Ioba 17
1 U A paupauaho au, ua hookiia kuu mau la, Ua makaukau na halelua no'u.
My spirit is consumed, and my days are over; the grave is ready for me.
2 Aole anei he poe olelo hoino me au? A ke kau nei kuu maka ma ko lakou hoonaukiuki ana?
Surely there are mockers with me; my eye must always see their provocation.
3 E waiho iho ano, e hana mai ia'u i malu me oe; Owai ka mea e pai i na lima me au.
Give now a pledge, be a guarantee for me with yourself; who else is there who will help me?
4 No ka mea, ua hoohuna oe i ka naauao mai ko lakou naau aku; Nolaila, aole oe e hookiekie ia lakou.
For you, God, have kept their hearts from understanding; therefore, you will not exalt them over me.
5 O ka mea e kumakaia i kona mau hoalauna no ka waiwai pio, E hoopauia na maka o kaua poe keiki.
He who denounces his friends for a reward, the eyes of his children will fail.
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 has made me a byword of the people; they spit in my face.
7 Ua ponalonalo kuu maka no ka uwe ana, A o kuu helehelena a pau ua like ia me ke aka.
My eye is also dim because of sorrow; all my body parts are as thin as shadows.
8 E kahaha ka poe pono i keia, A e hooku e la mea hala ole i ka aia.
Upright men will be stunned by this; the innocent man will stir himself up against godless men.
9 E hoomau no ka mea pono i kona aoao, A o ka mea lima maemae, e hoomahuahua aku ia i ka ikaika.
The righteous man will keep to his way; he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
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 as for you all, come on now; I will not find a wise man among you.
11 Ua hala kuu mau la, ua okiia'ku kuu mau noonoo, O na manaolana o kuu naau.
My days are past; my plans are shattered, and so are the desires of my heart.
12 Ua hoololi lakou i ka po i ao, O ka malamalama, ua pokole ia no ka pouli.
These people, these mockers, change the night into day; light is near to 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 the only home I hope for is Sheol; and if I have spread my couch in the darkness; (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.
and if I have said to the pit, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'You are my mother or my sister,'
15 Auhea hoi kuu manaolana? A o ko'u manaolana, owai la ka mea e ike aku ia?
where then is my hope? As for my hope, who can see any?
