Job 29
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
Berean Standard Bible
1Job mah a thuih ih patahhaih lok to patomh poe;
1And Job continued his discourse:
2aw kai loe kalaem tangcae khrah, Sithaw mah khetzawnhaih ni thuem ih baktiah om let nasoe;
2“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
3ka lu nuiah angmah ih hmaithawk to paang moe, anih aanghaih hoiah khoving thungah kam kaeh;
3when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
4ka qoengh li nathuem ih aninawk baktih, ka im ah Sithaw angkomhaih oh nathuem ih aninawk baktiah om let nasoe;
4when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,
5lensawk Sithaw kai khaeah oh moe, ka caanawk hoi nawnto oh o;
5when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
6maitaw tahnutui hoiah khok to ka pasaeh, thlung thung hoiah situi to tui baktiah long;
6when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
7vangpui khongkha ah ka caeh moe, lampui ah kang hnut,
7When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
8thendoengnawk mah kai ang hnuk o naah, anghawk o ving; mitongnawk loe angthawk o moe, angdoet o.
8the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.
9Angraengnawk loe lokthui o ai, pakha to ban hoiah tamuep o.
9The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
10Toksah angraengnawk doeh lok apae o ai, palai to angsumh o.
10The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
11Naa mah ka lok thaih naah, kai han tahamhoihaih ang paek; mik mah kai hnuk naah, kai hnukung ah oh;
11For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
12tipongah tih nahaeloe amtang kami, amno ampa tawn ai kami, bomkung tawn ai kami hang naah ka bomh pongah ni.
12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
13Kadueh tom kami mah tahamhoihaih ang paek moe, lamhmai to anghoehaih laasak hanah palung kang hoesak.
13The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
14Toenghaih to khukbuen ah kang khuk, ka toenghaih loe kahni baktih, lumuek baktiah oh.
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
15Mikmaengnawk hanah mik ah ka oh moe, khokkhaem kaminawk hanah khok ah ka oh.
15I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.
16Amtang kaminawk hanah ampa ah ka oh moe, angvinnawk ih lok ka tahngaih pae.
16I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
17Kasae kaminawk ih ano to ka khaeh pae moe, anih mah kaek ih kaminawk to ka pahlong.
17I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
18To pacoengah, ka hinghaih aninawk loe savuet baktiah pop, kai loe kaimah ih im ah ni ka dueh tih.
18So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
19Kai ih tangzun loe tui taengah pha ueloe, aqum puek ka tanghang nuiah dantui angbuem tih.
19My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
20Ka lensawkhaih loe cak poe ueloe, ka ban ih kalii doeh tha om let tih.
20My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
21Kaminawk mah ka lok to tahngaih o, ka thuih ih lok to aek o ai.
21Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
22Lok ka thuih pacoengah, mi doeh lok apae o ai boeh; ka thuih ih lok loe nihcae nuiah tui baktiah ca.
22After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
23Nihcae mah khotui zing o baktih toengah kai to ang zing o, hnukkhuem ih khotui kazing baktiah pakha to kalen ah a angh o.
23They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
24Nihcae ka pahnui thuih naah, nihcae mah tang o ai; ka mikhmai aanghaih to a hnuk o naah, ka mikhmai aanghaih to anghmaa o sak thai ai.
24If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
25Nihcae ih loklam to ka qoih moe, kahoih koek ahmuen ah kang hnut, palungsae kami pathloepkung baktih, misatuh kaminawk salak ih siangpahrang baktiah kang hnut, tiah ka thuih.
25I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
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