Job 4
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
Berean Standard Bible
1To naah Teman acaeng Eliphaz mah,
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2lok kang thuih o nahaeloe, na thaima doeh om tih, toe mi maw lokthui ai ah om thai tih?
2“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?
3Khenah, kami paroeai na thuitaek boeh, thacak ai kaminawk ih ban to tha na caksak boeh.
3Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
4Amtimh kami to na lok hoiah na patawnh moe, thacak khokkhu to tha na caksak boeh.
4Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.
5Toe vaihi loe na nuiah raihaih phak moe, palung na boeng sut boeh; ang boh moe, raihaih na tongh boeh.
5But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
6Hae loe sithaw na zithaih, na oephaih hoi toenghaih loklam ah na ai maw oh?
6Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?
7Zaehaih tawn ai kami loe amro vai maw? To tih ai boeh loe kawbaktih ahmuen ah maw katoeng kami amro vaih? Tito poek ah.
7Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
8Ka hnuk ih baktih toengah, kahoih ai hmuen sah kami, sethaih aanmu haeh kami ni, a sak ih baktih toengah aah.
8As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
9To baktih kaminawk loe Sithaw ih palungphuihaih hoiah amro o moe, Sithaw anghahhaih takhi hoiah duek o.
9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
10Nihcae loe kasan kaipui ih lok baktih, kaipui baktiah hang o cadoeh, kaipui haa kangkhaek baktiah amro o.
10The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11Kaipui mitong loe caak han moi om ai pongah duek, a caanawk loe anghmaa angtaa o.
11The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12Vaihi kai khaeah tamquta hoi lok ang thuih, thuih duem ih lok to ka thaih.
12Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.
13Kaminawk loe iih o boih boeh, qum amang ah hnuksakhaih to ka poek naah,
13In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
14zithaih ka nuiah phak naah, ka huhnawk anghuenh khoek to tasoeh takuenhaih hoiah ka oh.
14fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.
15Ka hmaa ah muithla caeh pongah; ka nganmui angthawk tahang;
15Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.
16to muithla loe angdoet sut, krang loe kahoih ah amtueng ai, krang tahlip khue ni ka hnuk; to naah kamding rue, to pacoengah ka thaih ih lok maeto mah,
16It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:
17kadueh thaih kami loe Sithaw pongah toeng kue maw? Kami loe anih sahkung pongah ciim kue maw?
17‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?
18Khenah, Sithaw mah loe a tamnanawk maeto mataeng doeh oep ai; angmah ih vankaminawk mataeng doeh sakpazaehaih hnu nahaeloe,
18If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,
19tangphrung long hoiah sak ih im ah kaom, karaa pongah amro han kazoi kue, maiphu hoiah sak ih kaminawk cae loe kawkruk maw sakpazaehaih hnu pae tih!
19how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
20Nihcae loe akhawnbang hoi duembang salakah amro o moe, mi mah doeh panoek ai ah dungzan khoek to anghmat o.
20They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.
21Nihcae hoihhaih loe anghmat moe, nihcae loe palunghahaih tawn ai ah duek o na ai maw? tiah thuih.
21Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
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