Job 8
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1To naah Shuh acaeng Bildah mah,
1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
2hae baktih hmuen kawngnawk hae vai nazetto maw na thuih han vop? Na pakha hoi tacawt loknawk loe nasetto maw takhi baktiah thacak vop tih?
2How long wilt thou speak these things, seeing that the words of thy mouth are as a mighty wind?
3Sithaw loe katoeng ai ah lokcaek maw? Katoeng ah lokcaekhaih to Thacak Sithaw mah phrae ving tih maw?
3Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4Na caanawk mah a nuiah hmuen sakpazae o pongah, a sakpazae o haih baktih toengah, anih mah nihcae to thuitaek;
4If thy children sinned against Him, He delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
5toe Sithaw khaeah nang qoi moe, Thacak Sithaw khaeah tahmenhaih na hnik nahaeloe,
5If thou wouldest seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6na ciim moe, na toeng nahaeloe, vaihi nang hanah angthawk ueloe, katoengah kho na sakhaih ahmuen to qoengsak tih.
6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now He would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7Nam tong tangsuek naah thoengkae cadoeh, hnukkhuem ah loe lensawkhaih hoiah na qoeng tahang tih.
7And though thy beginning was small, yet thy end should greatly increase.
8Kalaem tangcae atue to dueng ah, nam panawk mah tongh o ih hmuennawk to dueng ah loe poek ah;
8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out —
9(aicae loe zangduem ah ni tapen o vop, to pongah tidoeh a panoek o ai, long nuiah aicae khosakhaih aninawk loe tahlip ah ni oh.)
9For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow —
10Nihcae mah loe palung tang hoi patuk ueloe, na thuitaek o mak ai maw?
10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11Cakrungkung baktih akung loe tangnong om ai ahmuen ah amprawk thai maw? Tui taeng ih phroh loe tui om ai ah ampraek thai maw?
11Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?
12To akung loe amprawk tahang naah, aqam hing suep pongah mi mah doeh aat ai; toe kalah qam pongah azaem zoi kue.
12Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
13Sithaw pahnet kaminawk caehhaih loklam doeh to tiah oh; Sithaw tidoeh sah ai kami oephaih loe amro tih.
13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish;
14Nihcae oephaih loklam loe amro tih, nihcae amhahaih loe bongpaha tazae baktiah ni om tih.
14Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web.
15Anih loe angmah im ah amha, toe angdoe thai ai; a ban hoi patawnh, toe cak ai.
15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
16To baktih kami loe ni bet naah hing suep moe, tanghang mah takha to khuk boih.
16He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
17A tangzun mah thlung to zaeng boih moe, thlung salakah tangzun sakhaih ahmuen to pakrong.
17His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.
18Toe kami mah a ohhaih ahmuen hoiah aphongh ving naah loe, a ohhaih ahmuen mah anih khaeah, Nang hae kang hnuh vai ai, tiah naa ueloe, angphat taak tih.
18If he be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: 'I have not seen thee.'
19Khenah, anih anghoehaih loklam loe to tiah oh; anih amprawkhaih ahmuen ah, kalah thingnawk to amprawk o lat tih.
19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others spring.
20Khenah, coek koi om ai kami to Sithaw mah haek ai; kasae hmuen sah kami doeh abomh ai:
20Behold, God will not cast away an innocent man, neither will He uphold the evil-doers;
21anih mah na pakha to pahnuisak ueloe, na pahni to anghoehaih hoiah koisak tih.
21Till He fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.
22Nang hnuma kaminawk to azatsak tih, kasae kami ohhaih im to anghma tih boeh, tiah a naa.
22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
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