Ioba 23
1 A LAILA olelo mai la o loba, i mai la,
Bvt Iob answered and sayd,
2 I keia la hoi ua awaawa kuu ulono ana; Ua oi ke kaumaha o ka lima maluna o'u mamua o kuu kanikau ana.
Though my talke be this day in bitternes, and my plague greater then my groning,
3 Ina paha e ike au i kahi e loaa'i ia'u ia, E hele aku auanei au a kona wahi!
Would God yet I knew how to finde him, I would enter vnto his place.
4 E hooponopono aku au imua ona i ko'u, A e hoopiha i ko'u waha i ka olelo hoakaka,
I would pleade the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 E ike au i na olelo ana e pane mai ai ia'u, A e manao i ka mea ana e olelo mai ai ia'u.
I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, and would vnderstand what he would say vnto me.
6 E paio anei ia me au me kona mana nui? Aole, aka, e manao mai no ia ia'u.
Would he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me.
7 Malaila e paio ka mea pono me ia; A e hoopakele loa ia au mai kuu lunakanawai aku,
There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.
8 Aia hoi, hele aku au ma ka hikina, aole ia malaila; A ma ke komohana, aole au e ike ia ia:
Behold, if I go to the East, he is not there: if to the West, yet I can not perceiue him:
9 Ma ke kukuluakau, kahi ana i hana ai, aole au e nana ia ia; Ua hunaia oia ma ke kukuluhema, aka, aole au e ike ia ia:
If to the North where he worketh, yet I cannot see him: he wil hide himselfe in the South, and I cannot beholde him.
10 No ka mea, ua ike no ia i ka aoao iloko o'u; Ke hoao nei ia ia'u, a e puka aku auanei au, me he gula la.
But he knoweth my way, and trieth mee, and I shall come forth like the gold.
11 Ua hoopaa ko'u wawae i kona hele ana, Ua malama au i kona aoao, aole au i haalele.
My foote hath followed his steps: his way haue I kept, and haue not declined.
12 Mai ke kauoha o kona mau lehelehe aku, aole au i hele; Ua malama au i na olelo a kona waha mamua o kuu haawina ai.
Neyther haue I departed from the commandement of his lippes, and I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then mine appointed foode.
13 Aka, oia ka mea hookahi, a owai ke hoohuli ia ia? A o ka mea a kona naau e makemake ai, oia kana e hana'i
Yet he is in one minde, and who can turne him? yea, he doeth what his minde desireth.
14 No ka mea, ua hana mai ia i ka mea i hoopaaia no'u: A nui na mea ia ia e like me ia.
For he will performe that, which is decreed of me, and many such things are with him.
15 Nolaila, ua haalulu au imua o kona alo; Noonoo iho la au, a makau ia ia.
Therefore I am troubled at his presence, and in considering it, I am afraid of him.
16 Ke hoomakau mai nei ke Akua i kuu naau, A ke hooweliweli mai nei ka Mea mana ia'u;
For God hath softened mine heart, and the Almightie hath troubled me.
17 No ka mea, aole i okiia aku au imua o ka pouli, Aole hoi i huna mai ia i ka pouli mai kuu maka aku.
For I am not cut off in darknesse, but he hath hid the darkenesse from my face.
