Ioba 23

1 A LAILA olelo mai la o loba, i mai la,

Then Job replied again,

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.

“Today I am again complaining bitterly/strongly [to God]; I [continue] groaning, but he [SYN] [continues to] (punish me/cause me to suffer).

3 Ina paha e ike au i kahi e loaa'i ia'u ia, E hele aku auanei au a kona wahi!

I (wish that I knew/want to know) where I could meet/talk with him, so that I could go to the place where he lives.

4 E hooponopono aku au imua ona i ko'u, A e hoopiha i ko'u waha i ka olelo hoakaka,

If I could do that, I would tell him why [I know that] I am innocent; I would tell [MTY] to him all my (arguments/evidence [to show that I have not done what is evil]).

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.

Then I would find out what he would reply to me [DOU].

6 E paio anei ia me au me kona mana nui? Aole, aka, e manao mai no ia ia'u.

Would he use his great power to argue with me? No, he would listen to me carefully.

7 Malaila e paio ka mea pono me ia; A e hoopakele loa ia au mai kuu lunakanawai aku,

I am (an honest/a righteous) man; so I would be able to discuss things with him [fairly], and then he would declare that I am innocent, [and that decision would endure] forever.

8 Aia hoi, hele aku au ma ka hikina, aole ia malaila; A ma ke komohana, aole au e ike ia ia:

“But, I have gone to the east, and he is not there; I have gone to the west, but I have not found him there.

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:

I have gone north and I have gone south, but I have not seen him anywhere.

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 knows how I have conducted my life; and when he has finished testing me, [he] will [see that] I [am] as pure as [SIM] gold [whose impurities have all been burned out].

11 Ua hoopaa ko'u wawae i kona hele ana, Ua malama au i kona aoao, aole au i haalele.

I [SYN] have faithfully walked on the path that he showed me; I have not stopped [obeying] him.

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.

I have always obeyed what he [SYN] commanded; I have treasured the words that he has spoken.

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

“He never changes. There is no one who can [RHQ] stop him [from doing what he desires]. Whatever he wants to do, he does.

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.

And he will finish doing for me the things that he has planned for me; [and I am sure that] he has thought about doing many things for me.

15 Nolaila, ua haalulu au imua o kona alo; Noonoo iho la au, a makau ia ia.

So I am terrified in his presence; when I think [about what he can do], I am very afraid [DOU].

16 Ke hoomakau mai nei ke Akua i kuu naau, A ke hooweliweli mai nei ka Mea mana ia'u;

Almighty God has caused me [SYN] to feel terrified [DOU].

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.

[It is as though] there is only thick darkness in front of me, but it is God that I am afraid of, not the darkness.”