Job 23
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)
1Then Job answered and said:
1A LAILA olelo mai la o loba, i mai la,
2Even to-day is my complaint bitter; my hand is become heavy because of 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.
3Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even 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 order my cause 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 know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say unto me.
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? Nay; but He would give heed unto me.
6E paio anei ia me au me kona mana nui? Aole, aka, e manao mai no ia ia'u.
7There the upright might reason with Him; so should I be delivered for ever from my Judge.
7Malaila e paio ka mea pono me ia; A e hoopakele loa ia au mai kuu lunakanawai aku,
8Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
8Aia hoi, hele aku au ma ka hikina, aole ia malaila; A ma ke komohana, aole au e ike ia ia:
9On the left hand, when He doth work, but I cannot behold Him, He turneth Himself to the right hand, but 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:
10For He knoweth the way that I take; when He hath tried me, I shall 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 foot hath held fast to His steps, His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
11Ua hoopaa ko'u wawae i kona hele ana, Ua malama au i kona aoao, aole au i haalele.
12I have not gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured up the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
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 at one with Himself, and who can turn Him? And what His soul desireth, even that He doeth.
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 will perform that which is appointed for me; and many such things are with Him.
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 am I affrighted at His presence; when I consider, I am afraid of Him.
15Nolaila, ua haalulu au imua o kona alo; Noonoo iho la au, a makau ia ia.
16Yea, God hath made my heart faint, and the Almighty hath affrighted me;
16Ke hoomakau mai nei ke Akua i kuu naau, A ke hooweliweli mai nei ka Mea mana ia'u;
17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did He cover the thick darkness from 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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