Job 31
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Tangla to koehhaih mik hoiah ka khet han ai ah, ka mik hoi lokkamhaih to ka sak.
1I made a covenant with mine eyes; how then should I look upon a maid?
2To tiah nahaeloe Sithaw mah ranui bang hoiah kawbaktih taham maw paek ueloe, ranui ih Thacak Sithaw mah kawbaktih toep han koi qawk maw paek tih?
2For what would be the portion of God from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
3Kasae kaminawk hanah amrohaih om ueloe, zaehaih sah kaminawk hanah anghmathaih om mak ai maw?
3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
4Anih mah loe ka caehhaih loklamnawk to panoek moe, ka khok tangkannawk doeh kroek boih na ai maw?
4Doth not He see my ways, and count all my steps?
5Amsoem ai ah ka caeh moe, alinghaih bangah ka khok tangkan to rang nahaeloe,
5If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit —
6kamsoem coih tahhaih hoiah na tah nasoe loe, coek koi om ai ah kho ka sakhaih to Sithaw mah panoek nasoe.
6Let me be weighed in a just balance, that God may know mine integrity —
7Loklam kam khraeng ving moe, ka palungthin mah ka mik koehhaih hnukah patom moeng maw, to tih ai boeh loe ka ban ah panuet thok hmuen maw akap moeng nahaeloe,
7If my step hath turned out of the way, and my heart walked after mine eyes, and if any spot hath cleaved to my hands;
8ka patit ih thingthai to minawk kalah mah caa nasoe, ue, ka patit ih akungnawk doeh aphong o king nasoe.
8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
9Nongpata maeto mah ka palung hae pacuek moe, ka imtaeng kami ih khongkha ah anih to ka zing nahaeloe,
9If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbour's door;
10ka zu mah minawk ih cang to daeng pae nasoe loe, minawk mah ka zu to muk o nasoe.
10Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
11Hae hmuen loe kalen parai zaehaih ah oh; ue, lokcaekkung mah danpaek han koi zaehaih ah oh.
11For that were a heinous crime; yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
12To zaehaih loe amrosak thaih hmai, ka tawnh ih hmuennawk tangzuun khoek to kangh boih hmai ah oh.
12For it is a fire that consumeth unto destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
13Ka tamna nongpa hoi nongpatanawk mah kai laisaep o thuih naah, nihcae to khet ka patoek nahaeloe,
13If I did despise the cause of my man-servant, or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me —
14Sithaw amtueng naah timaw ka sak moe, lokcaek naah timaw ka pathim han?
14What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when He remembereth, what shall I answer Him?
15Anih doeh kai sahkung Sithaw mah na ai maw sak? Kaihnik loe sahkung maeto mah na ai maw zok thungah sak hmaek?
15Did not He that made me in the womb make him? And did not One fashion us in the womb?
16Caaknaek tawn ai kami hanah caaknaek ka paek ai maw, lamhmai ih mik to kam rosak maw,
16If I have withheld aught that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17to tih ai boeh loe amno ampa tawn ai kaminawk hanah caaknaek paek ai ah, kaimabueng ah ka caak maw,
17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof —
18(ka thendoeng nathuem hoi ampa ah angcoeng khoek to caaknaek tawn ai kami to ka pacah, ka tapen tangsuek natuem hoi anih to ka bomh boeh;)
18Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have been her guide from my mother's womb.
19khukbuen tawn ai ah dueh kami hoi khukbuen tawn ai ah kaom amtang kami to ka hnuk moe,
19If I have seen any wanderer in want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
20kai mah anih to bae um ah tuumui kang khuksak ai pongah, anih mah kai tahamhoihaih paek ai maw,
20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21lokcaekhaih im ah kai angdoe haih kami om tih hmang, tiah ka poek pongah, amno ampa tawn ai kami to ka pacaekthlaek nahaeloe,
21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;
22ka ban tampawk hae palaeng hoiah amkhraeng ving nasoe loe, ka palaeng huh doeh angkhaek lawt nasoe.
22Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
23Sithaw khae hoi ih amrohaih to ka zit, a Lensawkhaih to ka zit pongah to baktih hmuen to ka sah ai.
23For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of His majesty I could do nothing.
24Sui to kang oep haih maw, to tih ai boeh loe kaciim suitui khaeah, Nang loe ka buephaih ah na oh, tiah ka thuih moeng maw,
24If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold: 'Thou art my confidence';
25hmuenmae paroeai ka tawnh moe, ka ban mah hmuenmae paroeai hak thaih pongah kam oek moeng maw,
25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
26ni aengh to ka khet moe, a aanghaih hoiah kacaeh khrah to ka khet naah,
26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
27tamquta hoi anghoehaih ka tawnh moe, ka pakha mah ka ban hae mok cadoeh;
27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand;
28lokcaek koi kaom zaehaih ah ni oh, ranui koekah kaom Sithaw angphat taak baktiah ni oh.
28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have lied to God that is above.
29Kai hnuma kami amro naah, kang hoe moe, anih raihaih tongh naah, kam oek vai maw,
29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or exulted when evil found him —
30a hinghaih tangoeng moe, zaehaih sak hanah pakha ka aang mak ai.
30Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse.
31Ka imthung ah kaom kaminawk mah, zok kamhah ah Job ih moi caa o vai ai, tiah thui o mak ai.
31If the men of my tent said not: 'Who can find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat?'
32Angvinnawk loklam ah iih o han ai ah, kholong caeh kaminawk hanah khongkha to ka paongh pae.
32The stranger did not lodge in the street; my doors I opened to the roadside.
33Adam baktiah ka zaehaih ka hawk ai, ka zaehaih palung thungah ka hawk vai ai;
33If after the manner of men I covered my transgressions, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom —
34pop parai kami to ka zit, to tih ai boeh loe acaeng kaminawk mah pahnui thui haih to ka zit pongah, kang hngai duem moe, tasa bang tacawt ai ah ka oh vai maw?
34Because I feared the great multitude, and the most contemptible among families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door.
35Aw kami maeto mah loe ka lok hae tahngai nasoe! Khenah, vaihi koehhaih lok ka thuih han vop; Thacak Sithaw mah na pathim nasoe; ka zaehaih netkung mah ka zaehaih hae ca ah tarik nasoe.
35Oh that I had one to hear me! — Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me — and that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
36To ca to palaeng ah ka put moe, sui lumuek baktiah kang muek han.
36Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown.
37Ka caehhaih khok tangkannawk anih khaeah ka thuih moe, siangpahrang capa baktiah a taengah ka caeh han.
37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
38Kai ih long mah kai hae kasae thuih maw, to tih ai boeh loe mikkhraetui hoiah a qah maw,
38If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together;
39atho paek ai ah anih ih thingthai to ka caak pae moe, laikok tawnkungnawk hinghaih to kam rosak nahaeloe,
39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the tillers thereof to be disappointed —
40cang zuengah soekhringkung amprawk nasoe loe, barli cang zuengah phroh amprawk lat nasoe, tiah a naa. Job ih lok loe hae ah boeng boeh.
40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
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