Ioba 7
1 A OLE anei he kaua no ke kanaka ma ka honua? A like kona mau la me na la o ka mea hoolimalima?
Is there not a time of service to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
2 E like me ke kauwa i makemake nui i ka malu, A me ka hoolimalima i nana i ka uku o kana hana;
As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages;
3 Pela no e lilo mai ai ia'u na malama luuluu, A e loaa ia'u na po kaumaha.
So am I made to possess — months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4 A i ka wa i moe ai au ilalo, i iho no au, Ahea la au e ala'e iluna? Ahea la e hala'e ka po? Ua piha au i ka hiaa ana a hiki i ka wanaao.
When I lie down, I say: 'When shall I arise?' But the night is long, and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
5 Ua paapu ko'u kino i ka ilo a me ka papaa lepo; Ke ola mai nei kuu ili, alaila puha hou ae la.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh.
6 Ua oi ka mama o kuu mau la mamua o ka laau ulana lole, A holo aku me ke manaolana ole.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7 E hoomanao oe, he makani kuu ola: Aole e ike hou ko'u maka i ka maikai.
O remember that my life is a breath; mine eye shall no more see good.
8 O ka maka o ka mea i ike ia'u, aole ia e ike hou ia'u: Maluna o'u kou mau maka, a e ole auanei au.
The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; while Thine eyes are upon me, I am gone.
9 E like me ke ao e nalowale ana a e hele aku ana; Pela ka mea e iho ana i ka luakupapau, aole ia e ea hou ae iluna. (Sheol h7585)
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. (Sheol h7585)
10 Aole ia e hoi hou i kona hale, Aole hoi e ike hou kona wahi ia ia.
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
11 Nolaila aole au e hoopaa i kuu waha; E olelo aku au ma ka pilikia o kuu uhane; E ulono ana au no ka awaawa o kuu naau.
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 He kai anei au, a he ia nui, I hoonoho mai ai oe i ke kiai maluna o'u?
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that Thou settest a watch over me?
13 A i iho au, E hooluolu kuu wahi moe ia'u, E lawe aku kuu moe i ko'u ulono ana:
When I say: 'My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint';
14 Alaila hoomakau mai oe ia'u ma na moeuhane, A hooweliweli mai oe ia'u i na mea hihio.
Then Thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions;
15 Nolaila ke koho nei kuu naau i ke kaawe, A me ka make mamua o kuu ola ana.
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than these my bones.
16 Ke hoopailua nei au ia mea; aole au makemake e ola loa; E waiho mai ia'u; no ka mea, he hanu wale no kuu mau la.
I loathe it; I shall not live alway; let me alone; for my days are vanity.
17 Heaha la ke kanaka, i hoonui mai ai oe ia ia? A i kau mai ai oe i kou manao ia ia?
What is man, that Thou shouldest magnify him, and that Thou shouldest set Thy heart upon him,
18 A i ike mai ai oe ia ia i kela kakahiaka keia kakahiaka, A i hoao mau mai ai oe ia ia?
And that Thou shouldest remember him every morning, and try him every moment?
19 Pehea ka loihi o kou nana ole ana mai io'u aku nei, A kuu ole mai ia'u, a moni iho au i kuu kuha?
How long wilt Thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
20 Ua hana hewa au; heaha ka'u e hana aku ai ia oe, E ka Meakiai i na kanaka? No keaha la oe e hooku ae ia'u, i mea e hopu ai nou, I lilo ai hoi au i mea kaumaha no'u iho?
If I have sinned, what do I unto Thee, O Thou watcher of men? Why hast Thou set me as a mark for Thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
21 No keaha la oe i kala ole mai ai i kuu hala, A i lawe aku hoi i ko'u hewa? No ka mea, ano e moe auanei au i ka lepo; A e imi mai oe ia'u, aole hoi wau.
And why dost Thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; and Thou wilt seek me, but I shall not be.
