Job 9
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
1Then Job answered:
1To naah Job mah,
2“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
2to lok loe amsoem, tiah ka panoek; toe kami loe kawbangmaw Sithaw hmaa ah toeng thai tih?
3If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
3Kami mah anih hoi lok angaek han koeh cadoeh, vai sangto thungah vaito mataeng doeh pathim thai mak ai.
4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
4Sithaw loe palunghahaih, thacakhaih hoiah koi; palung thah, anih ih lok aek kami loe khosak hoihaih hnuk vai maw?
5He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.
5Sithaw palungphui naah, nihcae panoek ai ah maenawk to angthuisak moe, amletsak thaih,
6He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
6long to angthuisak hanah ahuenh moe, tungnawk to anghuensak.
7He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
7Ni tacawt han ai ah lok a thuih pae; cakaehnawk aanghaih to vingh pae khoep.
8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
8Anih mah khue ni vannawk to payuengh moe, tuipui tuiphunawk to cawh thaih.
9He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
9Anih loe Arcturus, Orian, Pleiades cakaehnawk hoi aloih bang ih cakaehnawk Sahkung ah oh.
10He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
10Anih loe panoek thai ai kalen hmuennawk to sak; ue, kroek laek ai dawnraihaih doeh a sak.
11Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
11Khenah, anih ka taengah caeh naah, ka hnu thai ai; a caeh poe naah, anih to ka panoek thai ai.
12If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
12Khenah, anih mah la ving nahaeloe, mi mah maw pakaa thai tih? Mi mah maw anih khaeah, Timaw na sak? tiah thui thai tih?
13God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
13Sithaw palungphuihaih dip ai nahaeloe, amoek kami thapaek kaminawk loe anih hmaa ah ni akuep o sut tih.
14How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
14Kawbangmaw anih ih lok to ka pathim thai tih? Anih hoi lok angaek hanah kawbaktih lok maw ka qoih han?
15For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
15Zaehaih ka tawn ai langlacadoeh, anih to ka aek thai mak ai; lokcaekkung khaeah loe tahmenhaih khue ni ka hnik thaih.
16If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
16Anih to ka kawk moe, ka kawkhaih lok na pathim pae aep to mah, anih mah ka lok na tahngai pae tih, tiah ka poek ai.
17For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
17Anih mah takhi sae hoiah ang boh moe, takung om ai ah nganbawh kana ang pungsak.
18He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
18Kai han anghahhaih takhi na paek ai, kakhaa patangkhanghaih hoiah ni ang koisak.
19If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him ?
19Thacakhaih kawng thuih nahaeloe, khenah, anih loe thacak koek ah oh! Toenghaih hoi lokcaek naah doeh, mi mah maw lokcaekhaih im ah kai han lok pathim pae tih?
20Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
20Zaehaih tawn ai ah ka oh langlacadoeh, ka pakha mah zaehaih na net tih; coek koi om ai ah ka oh, tiah ka thuih cadoeh, ka poek angkawnhaih to amtuengsak tih.
21Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
21Coek koi om ai ah ka oh cadoeh, ka poekhaih ka panoek thai ai; ka hinghaih hae tiah doeh ka poek ai.
22It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
22Maeto kaom kanghmong hmuen loe, Coek koi om ai kami doeh, kasae kami doeh, amro hmaek tih, tiah ka thuih.
23When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
23Poek ai pui hoi kami to boh maat naah, anih mah zaehaih tawn ai kami nuiah lokcaekhaih to pahnui thuih.
24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
24Long loe kasae kami ban ah paek moe, lokcaekkungnawk to mikmaengsak; to hmuen to Sithaw mah sah ai nahaeloe, mi mah maw sah tih?
25My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
25Ka hinghaih aninawk loe ca phawkung pongah doeh rang o kue; nihcae loe hoihhaih hnu ai ah, cawnh o.
26They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
26To aninawk loe cawnh karang palongpui baktiah laemh o moe, moi cop hanah karangah kazawk tahmu baktiah oh o.
27If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
27Laisaephaih ka pahnet han boeh, poekraihaih ka toengh moe, ka pahnui han boeh, tiah ka thuih cadoeh,
28I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
28ka tongh ih patangkhanghaih to ka zit, kai hae zaehaih tawn ai kami ni, tiah Na poek mak ai, tito ka panoek.
29Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
29Kahoih ai kami ah ka oh nahaeloe, tih hanah azom pui ah tok ka sak khing vop loe?
30If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
30Ka takpum hae dantui hoi kam saeh moe, ka ban hae kaciim ah kam saeh cadoeh,
31then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
31Sithaw mah tangnong thungah na va ueloe, ka khukbuen mah ka takpum hae panuet tih.
32For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
32Lokcaekhaih ahmuen ah nawnto a caeh o moe, a lok pathim hanah, Sithaw loe kai baktiah om ai.
33Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
33Aihnik lokcaek hmaek hanah, aicae salakah kaom kami mi doeh om ai.
34Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
34Lokcaekhaih angmah ih cung to kai khae hoiah la ving nasoe loe, zitthok a sak ih hmuen mah na pazih hmah nasoe.
35Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.
35To tiah nahaeloe anih zithaih tawn ai ah lok to ka thuih han; toe vaihi loe lok ka thui thai ai.
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