Job 21
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)
1Then Job answered:
1Te phoeiah Job loh a doo tih tih,
2“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
2Ka ol hnatun, hnatun lamtah te te nangmih kah hloephloeinah om saeh.
3Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
3Ka thui vaengah kai ol he ueh mai lamtah ka thui hnukah nan tamdaeng akhaw.
4Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
4Kai khaw ka kohuetnah he hlang hut a? Balae tih ka mueihla loh a ngen pawt mai eh?
5Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
5Kai taengla a mael vaengah hal tih a kut neh a ka te a puei.
6When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
6Ka poek bal vaengah ka let tih ka pumsa he tuennah loh a tuuk.
7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
7Halang rhoek tah haimo la a hing uh akhaw balae tih tatthai la a len uh.
8Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.
8A mikhmuh kah a tiingan rhoek neh a mikhmuh kah a cadil cahma khaw amih taengah a cikngae sak.
9Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.
9Amih im khaw birhihnah lamloh ngaimongnah la om tih Pathen kah conghol loh amih soah cuk thil pawh.
10Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.
10A vaito a pil vaengah a vaito a pom khaw tuei pawt tih thangyah tlaih pawh.
11They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
11A casenca rhoek te boiva bangla a hlah uh tih a camoe rhoek loh soipet uh.
12singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.
12Kamrhing neh rhotoeng te a phueih uh tih phavi ol neh a kohoe uh.
13They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
13Amamih vaengkah tue then khuiah muei uh tih hmawn uh. Mikhaptok ah saelkhui la ael uh.
14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
14Tedae Pathen taengah, “Kaimih taeng lamloh nong laeh. Na longpuei ming ham ka ngaih uh moenih.
15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
15Anih taengah thothueng ham khaw unim tlungthang? A taengah n'cuuk uh ham khaw balae a hoeikhang eh?” a ti uh.
16Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
16Amih kah thennah khaw amamih kut ah om pawt lah ko ke. Halang rhoek kah cilsuep te kai lamloh lakhla saeh.
17How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
17Halang rhoek kah hmaithoi tah metlam khaw thi tih amamih kah rhainah amamih soah a thoeng pah. A thintoek neh a rhilong a suem pah.
18Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
18Khohli hmai ah cangkong bangla om uh tih cangkik bangla cangpalam loh a khuen.
19It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
19Pathen loh a ca rhoek ham a khoem coeng. A boethae te amah taengah thuung saeh lamtah ming saeh.
20Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
20A sitlohthamlam te a mik, a mik ah tueng saeh lamtah tlungthang kah kosi te mam sak saeh.
21For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
21A hnukah a imkhui ham a kongaih te balae? A hla kah a tarhing khaw bawt coeng.
22Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?
22Pathen te mingnah a tukkil a? Amah he pomsang tih lai a tloek.
23One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
23A cungkuem dongah bidipbisok tih thayoeituipan la amah kah thincaknah rhuhrhong neh aka duek he,
24His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
24A rhangsuk khaw suktui buem tih a rhuh hliing khaw sulpuem.
25Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
25Hinglu khahing la duek tih hnothen aka ca pawt he khaw,
26But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
26laipi khuiah rhenten yalh tih a rhit loh a soah a yol.
27Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
27Nangmih kah kopoek ka ming phoeiah tangkhuepnah neh kai soah nan hul ni te.
28For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
28“Hlangcong im te menim? Halang tolhmuen kah dap te menim?” na ti uh.
29Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?
29Longpuei aka poeng rhoek te na dawt uh pawt tih amih kah miknoek khaw na hmat uh pawt nim?
30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
30Rhainah khohnin lamloh boethae te a tuem tih thinpom khohnin lamloh a khuen te ta.
31Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
31A khoboe te a mikhmuh ah aka phoe pah te unim? A saii bangla a taengah aka thuung te unim?
32He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
32Anih khaw phuel la a khuen vaengah laivuei ni a hak thil.
33The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
33Anih ham soklong kah dikmuh khaw tui. Anih hnuk te hlang boeih loh a thoelh tih anih hmai kah hlangmi tae lek pawh.
34So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”
34Te dongah balae tih a honghi la kai he nan hloep uh? Nangmih kah taikhaih khaw boekoeknah la cul coeng,” a ti.
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