Ioba 7
Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)
World English Bible
1A OLE anei he kaua no ke kanaka ma ka honua? A like kona mau la me na la o ka mea hoolimalima?
1“Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand?
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 who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
3Pela no e lilo mai ai ia'u na malama luuluu, A e loaa ia'u na po kaumaha.
3so I am made to possess months of misery, 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 will I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until 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 closes up, and breaks 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.
7Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye will 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 who sees me will see me no more. Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.
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 vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more.
10Aole ia e hoi hou i kona hale, Aole hoi e ike hou kona wahi ia ia.
10He will return no more to his house, neither will 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.
11“Therefore I will not keep silent. 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 you put a guard 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 will comfort me. My couch will ease my complaint,’
14Alaila hoomakau mai oe ia'u ma na moeuhane, A hooweliweli mai oe ia'u i na mea hihio.
14then you scare me with dreams and terrify 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 chooses strangling, death rather than 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 my life. I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
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 you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,
18A i ike mai ai oe ia ia i kela kakahiaka keia kakahiaka, A i hoao mau mai ai oe ia ia?
18that you should visit him every morning, and test 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 will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until 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 do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, 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.
21Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I will not be.”
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