Job 17

World English Bible

Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)

1“My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.

1U A paupauaho au, ua hookiia kuu mau la, Ua makaukau na halelua no'u.

2Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.

2Aole anei he poe olelo hoino me au? A ke kau nei kuu maka ma ko lakou hoonaukiuki ana?

3“Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?

3E waiho iho ano, e hana mai ia'u i malu me oe; Owai ka mea e pai i na lima me au.

4For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

4No ka mea, ua hoohuna oe i ka naauao mai ko lakou naau aku; Nolaila, aole oe e hookiekie ia lakou.

5He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.

5O ka mea e kumakaia i kona mau hoalauna no ka waiwai pio, E hoopauia na maka o kaua poe keiki.

6“But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.

6Ua hooku mai oia ia'u i mea e olelo nane ia e na kanaka; A ua lilo au i mea hoopailua imua o lakou.

7My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.

7Ua ponalonalo kuu maka no ka uwe ana, A o kuu helehelena a pau ua like ia me ke aka.

8Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.

8E kahaha ka poe pono i keia, A e hooku e la mea hala ole i ka aia.

9Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

9E hoomau no ka mea pono i kona aoao, A o ka mea lima maemae, e hoomahuahua aku ia i ka ikaika.

10But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you.

10Aka, o oukou a pau, e hoi mai no, No ka mea, aole e loaa ia'u iwaena o oukou ka mea naauao.

11My days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.

11Ua hala kuu mau la, ua okiia'ku kuu mau noonoo, O na manaolana o kuu naau.

12They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

12Ua hoololi lakou i ka po i ao, O ka malamalama, ua pokole ia no ka pouli.

13If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,

13Ina e kakali aku au, O ka luakupapau ko'u hale: Ua hohola aku au i kuu wahi moe ma ka pouli.

14if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’

14Ua kapa aku au i ka palaho, O oe ko'u makuakane, A i ka ilo, O oe ko'u makuwahine, a me ko'u kaikuwahine.

15where then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it?

15Auhea hoi kuu manaolana? A o ko'u manaolana, owai la ka mea e ike aku ia?

16Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?”

16E iho lakou i ua kaola o ka po, I ka wa e maha pu ana i ka lepo.

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