Job 23

Berean Standard Bible

Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)

1Then Job answered:

1A LAILA olelo mai la o loba, i mai la,

2“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

2I keia la hoi ua awaawa kuu ulono ana; Ua oi ke kaumaha o ka lima maluna o'u mamua o kuu kanikau ana.

3If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.

3Ina paha e ike au i kahi e loaa'i ia'u ia, E hele aku auanei au a kona wahi!

4I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

4E hooponopono aku au imua ona i ko'u, A e hoopiha i ko'u waha i ka olelo hoakaka,

5I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

5E ike au i na olelo ana e pane mai ai ia'u, A e manao i ka mea ana e olelo mai ai ia'u.

6Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

6E paio anei ia me au me kona mana nui? Aole, aka, e manao mai no ia ia'u.

7Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

7Malaila e paio ka mea pono me ia; A e hoopakele loa ia au mai kuu lunakanawai aku,

8If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

8Aia hoi, hele aku au ma ka hikina, aole ia malaila; A ma ke komohana, aole au e ike ia ia:

9When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.

9Ma ke kukuluakau, kahi ana i hana ai, aole au e nana ia ia; Ua hunaia oia ma ke kukuluhema, aka, aole au e ike ia ia:

10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

10No ka mea, ua ike no ia i ka aoao iloko o'u; Ke hoao nei ia ia'u, a e puka aku auanei au, me he gula la.

11My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.

11Ua hoopaa ko'u wawae i kona hele ana, Ua malama au i kona aoao, aole au i haalele.

12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

12Mai ke kauoha o kona mau lehelehe aku, aole au i hele; Ua malama au i na olelo a kona waha mamua o kuu haawina ai.

13But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

13Aka, oia ka mea hookahi, a owai ke hoohuli ia ia? A o ka mea a kona naau e makemake ai, oia kana e hana'i

14For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.

14No ka mea, ua hana mai ia i ka mea i hoopaaia no'u: A nui na mea ia ia e like me ia.

15Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.

15Nolaila, ua haalulu au imua o kona alo; Noonoo iho la au, a makau ia ia.

16God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

16Ke hoomakau mai nei ke Akua i kuu naau, A ke hooweliweli mai nei ka Mea mana ia'u;

17Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

17No ka mea, aole i okiia aku au imua o ka pouli, Aole hoi i huna mai ia i ka pouli mai kuu maka aku.

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