Ioba 9
1 A LAILA olelo mai la o Ioba, i mai la,
Then Job answered and said,
2 Ua ike no au, he oiaio no: A, pehea la e hoaponoia'i ke kanaka imua o ke Akua?
I know of a truth that it is so: for how shall a mortal man be just before the Lord?
3 Ina makemake oia e hoopaapaa me ia, Aole e hiki ke hoapono imua ona i kekahi hapa tausani.
For if he would enter into judgment with him, [God] would not listen to him, so that he should answer to one of his charges of a thousand.
4 He akamai ia ma ka naau, a ua nui ka ikaika: Owai la ka mea hoopaakiki ku e ia ia, a ua pomaikai?
For he is wise in mind, and mighty, and great: who has hardened himself against him and endured?
5 Oia ka mea hoonee aku i na mauna, aole lakou i ike; Ka mea hoohiolo ia lakou ma kona inaina;
Who wears out the mountains, and [men] know it not: who overturns them in anger.
6 Ka mea hoonaue i ka honua mai kona wahi aku, A haalulu kona mau kukulu;
Who shakes the [earth] under heaven from its foundations, and its pillars totter.
7 Ka mea olelo aku i ka la, aole ia i puka mai, A hoopaa aku hoi ia i na hoku;
Who commands the sun, and it rises not; and he seals up the stars.
8 O ka mea wale no nana i hohola na lani, A hele hoi maluna o na ale kiekie o ke kai;
Who alone has stretched out the heavens, and walks on the sea as on firm ground.
9 O ka mea nana i hana o Uresa nui, me Oriona, A me Peleiade, a me ke kukuluhema loa aku;
Who makes Pleias, and Hesperus, and Arcturus, and the chambers 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.
Who does great and unsearchable things; glorious also and excellent things, innumerable.
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 ever he should go beyond me, I shall not see him: if he should pass by me, neither thus have I known [it].
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 would take away, who shall turn him back? or who shall say to him, What have you done?
13 I hoopau ole ae ke Akua i kona inaina, Kulou iho na kokua haaheo malalo ona.
For [if] he has turned away [his] anger, the whales under heaven have stooped under him.
14 Pehea la hoi wau e olelo aku ai ia ia, A e wae ae i na huaolelo imua ona?
Oh then that he would listen to me, or judge my cause.
15 Ina he pono ko'u, aole au e olelo aku ia ia, E nonoi aku no wau i kuu lunakanawai.
For though I be righteous, he will not listen to me: I will entreat his judgment.
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 I should call and he should not listen, I can’t believe that he has listened to my voice.
17 O ka mea e ulupa mai ia'u me ka ino, A hoonui wale mai ia i ko'u mau palapu.
Let him not crush me with a dark storm: but he has made by bruises many 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.
For he suffers me not to take breath, but he has filled 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?
For indeed he is strong in power: who then shall resist his judgment?
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.
For though I should seem righteous, my mouth will be profane: and though I should seem blameless, I shall be proved perverse.
21 Ina ua hala ole au, aole hoi au e ike i kuu uhane: E hoowahawaha no au i kuu ola.
For even if I have sinned, I know it not [in] my soul: but my life is taken away.
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.
Therefore I said, Wrath slays the great and mighty man.
23 Ina e pepehi koke mai ka mea uhau, E akaaka mai no ia i ka eha ana o ka poe hala ole.
For the worthless die, but the righteous are laughed to scorn.
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?
For they are delivered into the hands of the unrighteous [man]: he covers the faces of the judges [of the earth]: but if it be not he, 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.
But my life is swifter than a post: [my days] have fled away, and they knew it not.
26 Ua hala aku la lakou e like me na moku holo: E like me ka aeto e lele ana i ka mea ai.
Or again, is there a trace of [their] path [left] by ships? or is there one of the flying eagle as it seeks [its] prey?
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;
And if I should say, I will forget to speak, I will bow down my face and groan;
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 quake in all my limbs, for I know that you will not leave me alone [as] innocent.
29 Ina ua hewa au, No ke aha la hoi wau e luhi make hewa nei?
But since I am ungodly, why have I not died?
30 Ina e holoi au ia'u iho i ka wai hau, A e hoomaemae au i kuu mau lima i ka sopa;
For if I should wash myself with snow, and purge myself with pure hands,
31 Alaila, e kiola iho oe ia'u iloko o ka lua lepo, A e hoopailua ko'u mau kapa ia'u.
you had thoroughly plunged me in filth, and my garment had abhorred 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 you are not man like me, with whom I could contend, that we might come together to judgment.
33 Aole hoi he mea nana e uwao iwaena o maua, I kau mai ai ia i kona lima maluna o maua elua.
Would that [he] our mediator were [present], and a reprover, and one who should hear [the cause] between both.
34 E lawe aku ia i kona kookoo mai o'u aku nei, A mai hooweliweli mai kona makau ia'u.
Let him remove [his] rod from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
35 Alaila e olelo aku au, aole hoi wau e makau ia ia, Aka, aole pela wau ia'u iho.
so shall I not be afraid, but I will speak: for I am not thus conscious [of guilt].
