Ioba 17
Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1U A paupauaho au, ua hookiia kuu mau la, Ua makaukau na halelua no'u.
1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.
2Aole anei he poe olelo hoino me au? A ke kau nei kuu maka ma ko lakou hoonaukiuki ana?
2Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.
3E waiho iho ano, e hana mai ia'u i malu me oe; Owai ka mea e pai i na lima me au.
3Give now a pledge, be surety for me with Thyself; who else is there that will strike hands with me?
4No ka mea, ua hoohuna oe i ka naauao mai ko lakou naau aku; Nolaila, aole oe e hookiekie ia lakou.
4For Thou hast hid their heart from understanding; therefore shalt Thou not exalt them.
5O ka mea e kumakaia i kona mau hoalauna no ka waiwai pio, E hoopauia na maka o kaua poe keiki.
5He that denounceth his friends for the sake of flattery, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
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.
6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become one in whose face they spit.
7Ua ponalonalo kuu maka no ka uwe ana, A o kuu helehelena a pau ua like ia me ke aka.
7Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, and all my members are as a shadow.
8E kahaha ka poe pono i keia, A e hooku e la mea hala ole i ka aia.
8Upright men are astonished at this, and the innocent stirreth up himself against the godless.
9E hoomau no ka mea pono i kona aoao, A o ka mea lima maemae, e hoomahuahua aku ia i ka ikaika.
9Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, and he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.
10Aka, o oukou a pau, e hoi mai no, No ka mea, aole e loaa ia'u iwaena o oukou ka mea naauao.
10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now; and I shall not find a wise man among you.
11Ua hala kuu mau la, ua okiia'ku kuu mau noonoo, O na manaolana o kuu naau.
11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
12Ua hoololi lakou i ka po i ao, O ka malamalama, ua pokole ia no ka pouli.
12They change the night into day; the light is short because of darkness.
13Ina e kakali aku au, O ka luakupapau ko'u hale: Ua hohola aku au i kuu wahi moe ma ka pouli.
13If I look for the nether-world as my house; if I have spread my couch in the darkness;
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.
14If I have said to corruption: 'Thou art my father', to the worm: 'Thou art my mother, and my sister';
15Auhea hoi kuu manaolana? A o ko'u manaolana, owai la ka mea e ike aku ia?
15Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
16E iho lakou i ua kaola o ka po, I ka wa e maha pu ana i ka lepo.
16They shall go down to the bars of the nether-world, when we are at rest together in the dust.
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