Ioba 7
Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1A OLE anei he kaua no ke kanaka ma ka honua? A like kona mau la me na la o ka mea hoolimalima?
1Is there not a time of service to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
2E like me ke kauwa i makemake nui i ka malu, A me ka hoolimalima i nana i ka uku o kana hana;
2As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages;
3Pela no e lilo mai ai ia'u na malama luuluu, A e loaa ia'u na po kaumaha.
3So am I made to possess — months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4A i ka wa i moe ai au ilalo, i iho no au, Ahea la au e ala'e iluna? Ahea la e hala'e ka po? Ua piha au i ka hiaa ana a hiki i ka wanaao.
4When I lie down, I say: 'When shall I arise?' But the night is long, and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
5Ua paapu ko'u kino i ka ilo a me ka papaa lepo; Ke ola mai nei kuu ili, alaila puha hou ae la.
5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh.
6Ua oi ka mama o kuu mau la mamua o ka laau ulana lole, A holo aku me ke manaolana ole.
6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7E hoomanao oe, he makani kuu ola: Aole e ike hou ko'u maka i ka maikai.
7O remember that my life is a breath; mine eye shall no more see good.
8O ka maka o ka mea i ike ia'u, aole ia e ike hou ia'u: Maluna o'u kou mau maka, a e ole auanei au.
8The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; while Thine eyes are upon me, I am gone.
9E like me ke ao e nalowale ana a e hele aku ana; Pela ka mea e iho ana i ka luakupapau, aole ia e ea hou ae iluna.
9As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
10Aole ia e hoi hou i kona hale, Aole hoi e ike hou kona wahi ia ia.
10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
11Nolaila aole au e hoopaa i kuu waha; E olelo aku au ma ka pilikia o kuu uhane; E ulono ana au no ka awaawa o kuu naau.
11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12He kai anei au, a he ia nui, I hoonoho mai ai oe i ke kiai maluna o'u?
12Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that Thou settest a watch over me?
13A i iho au, E hooluolu kuu wahi moe ia'u, E lawe aku kuu moe i ko'u ulono ana:
13When I say: 'My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint';
14Alaila hoomakau mai oe ia'u ma na moeuhane, A hooweliweli mai oe ia'u i na mea hihio.
14Then Thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions;
15Nolaila ke koho nei kuu naau i ke kaawe, A me ka make mamua o kuu ola ana.
15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than these my bones.
16Ke hoopailua nei au ia mea; aole au makemake e ola loa; E waiho mai ia'u; no ka mea, he hanu wale no kuu mau la.
16I loathe it; I shall not live alway; let me alone; for my days are vanity.
17Heaha la ke kanaka, i hoonui mai ai oe ia ia? A i kau mai ai oe i kou manao ia ia?
17What is man, that Thou shouldest magnify him, and that Thou shouldest set Thy heart upon him,
18A i ike mai ai oe ia ia i kela kakahiaka keia kakahiaka, A i hoao mau mai ai oe ia ia?
18And that Thou shouldest remember him every morning, and try him every moment?
19Pehea ka loihi o kou nana ole ana mai io'u aku nei, A kuu ole mai ia'u, a moni iho au i kuu kuha?
19How long wilt Thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
20Ua hana hewa au; heaha ka'u e hana aku ai ia oe, E ka Meakiai i na kanaka? No keaha la oe e hooku ae ia'u, i mea e hopu ai nou, I lilo ai hoi au i mea kaumaha no'u iho?
20If I have sinned, what do I unto Thee, O Thou watcher of men? Why hast Thou set me as a mark for Thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
21No keaha la oe i kala ole mai ai i kuu hala, A i lawe aku hoi i ko'u hewa? No ka mea, ano e moe auanei au i ka lepo; A e imi mai oe ia'u, aole hoi wau.
21And why dost Thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; and Thou wilt seek me, but I shall not be.
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