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 not the life of man upon earth a state of trial? and his existence as that of a hireling by the day?

2 E like me ke kauwa i makemake nui i ka malu, A me ka hoolimalima i nana i ka uku o kana hana;

Or as a servant that fears his master, and one who has grasped a shadow? or as a hireling waiting for his pay?

3 Pela no e lilo mai ai ia'u na malama luuluu, A e loaa ia'u na po kaumaha.

So have I also endured months of vanity, and nights of pain have been appointed 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.

Whenever I lie down, I say, When [will it be] day? and whenever I rise up, again [I say] when [will it be] evening? and I am full of pains from evening to morning.

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.

And my body is covered with loathsome worms; and I waste away, scraping off clods of dust from my eruption.

6 Ua oi ka mama o kuu mau la mamua o ka laau ulana lole, A holo aku me ke manaolana ole.

And my life is lighter than a word, and has perished in vain hope.

7 E hoomanao oe, he makani kuu ola: Aole e ike hou ko'u maka i ka maikai.

Remember then that my life is breath, and mine eye shall not yet again 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 sees me shall not see me [again]: your eyes are upon me, and I am no more.

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)

[I am] as a cloud that is cleared away from the sky: for if a man go down to the grave, he shall not come up again: (Sheol h7585)

10 Aole ia e hoi hou i kona hale, Aole hoi e ike hou kona wahi ia ia.

and he shall surely not return to his own 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.

Then neither will I refrain my mouth: I will speak being in distress; being in anguish I will disclose 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 serpent, that you have set 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:

I said that my bed should comfort me, and I would privately counsel with myself on my couch.

14 Alaila hoomakau mai oe ia'u ma na moeuhane, A hooweliweli mai oe ia'u i na mea hihio.

You scare me with dreams, and do terrify me with visions.

15 Nolaila ke koho nei kuu naau i ke kaawe, A me ka make mamua o kuu ola ana.

You will separate life from my spirit; and yet [keep] my bones from death.

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.

For I shall not live for ever, that I should patiently endure: depart from me, for my life [is] vain.

17 Heaha la ke kanaka, i hoonui mai ai oe ia ia? A i kau mai ai oe i kou manao ia ia?

For what is man, that you have magnified him? or that you give heed to him?

18 A i ike mai ai oe ia ia i kela kakahiaka keia kakahiaka, A i hoao mau mai ai oe ia ia?

Will you visit him till the morning, and judge him till [the time of] rest?

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 do you not let me alone, nor let me go, until I shall 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 shall I be able to do, O you that understand the mind of men? why have you made me as your accuser, and [why] am I a burden to you?

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.

Why have you not forgotten my iniquity, and purged my sin? but now I shall depart to the earth; and in the morning I am no more.