Ioba 24
1 NO ka mea, aole i hoonaloia na manawa mai ka Mea mana aku, No ke aha la aole ka poe ike ia ia e noonoo i kona mau la?
Why, seeing times are not hid from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
2 Hoonee aku lakou i na palena aina, A lawe wale aku lakou i ka poe hipa, a hanai aku ia lakou.
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and their feed.
3 Alakai aku lakou i ka hokikane o ka poe makua ole; A lawe lakou i ka bipi a ka wahinekanemake i uku panai.
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
4 Ua kipaku lakou i ka poe nele mai ke ala aku; Pee pu aku la na ilihune o ka honua.
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
5 Aia hoi, me na hoki hihiu ma ka waonahele, hele aku lakou i ka lakou hana; E imi ana i ka mea pio; O ka waonahele oia ka ai na lakou, a na ka lakou poe keiki.
Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work; rising early for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
6 Ma ka mahinaai, oki kela mea keia mea i kana ai; A hoiliili lakou ma ka pawaina o ka mea hewa,
They reap every one his grain in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
7 Waiho lakou i ka poe olohelohe i moe lakou me ka kapa ole, Aohe mea uhi iloko o ke anu.
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
8 Ua pulu lakou i ka ua nui o oa mauna, A no ka hale ole, ua pili lakou i ka pohaku.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
9 Kaili lakou i ka mea makua ole mai ka u aku, A lawe lakou i ka aahu o ka ilihune i uku panei
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
10 Hoohele lakou i ka mea olohelohe me ke kapa ole, A lawe aku lakou i ka poa palaoa mai ka pololi;
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
11 Kaomi lakou i ka aila mawaena o ko lakou meu papohaku, Hahi lakou i na wahi kaomi waina, a makewai lakou.
Who make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12 Kunukunu na kanaka mai ke kulanakauhale aku, A o ka naau i houia ke kahea aku; Aole ke Akua i manao mai i ka mea lapuwale,
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
13 O lakou ka poe e kipi ana i ka malamalama, Aole lakou i ike i kona mau kuamoo, Aole lakou i nobo ma kona mau alanui.
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths.
14 I ka malamalama ala mai ka pepehi kanaka, A pepehi aku i ka poe ilihune a me ka poe nele, A i ka po ua like ia me ka aihue.
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
15 Ke kali ae la ka make o ka mea moe kolohe i ke ahiahi poeleele, I iho la, Aole e ike mai ka make ia'u; A kau i ka pale ma ka make.
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
16 I ka pouli wawahi lakou i na hale, I ke ao hoopaa lakou ia lakou iho iloko: Aole lakou i ike i ka malamalama.
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
17 No ka mea, o kakahiaka, ua like pu ia no lakou me ka malu make; Ina ikeia, ua kau mai na mea weliweli o ka malu make.
For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one knoweth them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
18 Ua like lakou me ka mea mama maluna o ka wai; Ua hoinoia ko lakou kuleana ma ka honua; Aole lakou e huli ae ma ke ala o na pawaina,
He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
19 Na ka maloo a me ka wela e hoopau aku i na wai o ka hau; Pela no ka po i ka poe hana hewa. (Sheol h7585)
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those who have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
20 E hoopoina ka opu ia ia; E ai wale ka ilo ia ia; Aole loa e hoomanaoia oia; A e haki ka mea hewa me he laau la.
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
21 Hookaumaha oia i ka mea pa hanau ole, Aole ia i hana maikai aku i ka wahinekanemake,
He wrongeth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
22 Lawe aku no ia i ka poe alii ma kona ikaika; A ka mai oia, aohe malu ke ola o kekahi.
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
23 Ina e haawiia none e maluhia, a e hilinai; Aka, o kona mau make aia maluna o ko lakou mau aoao.
Though it is given him to be in safety, on which he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
24 Ua hookiekieia lakou i ka wa pokole, Aka, oa ole lakou, a ua hoonalowaleia lakou; E like me na mea a pau, ua hoiia lakou, Ua okiia lakou e like me na piko huhui palaoa.
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all others, and cut off as the tops of the heads of grain.
25 Ina i ole pela ano, Owai la ka mea e hoike mai, he hoopunipuni ka'u, A e hoolilo i ka'u olelo i mea ole?
And if it is not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech of no worth?
