Job 17

Berean Standard Bible

Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)

1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.

1U A paupauaho au, ua hookiia kuu mau la, Ua makaukau na halelua no'u.

2Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.

2Aole anei he poe olelo hoino me au? A ke kau nei kuu maka ma ko lakou hoonaukiuki ana?

3Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?

3E waiho iho ano, e hana mai ia'u i malu me oe; Owai ka mea e pai i na lima me au.

4You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

4No ka mea, ua hoohuna oe i ka naauao mai ko lakou naau aku; Nolaila, aole oe e hookiekie ia lakou.

5If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.

5O ka mea e kumakaia i kona mau hoalauna no ka waiwai pio, E hoopauia na maka o kaua poe keiki.

6He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.

6Ua hooku mai oia ia'u i mea e olelo nane ia e na kanaka; A ua lilo au i mea hoopailua imua o lakou.

7My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.

7Ua ponalonalo kuu maka no ka uwe ana, A o kuu helehelena a pau ua like ia me ke aka.

8The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.

8E kahaha ka poe pono i keia, A e hooku e la mea hala ole i ka aia.

9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

9E hoomau no ka mea pono i kona aoao, A o ka mea lima maemae, e hoomahuahua aku ia i ka ikaika.

10But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.

10Aka, o oukou a pau, e hoi mai no, No ka mea, aole e loaa ia'u iwaena o oukou ka mea naauao.

11My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.

11Ua hala kuu mau la, ua okiia'ku kuu mau noonoo, O na manaolana o kuu naau.

12They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.

12Ua hoololi lakou i ka po i ao, O ka malamalama, ua pokole ia no ka pouli.

13If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

13Ina e kakali aku au, O ka luakupapau ko'u hale: Ua hohola aku au i kuu wahi moe ma ka pouli.

14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

14Ua kapa aku au i ka palaho, O oe ko'u makuakane, A i ka ilo, O oe ko'u makuwahine, a me ko'u kaikuwahine.

15where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?

15Auhea hoi kuu manaolana? A o ko'u manaolana, owai la ka mea e ike aku ia?

16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”

16E iho lakou i ua kaola o ka po, I ka wa e maha pu ana i ka lepo.

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