Ioba 34
1 A OLELO aku o Elihu, i aku la,
Moreover Elihu answered and said:
2 E hoolohe mai oukou ia'u, e ka poe akamai, E haliu mai i ka pepeiao ia'u, e ka poe ike:
Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
3 No ka mea, ke hoao nei ka pepeiao i na olelo, E like me ke kileo i hoao i ka ai.
For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.
4 E hoao kakou i ka hooponopono no kakou iho; E ike kakou iwaena o kakou i ka mea maikai.
Let us choose for us that which is right; let us know among ourselves what is good.
5 No ka mea, ua i mai o Ioba, Ua pono wau: A ua lawe aku ke Akua i kuu hoaponoia.
For Job hath said: 'I am righteous, and God hath taken away my right;
6 E hoopunipuni anei au i kuu pono? O kuu eha me ka hala ole, aole e hoolaia.
Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'
7 Owai ke kanaka e like me Ioba; Ka mea inu i ka olelo hoino me he wai la,
What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
8 Ka mea e hele pu ana me ka poe e hana ana i ka hewa, E hele ana hoi me na kanaka aia?
Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
9 No ka mea, ua i mai ia, Aohe o ke kanaka mea e pono ai, I kona launa pu ana me ke Akua.
For he hath said: 'It profiteth a man nothing that he should be in accord with God.'
10 Nolaila e hoolohe ia'u, e na kanaka naauao; Aole ke Akua e hana i ka hewa; Aole hoi ka Mea mana i ka pono ole:
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that He should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that He should commit iniquity.
11 No ka mea, ma ka hana a ke kanaka e ukuia mai ai oia, A e loaa i kela kanaka keia kanaka e like me kona aoao.
For the work of a man will He requite unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
12 He oiaio no, aole ke Akua e hana i ka hewa, Aole hoi ka Mea mana e hookahuli i ka pono.
Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
13 Owai ka i haawi ia ia i ka honua? A owai ka i hoonoho i ko ke ao nei a pau?
Who gave Him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?
14 Ina e kau ia i kona naau maluna o ke kanaka, A e lawe aku ia i kona uhane a me kona ea io na la;
If He set His heart upon man, if He gather unto Himself his spirit and his breath;
15 E make pu auanei na io a pau, A e hoi hou aku ke kanaka i ka lepo.
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return unto dust.
16 A ina he naauao kou, e hoolohe mai i keia; E haliu mai i ka leo o ka'u olelo.
If now thou hast understanding, hear this; hearken to the voice of my words.
17 E alii anei ka mea hoowahawaha i ka pono? A e hoahewa anei oe i ka mea pono loa?
Shall even one that hateth right govern? And wilt thou condemn Him that is just and mighty —
18 He pono anei e olelo i ke alii, He hewa kou? A i na'lii, He pono ole oukou?
Is it fit to say to a king: 'Thou art base'? Or to nobles: 'Ye are wicked'? —
19 Pehea hoi ka mea maliu ole mai i ko na'lii, Aole hoi ia i manao i ka mea waiwai mamua o ka ilihune? No ka mea, o lakou, a pau ka hana a kona lima.
That respecteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.
20 E make koke no lakou, Iwaena o ka po e haalulu na kanaka, a e nalo aku; A e laweia'ku ka poe ikaika, me ka lima ole.
In a moment they die, even at midnight; the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand.
21 No ka mea, aia no kona mau maka maluna o na aoao o ke kanaka, A ua nana no i kona mau kapuwai a pau.
For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, and He seeth all his goings.
22 Aohe pouli, aohe malu make, Kahi e pee ai ka poe e hana ana i ka hewa.
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23 No ka mea, aole ia e noonoo nui i ka ke kanaka, E kai aku ia ia imua o ke Akua ma ka hookolokolo ana.
For He doth not appoint a time unto any man, when he should go before God in judgment.
24 E ulupa oia i na'lii me ka noonoo ole, A e hooku i na mea e ae ma ko lakou hakahaka.
He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquisition, and setteth others in their stead.
25 Nolaila, ua ike no ia i ka lakou mau hana, A e hookahuli oia ia lakou i ka po, a e hehiia lakou ilalo.
Therefore He taketh knowledge of their works; and He overturneth them in the night, so that they are crushed.
26 Hoopai no ia ia lakou, no ka mea, ua hewa lakou, Ma kahi o ka poe e nana mai ana;
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
27 No ka mea, ua huli ae lakou mai ona aku la, Aole lakou i noonoo i kona mau aoao a pau.
Because they turned aside from following Him, and would not have regard to any of His ways;
28 Nolaila, e hele ka uwe ana o ka mea hune io na la, A ua hoolohe ia i ka uwe ana o ka poe i hooluhiia.
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto Him, and He heareth the cry of the afflicted.
29 A haawi mai ia i ka maha, owai hoi ke hoopilikia mai? A huna oia i kona maka, owai ke ike aku ia ia? Pela no ka lahuikanaka a me ke kanaka hookahi:
When He giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hideth His face, who then can behold Him? whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man, alike;
30 I alii ole ai ke kanaka aia, O hihia auanei na kanaka.
That the godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people.
31 He pono no e olelo aku oe i ke Akua, Ua hoopaiia wau, aole au e hana hewa hou aku.
For hath any said unto God: 'I have borne chastisement, though I offend not;
32 O ka mea a'u i ike ole ai kau e ao mai ai ia'u; Ina ua hana au i ka hewa, aole au e hana hou.
That which I see not teach Thou me; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?
33 Ma kou manao anei kana e uku mai ai, no kou hoole ana, Nau no e koho, aole na'u? Nolaila o ka mea au i ike ai, e olelo mai oe.
Shall His recompense be as thou wilt? For thou loathest it, so that thou must choose, and not I; therefore speak what thou knowest.
34 O na kanaka naauao e olelo mai ia'u, A me ke kanaka akamai e hoolohe mai ia'u.
Men of understanding will say unto me, yea, every wise man that heareth me:
35 Ua olelo mai o Ioba me ka ike ole, A o kana mau olelo, aole me ka naauao.
'Job speaketh without knowledge, and his words are without discernment.'
36 O kuu makemake, e hoaoia o Ioba a i ka hopena, No kana mau olelo e like me ka na kanaka hewa.
Would that Job were tried unto the end, because of his answering like wicked men.
37 No ka mea, ua hookui aku ia i ka lawehala me kona hewa, Iwaena o kakou ua pai i kona lima, A ua hoonui i kana mau olelo ku e i ke Akua.
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
