Ioba 9
1 A LAILA olelo mai la o Ioba, i mai la,
And Job, responding, said:
2 Ua ike no au, he oiaio no: A, pehea la e hoaponoia'i ke kanaka imua o ke Akua?
Truly, I know that it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with God.
3 Ina makemake oia e hoopaapaa me ia, Aole e hiki ke hoapono imua ona i kekahi hapa tausani.
If he chooses to contend with him, he is not able to respond to him once out of a thousand times.
4 He akamai ia ma ka naau, a ua nui ka ikaika: Owai la ka mea hoopaakiki ku e ia ia, a ua pomaikai?
He is understanding in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and yet had peace?
5 Oia ka mea hoonee aku i na mauna, aole lakou i ike; Ka mea hoohiolo ia lakou ma kona inaina;
He has moved mountains, and those whom he overthrew in his fury did not know it.
6 Ka mea hoonaue i ka honua mai kona wahi aku, A haalulu kona mau kukulu;
He shakes the earth out of its place and its pillars tremble.
7 Ka mea olelo aku i ka la, aole ia i puka mai, A hoopaa aku hoi ia i na hoku;
He commands the sun and it does not rise, and he closes the stars as if under a seal.
8 O ka mea wale no nana i hohola na lani, A hele hoi maluna o na ale kiekie o ke kai;
He alone extends the heavens, and he walks upon the waves of the sea.
9 O ka mea nana i hana o Uresa nui, me Oriona, A me Peleiade, a me ke kukuluhema loa aku;
He fashions Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the interior of the south.
10 O ka mea i hana i na mea nui hiki ole ke huliia; A me na mea kupanaha hiki ole ke heluia.
He accomplishes great and incomprehensible and miraculous things, which cannot be numbered.
11 Aia hoi, maalo ae ia ma o'u nei, aole au i ike: Hele mai hoi oia, aka, aole au i hoomaopopo ia ia.
If he approaches me, I will not see him; if he departs, I will not understand.
12 Aia hoi, lawe wale aku no ia, owai la ke pale aku ia ia? Owai la ka mea e olelo aku ia ia, Heaha kau e hana nei?
If he suddenly should question, who will answer him? Or who can say, “Why did you do so?”
13 I hoopau ole ae ke Akua i kona inaina, Kulou iho na kokua haaheo malalo ona.
God, whose wrath no one is able to resist, and under whom they bend who carry the world,
14 Pehea la hoi wau e olelo aku ai ia ia, A e wae ae i na huaolelo imua ona?
what am I then, that I should answer him and exchange words with him?
15 Ina he pono ko'u, aole au e olelo aku ia ia, E nonoi aku no wau i kuu lunakanawai.
And if I now have any justice, I will not respond, but will beseech my judge.
16 Ina ua kahea aku au, a ua lohe mai kela; Aole au e hooiaio, na hoolohe mai ia i ko'u leo.
And if he should listen to me when I call, I would not believe that he had heard my voice.
17 O ka mea e ulupa mai ia'u me ka ino, A hoonui wale mai ia i ko'u mau palapu.
For he will crush me in a whirlwind and multiply my wounds, even without cause.
18 Aole ia e ae mai ia'u e hanu i kuu hanu, Aka, hoopiha mai no ia ia'u i na mea awaawa.
He does not permit my spirit to rest, and he fills me with bitterness.
19 Ina [e olelo iho au] no ka ikaika, aia hoi, oia ka ikaika: A ina no ka hooponopono ana, Owai la ke hai mai i ka manawa?
If strength is sought, he is most strong; if equity in judgment, no one would dare to give testimony for me.
20 Ina owau e hoapono ia'u iho, hoohewa mai kuu waha ia'u; Ina [olelo iho au, ] Ua hala ole, ina ua hookahuli mai ia ia'u.
If I wanted to justify myself, my own mouth will condemn me; if I would reveal my innocence, he would prove me depraved.
21 Ina ua hala ole au, aole hoi au e ike i kuu uhane: E hoowahawaha no au i kuu ola.
And if I now became simple, my soul would be ignorant even of this, and my life would weary me.
22 Ua hookahi no ia, nolaila e olelo aku au, Ke luku nei no ia i ka mea hala ole a me ka mea hewa.
There is one thing that I have said: both the innocent and the impious he consumes.
23 Ina e pepehi koke mai ka mea uhau, E akaaka mai no ia i ka eha ana o ka poe hala ole.
If he scourges, let him kill all at once, and not laugh at the punishment of the innocent.
24 Ua haawiia'ku ka honua iloko o ka lima o ka poe hewa: Ua uhi mai ia i na maka o kona mau lunakanawai; A i ole ia, auhea la, owai la hoi oia?
Since the earth has been given into the hand of the impious, he covers the face of its judges; for if it is not him, then who is it?
25 Ua oi ka mama o kuu mau la mamua o ka mea holo: Ke holo ae nei lakou, Ke ike ole nei lakou i ka maikai.
My days have been swifter than a messenger; they have fled and have not seen goodness.
26 Ua hala aku la lakou e like me na moku holo: E like me ka aeto e lele ana i ka mea ai.
They have passed by like ships carrying fruits, just like an eagle flying to food.
27 Ina olelo iho au, e hoopoina no wau i kuu kanikau ana, E waiho aku au i kuu maka kaumaha, a e hooluolu ia'u iho;
If I say: “By no means will I speak this way.” I change my face and I am tortured with sorrow.
28 Makau iho la au i kuu mea ehaeha a pau, Ua ike au, aole oe e hoapono mai ia'u, he hala ole.
I have dreaded all my works, knowing that you did not spare the offender.
29 Ina ua hewa au, No ke aha la hoi wau e luhi make hewa nei?
Yet, if I am also just as impious, why have I labored in vain?
30 Ina e holoi au ia'u iho i ka wai hau, A e hoomaemae au i kuu mau lima i ka sopa;
If I had been washed with snow-like waters, and my hands were shining like the cleanest thing,
31 Alaila, e kiola iho oe ia'u iloko o ka lua lepo, A e hoopailua ko'u mau kapa ia'u.
yet you would plunge me in filth, and my own garments would abhor me.
32 No ka mea, aole ia he kanaka e like me au, e paio aku ai au ia ia, A halawai maua i ka hookolokolo ana.
For even I would not answer a man who were like myself, nor one who could be heard with me equally in judgment.
33 Aole hoi he mea nana e uwao iwaena o maua, I kau mai ai ia i kona lima maluna o maua elua.
There is no one who could both prevail in argument and in placing his hand between the two.
34 E lawe aku ia i kona kookoo mai o'u aku nei, A mai hooweliweli mai kona makau ia'u.
Let him take his staff away from me, and let not the fear of him terrify me.
35 Alaila e olelo aku au, aole hoi wau e makau ia ia, Aka, aole pela wau ia'u iho.
I will speak and I will not fear him, for in fearfulness I am not able to respond.
