Job 7
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Kami loe thanathaih hoiah na ai maw long nuiah toksak? A hinghaih ninawk doeh toksak han tlai ih kami ih ninawk baktiah na ai maw oh?
1Is there not a time of service to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
2Tamna mah tahlip to zing moe, tlai ih toksah kami mah toktho zing baktih toengah,
2As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages;
3kai doeh khrah paroeai thungah ka sak ih tok loe azom pui ah ni oh, aqumnawk doeh kai patangkhanghaih ah ni oh.
3So am I made to possess — months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4Ka iih naah, natuek naah maw aqum hae boeng ueloe, kang thawk han? tiah ka poek; to tiah akhawnbang khodai khoek to ahnuk ahmaa kam let.
4When I lie down, I say: 'When shall I arise?' But the night is long, and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
5Ka ngan loe alungh hoi maiphu mah khuk khoep boeh; ka nganhin loe akah rak moe, ahnai to tacawt.
5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh.
6Ka hinghaih aninawk loe kahni sah kami ih camprai pongah rang kue moe, oephaih om ai ah laemh o.
6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7Aw ka hinghaih loe takhi ah ni oh, tiah panoek ah; ka mik mah hoihhaih roe hnu mak ai boeh.
7O remember that my life is a breath; mine eye shall no more see good.
8Vaihi kai hnu kaminawk mah, kai na hnu o let mak ai boeh; nang khet naah, ka om mak ai boeh.
8The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; while Thine eyes are upon me, I am gone.
9Kanghmaa tamai baktiah, taprong ah caeh tathuk kami loe, amlaem let mak ai boeh.
9As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
10Anih loe angmah im ah amlaem let mak ai boeh; a ohhaih ahmuen mah doeh anih to panoek mak ai boeh.
10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
11To pongah pakha hae kang sumh mak ai; patangkhang ka muithla hoiah lok ka thuih moe, khosak kasae ka hinghaih hoiah lok ka thuih han.
11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12Kai loe tuipui ah maw ka oh, tuipui thung ih tanga pui ah maw ka oh moe, kai toepkung na suek?
12Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that Thou settest a watch over me?
13Ka iihkhun mah kamongah anghaksak ueloe, kang song naah ka nathaih hoikhang tih mue, tiah ka poek,
13When I say: 'My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint';
14to naah amaang sae mah kai ang pazih, hnuksakhaih mah ang tasoehsak;
14Then Thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions;
15to pongah ka hing pongah loe, tahnong panamh moe, duek to ka koeh kue boeh.
15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than these my bones.
16Ka hinghaih hae ka panuet; ka hing poe mak ai; kaimabueng na omsak ah; ka hinghaih aninawk loe avanghaih tidoeh om ai.
16I loathe it; I shall not live alway; let me alone; for my days are vanity.
17Kami loe kawbangah maw oh moe, anih to na pakoeh? Anih to na poek?
17What is man, that Thou shouldest magnify him, and that Thou shouldest set Thy heart upon him,
18Anih to akhawnbang kruek na paqaih thuih moe, anih to na tanoek tuektuek?
18And that Thou shouldest remember him every morning, and try him every moment?
19Kai caeh taak ai ah nasetto maw na oh han vop, kaimah ih tamtui paaeh karoek to, kaimabueng nang omsak mak ai maw?
19How long wilt Thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
20Aw kaminawk toepkung, kai loe ka zae boeh maw? Na hmaa ah timaw ka sak? Tipongah kaimah han hmuenzit ah ka oh hanah, kah han na patoep ih hmuen ah nang suek loe?
20If I have sinned, what do I unto Thee, O Thou watcher of men? Why hast Thou set me as a mark for Thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
21Tipongah ka sakpazaehaih nang tahmen ai, ka zaehaih doeh nang takhoe pae ving ai loe? Kai loe vaihi maiphu pongah kang song han boeh; akhawnbangah nang pakrong tih, toe ka om mak ai boeh, tiah a naa.
21And why dost Thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; and Thou wilt seek me, but I shall not be.
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