Ioba 35
1 OLELO aku la hoi o Elihu, i aku la,
Then Elihu continued, saying,
2 Ke manao nei oe he pono keia, O kau i olelo mai, O ko'u pono, ua oi mamua o ko ke Akua?
“Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God?
3 No ka mea, ua ninau mai oe, Heaha ka pono no'u? Heaha hoi ko'u pomaikai no kuu hewa ole ana?
And you ask, ‘What benefit do I get? What good has it done me by not sinning?’
4 Owau ke hoihoi aku ia olelo iou la, A i kou mau hoalauna me oe.
I'll tell you, and your friends too!
5 E nana ae oe i ka lani, a ike; A e nana i na ao, ua kiekie lakou mamua ou.
Just look up at the sky and see. Observe the clouds high above you.
6 Ina e hana hewa oe, heaha kau hana ia ia? Ina e hoonuiia kou mau hala, heaha kau e hana'i nana?
If you sin, how does that harm God? How do your many sins affect God?
7 Ina ua pono oe, heaha kau e haawi aku ai ia ia? Heaha kana e loaa'i mai kou lima aku?
If you do what's right, what good are you doing for him?
8 No ke kanaka e like me oe kou hala, A no ke keiki a ke kanaka kou pono.
No—your sins only affect people like yourself, and whatever good you do only affects them too.
9 Ke uwe ae nei ka poe kaumaha no ka hooluhiia; I uwe lakou no ka lima o na mea koikoi.
People cry out because of terrible persecution; they call for someone to save them from their oppressors.
10 Aka, aole e i mai kekahi, Auhea ke Akua nana au i hana, Ka mea i haawi mai i na mele olioli i ka po;
But no one asks, ‘Where is the God my maker, the one who gives songs in the night,
11 O ka mea i ao mai ia kakou mamua o na holoholona o ka honua, A ua hoonaauao oia ia kakou mamua o na manu o ka lewa?
who teaches us more than the animals, and makes us wiser than the birds?’
12 Malaila lakou e uwe ai, aole mea i ekemu mai, No ka haaheo o ka poe hewa.
When they call out for help, God doesn't answer because they are proud and evil people.
13 He oiaio, aole ke Akua e hoolohe mai i ka mea wahahee, Aole ka Mea mana e maliu mai ia.
God doesn't listen to their empty cries; the Almighty doesn't pay them any attention.
14 Ina paha e olelo oe, aole oe i ike ia ia, Imua ona ka hooponopono, nolaila e kali aku oe ia ia.
How much less will God hear you when you say he can't see you? Your case is before him, so you have to wait for him.
15 Ano hoi, he mea ole ka hoopai ana o kona inaina, Aole ia e haka pono mai i na hewa;
You're saying that God doesn't punish people in his anger and pays little attention to sin.
16 Nolaila i oaka hewa mai ai ko Ioba waha, He hoonui olelo kana me ko ike ole.
You, Job, are talking nonsense, making long speeches when you know nothing!”
