Job 34
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
World English Bible
1Elihu mah,
1Moreover Elihu answered,
2nangcae palungha kaminawk, ka lok hae tahngai oh; panoekhaih tawn kaminawk, naa patueng oh.
2“Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
3Pakha mah caaknaek pataengh baktih toengah, naa mah ni lok to khingh.
3For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes 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 has said, ‘I am righteous, God has 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 considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.’
7Job hoi anghmong kami mi maw kaom, kasaethuihaih to tui baktih kanae mi maw kaom?
7What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,
8Anih loe kahoih ai hmuen sah kaminawk hoiah amyok moe, kasae kaminawk hoiah angkom.
8who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?
9Sithaw nuiah anghoehaih mah kami han amekhaih tidoeh paek ai, tiah Job mah thuih.
9For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself 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.
10“Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, 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 he will give to 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.
12Yes surely, 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 put him in charge of the earth? Or who has appointed him over the whole world?
14Kami nuiah Sithaw palungphui moe, angmah ih Muithla hoi a hinghaih takhi to la ving nahaeloe,
14If he set his heart on himself, if he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,
15kaminawk loe nawnto anghma o boih tih, kami loe maiphu ah amlaem let tih.
15all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.
16Vaihi panoekhaih na tawnh nahaeloe, khopoek ah; ka thuih ih lok hae tahngai ah.
16“If now you have understanding, hear this. Listen to the voice of my words.
17Toenghaih hnuma kami mah uk thai tih maw? Thacak toenghaih hoi lokcaekkung to kasae thui thai tih maw?
17Should even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,
18Siangpahrang khaeah, Nang loe tidoeh avang ai, angraengnawk khaeah, Nangcae loe kahoih ai kami ni, tiah thui thai tih maw?
18who says to a king, ‘Vile!’ or to nobles, ‘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.
19He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect 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. The mighty are taken away without a hand.
21Sithaw mah loe kami caehhaih loklam to khet moe, a khok tangkannawk doeh hnuk boih.
21“For his eyes are on the ways of a man. He sees all his goings.
22Zaehaih sah kaminawk anghawk ving thaihaih khoving hoi duekhaih tahlip to om ai.
22There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, 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 doesn’t need to consider a man further, that 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 breaks mighty men in pieces in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place.
25Nihcae mah sak ih hmuennawk to anih mah panoek boih pongah, khovingsak moe, amrosak boih.
25Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
26Nihcae loe angmacae sethaih baktih toengah minawk hmaa ah danpaek,
26He strikes 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 away from following him, and wouldn’t pay attention 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 caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard 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 gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? He is over a nation or a man alike,
30To tiah kaminawk thaang pongah amansak han ai ah, Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk to danpaek.
30that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.
31Kami maeto mah Sithaw khaeah, Kai loe thuitaekhaih ka tongh boeh pongah, ka zae let mak ai boeh;
31“For has any said to God, ‘I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.
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.
32Teach me that which I don’t see. 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 you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.
34Panoekhaih tawn kaminawk mah kai han na thui o nasoe loe, palungha kaminawk mah ka lok hae tahngai o nasoe.
34Men of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man who hears me:
35Job loe panoekhaih tawn ai ah lok to thuih; a thuih ih loknawk loe palunghahaih om ai.
35‘Job speaks without knowledge. His words are without wisdom.’
36Job loe panoekhaih tawn ai kaminawk baktiah lokthuih pongah, anih to boeng khoek to tanoek han ka koeh.
36I wish that Job were tried to 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 adds rebellion to his sin. He claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.”
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