Joba 17

Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)

JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)

1Ka mueihla he pat tih ka khohnin loh khum coeng, kai hamla coeng tih phuel om coeng.

1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.

2Ka taengah a omsasaipat pai moenih a? Te dongah amih koek ham khaw ka mik ah rhaeh pai saeh.

2Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.

3Kai kah rhikhang he namah hamla khueh laeh. Anih te ulong ka kut dongla a khoom eh?

3Give now a pledge, be surety for me with Thyself; who else is there that will strike hands with me?

4Amih kah lungbuei te lungmingnah lamloh na khoem pah coeng. Te dongah na pomsang sak mahpawh.

4For Thou hast hid their heart from understanding; therefore shalt Thou not exalt them.

5Khoyo la a hui a phoe vaengah a ca rhoek mik tah hma coeng.

5He that denounceth his friends for the sake of flattery, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

6Kai he pilnam kah a thuidoek la n'khueh tih maelhmai dongkah timthoeihnah la ka om.

6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become one in whose face they spit.

7Ka mik he konoinah neh hmang coeng tih ka pumrho he khokhawn bangla boeih om.

7Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, and all my members are as a shadow.

8Te dongah aka thuem khaw a pong sak tih lailak taengah ommongsitoe a haenghang sak.

8Upright men are astonished at this, and the innocent stirreth up himself against the godless.

9Tedae aka dueng loh amah longpuei te a tuuk vetih a kut cim khaw a thaa sai ni.

9Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, and he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.

10Amih te boeih na mael sak uh coeng. Na pawk uh to cakhaw nangmih ah hlangcueih ka hmu mahpawh.

10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now; and I shall not find a wise man among you.

11Ka khohnin loh thok coeng. Ka thinko kah kohnek la ka poeknah mawth coeng.

11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

12Khoyin te khothaih la a khueh tih, a hmuep tom te vangnah neh a yoei sak.

12They change the night into day; the light is short because of darkness.

13Saelkhui te ka im bangla ka lamtawn tih, hmaisuep ah ka rhaenghmuen ka saelh.

13If I look for the nether-world as my house; if I have spread my couch in the darkness;

14Vaam taengah, “A pa nang,” ka ti nah tih a rhit taengah, “A nu neh ka ngannu,” ka ti nah coeng.

14If I have said to corruption: 'Thou art my father', to the worm: 'Thou art my mother, and my sister';

15Te dongah menim ka ngaiuepnah tih ka ngaiuepnah he unim aka mae?

15Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?

16Saelkhui thohka te suntla vetih laipi khuila rhenten n'ael aya?,” a ti.

16They shall go down to the bars of the nether-world, when we are at rest together in the dust.

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