Ioba 35

1 OLELO aku la hoi o Elihu, i aku la,

And Elihu answereth and saith: —

2 Ke manao nei oe he pono keia, O kau i olelo mai, O ko'u pono, ua oi mamua o ko ke Akua?

This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — 'My righteousness [is] more than God's?'

3 No ka mea, ua ninau mai oe, Heaha ka pono no'u? Heaha hoi ko'u pomaikai no kuu hewa ole ana?

For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

4 Owau ke hoihoi aku ia olelo iou la, A i kou mau hoalauna me oe.

I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

5 E nana ae oe i ka lani, a ike; A e nana i na ao, ua kiekie lakou mamua ou.

Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

6 Ina e hana hewa oe, heaha kau hana ia ia? Ina e hoonuiia kou mau hala, heaha kau e hana'i nana?

If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

7 Ina ua pono oe, heaha kau e haawi aku ai ia ia? Heaha kana e loaa'i mai kou lima aku?

If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

8 No ke kanaka e like me oe kou hala, A no ke keiki a ke kanaka kou pono.

For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

9 Ke uwe ae nei ka poe kaumaha no ka hooluhiia; I uwe lakou no ka lima o na mea koikoi.

Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

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;

And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving 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?

Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'

12 Malaila lakou e uwe ai, aole mea i ekemu mai, No ka haaheo o ka poe hewa.

There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

13 He oiaio, aole ke Akua e hoolohe mai i ka mea wahahee, Aole ka Mea mana e maliu mai ia.

Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

14 Ina paha e olelo oe, aole oe i ike ia ia, Imua ona ka hooponopono, nolaila e kali aku oe ia ia.

Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.

15 Ano hoi, he mea ole ka hoopai ana o kona inaina, Aole ia e haka pono mai i na hewa;

And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.

16 Nolaila i oaka hewa mai ai ko Ioba waha, He hoonui olelo kana me ko ike ole.

And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.