Ioba 40
1 OLELO mai hoi o Iehova ia Ioba, i mai la,
Then Yahweh said to Job,
2 O ka mea hoopaapaa i ka Mea mana, e ao mai anei ia ia ia? O ka mea e ao mai i ke Akua, nana no e ekemu mai.
“Do you still want to argue with me, the Almighty One? Since you criticize me, (you should be able to answer my questions!/why are you not able to answer my questions?) [RHQ]”
3 Alaila, olelo aku o Ioba ia Iehova, i aku la,
Then Job replied to Yahweh,
4 Aia hoi, ua inoino wau; Heaha ka'u e ekemu aku ai ia oe? E kau aku au i kuu lima maluna o kuu waha.
“[Now I realize that] I am completely worthless. So (how could I answer [those questions]?/I could not possibly answer [those questions]!) [RHQ] I will put my hand over my mouth [and not say anything].
5 Hookahi ka'u olelo ana, aka, aole au e ekemu hou; A elua hoi, aka, aole au e olelo hou aku.
I have already said more than I should have said, so now I will say nothing more.”
6 Alaila olelo mai o Iehova ia Ioba mailoko mai o ka puahiohio, i mai la,
Then Yahweh [again] spoke to Job from inside the great windstorm. He said,
7 E kakoo oe ano, me he kanaka la, i kou puhaka: E ninau aku au ia oe, a hoike mai oe ia'u.
“I want to ask you some [more] questions. So as men prepare themselves for a difficult task [MET], prepare yourself again to answer some [more] questions.
8 E hoole anei hoi oe i ko'u pono? E hoahewa anei oe ia'u, i hoaponoia'i oe?
“Are you going to accuse me and say that I am unjust? Are you going to say that what I have done is wrong, in order that you can say that what you have done is right?
9 He lima anei kou e like me ko ke Akua? E hiki anei ia oe ke hoohekili me ka leo e like me kona?
Are you as powerful [MTY] as I am? Can your voice sound [as loud] as thunder, as mine can?
10 E hoonani oe ano ia oe iho me ka hanohano a me ko kiekie; E hoaalu hoi ia oe iho i ka nani a me ka mahalo.
[If you can do that], put on the robes that show that you are glorious and are greatly honored!
11 E hookuu aku oe i kou huhu ikaika: A nana aku i ka mea kiekie a pau, a hoohaahaa ia ia.
Show that you are very angry; show that you have the right/authority to humble people who are [very] proud!
12 E nana aku i ka mea haaheo a pau, a e hookulou ia ia; A e hehi iho ilalo i ka poe hewa ma ko lakou wahi.
Humble those proud people [just] by looking at them [angrily] Crush wicked people quickly!
13 E hoonalo pu ia lakou iloko o ka lepo; E uhi i ko lakou maka i ka pouli.
Bury them in the ground! Send them to the place where dead people are, where they will not be able to get out!
14 Alaila e hooia aku au ia oe, E hiki no i kou lima akau ke hoola ia oe iho.
After you do that, I will congratulate/praise you and say that [truly] you can save yourself by your own ability/power.
15 E nana ano i ka behemo, ka mea a'u i hana'i me oe; Ua ai no ia i ka weuweu e like me ka bipi.
“Think [also] about the huge animals that live near the water. I made you, and I made them also. They eat grass, like oxen do.
16 Aia hoi, ano, o kona ikaika ma kona puhaka, O kona mana hoi ma na wahi paa o kona opu.
Their legs/thighs are [very] strong, and the muscles of their bellies are [very] powerful.
17 Ua kunini no ia i kona huelo me he laau kedera la, O na olona o kona uha ua ulana pu ia.
Their tails are stiff (OR, bend down) like the branches of a cedar tree. The sinews/muscles of their thighs are close together.
18 O kona mau iwi me na auka keleawe, O kona mau iwi, ua like me na auka hao.
Their [thigh] bones are [like] tubes [made] of bronze, and the bones of their legs are like bars [made] of iron.
19 Oia ke pookela o na hana a ke Akua! O ka mea nana ia i hana, haawi no ia i pahikaua nana.
They are among the strongest of the animals that I made, and I, who created them, am the only one who can kill them.
20 Ua hoohua mai na mauna i ka ai nana, A malaila na holoholona a pau o ke kula i paani ai.
On the hills grows food [PRS] for them to eat while many [HYP] other wild animals play nearby.
21 Moe iho no ia malalo o na laau malu, Maloko o kahi nalo o ka ohe a me ke kiolepo.
They lie down [in the water] under the lotus plants; they hide in [tall] reeds in the swamps.
22 Uhi iho la na laau malu ia ia me ko lakou malu; A puni mai ia ia na wilou o ke kahawai.
Those huge animals find shade under the lotus plants, and they are surrounded by poplar trees.
23 Aia hoi, huai mai ka muliwai, aole ia i holo aku, Noho malie no ia i ka wa i huai mai ai o Ioredane i kona waha.
They are not disturbed by raging/swiftly-flowing rivers; they are not even disturbed/frightened when [rivers like the] Jordan [River] rush over them.
24 Imua o kona mau maka e hopu anei kekahi ia ia? A e hoopuka aku i kona ihu i ka lou?
No one can [RHQ] catch them by blinding their eyes or by piercing their noses with [the teeth of] a trap!”
