Job 24
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
1“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?
1Tipongah Thacak Sithaw mah lokcaekhaih atue to khaek ai loe? Anih panoek kaminawk mah anih lokcaekhaih ani to panoek o ai maw?
2Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
2Thoemto kaminawk loe ramri to tahruet o; minawk ih tuunawk to a lomh pae o moe, angmacae hanah pacah o.
3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
3Naqahnawk ih laa hrang to huih pae o ving moe, lamhmai ih maitaw tae to paawng ih hmuen baktiah lak pae o ving.
4They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
4Caaknaek tawn ai kaminawk to loklam amkhraeng o sak, long ah kaom amtang kaminawk loe nawnto anghawk o.
5Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
5Khenah, amtang kaminawk loe toksak hanah taw ih laa hrangnawk baktiah a caeh o; khawnthaw ah caeh o moe, angmacae hoi a caanawk hanah taw ah caaknaek pakrong o.
6They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
6Nihcae loe lawk ah cang aah o moe, kahoih ai kaminawk ih misur thaih to pakhrik pae o.
7Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
7Nihcae loe khukbuen tawn o ai, bangkrai ah iih o; angqai naah angkhuk hanah tawn o ai.
8Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
8Mae ih khotui mah nihcae to bawh moe, abuephaih tawn o ai pongah, lungsong to takop o.
9The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
9Amno ih tahnutui kanae ampa tawn ai nawkta to a lak pae o, amtang kaminawk to hmuenmae paawng o sak.
10Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
10Nihcae to khukbuen tawn ai bangkrai ah caeh o sak moe, zok amthlam kami ih cangqui to lomh pae o ving;
11They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.
11nihcae loe lawk ah olive tui pasawh o, misurtui doeh pasawh o; toe tui anghaehhaih hoiah patangkhang o.
12From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
12Vangpui thung hoiah kaminawk hanghaih lok to tacawt, ahmaa kacaa kaminawk loe tahmen hnikhaih hoiah hangh o; toe nihcae tahmen hnikhaih to Sithaw mah tidoeh sah pae ai.
13Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
13Nihcae loe aanghaih lokaek kaminawk ah oh o; nihcae loe aanghaih loklam to panoek o ai, to loklam doeh pazui o ai.
14When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
14Kami humnawk loe khawnthaw ah angthawk o moe, caaknaek tawn ai kami hoi amtang kaminawk to hum o pacoengah, aqum ah hmuenmae to paquk o.
15The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
15Zu sava laep ah zaehaih sak koeh kami loe khoving to a zing kongh, a mikhmai to khuk khoep, mi mah doeh na hnu mak ai, tiah a poek.
16In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
16Nihcae loe khoving ah minawk ih im to muk o, khodai ah loe imthung ah anghawk o; aanghaih to panoek o ai.
17For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
17Khoving loe nihcae ih ampui ah oh pongah, khodai loe nihcae han duekhaih tahlip ah oh pae lat.
18They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
18To baktih kahoih ai kaminawk loe tui nui ih kakhoem tui apoep baktiah ni oh o; long tahamsethaih loe nihcae ih taham ah oh; to pongah misur takha caehhaih lam taengah mi doeh caeh ai boeh.
19As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
19Ni kabae hoi khokhaahaih mah dantui amkawsak baktih toengah, taprong mah kazae kaminawk to amrosak.
20The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
20Zok mah anih to pahnet ueloe, sadong mah anih to rawkcak kahoih ah caa tih; anih to mi mah doeh panoek mak ai boeh; sethaih loe thing baktiah hmawn tih boeh.
21They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
21Kahoih ai kami loe caa kaak nongpata to pakrong, lamhmai tahmenhaih doeh tawn ai.
22Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.
22Thacak kami to Sithaw mah a thacakhaih hoiah amrosak; nihcae thacak naah, kaminawk khosak monghaih tawn o ai.
23He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
23Sithaw mah anih to kamongah omsak doeh om tih; toe Angraeng mah a caehhaih loklam to khet parui pae.
24They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
24Nawnetta thungah ni kasang ah pakoeh o, to pacoengah loe anghmat o boih; atlim ah zaeh tathuk moe, minawk kalah baktiah hinghaih to lak pae pacoengah, cangqui baktiah khaeh o.
25If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
25Vaihi hae tiah om ai nahaeloe, ka thuih ih lok loe amsawn ni, avanghaih tidoeh om ai, tiah mi mah maw amtuengsak thai tih? tiah a thuih.
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