Job 38
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
Berean Standard Bible
1To naah Angraeng mah takhi kamhae thung hoiah Job ih lok to pathim pae, anih khaeah;
1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
2panoekhaih tawn ai ah thuih ih lok hoiah khoving baktiah omsak kami loe mi aa?
2“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
3Vaihi nongpa baktiah kaeng to angzaeng ah; kang dueng ih lok hae na pathim ah.
3Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
4Long angdoethaih akung ka sak nathuem ah naa ah maw na oh? Na panoek nahaeloe, na thui ah.
4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
5Mi mah maw long tahhaih qui to sak? To tih ai boeh loe mi mah maw a nuiah tahhaih qui to payang? Na panoek nahaeloe pathim ah.
5Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
6Long angdoethaih akung to naa ah maw a paeh? To tih ai boeh loe im takii ih thlung loe mi mah maw tlingh?
6On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
7Khawnbang cakaehnawk nawnto laasak o moe, Sithaw caanawk anghoehaih hoiah hangh o nathuem,
7while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8to tih ai boeh loe amno zok thung hoiah tuipui tacawt moe, tapok naah, mi mah maw tuipui thok khah?
8Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
9Tamai ka sak naah, kathah parai vinghaih hoiah ka khuk moe, ka yaw hmoek,
9when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
10angzithaih ramri to ka suek pae, thok hoi takraenghaih thing to ka suek pae moe,
10when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
11hae karoek to ni nang zoh thaih, hae ahmuen hae na poeng mak ai; nam oekhaih tuiphu loe hae ah boengsak ah, tiah ka naa.
11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
12Na hing thung akhawnbang hanah lok na paek vai moe, akhawnbang khodai hanah angmah ih ahmuen to na patuek vai maw;
12In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
13akhawnbang khodai mah long boenghaih to patawnh moe, kasae kaminawk tasoehsak maw?
13that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
14Long loe catui daeng ih baktiah krang to amtueng moe, khukbuen pong ih krang baktih toengah oh.
14The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.
15Kasae kaminawk aanghaih loe anghmat moe, payangh ih ban doeh angkhaeh pae.
15Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
16Tuipui tacawthaih akhaw thungah na kun moe, kathuk koek ahmuen ah na caeh vai maw?
16Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
17Nang hanah duekhaih khongkha to paong vai maw? To tih ai boeh loe duekhaih tahlip ih thoknawk to na hnuk vai maw?
17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
18Kawk parai long hae na panoek vai maw? Na panoek boih nahaeloe, na thui ah.
18Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
19Aanghaih ahmuen phakhaih loklam loe naa ah maw oh? Vinghaih ahmuen loe naa ah maw oh?
19Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,
20Khoving khodai ohhaih ahmuen ah nihcae to na hoi thai tih maw? To hmuennawk ohhaih loklam to na panoek maw?
20so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?
21Nang loe na tapen boeh, to tih ai boeh loe saning paroeai na hing boeh pongah, na panoek han oh.
21Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!
22Dantui kamkhawk suekhaih imthung ah na kun vai maw? To tih ai boeh loe qaetui patunghaih ahmuen to na hnuk vai maw?
22Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,
23To hmuennawk loe raihaih tue, misa angkahhaih hoi misa angtukhaih tue nathuem han ih na ai maw ka suek?
23which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
24Aanghaih loe naa ih loklam hoiah maw aang, to tih ai boeh loe ni angyae bang ih takhi loe naa bang ih loklam hoiah maw song?
24In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?
25Tui longhaih loklam to paqoi moe, tangphrapuekhaih loklam sahkung loe mi maw?
25Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,
26Mi mah maw kami om ai praezaek hoi kami om ai, long ah kho angzosak?
26to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,
27Long karoem, pahnawt sut ih long ah, qam kanawk hoi phro amprawksak hanah mi mah maw sak?
27to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
28Khotui loe ampa tawnh maw? To tih ai boeh loe mi mah maw dantui ohsak?
28Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?
29Kamkhawk tui loe mi ih zok thung hoiah maw tacawt? Van hoi krah tathuk dantui loe mi ih zok thung hoiah maw tacawt?
29From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,
30Tuinawk loe siktue naah thlung baktiah amkhawk o.
30when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?
31Kranghoih Pleiades cakaehnawk to qui hoi na zaeng thai maw? Nawnto kangpop Orion cakaehnawk ih qui to na khram thai maw?
31Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
32Atue phak naah Mazzaroth cakaehnawk to na zaeh thai maw? To tih ai boeh loe Akturus to a caanawk hoi nawnto na zaeh thai maw?
32Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?
33Van ukhaih daan to na panoek maw? To baktih daan hoiah long uk hanah na sak thai maw?
33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
34Pop parai tui ang kraih pae hanah, tamai to lok na paek thai maw?
34Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?
35Tangphra na pueksak thai maw? Nihcae mah nang khaeah, Hae ah ka oh o, tiah na thui o ueloe, caeh o tih maw?
35Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
36Mi mah maw palunghahaih hoi panoek thaihaih palungthin to paek?
36Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?
37Tamai kroek thaih palungha mi maw kaom? Maiphu loe amtaak moe, longnawk nawnto amhlom o naah, van ih pailangnawk krai thaih mi maw kaom?
37Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
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38when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?
39Kaipui hanah moi na zoep pae thai maw? To tih ai boeh loe saning nawk kaipui zok nam hahsak thai maw?
39Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
40Nihcae loe thlungkhaw thungah tabok o moe, kapring thung hoiah moi angang o naah, na pacah thai maw?
40when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?
41Pangaah ih caanawk loe rawkcaak tawn ai ah amhet o moe, Sithaw khaeah hang o naah, mi mah maw rawkcaak pacah?
41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
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