| ʻO ʻoukou nō ka paʻakai o ka honua: akā, inā pau ka liʻu o ka paʻakai, lā ia e liʻu hou ai? ʻAʻohe ona mea e pono ai ma ia hope, e kiola wale ia i waho e hehi ʻia ai e nā kānaka. | "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. |
| lā hoʻi ʻoe e ʻōlelo aku ai i kou hoahānau, E ʻae mai naʻu e unuhi ka pula iki no loko mai o kou maka, a he kaola nō kā hoʻi i loko o kou maka iho? | How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? |
| Inā paha ʻo Sātana e mahiki aku iā Sātana, ua mokuāhana ʻo ia iā ia iho, a lā hoʻi e mau ai kona aupuni? | If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? |
| lā e hiki ai i kekahi ke komo i loko o ka hale o ke kanaka ikaika, a hao i kona waiwai? Aia nakinaki ia ma mua i ke kanaka ikaika a paʻa, a laila e hao ia i nā mea o kona hale. | "Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can rob his house. |
| E ka hanauna moʻo niho ʻawa! lā e hiki ai iā ʻoukou ka poʻe ʻino ke ʻōlelo i nā mea maikaʻi? No ka mea, no ka piha o ka naʻau e ʻōlelo ai ka waha. | You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. |
| ʻŌlelo maila ʻo Iesū, ʻī maila, E ka hanauna manaʻoʻiʻo ʻole a me ka hewa! hoʻi ka lōʻihi o koʻu noho pū ʻana me ʻoukou? hoʻi ka lōʻihi o koʻu hoʻomanawanui ʻana aku iā ʻoukou? E lawe mai iā ia i oʻu nei. | "O unbelieving and perverse generation," Jesus replied, "how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me." |
| ʻĪ akula kēlā iā ia, E ka hoalauna, lā ʻoe i hele mai nei, ʻaʻole i kāhiko ʻia i ke kapa ʻahaʻaina? Mumule loa ihola ia. | 'Friend,' he asked, 'how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' The man was speechless. |
| ʻĪ akula ʻo ia iā lākou, lā hoʻi ʻo Dāvida i kapa ai iā ia ma ka ʻUhane, he Haku? I ka ʻī ʻana, | He said to them, "How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him 'Lord'? For he says, |
| Inā hoʻi ʻo Dāvida i kapa aku iā ia he Haku, lā ia e mamo ai nāna? | If then David calls him 'Lord,' how can he be his son?" |
| E ka poʻe nahesa, ka ʻohana moʻo niho ʻawa, lā auaneʻi ʻoukou e pakele ai i ka make ma gehena? | "You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? |
| Akā, lā hoʻi e hoʻokō ʻia ai ka Palapala, e ʻī mai ana, e hana ʻia kēia mau mea? | But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?" |
| A laila haehae ihola ke kahuna nui i kona ʻaʻahu, ʻī aʻela, Ke ʻōlelo hōʻino wale nei ʻo ia nei; lā e pono ai kākou i nā mea ʻike maka hou? Aia hoʻi, ua lohe iho nei ʻoukou i kāna ʻōlelo hōʻino ʻana. | Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, "He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy. |
| Hea akula Iesū iā lākou, ʻōlelo akula ma nā ʻōlelo nane, lā e hiki ai iā Sātana ke mahiki aku iā Sātana? | So Jesus called them and spoke to them in parables: "How can Satan drive out Satan? |
| A laila, ʻī maila ʻo ia iā lākou, ʻAʻole anei ʻoukou i ʻike i kēia ʻōlelo nane? lā ʻoukou e ʻike ai i nā ʻōlelo nane a pau? | Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? |
| ʻĪ maila ʻo ia iā lākou, No ke aha lā ʻoukou i makaʻu ai? ko ʻoukou manaʻoʻiʻo ʻole ʻana? | He said to his disciples, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?" |
| A ʻōlelo maila ia iā lākou, lā hoʻi i hoʻomaopopo ʻole mai ai ʻoukou? | He said to them, "Do you still not understand?" |
| ʻŌlelo maila ʻo ia iā lākou, ʻī maila, Auē ka hanauna hoʻomaloka; lā ka lōʻihi o koʻu noho pū ʻana me ʻoukou? ka lōʻihi o koʻu hoʻomanawanui ʻana aku iā ʻoukou? E lawe mai iā ia i oʻu nei. | "O unbelieving generation," Jesus replied, "how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy to me." |
| Nīnau aʻela ia i kona makua kāne, lā ka lōʻihi o ke kau ʻana o kēia ma luna ona? ʻĪ maila kēlā, Mai ka wā kamaliʻi mai nō. | Jesus asked the boy's father, "How long has he been like this?" "From childhood," he answered. |
| He maikaʻi ka paʻakai, akā, inā i pau ka liʻu o ka paʻakai, lā ia e liʻu hou ai? E ao ʻoukou, i loaʻa ka paʻakai i loko o ʻoukou, a e kuʻikahi like ʻoukou. | "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other." |
| No ia mea, lā uaneʻi e hana mai ai ka haku o ia māla waina? E hele mai nō ia a e luku iho ia poʻe hoaʻāina, a e hāʻawi aku i ka māla waina no haʻi. | "What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others. |
| A inā kapa aku ʻo Dāvida iā ia i Haku, lā hoʻi ʻo ia he keiki nāna? A lohe aʻela nā makaʻāinana iā ia me ka ʻoliʻoli. | David himself calls him 'Lord.' How then can he be his son?" The large crowd listened to him with delight. |
| Ua lohe aʻe nei ʻoukou i kāna ʻōlelo hōʻino ʻana. lā ko ʻoukou manaʻo? Hoʻohewa maila lākou a pau iā ia, he hewa kūpono i ka make. | "You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?" They all condemned him as worthy of death. |
| A laila, nīnau akula ʻo Maria i ka ʻānela, lā uaneʻi ia mea? No ka mea, ʻaʻole au ʻike i ke kāne. | "How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?" |
| A, lā e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo aku i kou hoahānau, E ka hoahānau, hō mai naʻu e unuhi ka pula iki o loko o kou maka, ʻaʻole hoʻi ʻoe i ʻike i ke kaola i loko o kou maka iho? E ka hoʻokamani, e hoʻolei mua aʻe ʻoe i ke kaola mai loko aʻe o kou maka iho, a laila e ʻike leʻa ʻoe i ka unuhi i ka pula iki o loko o ka maka o kou hoahānau. | How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. |
| A ʻōlelo maila Iesū, ʻī maila, E ka hanauna manaʻoʻiʻo ʻole, a me ka lauwili, ka lōʻihi o koʻu noho ʻana me ʻoukou, a me koʻu hoʻomanawanui ʻana aku iā ʻoukou? E lawe mai i kāu keiki i ʻaneʻi. | "O unbelieving and perverse generation," Jesus replied, "how long shall I stay with you and put up with you? Bring your son here." |
| A nīnau maila ʻo ia iā ia, He aha ka mea i kākau ʻia ai i loko o ke kānāwai? kāu heluhelu ʻana? | "What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?" |
| A inā i mokuāhana ʻo Sātana iā ia iho, lā e kūpaʻa ai kona aupuni? No ka mea, ke ʻōlelo nei ʻoukou, ma o Belezebuba lā i mahiki aku ai au i nā daimonio. | If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebub. |
| A nalu ihola ia i loko ona, ʻī ihola, lā wau e hana ai? No ka mea, ʻaʻole oʻu wahi e hoʻāhu ai i kaʻu ʻai. | He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.' |
| E ka poʻe hoʻokamani! E hiki nō iā ʻoukou ke hoʻomaopopo i nā mea i ʻikea ma ka lani a ma ka honua; lā i maopopo ʻole ai kēia manawa iā ʻoukou? | Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don't know how to interpret this present time? |
| He mea maikaʻi ka paʻakai; akā, inā pau ka liʻu o ka paʻakai, lā ia e liʻu hou ai? | "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? |
| ʻĪ ihola ka puʻukū iā ia iho, lā wau e hana ai? No ka mea, e lawe ana kuʻu haku i ka puʻukū mai oʻu aku nei; ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke mahi, a hilahila nō wau i ke noi. | "The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg-- |
| A kiʻi akula ia i kēlā mea ʻaiʻē kēia mea ʻaiʻē a kona haku, nīnau akula ʻo ia i kekahi, ka nui o kāu ʻaiʻē i kuʻu haku? | "So he called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' |
| A laila nīnau akula ʻo ia i kekahi, lā ka nui o kāu ʻaiʻē? A haʻi maila ia, Hoʻokahi haneri homera huapalaoa. ʻĪ akula hoʻi ʻo ia iā ia, E lawe i kāu palapala, a e kākau iho i kanawalu. | "Then he asked the second, 'And how much do you owe?' " 'A thousand bushels of wheat,' he replied. "He told him, 'Take your bill and make it eight hundred.' |
| A laila ʻī ihola ka haku o ka māla waina, lā wau e hana ai? E hoʻouna aku au i kaʻu keiki punahele, aia ʻike lākou iā ia, e manaʻo mahalo mai paha lākou iā ia. | "Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.' |
| A ʻī maila ʻo ia iā lākou, lā hoʻi lākou i ʻōlelo ai, He keiki ka Mesia na Dāvida? | Then Jesus said to them, "How is it that they say the Christ is the Son of David? |
| No laila, inā pēlā ʻo Dāvida i kapa ai iā ia i Haku, lā hoʻi ia e keiki ai nāna? | David calls him 'Lord.' How then can he be his son?" |
| Nīnau akula ʻo Nikodemo iā ia, lā e hiki ai i ke kanaka ke hānau ʻia i kona wā kahiko? E hiki anei iā ia ke komo hou i loko o ka ʻōpū o kona makuahine, a e hānau ʻia mai? | "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" |
| ʻŌlelo akula ʻo Nikodemo, ʻī akula, lā e hiki ai kēia mau mea. | "How can this be?" Nicodemus asked. |
| Inā ua ʻōlelo wau i nā mea o kēia ao, a manaʻoʻiʻo ʻole ʻoukou, lā ʻoukou e manaʻoʻiʻo ai, ke ʻōlelo wau iā ʻoukou i nā mea i loko o ka lani? | I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? |
| lā e hiki ai iā ʻoukou ke manaʻoʻiʻo, me ko ʻoukou manaʻo ʻana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia o kekahi e kekahi, a me ka ʻimi ʻole i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia mai e ke Akua wale nō? | How can you believe if you accept praise from one another, yet make no effort to obtain the praise that comes from the only God ? |
| Akā, i ʻole ʻoukou e manaʻoʻiʻo i kāna mau palapala, lā ʻoukou e manaʻoʻiʻo ai i kaʻu mau ʻōlelo. | But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?" |
| ʻŌlelo aʻela lākou, ʻAʻole anei ʻo Iesū kēia ke keiki a Iosepa? Ua ʻike nō kākou i kona makua kāne a me kona makuahine; lā hoʻi ia i ʻōlelo mai ai, Ua iho mai au mai ka lani mai? | They said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I came down from heaven'?" |
| Hoʻopaʻapaʻa ihola nā Iudaio iā lākou iho, ʻī aʻela, lā e hiki ai iā ia ke hāʻawi mai i kona kino iā kākou e ʻai? | Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" |
| lā hoʻi, inā e ʻike ʻoukou i ke Keiki a ke kanaka e piʻi hou aku ana i luna i kona wahi ma mua? | What if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! |
| A kāhāhā ihola ka naʻau o nā Iudaio, ʻī aʻela, lā i ʻike ai ʻo ia nei i ka palapala, ʻaʻole ia i aʻo ʻia? | The Jews were amazed and asked, "How did this man get such learning without having studied?" |
| ʻŌlelo akula lākou iā ia, He mamo mākou na ʻAberahama, ʻaʻole loa mākou i noho pio na kekahi: lā kāu i ʻōlelo mai ai, E kuʻu ʻia ʻoukou? | They answered him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?" |
| No laila, nīnau akula lākou iā ia, lā i hoʻokaʻakaʻa ʻia ai kou mau maka? | "How then were your eyes opened?" they demanded. |
| No ia hoʻi, ʻōlelo aʻela kekahi poʻe o nā Parisaio, ʻAʻole no ke Akua kēia kanaka, no ka mea, ʻaʻole ia i mālama i ka Sābati. ʻŌlelo maila kekahi poʻe, lā e hiki ai i ke kanaka hewa ke hana i nā hana mana me kēia? A mokuāhana ihola lākou. | Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others asked, "How can a sinner do such miraculous signs?" So they were divided. |
| A nīnau akula lākou iā lāua, ʻī akula, ʻO kā ʻolua keiki anei kēia, ka mea a ʻolua i ʻī mai ai, ua hānau makapō ʻia? lā ia i ʻike ai i kēia wā? | "Is this your son?" they asked. "Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?" |
| Nīnau hou akula lākou iā ia, He aha kāna i hana mai ai iā ʻoe? lā ia i hoʻokaʻakaʻa mai ai i kou mau maka? | Then they asked him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" |
| Hoʻopuni aʻela nā Iudaio iā ia, ʻī akula iā ia, lā ka lōʻihi o kou hoʻokānalua ʻana i ko mākou naʻau? Inā ʻo ʻoe ka Mesia, e haʻi akāka mai iā mākou. | The Jews gathered around him, saying, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly." |
| ʻŌlelo akula nā kānaka iā ia, Ua lohe mākou ma ke kānāwai, e mau loa ana ka Mesia; a lā kāu e ʻōlelo, E kaulia i luna ke Keiki a ke kanaka e pono ai? ʻO wai lā ia Keiki a ke kanaka? | The crowd spoke up, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever, so how can you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this 'Son of Man'?" |
| ʻŌlelo akula ʻo Toma iā ia, E ka Haku, ʻaʻole o mākou ʻike i kou wahi e hele ai; a lā e hiki ai iā mākou ke ʻike i ke ala? | Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?" |
| ʻŌlelo maila ʻo Iesū iā ia, Ua lōʻihi koʻu noho pū ʻana me ʻoukou, ʻaʻole anei ʻoe i ʻike iaʻu, e Pilipo? ʻO ka mea i ʻike iaʻu, ua ʻike nō ia i ka Makua; a lā ʻoe i ʻōlelo mai ai, E hōʻike mai ʻoe iā mākou i ka Makua? | Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? |
| Nīnau akula ʻo Iuda iā ia, ʻaʻole ʻo ʻIsekariota, E ka Haku, hoʻi ʻoe e hōʻike mai ai iā ʻoe iho iā mākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi i ko ke ao nei? | Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, "But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?" |
| hoʻi kēia lohe ʻana o kēlā mea kēia mea o kākou i ka ʻōlelo o kona wahi i hānau ai? | Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language? |
| A laila, ʻī akula ʻo Petero iā ia, lā i hui pū ai ko ʻolua manaʻo, e hoʻāʻo aku i ka ʻUhane o ka Haku? Aia hoʻi ma ka ʻīpuka nā wāwae o ka poʻe nāna i kanu kāu kāne; e lawe aku nō hoʻi lākou iā ʻoe iho. | Peter said to her, "How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also." |
| ʻĪ akula kēlā, lā e hiki ai iaʻu, ke aʻo ʻole mai kekahi iaʻu? Nonoi akula ʻo ia iā Pilipo e piʻi aʻe, a e noho pū me ia. | "How can I," he said, "unless someone explains it to me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. |
| A hala kekahi mau lā, ʻī maila ʻo Paulo iā Barenaba, E hele hou kāua e ʻike i ko kāua mau hoahānau ma nā kūlanakauhale a pau a kāua i haʻi aku ai i ka ʻōlelo a ka Haku, i noho lā. | Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us go back and visit the brothers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing." |
| ʻAʻole loa: inā pēlā, lā e hoʻopaʻi mai ai ke Akua i ko ke ao nei? | Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world? |
| ʻAʻole loa. lā kākou ka poʻe i make no ka hewa e noho hou ai ma laila? | By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? |
| No ka mea, ua hoʻōla ʻia kākou i loko o ka manaʻolana. A ʻo ka manaʻolana i ka mea i ʻike maka ʻia ʻaʻole ia he manaʻolana: no ka mea, ʻo ka mea a ke kanaka i ʻike maka aku ai, lā ia e manaʻolana hou aku ai ma ia mea? | For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? |
| ʻO ka mea i ʻauʻa ʻole i kāna Keiki ponoʻī, a hāʻawi maila iā ia no kākou a pau, lā e ʻole ai ia e hāʻawi lokomaikaʻi pū mai me ia i nā mea a pau? | He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? |
| A lā hoʻi lākou e kāhea aku ai i ka mea a lākou i manaʻoʻiʻo ʻole ai? A lā hoʻi lākou e manaʻoʻiʻo aku ai i ka mea a lākou i lohe ʻole ai? A lā hoʻi lākou e lohe ai ke ʻole ka mea nāna e haʻi? | How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? |
| A lā hoʻi e haʻi aku ai lākou ke hoʻouna ʻole ʻia aku? Penei hoʻi i palapala ʻia ai, Nani nā wāwae o ka poʻe i hōʻike mai i ka ʻeuanelio, i haʻi mai hoʻi i ka nūhou maikaʻi! | And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" |
| A mai kā ke Akua ʻōlelo iā ia? Ua hoʻāna ʻē au noʻu i ʻehiku tausani kānaka ʻaʻole i kukuli iho iā Baʻala. | And what was God's answer to him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal." |
| ʻoe i ʻike ai, e ka wahine, e ola paha kāu kāne iā ʻoe? hoʻi ʻoe i ʻike ai, e ke kāne, e ola paha kāu wahine iā ʻoe? | How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife? |
| hoʻi au e ʻōlelo aku nei? He mea ʻiʻo anei ke kiʻi? He mea ʻiʻo anei ka mea i kaumaha ʻia na ke kiʻi? | Do I mean then that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? |
| ʻAʻole anei o ʻoukou hale, ma laila e ʻai ai, a e inu ai? Ke hoʻowahāwahā nei anei ʻoukou i ka ʻekalesia o ke Akua, me ka hoʻohilahila i ka poʻe nele? lā wau e ʻōlelo aku ai iā ʻoukou? E hoʻomaikaʻi anei au iā ʻoukou i kēia? ʻAʻole au e hoʻomaikaʻi. | Don't you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? Certainly not! |
| E nā hoahānau ē, inā e hele aku au i o ʻoukou lā, me ka ʻōlelo i ka ʻōlelo ʻē, lā e pono ai ʻoukou iaʻu, ke ʻōlelo ʻole aku au ma ka hōʻike ʻana, a ma ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana, a ma ka wānana ʻana, a ma ke aʻo ʻana aku? | Now, brothers, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or word of instruction? |
| A ʻo nā mea kani, ola ʻole, ʻo ka ʻohe, ʻo ka lira paha, inā ʻaʻole i hoʻomaopopo ʻia ke kani ʻana, lā e ʻikea ai ke ʻano o ka hoʻokiokio ʻana, a me ka hoʻokanikani ʻana? | Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the flute or harp, how will anyone know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in the notes? |
| Pēlā nō hoʻi ʻoukou, inā ʻaʻole ʻoukou e ʻōlelo ma ka waha i nā mea maopopo ke lohe ʻia, lā e ʻikea ai ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia? no ka mea, e ʻōlelo nō ʻoukou i ka makani. | So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air. |
| Inā e hoʻomaikaʻi aku ʻoe me ka ʻuhane wale nō, lā e hiki ai i ka mea e noho ana ma ka naʻaupō, ke ʻōlelo, ʻĀmene, i kāu hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana aku; no ka mea, ʻaʻole ia i lohe i ka mea āu i ʻōlelo ai. | If you are praising God with your spirit, how can one who finds himself among those who do not understand say "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying? |
| lā hoʻi, e nā hoahānau? I ko ʻoukou ʻākoakoa ʻana, he hīmeni nō kā kēlā mea kēia mea, a he manaʻo nō, a he ʻōlelo ʻano ʻē, he wānana, a he ʻōlelo hoʻākāka. E pono nō e hana ʻia nā mea a pau ma ka mea e naʻauao ai. | What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. All of these must be done for the strengthening of the church. |
| A inā i haʻi ʻia ʻo Kristo, i hoʻāla ʻia ʻo ia, mai ka make mai, lā e ʻōlelo nei kekahi poʻe o ʻoukou, ʻAʻohe ala ʻana, mai ka make mai? | But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? |
| A i ʻole loa e ala mai ka poʻe make, lā e hana ai ka poʻe i bapetizo ʻia ai no ka poʻe make? No ke aha lā i bapetizo ʻia ai lākou no ka poʻe make? | Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? |
| E nīnau mai auaneʻi kekahi, lā e hoʻāla ʻia mai ai ka poʻe make? E hele mai lākou me ke kino hea? | But someone may ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?" |
| Mai hoʻopili ʻano ʻē ʻia ʻoukou me nā hoʻomaloka: no ka mea, he aha ke kuʻikahi ʻana o ka pono me ka hewa? lā hoʻi e kohu like ai ka mālamalama me ka pouli? | Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? |
| hoʻi e kū like ai ka luakini o ke Akua me ko nā kiʻi? No ka mea, ʻo ʻoukou ka luakini o ke Akua ola; e like me kā ke Akua i ʻōlelo mai ai, E noho pū auaneʻi au me lākou, a e hele pū hoʻi; ʻo wau auaneʻi ko lākou Akua, a ʻo lākou hoʻi auaneʻi koʻu poʻe kānaka. | What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people." |
| A ʻike akula au, ʻaʻole i kūpono ko lākou hele ʻana ma ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka ʻeuanelio, ʻī akula au iā Petero i mua o lākou a pau, Inā ʻo ʻoe he Iudaio e noho like ana me ko nā ʻāina ʻē, ʻaʻole me ka poʻe Iudaio, lā kāu e koi aku nei i ko nā ʻāina ʻē e noho like me ko ka Iudaio? | When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, "You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs? |
| ʻĀnō hoʻi, ua ʻike ʻoukou i ke Akua, he ʻoiaʻiʻo ua ʻike ʻia mai e ke Akua, lā hoʻi ʻoukou i huli hou aku ai i nā ʻoihana mua palupalu ʻilihune, i nā mea a ʻoukou i makemake hou ai e hoʻokauā aku na lākou? | But now that you know God--or rather are known by God--how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? |
| hoʻi mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi hou aku ai i ke Akua no ʻoukou, no ka ʻoliʻoli a pau a mākou e ʻoliʻoli nei iā ʻoukou i mua o ko kākou Akua? | How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you? |
| No ka mea, inā i ʻike ʻole ke kanaka i ka hoʻomalu ʻana i kona hale iho, lā e hiki ai iā ia ke mālama i ka ʻekalesia o ke Akua? | (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church?) |
| lā uaneʻi kākou e pakele ai ke mālama ʻole i ke ola nui nei; ka mea i haʻi ʻia mai i kinohi e ka Haku, a i hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻia mai hoʻi iā kākou e ka poʻe i lohe; | how shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him. |
| ʻO ka mea i loaʻa iā ia ka waiwai o kēia ao, a ʻike aʻela i ka nele o kona hoahānau, a papani aʻe i kona naʻau iā ia, lā ke aloha o ke Akua e noho ai i loko ona? | If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? |
| Inā e ʻōlelo aku kekahi, Ke aloha aku nei au i ke Akua, a e hoʻomaʻau aku naʻe ia i kona hoahānau, he mea wahaheʻe ia: no ka mea, ʻo ka mea aloha ʻole i kona hoahānau āna i ʻike maka ai, lā e hiki ai iā ia ke aloha aku i ke Akua āna i ʻike maka ʻole ai? | If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. |
| Hea maila lākou me ka leo nui, ʻī maila, E ka Haku hoʻāno, a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, lā ka lōʻihi? ʻAʻole anei ʻoe e hoʻokolokolo, a e hoʻopaʻi hoʻi i ko mākou koko, ma luna o ka poʻe e noho lā ma ka honua? | They called out in a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?" |
| ʻĪ akula ia, E ka Haku, e Iēhova ē, lā au e ʻike ai, e ili mai ana kēia ʻāina noʻu? | But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?” |
| Hea maila ʻo ʻAbimeleka iā ʻIsaʻaka, ʻī maila, Aia hoʻi, he ʻoiaʻiʻo nō, ʻo kāu wahine nō ia; a hoʻi ʻoe i ʻōlelo mai ai, ʻO koʻu kaikuahine ia? ʻĪ akula ʻo ʻIsaʻaka iā ia, No ka mea, ʻī ihola au, E make paha uaneʻi au nona. | So Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, “She is really your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac answered him, “Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her.” |
| ʻĪ maila ʻo ʻIsaʻaka i kāna keiki, ka ʻemo ʻole o ka loaʻa ʻana o ia mea iā ʻoe, e kuʻu keiki? ʻĪ akula kēlā, No ka mea, na Iēhova na kou Akua i hoʻohālāwai ia mea me aʻu. | Isaac asked his son, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?” “The Lord your God gave me success,” he replied. |
| ʻŌlelo akula ʻo Rebeka iā ʻIsaʻaka, Ua pauaho nō wau i kuʻu ola ʻana, no nā kaikamāhine a ka Heta: inā e lawe ʻo Iakoba i kekahi kaikamahine a ka Heta i wahine nāna, e like me nā kaikamāhine o ka ʻāina, lā wau e pono ai i kuʻu ola ʻana? | Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m disgusted with living because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from among the women of this land, from Hittite women like these, my life will not be worth living.” |
| ʻAʻohe mea nui ʻē aʻe o loko o kēia hale, ʻo wau wale nō; ʻaʻole kēlā i paʻa aku i kekahi mea iaʻu, ʻo ʻoe wale nō, no ka mea, ʻo kāna wahine nō ʻoe. lā wau e hana ai i kēia hewa nui, a hana ʻino aku i ke Akua? | No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?” |
| Nīnau maila ia iā lākou i ko lākou noho ʻana, ʻī akula, ko ʻoukou makua kāne, ʻo ka ʻelemakule a ʻoukou i ʻōlelo mai ai? Ke ola lā nō ia, ʻeā? | He asked them how they were, and then he said, “How is your aged father you told me about? Is he still living?” |
| Eia hoʻi, ʻo ka moni a mākou i loaʻa ai i loko o ka waha o kā mākou mau ʻeke, ua halihali hou mai mākou i ʻaneʻi iā ʻoe mai loko mai o ka ʻāina ʻo Kanaʻana, hoʻi mākou i ʻaihue ai i ke kālā, a i ke gula, no loko mai o ka hale o kou haku? | We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found inside the mouths of our sacks. So why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house? |
| ʻŌlelo akula ʻo Iuda, lā mākou e pane aku ai iā ʻoe, e kuʻu haku? He aha ko mākou e ʻōlelo aku ai? mākou e hoʻāpono ai iā mākou iho? Ua loaʻa i ke Akua ka hewa o kāu poʻe kauā; eia hoʻi, he poʻe kauā mākou na koʻu haku, ʻo mākou, a me ka mea i loaʻa ke kīʻaha ma kona lima. | “What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “What can we say? How can we prove our innocence? God has uncovered your servants’ guilt. We are now my lord’s slaves — we ourselves and the one who was found to have the cup.” |
| No ka mea, lā au e hoʻi aku ai i kuʻu makua kāne, ʻaʻole ke keiki me aʻu? O ʻike auaneʻi au i ka mea ʻino e hiki mai ana ma luna o kuʻu makua kāne. | How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery that would come on my father.” |
| Nīnau akula ʻo Mose i ke Akua, Aia hoʻi, a hiki aku au i nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela, a e ʻōlelo au iā lākou, Na ke Akua o ko ʻoukou poʻe kūpuna ʻo wau i hoʻouna mai i o ʻoukou nei, a e nīnau lākou iaʻu, ʻO wai kona inoa? lā hoʻi kaʻu e ʻōlelo aku ai iā lākou? | Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?” |
| ʻŌlelo aku ʻo Mose i mua o Iēhova, ʻī akula, Aia hoʻi, ʻaʻole i hoʻolohe mai nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela iaʻu, lā hoʻi e hoʻolohe mai ai ʻo Paraʻo iaʻu, i ka mea lehelehe hemahema? | But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?” |
| ʻŌlelo aku ʻo Mose i mua o Iēhova, Aia hoʻi, he lehelehe hemahema koʻu, lā e hoʻolohe mai ai ʻo Paraʻo iaʻu? | But Moses said to the Lord, “Since I speak with faltering lips, why would Pharaoh listen to me?” |
| Hele akula ʻo Mose lāua ʻo ʻAʻarona i loko i o Paraʻo lā, ʻī akula iā ia, Ke ʻī mai nei ʻo Iēhova, ke Akua o nā Hebera, penei, lā ka lōʻihi o kou hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻole ʻana iā ʻoe iho i mua oʻu? E hoʻokuʻu mai ʻoe i koʻu poʻe kānaka, i hoʻokauā mai lākou naʻu. | So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me. |
| ʻŌlelo akula nā kauā a Paraʻo iā ia, lā ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻohihia ʻana o kēia kanaka iā kākou? E hoʻokuʻu aku i ua poʻe kānaka lā, i hoʻokauā aku ai lākou na Iēhova na ko lākou Akua. ʻAʻole anei ʻoe i ʻike i nēia manawa, ua oki loa ʻo Aigupita nei? | Pharaoh’s officials said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the Lord their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?” |
| ʻŌlelo maila ʻo Iēhova iā Mose, lā ka lōʻihi o ko ʻoukou hōʻole ʻana, ʻaʻole e mālama i kaʻu mau kauoha, a me koʻu mau kānāwai? | Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commands and my instructions? |
| Uwē akula ʻo Mose iā Iēhova, ʻī akula, lā kaʻu e hana mai ai i kēia poʻe kānaka? Ua kokoke lākou e hailuku mai iaʻu. | Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.” |
| ʻĪ maila ʻo Iēhova iā Mose, lā ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻonāukiuki ʻana mai o kēia poʻe kānaka iaʻu? Āhea lā hoʻi lākou e manaʻoʻiʻo mai ai iaʻu no nā mea mana a pau aʻu i hōʻike ai i waena o lākou? | The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the signs I have performed among them? |
| lā ka lōʻihi o ko kēia anaina kanaka ʻino e ʻōhumu mai ai iaʻu? Ua lohe nō wau i nā ʻōhumu ʻana a nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela i ʻōhumu mai ai iaʻu. | “How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites. |
| lā au e hōʻino ai i kā ke Akua i hōʻino ʻole ai? lā hoʻi au e hoʻohewa ai i kā Iēhova i hoʻohewa ʻole ai? | How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the Lord has not denounced? |
| lā e hiki ai iaʻu, ʻo wau wale nō ke halihali i ko ʻoukou kaumaha, a me ko ʻoukou luhi, a me ko ʻoukou hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana? | But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself? |
| Inā paha e ʻī iho ʻoe ma loko o kou naʻau, Ua ʻoi aku ka nui o kēia mau lāhui kanaka i koʻu; lā e hiki iaʻu ke kipaku aku iā lākou? | You may say to yourselves, “These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?” |
| E mālama ʻoe iā ʻoe iho, i hihia ʻole ai ʻoe ma muli o lākou, ma hope o ko lākou luku ʻia, mai kou alo aku; a i nīnau ʻole ai ʻoe no ko lākou mau akua, i ka ʻī ʻana aʻe, lā kēia mau lāhui kanaka i mālama ai i ko lākou mau akua? A pēlā hoʻi wau e hana ai. | and after they have been destroyed before you, be careful not to be ensnared by inquiring about their gods, saying, “How do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same.” |
| Inā e ʻī iho ʻoe i loko o kou naʻau, lā mākou e ʻike ai i ka ʻōlelo a Iēhova i ʻōlelo ʻole mai ai? | You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?” |
| lā e alualu ai kekahi i ke tausani hoʻokahi, A ʻo nā mea ʻelua e hoʻopuehu ai i nā tausani he ʻumi, Ke ʻole i kūʻai aku ko lākou Pōhaku iā lākou, Ke ʻole hoʻi i hoʻolilo aku ʻo Iēhova iā lākou? | How could one man chase a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the Lord had given them up? |
| E lohe auaneʻi ko Kanaʻana, a me ka poʻe a pau e noho lā ma ka ʻāina, a e hoʻopuni mai lākou iā mākou, a e hōʻoki loa lākou i ko mākou inoa, mai ka honua aku. lā ʻoe e hana ai i kou inoa nui? | The Canaanites and the other people of the country will hear about this and they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. What then will you do for your own great name?” |
| ʻĪ akula nā kānaka o ka ʻIseraʻela i ka poʻe Heva, Ke noho nei paha ʻoukou i waena o mākou: lā mākou e hana ai me ʻoukou i ʻōlelo kuʻikahi? | The Israelites said to the Hivites, “But perhaps you live near us, so how can we make a treaty with you?” |
| ʻŌlelo akula ʻo Iosua i nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela, lā ka lōʻihi o ko ʻoukou molowā ʻana i ka hele e komo i ka ʻāina a Iēhova ke Akua o ko ʻoukou poʻe kūpuna i hāʻawi mai ai iā ʻoukou? | So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you? |
| ʻĪ akula kēia iā ia, E kuʻu Haku, lā wau e hoʻōla ai i ka ʻIseraʻela? He nāwaliwali koʻu hanauna i ka Manase a pau; a ua liʻiliʻi au i loko o ka hale o koʻu makua. | “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.” |
| ʻĪ akula ʻo Manoa, E hoʻokō ʻia kāu ʻōlelo. lā māua e hoʻoponopono ai i ke keiki? He aha hoʻi ka hana nāna? | So Manoah asked him, “When your words are fulfilled, what is to be the rule that governs the boy’s life and work?” |
| ʻĪ maila ʻo ia iā ia, lā ʻoe e ʻōlelo ai, Ua aloha au iā ʻoe? ʻAʻole hoʻi kou naʻau me aʻu. ʻEkolu ou hoʻowahāwahā ʻana mai iaʻu, ʻaʻole hoʻi i haʻi mai iaʻu i kahi o kou ikaika nui. | Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.” |
| (Lohe ihola nā mamo a Beniamina, ua piʻi aku nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela i Mizepa.) A laila, ʻōlelo mai nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela, E haʻi mai ʻoukou: lā kēia hewa? | (The Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) Then the Israelites said, “Tell us how this awful thing happened.” |
| lā kākou e hana ai, i loaʻa nā wāhine i ka poʻe i koe o lākou? No ka mea, ua hoʻohiki kākou iā Iēhova, e hāʻawi ʻole kākou i kā kākou mau kaikamāhine, i wāhine na lākou. | “How can we provide wives for those who are left, since we have taken an oath by the Lord not to give them any of our daughters in marriage?” |
| Nīnau akula ʻo Eli iā ia, lā ka lōʻihi o kou ʻona ʻana? E hoʻolei ʻoe i kou waina mai ou aku lā. | and said to her, “How long are you going to stay drunk? Put away your wine.” |
| Akā, ʻōlelo maila ka poʻe hewa, lā e hoʻōla mai ai kēia kanaka iā kākou? A hoʻowahāwahā lākou iā ia, ʻaʻole i lawe mai lākou i nā haʻawina iā ia; akā, noho mālie nō ia. | But some troublemakers said, "How can this fellow save us?" They despised him and brought him no gifts. But Saul kept silent. |
| ʻŌlelo maila ʻo Iēhova iā Samuʻela, lā ka lōʻihi o kou uē ʻana iā Saula, no ka mea, ua haʻalele au iā ia, ʻaʻole ʻo ia ke aliʻi ma luna o ka ʻIseraʻela? E hoʻopiha ʻoe i kou pepeiaohao i ka ʻaila, a e hele, e hoʻouna aku au iā ʻoe i o Iese lā no Betelehema: no ka mea, ua wae iho au i aliʻi noʻu i waena o kāna mau keiki. | The LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king." |
| ʻĪ akula ʻo Samuʻela, lā wau e hele ai? Inā lohe ʻo Saula, e pepehi mai ia iaʻu. ʻŌlelo maila ʻo Iēhova, E lawe pū me ʻoe i bipi wahine, a e ʻī aku, Ua hele mai nei au e kaumaha aku iā Iēhova. | But Samuel said, "How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me." The LORD said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.' |
| ʻĪ mai ʻo Dāvida iā Ionatana, Na wai lā wau e haʻi mai? lā, ke ʻōlelo pākīkē mai kou makua kāne iā ʻoe? | David asked, "Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?" |
| Nīnau akula ʻo ia iā ia, kona ʻano? ʻĪ maila ia, He kanaka ʻelemakule e piʻi mai ana; a ua uhi ʻia i ka ʻaʻahu. A ʻike ihola ʻo Saula, ʻo Samuʻela nō ia, kūlou ihola kona maka i ka honua, a moe ihola. | "What does he look like?" he asked. "An old man wearing a robe is coming up," she said. Then Saul knew it was Samuel, and he bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. |
| ʻĪ akula ʻo Dāvida iā ia, kēlā mea? Ke noi aku nei au iā ʻoe, e haʻi mai iaʻu. ʻĪ maila kēlā, Ua heʻe akula nā kānaka mai ke kaua aku, a ua hāʻule nā kānaka he nui loa a make: ua make hoʻi ʻo Saula a me kāna keiki kāne ʻo Ionatana. | "What happened?" David asked. "Tell me." He said, "The men fled from the battle. Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead." |
| ʻĪ akula ʻo Dāvida i ke kanaka ʻōpiopio nāna i haʻi mai iā ia, kāu ʻike ʻana, ua make ʻo Saula a me Ionatana kāna keiki? | Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?" |
| ʻŌlelo hou akula ʻo ʻAbenera iā ʻAsahela, E hāliu aʻe ʻoe mai oʻu aku nei; no ke aha lā au e pepehi iho ai iā ʻoe a ka honua? lā hoʻi e nānā pono aku ai kuʻu maka iā Ioaba kou kaikuaʻana? | Again Abner warned Asahel, "Stop chasing me! Why should I strike you down? How could I look your brother Joab in the face?" |
| A laila, kāhea maila ʻo ʻAbenera iā Ioaba, ʻī maila, E ʻai mau nō anei ka pahi kaua? ʻAʻole anei ʻoe e ʻike, he mea ʻawaʻawa nō ia ma ka hopena? lā ka lōʻihi, a kēnā aku ʻoe i nā kānaka e uhoʻi aku mai ke alualu ʻana aʻe i ko lākou poʻe hoahānau? | Abner called out to Joab, "Must the sword devour forever? Don't you realize that this will end in bitterness? How long before you order your men to stop pursuing their brothers?" |
| Makaʻu ihola ʻo Dāvida iā Iēhova ia lā, ʻī ihola, lā e hiki aku ai ka pahu o ke Akua i oʻu lā? | David was afraid of the LORD that day and said, "How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?" |
| ʻĪ akula ʻo Dāvida i ko Gibeona, He aha kaʻu e hana aku ai no ʻoukou? hoʻi au e hoʻokalahala aku ai, i hoʻomaikaʻi mai ʻoukou i ka ʻāina a Iēhova i hāʻawi mai ai? | David asked the Gibeonites, "What shall I do for you? How shall I make amends so that you will bless the LORD's inheritance?" |
| A kūkākūkā maila ʻo Rehoboama me nā kānaka kahiko, ka poʻe i kū ma ke alo o Solomona kona makua kāne, i kona wā e ola ana, nīnau maila, lā ʻoukou e ʻōlelo mai ai e haʻi aku au i kēia poʻe kānaka? | Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. "How would you advise me to answer these people?" he asked. |
| Hele maila hoʻi ʻo ʻElia i ka poʻe kānaka a pau, ʻī maila hoʻi, lā ka lōʻihi o ko ʻoukou kāpekepeke ʻana i waena o nā manaʻo ʻelua? Inā ʻo Iēhova ke Akua, e hahai ʻoukou ma muli ona; akā, inā ʻo Baʻala, e hahai ma muli ona. ʻAʻole ʻōlelo aku nā kānaka i kekahi ʻōlelo iā ia. | Elijah went before the people and said, "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him." But the people said nothing. |
| Nīnau maila hoʻi ʻo Iēhova iā ia, lā? Haʻi akula ʻo ia, E hele au a e lilo i ʻuhane wahaheʻe i loko o ka waha o kāna poʻe kāula a pau. ʻĪ maila hoʻi ʻo ia, E malimali auaneʻi ʻoe iā ia, a e lanakila nō hoʻi; e hele aku, a e hana pēlā. | " 'By what means?' the LORD asked. " 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,' he said. " 'You will succeed in enticing him,' said the LORD. 'Go and do it.' |
| A i ke ala ʻana o ke kauā a ke kanaka o ke Akua i kakahiaka nui, a hele i waho, aia hoʻi, ua puni ke kūlanakauhale i ka poʻe kaua, i nā lio, a me nā hale kaʻa: ʻī akula kāna kauā iā ia, Auē, e kuʻu haku! lā e hana ʻia ai? | When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. "Oh, my lord, what shall we do?" the servant asked. |
| ʻĪ akula ʻo Hazaʻela, lā ia, he ʻīlio anei kāu kauā, i hana aku ai ia i kēia mea nui? ʻĪ maila ʻo ʻElisai, Ua hōʻike mai ʻo Iēhova iaʻu, e lilo auaneʻi ʻoe i aliʻi ma luna o Suria. | Hazael said, "How could your servant, a mere dog, accomplish such a feat?" "The LORD has shown me that you will become king of Aram," answered Elisha. |
| A makaʻu loa ihola lākou, ʻī aʻela, Aia hoʻi, ʻaʻole i kū nā aliʻi ʻelua i mua ona; lā kākou e kū ai? | But they were terrified and said, "If two kings could not resist him, how can we?" |
| A lā ʻoe e hoʻohuli aʻe i ka maka o kekahi luna o nā kauā ʻuʻuku a kuʻu haku, a hilinaʻi aʻe ma luna o ʻAigupita no nā hale kaʻa, a no nā hoʻoholo lio? | How can you repulse one officer of the least of my master's officials, even though you are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen ? |
| Makaʻu ihola ʻo Dāvida i ke Akua ia lā, ʻī ihola, lā kaʻu e lawe mai ai i ka pahu o ke Akua i oʻu nei? | David was afraid of God that day and asked, "How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?" |
| Akā, he mea ʻoiaʻiʻo anei, e noho ana ke Akua me kānaka ma ka honua? Aia hoʻi, he ʻuʻuku iā ʻoe ka lani, a me ka lani o nā lani! hoʻi kēia hale aʻu i hana ai! | "But will God really dwell on earth with men? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built! |
| A laila, hiki mai kekahi ʻuhane, a kū aʻela i mua o Iēhova, a ʻōlelo akula ia, ʻO wau ke hoʻowalewale iā ia. ʻĪ aʻela ʻo Iēhova,? | Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.' " 'By what means?' the LORD asked. |
| ʻĀnō, mai noho a hoʻopunipuni ʻo Hezekia iā ʻoukou, a malimali mai iā ʻoukou pēlā, mai paulele ʻoukou iā ia; no ka mea, ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi akua o kekahi lāhui kanaka, a me kekahi aupuni ke hoʻopakele i kona poʻe kānaka mai koʻu lima aku, a mai ka lima aku o koʻu poʻe kūpuna; a lā e hoʻopakele ai ko ʻoukou Akua iā ʻoukou mai koʻu lima aku? | Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you and mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my fathers. How much less will your god deliver you from my hand!" |
| A ʻī maila ke aliʻi iaʻu, (ʻo ke aliʻi wahine kekahi e noho pū ana me ia,) ka lōʻihi o kou manawa e hele ai? Āhea lā ʻoe e hoʻi mai ai? A he mea ʻoluʻolu ia i ke aliʻi e hoʻouna iaʻu; a haʻi aku au iā ia i manawa. | Then the king, with the queen sitting beside him, asked me, "How long will your journey take, and when will you get back?" It pleased the king to send me; so I set a time. |
| Ma muli o ke kānāwai, lā kākou e hana ai i ke aliʻi wahine iā Vaseti, no kona mālama ʻole ʻana i ka ʻōlelo a ke aliʻi, a ʻAhasuero, ma ka lima o nā luna? | "According to law, what must be done to Queen Vashti?" he asked. "She has not obeyed the command of King Xerxes that the eunuchs have taken to her." |
| No ka mea, lā e hiki ai iaʻu ke hoʻomanawanui i ka ʻike ʻana aku i ka hewa e hiki mai ana ma luna o koʻu lāhui kanaka? lā hoʻi e hiki ai iaʻu ke hoʻomanawanui i ka ʻike ʻana aku i ka make o koʻu hanauna? | For how can I bear to see disaster fall on my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my family?" |
| ka lōʻihi o kou nānā ʻole ʻana mai i oʻu aku nei, A kuʻu ʻole mai iaʻu, a moni iho au i kuʻu kuha? | Will you never look away from me, or let me alone even for an instant? |
| lā ka lōʻihi o kāu ʻōlelo ʻana i kēia mau mea? A he makani ikaika nā hua ʻōlelo o kou waha? | "How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind. |
| Ua ʻike nō au, he ʻoiaʻiʻo nō: A, lā e hoʻāpono ʻia ai ke kanaka i mua o ke Akua? | "Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can a mortal be righteous before God? |
| lā hoʻi wau e ʻōlelo aku ai iā ia, A e wae aʻe i nā hua ʻōlelo i mua ona? | "How then can I dispute with him? How can I find words to argue with him? |
| Inā e ʻōlelo aku au, ʻaʻole e ʻoluʻolu kuʻu ʻeha; Inā e noho mālie hoʻi au, ia e haʻalele ai iaʻu? | "Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I refrain, it does not go away. |
| lā ka lōʻihi e hōʻeha mai ai ʻoukou i kuʻu ʻuhane, A e haʻihaʻi mai iaʻu ma nā ʻōlelo? | "How long will you torment me and crush me with words? |
| A lā ko ʻoukou hōʻoluʻolu makehewa ʻana mai iaʻu, A ua hewa kā ʻoukou ʻōlelo ʻana mai? | "So how can you console me with your nonsense? Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!" |
| A ʻī maila ʻoe, lā ke Akua e ʻike ai? E hiki anei ia ke hoʻoponopono ma waena mai o ke ao pouli? | Yet you say, 'What does God know? Does he judge through such darkness? |
| A lā e hoʻāpono ʻia ai ke kanaka i mua o ke Akua? A lā e maʻemaʻe ai ka mea i hānau ʻia e ka wahine? | How then can a man be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure? |
| lā hoʻi ke kanaka, he ʻenuhe; A me ke keiki a ke kanaka, he ilo? | how much less man, who is but a maggot-- a son of man, who is only a worm!" |
| lā ʻoe i kōkua mai ai i ka mea nāwaliwali? A hoʻoikaika mai hoʻi ʻoe i ka lima ikaika ʻole? | "How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble! |
| lā ʻoe i aʻo mai ai i ka mea ʻike ʻole? A hōʻike nui mai hoʻi ʻoe i ka noʻeau? | What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed! |
| hoʻi ka mea maliu ʻole mai i ko nā aliʻi, ʻAʻole hoʻi ia i manaʻo i ka mea waiwai ma mua o ka ʻilihune? No ka mea, ʻo lākou a pau ka hana a kona lima. | who shows no partiality to princes and does not favor the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of his hands? |
| A hoʻi i mahana ai kou kapa, I ka wā i hoʻomālie mai ai ʻo ia i ka ʻāina i ka makani kūkulu hema? | You who swelter in your clothes when the land lies hushed under the south wind, |
| E nā keiki a kānaka, lā ka lōʻihi O ko ʻoukou hoʻolilo ʻana i koʻu nani i mea hilahila? No ke aha lā e aloha ai ʻoukou i ka lapuwale, A ʻimi hoʻi i wahaheʻe? Sila. | How long, O men, will you turn my glory into shame ? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods ? "Selah" |
| Ua piʻoloke loa koʻu ʻuhane, Akā ʻo ʻoe, e Iēhova, lā hoʻi ka lōʻihi? | My soul is in anguish. How long, O LORD, how long? |
| Ke hilinaʻi aku nei au iā Iēhova; ʻoukou e ʻī mai ai i koʻu ʻuhane, E lele i ko ʻoukou mauna me he manu lā? | In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: "Flee like a bird to your mountain. |
| lā ka lōʻihi o kou hoʻopoina ʻana mai iaʻu, e Iēhova? I ka manawa pau ʻole anei? lā ka lōʻihi o kou hoʻonalo ʻana i kou maka iaʻu? | How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? |
| lā hoʻi ka lōʻihi o koʻu kaukau ʻana i loko o koʻu ʻuhane, Me ke kaniʻuhū i loko o koʻu naʻau i kēlā lā a i kēia lā? lā hoʻi ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻana o koʻu ʻenemi ma luna oʻu? | How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? |
| E ka Haku, ka lōʻihi o kou nānā ʻana mai? E hoʻopakele i kuʻu ʻuhane i ko lākou luku ʻana, A i koʻu makamae i nā liona. | O Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my life from their ravages, my precious life from these lions. |
| lā ka lōʻihi o ko ʻoukou kūkākūkā hewa kūʻē i ke kanaka? E luku ʻia auaneʻi ʻoukou a pau, Me he pā hina lā, me ka pā haʻalulu. | How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down-- this leaning wall, this tottering fence? |
| A ʻōlelo lākou, lā e ʻike ai ke Akua? He ʻike anei hoʻi ko loko o ka Mea kiʻekiʻe loa? | They say, "How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?" |
| E ke Akua, ka lōʻihi o ko ka ʻenemi hōʻino ʻana mai? E hōʻino wale anei ka ʻenemi i kou inoa i ka manawa pau ʻole? | How long will the enemy mock you, O God? Will the foe revile your name forever? |
| lā ka lōʻihi, e Iēhova? E huhū mau loa mai anei ʻoe? E ʻā anei kou lili me he ahi lā? | How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire? |
| E Iēhova, ke Akua o nā kaua, lā ka lōʻihi o kou huhū ʻana i ka pule a kou poʻe kānaka? | O LORD God Almighty, how long will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people? |
| lā ka lōʻihi o ko ʻoukou ʻāpono ʻana i ka hewa, A hoʻolana hoʻi i ka maka o ka poʻe lawehala? Sila. | "How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked? "Selah" |
| lā ka lōʻihi o kou hoʻonalo ʻana iā ʻoe iho, e Iēhova? E mau loa anei? E ʻā mai nei anei kou huhū me he ahi lā? | How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire? |
| E hoʻomanaʻo mai ʻoe iaʻu, lā ka lōʻihi o ke ola ʻana? No ke aha lā ʻoe i hana makehewa ai i nā kānaka a pau? | Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all men! |
| E hoʻi mai ʻoe, e Iēhova, lā ka lōʻihi? A e minamina mai hoʻi i kāu poʻe kauā | Relent, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants. |
| lā ka lōʻihi, e Iēhova, o ka poʻe hewa? lā ka lōʻihi o ka ʻakola ʻana mai o ka poʻe hewa? | How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked be jubilant? |
| E hoʻomaopopo ʻoukou, e ka poʻe manaʻo ʻole i waena o nā kānaka; ʻO ʻoukou hoʻi ka poʻe naʻaupō, lā ka lōʻihi a lilo ʻoukou i poʻe naʻauao? | Take heed, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise? |
| lā e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ai ke kanaka uʻi i kona ʻaoʻao? I ka mālama ʻana, e like me kāu ʻōlelo. | How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. |
| lā mākou e ʻoli ai i ka ʻoli o Iēhova, Ma ka ʻāina malihini? | How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land? |
| ka lōʻihi, e ka poʻe ʻike ʻole, E makemake ai ʻoukou i ka naʻaupō? A ʻoukou hoʻi, e ka poʻe hoʻowahāwahā, E makemake ai i ka hoʻowahāwahā ʻana? A ʻo ʻoukou, e ka poʻe naʻaupō, e inaina aku ai i ka naʻauao? | "How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge? |
| E ka mea hiamoe, ka lōʻihi o kou hiamoe ʻana? Āhea lā ʻoe e ala mai ai mai kou hiamoe ʻana mai? | How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? |
| Na Iēhova mai ka hele ʻana o ke kanaka; hoʻi e hiki ai i ke kanaka ke ʻike i kona ʻaoʻao iho? | A man's steps are directed by the LORD. How then can anyone understand his own way? |
| A ma nēia hope aku, ʻaʻole i hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ke kanaka naʻauao ma mua o ka mea naʻaupō, no ka mea, ʻo nā mea e noho nei, i nā lā e hiki mai ana, e pau ia i ka hoʻopoina ʻia. A ka make ʻana o ka mea naʻauao? Ua like nō me ko ka mea naʻaupō. | For the wise man, like the fool, will not be long remembered; in days to come both will be forgotten. Like the fool, the wise man too must die! |
| Inā e moe pū nā mea ʻelua e pumehana nō lāua; akā hoʻi, e mehana ai ka mea hoʻokahi? | Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? |
| No laila, ua māhuahua ka lapuwale ma nā mea he nui loa; a lā e pono ai ke kanaka? | The more the words, the less the meaning, and how does that profit anyone? |
| Ua wehe au i koʻu kapa komo; lā wau e komo hou aku ai ia? Ua holoi au i koʻu mau wāwae; lā wau e hoʻopaumāʻele hou aku ai? | I have taken off my robe-- must I put it on again? I have washed my feet-- must I soil them again? |
| A laila, ʻī akula au, E ka Haku, ka lōʻihi? ʻĪ maila ia, A neoneo nā kūlanakauhale, ʻaʻohe mea noho i loko, A kanaka ʻole ko lākou hale, A ʻānai loa ʻia aku ka ʻāina, | Then I said, "For how long, O Lord?" And he answered: "Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left deserted and the fields ruined and ravaged, |
| lā ʻoukou e hana ai i ka lā o ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana, Ke hiki mai ka make mai kahi lōʻihi mai? Iā wai ʻoukou e holo ai no ke kōkua ʻia mai? Ma hea ʻoukou e waiho ai i ko ʻoukou waiwai? | What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches? |
| lā e ʻōlelo aku ai i nā ʻelele o ka ʻāina? Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Iēhova iā Ziona, E loaʻa auaneʻi ka puʻuhonua no kona poʻe kānaka pōʻino. | What answer shall be given to the envoys of that nation? "The LORD has established Zion, and in her his afflicted people will find refuge." |
| He ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua naʻaupō nā aliʻi o Zoana; ʻO ka ʻōlelo aʻo o nā kākāʻōlelo akamai o Paraʻo, He ʻōlelo lapuwale ia. lā ʻoukou e ʻōlelo ai iā Paraʻo, He keiki au na ka poʻe akamai, He keiki na nā aliʻi kahiko? | The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am one of the wise men, a disciple of the ancient kings"? |
| A ʻo ka mea e noho ana ma ia ʻāina, e ʻōlelo nō ia, ia lā, Aia hoʻi, pēlā ka mea a mākou i hilinaʻi ai, Ka poʻe a mākou i kiʻi aku, i mea e kōkua mai, I hoʻopakele ʻia mai mākou i ke aliʻi o ʻAsuria: hoʻi mākou e pakele ai? | In that day the people who live on this coast will say, 'See what has happened to those we relied on, those we fled to for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?' " |
| hoʻi ʻoe e hoʻohuli aku ai i ka maka o kekahi luna ʻuʻuku o nā kauā a kuʻu haku, a hilinaʻi hoʻi ma luna o ʻAigupita, no nā kaʻa kaua, a no nā holo lio? | How then can you repulse one officer of the least of my master's officials, even though you are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen? |
| Akā, ua kanu nō wau iā ʻoe i kumu waina maikaʻi, he hua pono wale nō. lā hoʻi ʻoe i hoʻololi ʻia ai i lālā o ke kumu waina ʻē iaʻu? | I had planted you like a choice vine of sound and reliable stock. How then did you turn against me into a corrupt, wild vine? |
| lā e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo, ʻAʻole au i haumia, ʻaʻole au i hahai ma muli o nā Baʻala? E nānā i kou ala ma ke awāwa, e hoʻomaopopo hoʻi i ka mea āu i hana ai. He kāmelo māmā nō ʻoe e holoholo ana i kona mau ala iho: | "How can you say, 'I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals'? See how you behaved in the valley; consider what you have done. You are a swift she-camel running here and there, |
| Akā, ʻī ihola au, lā au e waiho ai iā ʻoe i waena o nā keiki, a hāʻawi hoʻi iā ʻoe i ka ʻāina maikaʻi i ʻāina hoʻoili nani o nā pae ʻāina? A ʻōlelo akula au, E kapa mai ʻoukou iaʻu, ʻo Koʻu Makua, ʻaʻole hoʻi e huli mai oʻu aku nei. | "I myself said, " 'How gladly would I treat you like sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.' I thought you would call me 'Father' and not turn away from following me. |
| E Ierusalema ē, holoi ʻoe i kou naʻau, i pau ka hewa, i hoʻōla ʻia hoʻi ʻoe. lā ka lōʻihi o ka noho ʻana o nā manaʻo lapuwale i loko ou? | O Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts? |
| lā ka lōʻihi o koʻu ʻike ʻana i ka hae, a lohe hoʻi i ke kani ʻana o ka pū? | How long must I see the battle standard and hear the sound of the trumpet? |
| A ʻānai ʻia ʻoe, lā ʻoe e hana ai? Inā paha e hōʻaʻahu ʻoe iā ʻoe i ka mea ʻula, a kāhiko hoʻi ʻoe iā ʻoe i nā kāhiko gula, a inā paha e nahae kou mau maka i ka pena, makehewa nō kou hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana iā ʻoe; e hoʻowahāwahā mai nō kou mau ipo iā ʻoe, e ʻimi nō lākou e hoʻopau i kou ola. | What are you doing, O devastated one? Why dress yourself in scarlet and put on jewels of gold? Why shade your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain. Your lovers despise you; they seek your life. |
| lā wau e kala ai i kēia hewa nou? Ua haʻalele kāu mau keiki iaʻu, a ua hoʻohiki lākou ma nā mea akua ʻole. Hānai akula au iā lākou a māʻona, a laila, moekolohe ihola lākou, a hoʻākoakoa lākou me ka lehulehu ma nā hale o nā wāhine hoʻokamakama. | "Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I supplied all their needs, yet they committed adultery and thronged to the houses of prostitutes. |
| Wānana wahaheʻe mai nā kāula, a ma o lākou lā i noho aliʻi ai nā kāhuna; a ua makemake koʻu poʻe kānaka ia mea; a hoʻi ʻoukou e hana ai i ka hopena o ia mea? | The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end? |
| lā ʻoukou e ʻōlelo ai, Ua akamai mākou, a eia iā mākou ke kānāwai o Iēhova? Aia hoʻi, ua hoʻololi ka peni hoʻopunipuni a ka poʻe kākau ʻōlelo ia mea i wahaheʻe. | " 'How can you say, "We are wise, for we have the law of the LORD," when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely? |
| lā ka lōʻihi o ke kūmākena ʻana o ka ʻāina, a me ka mae wale ʻana o nā laʻalāʻau o ke kula, no ka hewa o ka poʻe e noho ana ma loko? Ua lawe ʻia aku nā holoholona, a me nā manu; no ka mea, ʻōlelo nō lākou, ʻAʻole ia e ʻike mai i ko mākou hopena. | How long will the land lie parched and the grass in every field be withered? Because those who live in it are wicked, the animals and birds have perished. Moreover, the people are saying, "He will not see what happens to us." |
| Inā i holo pū ʻoe me ka poʻe hele wāwae, a ua hoʻomāloʻeloʻe mai lākou iā ʻoe, lā e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke kūkini me nā lio? A inā hilinaʻi ʻoe ma ka ʻāina malu, lā ʻoe e hana ai ma loko o ka nani o Ioredane? | "If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan? |
| lā ʻoe e ʻōlelo ai i ka wā e hoʻopaʻi mai ʻo ia iā ʻoe? ʻAʻole anei e loʻohia ʻoe i ka ʻeha e like me ka wahine hānau keiki, no ka mea, ua aʻo aku nō ʻoe iā lākou e noho kāpena, a e noho aliʻi ma luna ou. | What will you say when sets over you those you cultivated as your special allies? Will not pain grip you like that of a woman in labor? |
| Ua ʻike nō wau i kou moekolohe ʻana, a me kou haʻu ʻana, a me ka hewa o kou hoʻokamakama, a me kāu hana hoʻopailua ma luna o nā puʻu ma ke kula. Auē ʻoe, e Ierusalema! ʻAʻole anei ʻoe e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia? lā ka lōʻihi? | your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution! I have seen your detestable acts on the hills and in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you be unclean?" |
| E ka mea noho ma Lebanona, ka mea hana i kou pūnana ma loko o nā lāʻau kedera; lā ʻoe e aloha ʻia mai ai i ka wā e hiki mai ai kou ʻeha, ʻo ke kuakoko hoʻi, e like me ko ka wahine hānau keiki? | You who live in 'Lebanon,' who are nestled in cedar buildings, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, pain like that of a woman in labor! |
| lā ka lōʻihi o ka noho ʻana o kēia i loko o ka naʻau o nā kāula, ka poʻe wānana wahaheʻe? ʻO ia, he poʻe kāula lākou no ka hoʻopunipuni o ko lākou naʻau iho; | How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds? |
| lā ka lōʻihi o kou ʻaeʻa ʻana aku, e ke kaikamahine hoʻi hope? No ka mea, ua hana ʻo Iēhova i ka mea hou ma ka honua, na ka wahine nō e hoʻomalu i ke kāne. | How long will you wander, O unfaithful daughter? The LORD will create a new thing on earth-- a woman will surround a man." |
| Nīnau maila lākou iā Baruka, ʻī maila, E haʻi mai ʻoe, ʻeā, kāu kākau ʻana i kēia mau ʻōlelo a pau na kona waha? | Then they asked Baruch, "Tell us, how did you come to write all this? Did Jeremiah dictate it?" |
| Ua hiki mai ka ʻōhule ma luna o Gaza, ua hōʻoki loa ʻia ʻo ʻAsekelona, ʻo ke koena hoʻi o ke awāwa. lā ka lōʻihi o kou ʻokiʻoki ʻana iā ʻoe iho? | Gaza will shave her head in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant on the plain, how long will you cut yourselves? |
| E ka pahi kaua o Iēhova, lā ka lōʻihi, a moe ʻoe? E hoʻihoʻi aʻe iā ʻoe iho ma kāu wahī; e hoʻomaha, a e noho mālie. | " 'Ah, sword of the LORD,' 'how long till you rest? Return to your scabbard; cease and be still.' |
| lā e hiki ai iā ia ke moe? No ka mea, ua kauoha ʻo Iēhova iā ia e kūʻē iā ʻAsekelona, i ko kahakai. Ma laila kona kuhikuhi ʻana iā ia. | But how can it rest when the LORD has commanded it, when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast?" |
| kā ʻoukou ʻōlelo ʻana, He poʻe kānaka ikaika mākou, a koa i ke kaua? | "How can you say, 'We are warriors, men valiant in battle'? |
| ka nāwaliwali o kou naʻau? wahi a Iēhova ka Haku, i kāu hana ʻana ia mau mea, i ka hana a ka wahine moekolohe hilahila ʻole; | " 'How weak-willed you are, declares the Sovereign LORD, when you do all these things, acting like a brazen prostitute! |
| A ʻo ʻoe, e ke keiki a ke kanaka, e ʻōlelo aku ʻoe i ka ʻohana a ʻIseraʻela, Ke ʻōlelo nei ʻoukou, i ka ʻī ʻana, Inā eia ma luna o kākou ko kākou mau hala a me ko kākou mau hewa, a ʻōlala aʻe kākou ma loko o ia mau mea, lā hoʻi kākou e ola ai? | "Son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'This is what you are saying: "Our offenses and sins weigh us down, and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?" ' |
| ʻŌlelo maila ka luna o ka poʻe i poʻa ʻia iā Daniʻela, Ua makaʻu au i kuʻu haku i ke aliʻi, ka mea i kauoha mai i kā ʻoukou ʻai, a me kā ʻoukou mea e inu ai. lā uaneʻi e ʻike mai ai ke aliʻi i ko ʻoukou mau maka ua ʻinoʻino ma mua aku o nā maka o nā kamaliʻi me ʻoukou pū? Ma laila, e hoʻohewa ai ʻoukou i kuʻu poʻo i ke aliʻi. | but the official told Daniel, "I am afraid of my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men your age? The king would then have my head because of you." |
| A laila, lohe akula au i kekahi haipule e ʻōlelo ana, a ʻī aku kekahi haipule ʻē i ua haipule lā e ʻōlelo ana, ka lōʻihi o ka hihiʻo no ka mōhai o nā lā, a no ka mea ʻino e hoʻoneoneo ai, no ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi hoʻāno a me ka pūʻali, e hehi ʻia ma lalo iho o ka wāwae? | Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, "How long will it take for the vision to be fulfilled--the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, and the surrender of the sanctuary and of the host that will be trampled underfoot?" |
| lā e hiki ai i ke kauā a kuʻu Haku nei ke kamaʻilio pū me kuʻu Haku? No ka mea, ʻo wau, ua ʻemo ʻole, ʻaʻole ikaika i koe i loko oʻu, ʻaʻole hoʻi he hanu i loko oʻu. | How can I, your servant, talk with you, my lord? My strength is gone and I can hardly breathe." |
| ʻŌlelo akula kekahi i ke kanaka i hōʻaʻahu ʻia i ke olonā, ka mea i noho ma luna o ka wai o ua muliwai lā, ka lōʻihi a hiki i ka hopena o kēia mau mea kupaianaha? | One of them said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, "How long will it be before these astonishing things are fulfilled?" |
| He mea hoʻopailua kou keiki bipi, e Samaria. Ua hoʻaʻā ʻia kuʻu inaina iā lākou: lā ka lōʻihi a loaʻa iā lākou ka maʻemaʻe? | Throw out your calf-idol, O Samaria! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity? |
| lā wau e hoʻokuʻu aku ai iā ʻoe, e ʻEperaima? lā wau e hoʻolilo ai iā ʻoe, e ka ʻIseraʻela? lā wau e hana aku ai iā ʻoe e like me ʻAdema? hoʻi wau e hoʻokū ai iā ʻoe e like me Zeboima? Ua huli ʻia koʻu naʻau i loko oʻu, Ua hoʻāla pū ʻia hoʻi kuʻu minamina. | "How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is changed within me; all my compassion is aroused. |
| A i ka wā i hoʻopau ai lākou i ka ʻai ʻana i ka weuweu o ka ʻāina, a laila ʻī akula au, E Iēhova ka Haku, ke noi aku nei au, e kala mai ʻoe. lā e kū mai ai ʻo Iakoba? No ka mea, ua ʻuʻuku ia. | When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, "Sovereign LORD, forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!" |
| A laila, ʻī akula au, E ka Haku, e Iēhova, ke noi aku nei au, e oki: e kū mai ai ʻo Iakoba? No ka mea, ua ʻuʻuku ia. | Then I cried out, "Sovereign LORD, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!" |
| ka lōʻihi o koʻu kāhea ʻana, e Iēhova, ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻolohe mai? A uē aku hoʻi iā ʻoe no ka hana ʻino, ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻopakele mai? | How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save? |
| ʻAʻole anei e hāpai o kēia poʻe a pau i mele nona, A i wahi ʻōlelo hōʻino nona, a e ʻī aku, Auē ka mea e hoʻomāhuahua i ka waiwai, ʻaʻohe nona! ka lōʻihi! ʻO ka mea e hoʻonui ana ma luna ona i ka ʻaiʻē! | "Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying, " 'Woe to him who piles up stolen goods and makes himself wealthy by extortion! How long must this go on?' |
| ʻO wai o ʻoukou e koe, nāna i ʻike i kēlā luakini me kona nani mua? ʻoukou i ʻike ai i kēia, ʻānō, ʻaʻole anei ia ma ko ʻoukou maka me he mea ʻole lā? | 'Who of you is left who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not seem to you like nothing? |
| A laila, ʻōlelo maila ka ʻānela o Iēhova, ʻī maila, E Iēhova o nā kaua, lā ka lōʻihi o kou aloha ʻole mai iā Ierusalema, a me nā kūlanakauhale ʻo Iuda, āu i huhū mai ai i nēia mau makahiki he kanahiku? | Then the angel of the LORD said, "LORD Almighty, how long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem and from the towns of Judah, which you have been angry with these seventy years?" |