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 an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of an 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 earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work:
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, and the night be gone? 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 is broken, and become loathsome.
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] wind: 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 hath seen me shall see me no [more: ] thine eyes [are] upon me, and I [am] not.
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 whale, 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 my life.
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 would 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 thine 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 visit 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 depart 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?
I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against 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 sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].
