ia: Ke hu aku nei kuu maka i ke Akua.
My friends are my mockers; mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
21 Ina he mea e uwao me ke Akua no ke kanaka, E like me ke kanaka no kona hoalauna!
Oh that there were arbitration for a man with God, as a son of man for his friend!
22 A hala he hapa na makahiki, Alaila e hele aku au i ke ala aole au e hoi hou mai.
For years [few] in number shall pass, — and I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
