Job 21
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1To naah Job mah,
1Then Job answered, and said:
2ka lok hae kahoih ah tahngai ah; nang pathloephaih lok loe hae tiah om nasoe.
2Hear, I beseech you, my words, and do penance.
3Tahngai ah, lok ka thuih han vop; koeh boeh loe ka thuih pacoengah, na pahnui thui ah.
3Suffer me, and I will speak, and after, if you please, laugh at my words.
4Kai loe kami maw laisaep thuih? To tiah om nahaeloe, palung duem ai ah om tih maw?
4Is my debate against man, that I should not have just reason to be troubled?
5Kai hae na khen ah loe, dawnrai ah; pakha to ban hoi tamuep ah.
5Hearken to me and be astonished, and lay your finger on your mouth.
6Hae kawng hae ka poek naah ka zit moe; ka takpum boih tasoeh.
6As for me, when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
7Tipongah kasae kaminawk loe hinglung sawk o, mitong khoek to ngantui o moe, angraeng o pacoengah, thacak o loe?
7Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened with riches?
8Anih ih caanawk loe angmah taengah khosak o moe, angmah ih acaengnawk doeh a mikhnuk ah qoeng o tahang.
8Their seed continueth before them, a multitude of kinsmen, and of children’s children in their sight.
9A imnawk doeh misa zithaih om ai, Sithaw danpaekhaih thingboeng doeh nihcae nuiah krah ai.
9Their houses are secure and peaceable, and the rod of God is not upon them.
10Nihcae ih maitaw tae loe apet ai ah apaa cuk o moe, kapomh maitaw doeh acaa zuun vai ai.
10Their cattle have conceived, and failed not: their cow has calved, and is not deprived of her fruit.
11Nihcae ih caanawk loe tuu baktiah caeh o moe, hnawh o.
11Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children dance and play.
12Cingceng to boh o, katoeng kruek hoiah laa a sak o moe, tamoi lok hoiah anghoe o.
12They take the timbrel, and the harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
13Nihcae loe taprong ah laem o ai karoek to, hmuenmae angraenghaih hoiah khosak o.
13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment they go down to hell.
14Nihcae loe Sithaw khaeah, Na caeh taak ah, Na loklam panoek han ka koeh o ai.
14Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy 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 doth it profit us if we pray to him?
16Khenah, nihcae angraenghaih loe angmacae ban ah om poe ai; kazae kaminawk ih poekhaih to angqoi taak boeh.
16Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me.
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 shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?
18Nihcae loe takhi mah hmuh ih anghnoeng baktiah oh o moe, takhi sae mah hmuh ih tavai baktiah ni oh o.
18They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.
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.
19God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know.
20Angmah amrohaih to a mik hoi roe hnu nasoe loe, Thacak Sithaw palungphuihaih to nae nasoe.
20His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he shall drink of 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 is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half?
22Mi mah maw hmuensang ah kaom kaminawk lokcaekkung Sithaw to patuk thai tih?
22Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are high?
23Kami maeto loe tha oh li, misa monghaih hoiah khosak moe, nawm li nathuem,
23One man dieth strong, and hale, rich and happy.
24A takpum kahoih ah qoeng tahang li moe, ahuhnawk tangkhring hoiah koi li nathuem ah duek ving.
24His bowels are full of fat, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
25Kalah kami maeto bae loe khosak nawmhaih tong vai ai, a hinghaih patangkhang pongah duek.
25But another dieth in bitterness of soul without any riches:
26Nihnik loe maiphu thungah angsong hoi moe, sadong mah khuk khoep boeh.
26And yet they shall sleep together in the dust, and worms shall cover them.
27Khenah, ka nuiah sak han na pacaeng ih kahoih ai hmuen to ka panoek.
27Surely I know your thoughts, and your unjust judgments against 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 is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
29Kholong caeh kaminawk to lok na dueng o vai ai maw? A sak o ih angmathaih to na panoek o ai maw?
29Ask any one of them that go by the way, and you shall perceive that he knoweth these same things.
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?
30Because the wicked man is reserved to the day of destruction, and he shall be brought to 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 shall reprove his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
32Toe anih loe taprong ah phak naah doeh, tangprong toepkung to suem pae o tih.
32He shall be brought to the graves, and shall watch in the heap of the dead.
33Azawn ih long loe anih hanah luep, kami boih anih hnukah patom o ueloe, anih hmaa ah kroek laek ai kaminawk caeh o tih.
33He hath been acceptable to the gravel of Cocytus, and he shall draw every man after him, and there are innumerable before him.
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.
34How then do ye comfort me in vain, whereas your answer is shewn to be repugnant to truth?
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