Job 22
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
World English Bible
1To naah Teman acaeng Eliphaz mah,
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
2palungha kami loe angmah han ih ni atho oh, kami loe Sithaw han amekhaih oh maw?
2“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
3Na toenghaih mah Thacak Sithaw anghoesak tih maw? Coek koi om ai tuinuen hoihaih rang hoiah anih han tih amekhaih maw oh?
3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him that you make your ways perfect?
4Sithaw ka zit pongah anih mah ang thuitaek, tiah na poek maw? Anih loe lokcaekhaih ahmuen ah nang hoi nawnto caeh tih maw?
4Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?
5Na zaehaih loe paroeai len, na zaehaih loe kroek laek ai pop pongah na ai maw hae tiah na oh?
5Isn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
6Nang loe nam nawkamyanawk ih hmuenmae to na lak pae, nihcae ih khukbuen to na khringh pae moe, bangkrai ah na suek.
6For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7Angpho kami tuinaek hanah na paek ai, zok amthlam kami doeh buh na pacah ai.
7You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
8Thacak kami loe long to a tawnh; khingya koi kaom kami loe to ah khosak.
8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
9Toe lamhmainawk to bangkrai ah na patoeh ving moe, ampa tawn ai kaminawk ih ban to nang khaehsak.
9You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10To pongah ni nang loe thaangnawk mah ang takui o khoep moe, zithaih mah raihaih ang paek;
10Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
11to tih ai boeh loe na hnu thai ai ih, vinghaih mah raihaih ang paek moe, paroeai pop tuinawk mah ang uem.
11or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
12Sithaw loe kasang van ah na ai maw oh? Van ih cakaehnawk loe nasetto maw sang o, tiah khen ah!
12“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
13Toe nang mah loe, Sithaw mah kawbangmaw panoek tih? Anih loe kathah tamai kamnum thung hoiah lokcaek thai tih maw?
13You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
14Kathah parai tamai mah anih to khuk khoep pongah, anih mah hnu mak ai; anih loe van amhaehaih loklam ranui ah ni amkaeh, tiah na thuih.
14Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’
15Kasae kaminawk caehhaih loklam kangquem to na pazui han maw?
15Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
16Nihcae loe atue akoep ai naah amro o moe, nihcae angdoethaih ahmuen doeh tui mah lak pae king.
16who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
17Nihcae mah Sithaw khaeah, Kaicae hae na caeh taak ah; Thacak Sithaw mah kaicae han timaw sah thai tang tih, tiah thuih o.
17who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’
18Sithaw mah kahoih hmuen hoiah nihcae ih im to koisak; toe kai loe kasae kaminawk ih poekhaih to kang qoi taak.
18Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19Nihcae amrohaih to katoeng kaminawk mah hnuk o naah, anghoe o; zaehaih tawn ai kaminawk mah nihcae to pahnui o thuih.
19The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
20Kaicae ih misanawk loe amro o tangtang boeh, kanghmat nihcae ih hmuennawk doeh hmai mah kangh boih boeh.
20saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’
21Sithaw khae ang paek o ah loe, anih hoi angdaeh oh; to tiah na sak o nahaeloe nang khaeah khosak hoihaih angzo tih.
21“Acquaint yourself with him now, and be at peace. By it, good will come to you.
22Anih pakha thung hoi tacawt daan to talawk ah loe, anih ih lok to na palung thungah khrum ah.
22Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
23Thacak Sithaw khaeah nam laem o nahaeloe, anih mah na raemh let tih; na ohhaih kahni imthung hoiah na sakpazaehaih to takhoe ving nahaeloe,
23If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
24sui to maiphu baktih, Ophir ih sui to tuipui ih thlung baktiah na patung tih.
24Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
25Ue, Thacak Sithaw loe nang ih sui ah om ueloe, atho kana sumkanglung paroeai na tawn tih.
25The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
26To tiah nahaeloe Thacak Sithaw pongah anghoehaih na tawn ueloe, Sithaw to na doeng tahang tih.
26For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.
27Anih khaeah lawk na thuih naah, anih mah na tahngai pae tih; to tiah lokkamhaih to na koepsak tih.
27You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You will pay your vows.
28Na patoep ih hmuen to angcoeng ueloe, na caehhaih loklam to aang tih.
28You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.
29Kaminawk pakhrak tathuk naah, nang loe pakoehhaih ah ka oh, tiah na thui tih; mi tlim ah khosah kami loe Sithaw mah pahlong tih.
29When they cast down, you will say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.
30Anih mah zaehaih tawn kami to pahlong tih; kaciim na ban hoiah anih to pahlong tih, tiah a naa.
30He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
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