Job 17

Berean Standard Bible

Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)

1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.

1Ka hinghaih amro boeh moe, kai ih aninawk doeh laemh boeh; taprong mah ang zing kong boeh.

2Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.

2Nihcae mah kai ang pahnui o thuih na ai maw? Ang pahrue o haih to ka mik mah hnuk toepsoep na ai maw?

3Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?

3Vaihi kai han kacak lokkamhaih to na paek ah, mi hoiah maw ban kang sinh hoi han?

4You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

4Nihcae panoekhaih palung mik na maengsak boeh; to pongah nihcae to pakoeh hmah.

5If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.

5Ampui aling kami loe, a caanawk mikmaeng pae tih.

6He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.

6Kaminawk mah kasae thuih hanah anih mah ang suek, kai loe minawk mah mikhmai ah tamtui pathoih ih kami ah ka oh.

7My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.

7Palungset loiah ka mik amtueng ai boeh, ka takpum boih tahlip baktiah ni oh boeh.

8The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.

8Toenghaih hoi khosah kaminawk loe hae hmuen pongah dawnrai o tih, zaehaih tawn ai kaminawk loe angsah cop kaminawk nuiah palungphui o tih.

9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

9Toe katoeng kami loe a caehhaih loklam ah caeh poe ueloe, ban ciim kami loe thacak aep aep tih.

10But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.

10Nangcae thungah palungha kami maeto doeh ka hnu ai pongah, vaihi amlaem o boih lai ah.

11My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.

11Kai ih aninawk loe laemh boeh moe, ka sak atimhaih hoi palung thungah ka poek ih hmuen doeh amro ving boeh.

12They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.

12Hae kaminawk mah aqum to khodai ah paqoi o moe, khoving naah khodai loe zoi boeh, tiah thuih o.

13If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

13Taprong loe kai ih im ni, tiah ka zing; vinghaih thungah iihhaih kahni to ka baih.

14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

14Amrohaih khaeah, Nang loe kam pa ni, tiah ka naa; sadong khaeah, Nang loe kam no hoi ka tanu ah na oh, tiah ka naa.

15where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?

15Vaihi ka oephaih naa ah maw oh? Mi mah maw ka oephaih to hnu tih?

16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”

16Nihcae loe kai hoi nawnto maiphu thungah anghak hanah, taprong khongkha thungah caeh o tathuk tih, tiah a naa.

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