Job 34
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Elihu mah,
1Moreover Elihu answered and said:
2nangcae palungha kaminawk, ka lok hae tahngai oh; panoekhaih tawn kaminawk, naa patueng oh.
2Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
3Pakha mah caaknaek pataengh baktih toengah, naa mah ni lok to khingh.
3For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.
4Toenghaih to qoi o si; aimacae han kahoih hmuen to panoek o si.
4Let us choose for us that which is right; let us know among ourselves what is good.
5Job mah, Kai loe ka toeng, ka toenghaih Sithaw mah ang lak pae ving boeh.
5For Job hath said: 'I am righteous, and God hath taken away my right;
6Kai loe ka toeng, toe amsawnlok thui kami ah ka oh, sakpazaehaih ka tawn ai, toe kahoih thai ai nathaih hoiah ka oh, tiah thuih.
6Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'
7Job hoi anghmong kami mi maw kaom, kasaethuihaih to tui baktih kanae mi maw kaom?
7What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
8Anih loe kahoih ai hmuen sah kaminawk hoiah amyok moe, kasae kaminawk hoiah angkom.
8Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
9Sithaw nuiah anghoehaih mah kami han amekhaih tidoeh paek ai, tiah Job mah thuih.
9For he hath said: 'It profiteth a man nothing that he should be in accord with God.'
10To pongah panoekhaih tawn kaminawk, ka lok hae tahngai oh; Sithaw loe hmuen kasae sah mak ai, Thacak Angraeng loe hmuen sakpazaehaih roe tawn mak ai.
10Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that He should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that He should commit iniquity.
11Kami mah sak ih hmuen baktih toengah Sithaw mah pathok, angmah ih tuinuen baktih toengah, a nuiah phaksak.
11For the work of a man will He requite unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
12Ue, Sithaw loe natuek naa ah doeh kasae hmuen to sah mak ai; Thacak Angraeng loe toenghaih to paqoi ving mak ai.
12Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
13Mi mah maw anih to long khenzawnkung hoi long boih ukkung ah suek?
13Who gave Him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?
14Kami nuiah Sithaw palungphui moe, angmah ih Muithla hoi a hinghaih takhi to la ving nahaeloe,
14If He set His heart upon man, if He gather unto Himself his spirit and his breath;
15kaminawk loe nawnto anghma o boih tih, kami loe maiphu ah amlaem let tih.
15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return unto dust.
16Vaihi panoekhaih na tawnh nahaeloe, khopoek ah; ka thuih ih lok hae tahngai ah.
16If now thou hast understanding, hear this; hearken to the voice of my words.
17Toenghaih hnuma kami mah uk thai tih maw? Thacak toenghaih hoi lokcaekkung to kasae thui thai tih maw?
17Shall even one that hateth right govern? And wilt thou condemn Him that is just and mighty —
18Siangpahrang khaeah, Nang loe tidoeh avang ai, angraengnawk khaeah, Nangcae loe kahoih ai kami ni, tiah thui thai tih maw?
18Is it fit to say to a king: 'Thou art base'? Or to nobles: 'Ye are wicked'? —
19Toe anih loe angraengnawk ih mikhmai to khen ai, amtang kaminawk pongah loe angraeng kaminawk ni mikhmai paek kue, tiah om ai; nihcae loe Sithaw mah ni sak boih.
19That respecteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.
20Nihcae loe nawnetta ah duek o; kaminawk loe qum taning ah tasoeh o moe, laemh o boih; thacak kaminawk doeh kami ih ban hoi na ai ah laemh o boih.
20In a moment they die, even at midnight; the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand.
21Sithaw mah loe kami caehhaih loklam to khet moe, a khok tangkannawk doeh hnuk boih.
21For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, and He seeth all his goings.
22Zaehaih sah kaminawk anghawk ving thaihaih khoving hoi duekhaih tahlip to om ai.
22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23Lokcaek hanah kami mah Sithaw hmaa ah caeh naah, anih mah kami lokcaekhaih ani to khaeh han angai ai.
23For He doth not appoint a time unto any man, when he should go before God in judgment.
24Lokduenghaih om ai ah thacak kaminawk to a vah phaeng moe, nihcae zuengah kalah kaminawk to a suek.
24He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquisition, and setteth others in their stead.
25Nihcae mah sak ih hmuennawk to anih mah panoek boih pongah, khovingsak moe, amrosak boih.
25Therefore He taketh knowledge of their works; and He overturneth them in the night, so that they are crushed.
26Nihcae loe angmacae sethaih baktih toengah minawk hmaa ah danpaek,
26He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
27nihcae loe Sithaw to caeh o taak moe, anih ih loklamnawk to tiah doeh poek o ai;
27Because they turned aside from following Him, and would not have regard to any of His ways;
28to tiah sak o pongah amtang kaminawk qahhaih lok to Angraeng hmaa ah phak moe, pacaekthlaek kaminawk hanghaih lok to anih mah thaih.
28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto Him, and He heareth the cry of the afflicted.
29Toe Sithaw mah anghngai taak duem nahaeloe, mi mah maw raihaih paek thai tih, a mikhmai hawk ving nahaeloe, mi kawbaktih kami hoi prae kaminawk mah maw, anih to hnu thai tih?
29When He giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hideth His face, who then can behold Him? whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man, alike;
30To tiah kaminawk thaang pongah amansak han ai ah, Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk to danpaek.
30That the godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people.
31Kami maeto mah Sithaw khaeah, Kai loe thuitaekhaih ka tongh boeh pongah, ka zae let mak ai boeh;
31For hath any said unto God: 'I have borne chastisement, though I offend not;
32ka hnu ai ih hmuen to na patuk ah; zaekhaih ka sakpazae boeh nahaeloe, zaehaih ka sah let mak ai boeh, tiah thuih han om ai maw.
32That which I see not teach Thou me; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?
33To hmuen loe na poekhaih baktiah maw om tih? Kai na ai ni, na pahnawt cadoeh, na qoih cadoeh, Sithaw mah pathok let tih, to pongah na panoek ih baktiah thui ah.
33Shall His recompense be as thou wilt? For thou loathest it, so that thou must choose, and not I; therefore speak what thou knowest.
34Panoekhaih tawn kaminawk mah kai han na thui o nasoe loe, palungha kaminawk mah ka lok hae tahngai o nasoe.
34Men of understanding will say unto me, yea, every wise man that heareth me:
35Job loe panoekhaih tawn ai ah lok to thuih; a thuih ih loknawk loe palunghahaih om ai.
35'Job speaketh without knowledge, and his words are without discernment.'
36Job loe panoekhaih tawn ai kaminawk baktiah lokthuih pongah, anih to boeng khoek to tanoek han ka koeh.
36Would that Job were tried unto the end, because of his answering like wicked men.
37Zaehaih sak khue na ai ah lokaekhaih doeh oh, aicae salakah ban to tabaeng moe, pop parai Sithaw kasae thuihaih lok to a thuih, tiah a naa.
37For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
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