Job 9
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)
1Then Job answered and said:
1A LAILA olelo mai la o Ioba, i mai la,
2Of a truth I know that it is so; and how can man be just with God?
2Ua ike no au, he oiaio no: A, pehea la e hoaponoia'i ke kanaka imua o ke Akua?
3If one should desire to contend with Him, he could not answer Him one of a thousand.
3Ina makemake oia e hoopaapaa me ia, Aole e hiki ke hoapono imua ona i kekahi hapa tausani.
4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength; who hath hardened himself against Him, and prospered?
4He akamai ia ma ka naau, a ua nui ka ikaika: Owai la ka mea hoopaakiki ku e ia ia, a ua pomaikai?
5Who removeth the mountains, and they know it not, when He overturneth them in His anger.
5Oia ka mea hoonee aku i na mauna, aole lakou i ike; Ka mea hoohiolo ia lakou ma kona inaina;
6Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
6Ka mea hoonaue i ka honua mai kona wahi aku, A haalulu kona mau kukulu;
7Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
7Ka mea olelo aku i ka la, aole ia i puka mai, A hoopaa aku hoi ia i na hoku;
8Who alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
8O ka mea wale no nana i hohola na lani, A hele hoi maluna o na ale kiekie o ke kai;
9Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
9O ka mea nana i hana o Uresa nui, me Oriona, A me Peleiade, a me ke kukuluhema loa aku;
10Who doeth great things past finding out; yea, marvellous things without number.
10O ka mea i hana i na mea nui hiki ole ke huliia; A me na mea kupanaha hiki ole ke heluia.
11Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him not. He passeth on also, but I perceive Him not.
11Aia hoi, maalo ae ia ma o'u nei, aole au i ike: Hele mai hoi oia, aka, aole au i hoomaopopo ia ia.
12Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him? Who will say unto Him: 'What doest Thou?'
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?
13God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him.
13I hoopau ole ae ke Akua i kona inaina, Kulou iho na kokua haaheo malalo ona.
14How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my arguments with Him?
14Pehea la hoi wau e olelo aku ai ia ia, A e wae ae i na huaolelo imua ona?
15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to Him that contendeth with me.
15Ina he pono ko'u, aole au e olelo aku ia ia, E nonoi aku no wau i kuu lunakanawai.
16If I had called, and He had answered me; yet would I not believe that He would hearken unto my voice —
16Ina ua kahea aku au, a ua lohe mai kela; Aole au e hooiaio, na hoolohe mai ia i ko'u leo.
17He that would break me with a tempest, and multiply my wounds without cause;
17O ka mea e ulupa mai ia'u me ka ino, A hoonui wale mai ia i ko'u mau palapu.
18That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness.
18Aole ia e ae mai ia'u e hanu i kuu hanu, Aka, hoopiha mai no ia ia'u i na mea awaawa.
19If it be a matter of strength, lo, He is mighty! and if of justice, who will appoint me a time?
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?
20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me; though I be innocent, He shall prove me perverse.
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.
21I am innocent — I regard not myself, I despise my life.
21Ina ua hala ole au, aole hoi au e ike i kuu uhane: E hoowahawaha no au i kuu ola.
22It is all one — therefore I say: He destroyeth the innocent and the wicked.
22Ua hookahi no ia, nolaila e olelo aku au, Ke luku nei no ia i ka mea hala ole a me ka mea hewa.
23If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.
23Ina e pepehi koke mai ka mea uhau, E akaaka mai no ia i ka eha ana o ka poe hala ole.
24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if it be not He, who then is it?
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?
25Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
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.
26They are passed away as the swift ships; as the vulture that swoopeth on the prey.
26Ua hala aku la lakou e like me na moku holo: E like me ka aeto e lele ana i ka mea ai.
27If I say: 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer',
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;
28I am afraid of all my pains, I know that Thou wilt not hold me guiltless.
28Makau iho la au i kuu mea ehaeha a pau, Ua ike au, aole oe e hoapono mai ia'u, he hala ole.
29I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?
29Ina ua hewa au, No ke aha la hoi wau e luhi make hewa nei?
30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
30Ina e holoi au ia'u iho i ka wai hau, A e hoomaemae au i kuu mau lima i ka sopa;
31Yet wilt Thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
31Alaila, e kiola iho oe ia'u iloko o ka lua lepo, A e hoopailua ko'u mau kapa ia'u.
32For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment.
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.
33There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
33Aole hoi he mea nana e uwao iwaena o maua, I kau mai ai ia i kona lima maluna o maua elua.
34Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His terror make me afraid;
34E lawe aku ia i kona kookoo mai o'u aku nei, A mai hooweliweli mai kona makau ia'u.
35Then would I speak, and not fear Him; for I am not so with myself.
35Alaila e olelo aku au, aole hoi wau e makau ia ia, Aka, aole pela wau ia'u iho.
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