Ioba 30
1 A NO hoi, ua henehene mai ia'u ka poe opiopio ia'u, Ka poe nona na makuakane a'u i hoowahawaha ai, Aole e hoonoho pu me na ilio o ka'u poe hipi.
“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.
2 Oia hoi, o ka ikaika o ko lakou lima heaha ia ia'u, Ka mea i pau ka ikaika?
What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?
3 No ka ilihune a no ka pololi ua wiwi lakou; Holo lakou i ka waonahele, I ka po he mehameha a neoneo.
Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.
4 Uhuki lakou i ka maluha ma ka nahelehele, A me ke aa o ka laau iunipera i ai na lakou.
They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
5 Maiwaena mai o kanaka ua hookukeia'ku lakou; Kahea nui aku mahope o lakou e like me lakou i ka aihue;
They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves,
6 Maloko o na awawa weliweli e noho ai lakou, Maloko o na lua o ka honua a me na pohaku.
so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
7 Mawaena o ka nahelehele, me he hoki la lakou i uwe ai, Malalo o ka laau kuku lakou i hoakoakoa ai.
They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.
8 He poe keiki a kanaka lapuwale, He poe keiki a kanaka inoa ole; Ua hookukeia lakou mai ka aina aku.
A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.
9 Ano hoi, ua lilo au i mea e mele ai lakou; A ua lilo hoi au no lakou i mea e olelo nane ai.
And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
10 Ua hoopailua lakou ia'u, a holo mamao lakou mai o'u aku la, Aole lakou i uumi i ke kuha mai i kuu maka.
They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
11 No ka mea, ua kuu aku ia i kona kaulawaha, a ua hookaumaha mai ia'u; Ua kuu aku hoi lakou i ke kaulawaha imua o'u.
Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
12 Ma ka akau ku mai ka poe opio, a hoonee aku i kuu wawae, Hoouka ae lakou i na alanui no kuu make.
The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.
13 Ua hana ino lakou i kuu ala, Ua kokua lakou i kuu hina ana; Aohe o lakou kokua.
They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them.
14 Hele mai lakou me he poha nui mai la: Ma kahi nahae, hookaa mai la lakou maluna o'u.
They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.
15 Ua hiki mai na mea hooweliweli maluna o'u: Hoomaau lakou i kuu lokomaikai e like me ka makani; A me he ao la, ke hele aku nei kuu pomaikai.
Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
16 Ano hoi ua nininiia kuu uhane iloko o'u, Ua lalau mai na la kaumaha ia'u.
And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.
17 I ka po ua oia kuu mau iwi iloko o'u; Aole i maha kuu mau eha aai.
Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.
18 No ka ikaika loa o kuu mai, ua ano e kuu aahu; Ua puliki mai ia'u e like me ka a-i o kuu kapakomo.
With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.
19 Ua hoolei mai oia ia'u iloko o ka nenelu, A ua like au me ka lepo a me ka lehu.
He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
20 Ua uwe aku au ia oe, aole oe i hoolohe mai ia'u; A ku au iluna, aole oe i manao mai ia'u.
I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
21 Ua lilo oe i enemi no'u, Me ka ikaika o kou lima i hahai mai oe ia'u.
You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.
22 Ua kaikai oe ia'u, A hooholo no oe ia'u maluna o ka makani; Ua hooheehee mai hoi ia'u a hoomakau mai.
You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.
23 No ka mea, ua ike no au e hoihoi aku oe ia'u i ka make, A i ka hale e akoakoa ai ka poe a pau e ola ana.
Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
24 Aka, he mea ole ka pule, ke kikoo mai ia i kona lima, Ina e uwe lakou iloko o kona luku ana.
Yet no one stretches out his hand to a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.
25 Aole anei au i uwe i kona la pilikia? Aole anei i kaumaha ko'u naau no ka poe ilihune?
Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
26 I ka wa i kakali ai au i ka maikai, alaila hiki mai ka hewa; A ukali au i ka malamalama, alaila hiki mai ka pouli.
But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
27 Ua kupikio kuu opu, aohe malie iho; Ua hiki e mai ia'u na la popilikia.
I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.
28 Ke hele eleele nei au, aole nae i ka la: Ku no au iluna maloko o ka ahakanaka, a uwe aku au.
I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
29 Ua lilo au i hoahanau no na iliohae, A i hoalauna no na iana.
I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
30 Ua eleele kuu ili maluna o'u, A ua hoaia kuu mau iwi i ka wela.
My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
31 A ua lilo kuu lira no ke kanikau, A o kuu mea hookiokio no ka leo o ka poe e uwe ana.
My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.
