Job 12
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
Berean Standard Bible
1To naah Job mah,
1Then Job answered:
2Nangcae loe kami ah na oh o pongah, palunghahaih hoiah nawnto na dueh o tih, tiah palunghaeng han om ai.
2“Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
3Kai doeh nangcae baktiah poekhaih ka tawnh toeng; nangcae pongah ka hnaem kue ai; ue, mi maw hae baktih hmuennawk panoek ai ah kaom?
3But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
4Sithaw ka kawk naah, anih mah ang pathimh; toe ka imtaeng kami mah ang pahnui thuih; katoeng kami hoi coek koi om ai kami loe pahnuithuihaih ah ni oh.
4I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
5Hmaiim baktiah khosak hoih kami mah raihaih katong amtimh tom kami to pahnuithuih.
5The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
6Hmuenmae taek kaminawk ih kahni im loe qoeng tahang, Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk loe ngancuem o; Sithaw mah a ban hoiah angraenghaih to paek.
6The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.
7Toe vaihi moisannawk to dueng oh, nihcae mah na patuk tih; van ih tavaanawk to dueng oh, nihcae mah na thui o tih;
7But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
8to tih ai boeh loe long to dueng oh, anih mah na patuek ueloe, tuipui tanganawk mah na thui o tih.
8Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
9Hae hmuennawk loe Angraeng mah ni a ban hoiah sak, tiah moisannawk mah mataeng doeh panoek o na ai maw?
9Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
10A sak ih hmuennawk boih ih hinghaih hoi kami anghahhaih takhi loe a ban ah ni oh.
10The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
11Pakha mah caaknaek pataengh baktih toengah, naa mah loknawk to tanoek na ai maw?
11Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
12Saning coeh kami loe palunghahaih hoiah koi; saning kasawk ah hing kami loe panoek thaihaih to tawnh.
12Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
13Toe Sithaw loe palunghahaih hoi thacakhaih hoiah akoep; palunghahaih hoi panoek thaihaih doeh anih ih ni.
13Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
14Khenah, anih mah phraek ih hmuen loe, mi mah doeh sah let thai ai boeh; anih mah pakhrak ih kami loe, mi mah doeh loisak thai ai boeh.
14What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
15Khenah, anih mah tui pakaa naah, tui to kaang; anih mah paongh naah, long loe tui hoiah koi.
15If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
16Anih loe thacakhaih hoi palunghahaih hoiah koi; aling kami hoi aling kop kami doeh angmah ban ah ni oh.
16True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
17Anih mah kahoih poekhaih paek kaminawk to amrosak moe, lokcaek kaminawk to amthusak.
17He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.
18Anih mah siangpahrangnawk to takhoe moe, kazii hoiah zaeng.
18He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
19Anih mah qaimanawk to takhoe moe, thacak kami to amtimsak.
19He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.
20Anih mah oepthok kahoih poekhaih paek kaminawk ih pahni to tamuep pae moe, kacoehtanawk khopoek thaihaih to lak pae ving.
20He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
21Anih mah angraengnawk to azatpawsak moe, thacak kaminawk to thazoksak.
21He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
22Anih mah khoving thung hoiah kathuk hmuennawk to amtuengsak moe, duekhaih tahlip to aanghaih thungah zaeh.
22He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
23Prae kaminawk to lensak moe, amrosak let; praenawk to kaawksak moe, tamcaeksak let.
23He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.
24Long zaehoikungnawk ih palunghahaih to a lak pae ving moe, loklam om ai praezaek ah amhetsak.
24He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
25Nihcae loe aanghaih kaom ai khoving thungah pathoep hoiah avah o moe, mu paqui kami baktiah ahnuk ahmaa amtimh hoiah lam caeh o.
25They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
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