Ioba 19
1 A LAILA olelo mai o Ioba, i mai la,
Then Job answered:
2 Pehea la ka loihi e hoeha mai ai oukou i kuu uhane, A e haihai mai ia'u ma na olelo?
“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
3 Eia ka umi o ka oukou olelo ino mai ia'u; Aole oukou i hilahila, ke hookulikuli oukou ia'u;
Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.
4 Ina he oiaio, he lalau ko'u, Ke waiho nei me au kuu lalau ana.
Even if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone.
5 Ina he oiaio, e hookiekie oukou e ku e ia'u, A e ao mai ia'u i kuu hoinoia:
If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,
6 E ike oukou ano, ua hookahuli mai ke Akua ia'u, A ua hoopuni mai ia'u i kana upena.
then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
7 Aia hoi, ke kahea aku nei au no ka hana ino ia, aole au i hooloheia mai; Ke hea nui aku nei an, aohe hooponopono.
Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
8 Ua alalai mai ia i ko'u ala, aole au e hiki ke hele aku, A ua kau no ia i ka pouli ma kuu mau alanui.
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
9 Ua hao mai ia ia'u i kuu nani, Ua lawe hoi i ka leialii mai kuu poo aku.
He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
10 Ua luku mai ia ia'u a puni, a ua pau hoi au; A ua uhuki ae ia i kuu manaolana, me he laau la,
He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.
11 Ua hoaa no ia i kona inaina ia'u, A ua manao no ia'u me kona poe enemi.
His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
12 Hoakoakoaia kona poe koa, A hoouka ae lakou i ko lakou kuamoo ia'u, A hoomoana lakou a puni ko'u halelewa.
His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
13 Ua hoomamao aku ia i ko'u mau hoahanau mai o'u aku la, A o ko'u mau hoalauna, ua hoomaka e lakou ia'u.
He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
14 Ua haalele kuu mau hoa pili ia'u, A o kuu poe makamaka, ua hoopoina lakou ia'u.
My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
15 O ka poe e noho ana ma kuu hale, a me na kauwawahine a'u, manao mai lakou ia'u he malihini: He kanaka e no wau i ko lakou mau maka.
My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.
16 Kahea aku au i ka'u kauwa, aole ia e o mai; Nonoi aku au ia ia me kuu waha.
I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.
17 Ua ano e kuu hanu i ka'u wahine, A me kuu uwe ana i na keiki o kuu kino.
My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.
18 O na keiki liilii, hoowahawaha lakou ia'u; Ku no wau iluna, a olelo ku e mai lakou ia'u.
Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.
19 O na hoa kuka o'u a pau, ua hoopailua lakou ia'u; A o ka poe a'u i aloha i, ua huli lakou e ku e ia'u.
All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.
20 Ke pili nei kuu iwi i ko'u ili a me ko'u io, A ua pakele au me ka ili o ko'u mau niho.
My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
21 E aloha mai ia'u, e aloha mai ia'u, e oukou ko'u poe makamaka; No ka mea, ua hahau mai ka lima o ke Akua ia'u!
Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
22 No ko aha la oukou e hahai mai ai ia'u, me he Akua la, Aole hoi oukou i maona i kuu io?
Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
23 Ina paha ano e kakauia ka'u mau olelo! Ina e palapalaia lakou iloko o ka buke!
I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,
24 Me ka peni hao a me ke kepau, E kahakaha mau ia lakou iloko o ka pohaku!
by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.
25 No ka mea, ua ike au e ola ana kuu Mea hoola, A i ka wa mahope e ku no ia maluna o ka honua.
But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
26 A mahope o kuu ili, e hoopau na ilo i keia kino, Aka, ma kuu io e ike aku au i ke Akua.
Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
27 Oia ka'u e ike aku no'u iho, A e ike ko'u mau maka, aole ko hai; Ua kaniuhu kuu naau iloko o'u.
I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!
28 Aka, e olelo oukou, No ke aha kakou e hoomaau ia ia, No ka mea, ua loaa ko kumu o ka mea iloko o'u?
If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’
29 E makau oukou i ka pahikaua; No ka mea, o ka huhu, oia ka hewa no ka pahikaua, I ike oukou, he hoopai ana no.
then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”
