Ioba 9
Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)
World English Bible
1A LAILA olelo mai la o Ioba, i mai la,
1Then Job answered,
2Ua ike no au, he oiaio no: A, pehea la e hoaponoia'i ke kanaka imua o ke Akua?
2“Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?
3Ina makemake oia e hoopaapaa me ia, Aole e hiki ke hoapono imua ona i kekahi hapa tausani.
3If he is pleased to contend with him, he can’t answer him one time in a thousand.
4He akamai ia ma ka naau, a ua nui ka ikaika: Owai la ka mea hoopaakiki ku e ia ia, a ua pomaikai?
4God is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him and prospered?
5Oia ka mea hoonee aku i na mauna, aole lakou i ike; Ka mea hoohiolo ia lakou ma kona inaina;
5He removes the mountains, and they don’t know it, when he overturns them in his anger.
6Ka mea hoonaue i ka honua mai kona wahi aku, A haalulu kona mau kukulu;
6He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble.
7Ka mea olelo aku i ka la, aole ia i puka mai, A hoopaa aku hoi ia i na hoku;
7He commands the sun and it doesn’t rise, and seals up the stars.
8O ka mea wale no nana i hohola na lani, A hele hoi maluna o na ale kiekie o ke kai;
8He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.
9O ka mea nana i hana o Uresa nui, me Oriona, A me Peleiade, a me ke kukuluhema loa aku;
9He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the rooms of the south.
10O ka mea i hana i na mea nui hiki ole ke huliia; A me na mea kupanaha hiki ole ke heluia.
10He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things without number.
11Aia hoi, maalo ae ia ma o'u nei, aole au i ike: Hele mai hoi oia, aka, aole au i hoomaopopo ia ia.
11Behold, he goes by me, and I don’t see him. He passes on also, but I don’t perceive him.
12Aia hoi, lawe wale aku no ia, owai la ke pale aku ia ia? Owai la ka mea e olelo aku ia ia, Heaha kau e hana nei?
12Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, ‘What are you doing?’
13I hoopau ole ae ke Akua i kona inaina, Kulou iho na kokua haaheo malalo ona.
13“God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.
14Pehea la hoi wau e olelo aku ai ia ia, A e wae ae i na huaolelo imua ona?
14How much less will I answer him, and choose my words to argue with him?
15Ina he pono ko'u, aole au e olelo aku ia ia, E nonoi aku no wau i kuu lunakanawai.
15Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.
16Ina ua kahea aku au, a ua lohe mai kela; Aole au e hooiaio, na hoolohe mai ia i ko'u leo.
16If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn’t believe that he listened to my voice.
17O ka mea e ulupa mai ia'u me ka ino, A hoonui wale mai ia i ko'u mau palapu.
17For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
18Aole ia e ae mai ia'u e hanu i kuu hanu, Aka, hoopiha mai no ia ia'u i na mea awaawa.
18He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
19Ina [e olelo iho au] no ka ikaika, aia hoi, oia ka ikaika: A ina no ka hooponopono ana, Owai la ke hai mai i ka manawa?
19If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, ‘Who,’ says he, ‘will summon me?’
20Ina owau e hoapono ia'u iho, hoohewa mai kuu waha ia'u; Ina [olelo iho au,] Ua hala ole, ina ua hookahuli mai ia ia'u.
20Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me. Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse.
21Ina ua hala ole au, aole hoi au e ike i kuu uhane: E hoowahawaha no au i kuu ola.
21I am blameless. I don’t respect myself. I despise my life.
22Ua hookahi no ia, nolaila e olelo aku au, Ke luku nei no ia i ka mea hala ole a me ka mea hewa.
22“It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.
23Ina e pepehi koke mai ka mea uhau, E akaaka mai no ia i ka eha ana o ka poe hala ole.
23If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
24Ua haawiia'ku ka honua iloko o ka lima o ka poe hewa: Ua uhi mai ia i na maka o kona mau lunakanawai; A i ole ia, auhea la, owai la hoi oia?
24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?
25Ua oi ka mama o kuu mau la mamua o ka mea holo: Ke holo ae nei lakou, Ke ike ole nei lakou i ka maikai.
25“Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good.
26Ua hala aku la lakou e like me na moku holo: E like me ka aeto e lele ana i ka mea ai.
26They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
27Ina olelo iho au, e hoopoina no wau i kuu kanikau ana, E waiho aku au i kuu maka kaumaha, a e hooluolu ia'u iho;
27If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up,’
28Makau iho la au i kuu mea ehaeha a pau, Ua ike au, aole oe e hoapono mai ia'u, he hala ole.
28I am afraid of all my sorrows. I know that you will not hold me innocent.
29Ina ua hewa au, No ke aha la hoi wau e luhi make hewa nei?
29I will be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?
30Ina e holoi au ia'u iho i ka wai hau, A e hoomaemae au i kuu mau lima i ka sopa;
30If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
31Alaila, e kiola iho oe ia'u iloko o ka lua lepo, A e hoopailua ko'u mau kapa ia'u.
31yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes will abhor me.
32No ka mea, aole ia he kanaka e like me au, e paio aku ai au ia ia, A halawai maua i ka hookolokolo ana.
32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.
33Aole hoi he mea nana e uwao iwaena o maua, I kau mai ai ia i kona lima maluna o maua elua.
33There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.
34E lawe aku ia i kona kookoo mai o'u aku nei, A mai hooweliweli mai kona makau ia'u.
34Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid;
35Alaila e olelo aku au, aole hoi wau e makau ia ia, Aka, aole pela wau ia'u iho.
35then I would speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself.
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