Ioba 4
1 A LAILA pane mai la o Elipaza no Temana, i mai la,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 A i hoao makou e kamailio pu me oe, e uluhua anei oe? Aka, owai la ka mea hiki ke uumi i ka olelo?
If anyone tries to speak with you, will you be impatient? But who can stop himself from speaking?
3 Aia hoi; ua ao aku oe i na mea he nui, A ua hooikaika oe i na lima nawaliwali.
See, you have instructed many; you have strengthened weak hands.
4 Ua kukulu iluna kau olelo i ka mea e hina ana, A ua hookupaa oe i na kuli e hemo ana.
Your words have supported him who was falling; you have made feeble knees firm.
5 Ano hoi, ua hiki mai ia maluna ou, a ua maule oe, Ua hoopa mai ia ia oe, a ua popilikia oe.
But now trouble has come to you, and you are weary; it touches you, and you are troubled.
6 Aole anei keia kou makau, a me kou manaolana, O kou mea i kuko ai, a me ka pololei o kou mau aoao?
Is not your fear your confidence, and the integrity of your ways your hope?
7 Ke noi aku nei au, e hoomanao oe, owai ka mea hala ole i make wale? Auhea hoi ka poe pono i hookiia'ku?
Think about this, please: Who has ever perished when innocent? Or when were the upright people ever cut off?
8 E like me ka'u i ike ai, O na mea i waele ino, a mahi hewa, ohi no lakou ia mea hookahi.
According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap it.
9 Ma ka ha ana o ke Akua ua make lakou, A ma ka hanu o kona mau puka ihu ua hoopauia lakou.
By the breath of God they perish; by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
10 O ka uwo ana o ka liona, o ka leo o ka liona hae, A o na niho o na liona hou, ua haki.
The roaring of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions—they are broken.
11 O ka liona, ua make ia no ka nele o ka mea pio, A o na keiki o ka liona wahine, ua hele liilii lakou.
The old lion perishes for lack of victims; the cubs of the lioness are scattered everywhere.
12 Ua lawe malu ia mai kekahi olelo ia'u, A ua loaa i kuu pepeiao ka lohe iki o ia mea.
Now a certain matter was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper about it.
13 Iloko o na manao ma na moeuhane i ka po, I ka manawa i pauhia ai na kanaka i ka hiamoe,
Then came thoughts from visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on people.
14 Hiki mai ka makau ia'u a me ka haalulu, A hoohaalulu mai ia i ka nui o ko'u mau iwi.
It was at night when fear and trembling came upon me, and all my bones shook.
15 Alaila maale ae la he uhane imua o ko'u maka; Ku iho la iluna ka hulu o ko'u io:
Then a spirit passed before my face, and the hair of my flesh stood up.
16 Ku malie iho la ia, aole au i ike i kona ano; He kii imua o kou mau maka, He makani uuku, a he leo ka'u i lohe:
The spirit stood still, but I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, and I heard a voice that said,
17 E oi anei ka pono o ke kanaka mamua o ko ke Akua? He oi anei ka maemae o ke kanaka mamua o ka Mea nana ia i hana?
“Can a mortal man be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
18 Aia hoi, aole ia i hilinai i kana poe kauwa, A hooili no ia i ka hewa maluna o kona poe anela:
See, if God puts no trust in his servants; if he accuses his angels of folly,
19 Heaha la hoi ka poe e noho ana i na hale lepo, Ha ka lepo ko lakou hookumu ana, ua ulupaia lakou imua o ka mu?
how much more is this true of those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed sooner than a moth?
20 Ua lukuia lakou mai kakahiaka a ke ahiahi: Ua make loa lakou, aohe mea nana i manao.
Between morning and evening they are destroyed; they perish forever without anyone noticing them.
21 Aole anei e nalo wale aku ko lakou maikai ana? Make no lakou me ka naauao ole.
Are not their tent cords plucked up among them? They die; they die without wisdom.
