Job 21
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
Berean Standard Bible
1To naah Job mah,
1Then Job answered:
2ka lok hae kahoih ah tahngai ah; nang pathloephaih lok loe hae tiah om nasoe.
2“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
3Tahngai ah, lok ka thuih han vop; koeh boeh loe ka thuih pacoengah, na pahnui thui ah.
3Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
4Kai loe kami maw laisaep thuih? To tiah om nahaeloe, palung duem ai ah om tih maw?
4Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
5Kai hae na khen ah loe, dawnrai ah; pakha to ban hoi tamuep ah.
5Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
6Hae kawng hae ka poek naah ka zit moe; ka takpum boih tasoeh.
6When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
7Tipongah kasae kaminawk loe hinglung sawk o, mitong khoek to ngantui o moe, angraeng o pacoengah, thacak o loe?
7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
8Anih ih caanawk loe angmah taengah khosak o moe, angmah ih acaengnawk doeh a mikhnuk ah qoeng o tahang.
8Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.
9A imnawk doeh misa zithaih om ai, Sithaw danpaekhaih thingboeng doeh nihcae nuiah krah ai.
9Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.
10Nihcae ih maitaw tae loe apet ai ah apaa cuk o moe, kapomh maitaw doeh acaa zuun vai ai.
10Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.
11Nihcae ih caanawk loe tuu baktiah caeh o moe, hnawh o.
11They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
12Cingceng to boh o, katoeng kruek hoiah laa a sak o moe, tamoi lok hoiah anghoe o.
12singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.
13Nihcae loe taprong ah laem o ai karoek to, hmuenmae angraenghaih hoiah khosak o.
13They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
14Nihcae loe Sithaw khaeah, Na caeh taak ah, Na loklam panoek han ka koeh o ai.
14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
15Thacak Sithaw loe kawbangmaw oh moe, a tok ka sak pae o han loe? Anih khaeah lawk ka thuih o nahaeloe, tih atho maw om tih, tiah a thuih o.
15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
16Khenah, nihcae angraenghaih loe angmacae ban ah om poe ai; kazae kaminawk ih poekhaih to angqoi taak boeh.
16Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
17Sithaw mah kasae kaminawk ih hmaithaw to paduek pae, anih palungphui pongah nihcae to amrosak moe, nihcae nuiah vai nazetto maw raihaih to phaksak?
17How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
18Nihcae loe takhi mah hmuh ih anghnoeng baktiah oh o moe, takhi sae mah hmuh ih tavai baktiah ni oh o.
18Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
19Nangcae mah loe, zaehaih sah kaminawk zuengah a caanawk to Sithaw mah danpaek tih, tiah na thuih o; toe kaimah loe a sak pazaehaih panoek thai hanah, Sithaw mah zaehaih sah kami angmah roe to danpaek nasoe, tiah ka thuih.
19It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
20Angmah amrohaih to a mik hoi roe hnu nasoe loe, Thacak Sithaw palungphuihaih to nae nasoe.
20Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
21Anih han paek ih ani hoi akhrah akoep naah loe, anih mah a caeh taak ih a caanawk hanah timaw sah pae thai tih?
21For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
22Mi mah maw hmuensang ah kaom kaminawk lokcaekkung Sithaw to patuk thai tih?
22Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?
23Kami maeto loe tha oh li, misa monghaih hoiah khosak moe, nawm li nathuem,
23One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
24A takpum kahoih ah qoeng tahang li moe, ahuhnawk tangkhring hoiah koi li nathuem ah duek ving.
24His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
25Kalah kami maeto bae loe khosak nawmhaih tong vai ai, a hinghaih patangkhang pongah duek.
25Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
26Nihnik loe maiphu thungah angsong hoi moe, sadong mah khuk khoep boeh.
26But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
27Khenah, ka nuiah sak han na pacaeng ih kahoih ai hmuen to ka panoek.
27Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
28Nang mah, angraeng ih im naa ah maw oh, kasae kaminawk ih im naa ah maw oh? tiah na thuih.
28For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
29Kholong caeh kaminawk to lok na dueng o vai ai maw? A sak o ih angmathaih to na panoek o ai maw?
29Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?
30Kahoih ai kami loe amrohaih ani hanah pahoe boeh, palungphuihaih ani hanah suek boeh pongah, anih loe vaihi loih tih boeh, tiah na poek o ai maw?
30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
31A sak ih kahoih ai hmuen to mi mah maw taphong pae tih? A sak ih zaehaih baktih toengah mi mah maw pathok tih?
31Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
32Toe anih loe taprong ah phak naah doeh, tangprong toepkung to suem pae o tih.
32He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
33Azawn ih long loe anih hanah luep, kami boih anih hnukah patom o ueloe, anih hmaa ah kroek laek ai kaminawk caeh o tih.
33The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
34To tiah nahaeloe tih han ih azom pui ah kaom lok hoiah nang pathloep o loe? Nang pathimhaih lok ah tangtang to om ai, amsawnlok cing ni oh, tiah a naa.
34So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”
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