Job 4
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1To naah Teman acaeng Eliphaz mah,
1Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:
2lok kang thuih o nahaeloe, na thaima doeh om tih, toe mi maw lokthui ai ah om thai tih?
2If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill, but who can withhold the words he hath conceived?
3Khenah, kami paroeai na thuitaek boeh, thacak ai kaminawk ih ban to tha na caksak boeh.
3Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands:
4Amtimh kami to na lok hoiah na patawnh moe, thacak khokkhu to tha na caksak boeh.
4Thy words have confirmed them that were staggering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees:
5Toe vaihi loe na nuiah raihaih phak moe, palung na boeng sut boeh; ang boh moe, raihaih na tongh boeh.
5But now the scourge is come upon thee, and thou faintest: it hath touched thee, and thou art troubled.
6Hae loe sithaw na zithaih, na oephaih hoi toenghaih loklam ah na ai maw oh?
6Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy patience, and the perfection of thy ways?
7Zaehaih tawn ai kami loe amro vai maw? To tih ai boeh loe kawbaktih ahmuen ah maw katoeng kami amro vaih? Tito poek ah.
7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or when were the just destroyed?
8Ka hnuk ih baktih toengah, kahoih ai hmuen sah kami, sethaih aanmu haeh kami ni, a sak ih baktih toengah aah.
8On the contrary I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them,
9To baktih kaminawk loe Sithaw ih palungphuihaih hoiah amro o moe, Sithaw anghahhaih takhi hoiah duek o.
9Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath.
10Nihcae loe kasan kaipui ih lok baktih, kaipui baktiah hang o cadoeh, kaipui haa kangkhaek baktiah amro o.
10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions are broken:
11Kaipui mitong loe caak han moi om ai pongah duek, a caanawk loe anghmaa angtaa o.
11The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad.
12Vaihi kai khaeah tamquta hoi lok ang thuih, thuih duem ih lok to ka thaih.
12Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth as it were received the veins of its whisper.
13Kaminawk loe iih o boih boeh, qum amang ah hnuksakhaih to ka poek naah,
13In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men,
14zithaih ka nuiah phak naah, ka huhnawk anghuenh khoek to tasoeh takuenhaih hoiah ka oh.
14Fear seized upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were affrighted:
15Ka hmaa ah muithla caeh pongah; ka nganmui angthawk tahang;
15And when a spirit passed before me, the hair of my flesh stood up.
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,
16There stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice as it were of a gentle wind:
17kadueh thaih kami loe Sithaw pongah toeng kue maw? Kami loe anih sahkung pongah ciim kue maw?
17Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker?
18Khenah, Sithaw mah loe a tamnanawk maeto mataeng doeh oep ai; angmah ih vankaminawk mataeng doeh sakpazaehaih hnu nahaeloe,
18Behold they that serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he found wickedness:
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 shall they that dwell in houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be consumed as with the moth?
20Nihcae loe akhawnbang hoi duembang salakah amro o moe, mi mah doeh panoek ai ah dungzan khoek to anghmat o.
20From morning till evening they shall be cut down: and because no one understandeth, they shall perish for ever.
21Nihcae hoihhaih loe anghmat moe, nihcae loe palunghahaih tawn ai ah duek o na ai maw? tiah thuih.
21And they that shall be left, shall be taken away from them: they shall die, and not in wisdom.
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