Job 17

Berean Standard Bible

Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)

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

1Ka mueihla he pat tih ka khohnin loh khum coeng, kai hamla coeng tih phuel om coeng.

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

2Ka taengah a omsasaipat pai moenih a? Te dongah amih koek ham khaw ka mik ah rhaeh pai saeh.

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

3Kai kah rhikhang he namah hamla khueh laeh. Anih te ulong ka kut dongla a khoom eh?

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

4Amih kah lungbuei te lungmingnah lamloh na khoem pah coeng. Te dongah na pomsang sak mahpawh.

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

5Khoyo la a hui a phoe vaengah a ca rhoek mik tah hma coeng.

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

6Kai he pilnam kah a thuidoek la n'khueh tih maelhmai dongkah timthoeihnah la ka om.

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

7Ka mik he konoinah neh hmang coeng tih ka pumrho he khokhawn bangla boeih om.

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

8Te dongah aka thuem khaw a pong sak tih lailak taengah ommongsitoe a haenghang sak.

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

9Tedae aka dueng loh amah longpuei te a tuuk vetih a kut cim khaw a thaa sai ni.

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

10Amih te boeih na mael sak uh coeng. Na pawk uh to cakhaw nangmih ah hlangcueih ka hmu mahpawh.

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

11Ka khohnin loh thok coeng. Ka thinko kah kohnek la ka poeknah mawth coeng.

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

12Khoyin te khothaih la a khueh tih, a hmuep tom te vangnah neh a yoei sak.

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

13Saelkhui te ka im bangla ka lamtawn tih, hmaisuep ah ka rhaenghmuen ka saelh.

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

14Vaam taengah, “A pa nang,” ka ti nah tih a rhit taengah, “A nu neh ka ngannu,” ka ti nah coeng.

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

15Te dongah menim ka ngaiuepnah tih ka ngaiuepnah he unim aka mae?

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

16Saelkhui thohka te suntla vetih laipi khuila rhenten n'ael aya?,” a ti.

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