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 warfare to a mortal, upon earth? And, as the days of a hireling, are not his days?
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 bondman, panteth for the shadow, and as, a hireling, longeth for his wage,
3 Pela no e lilo mai ai ia'u na malama luuluu, A e loaa ia'u na po kaumaha.
So, have I been made to inherit months of calamity, and, nights of weariness, 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.
As soon as I lie down, I say, When shall I arise? yet he lengtheneth out the evening, and I am wearied with tossings until the breeze of twilight.
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 a coating of dust, My skin, hath hardened, and then run 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 they are spent, without hope.
7 E hoomanao oe, he makani kuu ola: Aole e ike hou ko'u maka i ka maikai.
Remember thou, that, a wind, is my life, not again shall mine eye see blessing:
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.
Nor shall see me—the eye that used to behold me, 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)
A cloud faileth, and is gone, So, he that descendeth to hades, shall not come up: (Sheol h7585)
10 Aole ia e hoi hou i kona hale, Aole hoi e ike hou kona wahi ia ia.
He shall not return again to his house, and his own place shall be acquainted with him no 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.
I also, cannot restrain my mouth, —I must speak, in the anguish of my spirit, I must find utterance, 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 shouldst set over me a watch?
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 help to carry 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, by visions, dost thou terrify me:
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, 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 am wasted away, Not, to times age-abiding, can I live, Let me alone, for, a breath, are my days.
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 a mortal, that thou shouldst nurture him? Or that thou shouldst fix upon him thy mind?
18 A i ike mai ai oe ia ia i kela kakahiaka keia kakahiaka, A i hoao mau mai ai oe ia ia?
That thou shouldst inspect him morning by morning, moment by moment, shouldst test him?
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? Wilt thou not let me alone, till I can swallow 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 can I do for thee, thou watcher of men? Wherefore hast thou set me as thine object of attack, or have I become, unto thee, a burden?
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 wilt thou not remove my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For, now, in the dust, should I lie down, and thou shouldst seek me diligently, and I should not be.
