Ioba 17
1 U A paupauaho au, ua hookiia kuu mau la, Ua makaukau na halelua no'u.
My spirit, is broken, My days, are extinguished, Graves, are left me.
2 Aole anei he poe olelo hoino me au? A ke kau nei kuu maka ma ko lakou hoonaukiuki ana?
Verily there are mockers, with me! And, on their insults, mine eye doth rest.
3 E waiho iho ano, e hana mai ia'u i malu me oe; Owai ka mea e pai i na lima me au.
Appoint it, I pray thee—be thou surety for me with thyself, Who is there that, on my side, can pledge himself?
4 No ka mea, ua hoohuna oe i ka naauao mai ko lakou naau aku; Nolaila, aole oe e hookiekie ia lakou.
For, their heart, hast thou kept back from understanding, On this account, thou wilt not exalt them.
5 O ka mea e kumakaia i kona mau hoalauna no ka waiwai pio, E hoopauia na maka o kaua poe keiki.
He that, for a share, denounceth friends, even, the eyes of his children, shall be dim.
6 Ua hooku mai oia ia'u i mea e olelo nane ia e na kanaka; A ua lilo au i mea hoopailua imua o lakou.
But he hath set me, as the byword of peoples, And, one to be spit on in the face, do I become.
7 Ua ponalonalo kuu maka no ka uwe ana, A o kuu helehelena a pau ua like ia me ke aka.
Therefore hath mine eye become dim from vexation, and, my members, are like a shadow, all of them.
8 E kahaha ka poe pono i keia, A e hooku e la mea hala ole i ka aia.
Upright men shall be astounded over this, and, the innocent, against the impious, shall rouse themselves.
9 E hoomau no ka mea pono i kona aoao, A o ka mea lima maemae, e hoomahuahua aku ia i ka ikaika.
That the righteous may hold on his way, and, the clean of hands, increase in strength.
10 Aka, o oukou a pau, e hoi mai no, No ka mea, aole e loaa ia'u iwaena o oukou ka mea naauao.
But indeed, as for them all, will ye bethink yourselves and enter into it, I pray you? Or shall I not find, among you, one who is wise?
11 Ua hala kuu mau la, ua okiia'ku kuu mau noonoo, O na manaolana o kuu naau.
My days, are past, my purposes, are broken off, the possessions of my heart!
12 Ua hoololi lakou i ka po i ao, O ka malamalama, ua pokole ia no ka pouli.
Night for day, they appoint, Light, is near, by reason of darkness!
13 Ina e kakali aku au, O ka luakupapau ko'u hale: Ua hohola aku au i kuu wahi moe ma ka pouli. (Sheol h7585)
If I wait for hades as my house, in darkness, have spread out my couch; (Sheol h7585)
14 Ua kapa aku au i ka palaho, O oe ko'u makuakane, A i ka ilo, O oe ko'u makuwahine, a me ko'u kaikuwahine.
To corruption, have exclaimed, My father, thou! My mother! and My sister! to the worm.
15 Auhea hoi kuu manaolana? A o ko'u manaolana, owai la ka mea e ike aku ia?
Where then would be my hope? And, as for my blessedness, who should see it!
