Job 12
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Bible Mutal (Kosraean)
1Then Job answered and said:
1Na Job el fahk,
2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
2“Aok, komtal aolla pusren mwet uh. Komtal fin misa, na lalmwetmet ac fah wi komtal na misa.
3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
3Tusruktu oasr pacna ma nga etu oana komtal; Wanginna ma nga ten liki komtal kac; Mwet nukewa etu ma komtal fahk an.
4I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, a man that called upon God, and He answered him; the just, the innocent man is a laughing-stock,
4Finne mwet kawuk luk, elos isrunyu pac in pacl inge; Nga ne suwoswosna ac wangin mwetik, a elos isrun yu pacna; Tusruktu, oasr pacl God El tuh topuk pre luk.
5A contemptible brand in the thought of him that is at ease, a thing ready for them whose foot slippeth.
5Komtal tiana pula ma upa, a komtal isrunyu; Komtal sringilya mwet se ma apkuran in ikori uh.
6The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure, in whatsoever God bringeth into their hand.
6Mwet pisrapasr ac mwet koluk elos mutana in misla, A pwayena god lalos pa ku lalos sifacna.
7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee;
7“Finne won ku kosro lemnak uh, oasr pac ma elos ku in luti nu sumtal;
8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee;
8Siyuk lalmwetmet sin ma orakrak fin faclu ac ik in meoa uh.
9Who knoweth not among all these, that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
9Elos nukewa etu lah poun God pa oralosla uh.
10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. —
10God pa kol moul lun ma El orala inge; Moul lun mwet nukewa oan ye ku lal.
11Doth not the ear try words, even as the palate tasteth its food?
11Tusruktu, insremtal engan in lohng kas uh, Oana ke loumtal lungse ema mwe mongo.
12Is wisdom with aged men, and understanding in length of days? —
12“Lalmwetmet oasr sin mwet matu uh, Ke elos matuoh, yohk etauk lalos.
13With Him is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.
13Tusruktu God El sisani kewa lalmwetmet ac ku; El liyaten ac sessesla ke lalmwetmet.
14Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
14God El fin ikruiya sie ma, su ku in sifilpa tulokunak? God El fin kapriya sie mwet, su ac ku in tulala?
15Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
15Faclu ac paola God El fin tulokinya af uh; Sronot uh tuku ke El fuhlela af upa uh.
16With Him is strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.
16“God El ku ac El kutangla pacl nukewa; Mwet kikiap ac mwet ma kiapweyukla kewa oan ye ku lal.
17He leadeth counsellors away stripped, and judges maketh He fools.
17El eisla nunak lalmwetmet lun mwet leum, Ac oru mwet kol uh in orekma oana mwet lalfon.
18He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.
18El sisla tokosra uh liki nien muta fulat lalos, ac oru tuh elos in mwet kapir;
19He leadeth priests away stripped, and overthroweth the mighty.
19El akpusiselye mwet tol ac mwet ma oasr wal la uh.
20He removeth the speech of men of trust, and taketh away the sense of the elders.
20El kaliya oalin mwet lulalfongiyuk uh in tia kaskas, Ac El eisla lalmwetmet lun mwet matu lukelos.
21He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong.
21El akmwekinye mwet leum uh Ac tulokinya ku lun mwet kol uh.
22He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
22El tolak yen lohsr, aok yen lohsr lun misa.
23He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth the nations, and leadeth them away.
23El oru kutu mutunfacl uh in yohk ac pwengpeng, Na El sifilpa kutangulosla ac kunauselosla.
24He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the land, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
24El oru mwet leum lalos in lalfonla Ac fuhlela elos forfor oana mwet fohsak ac tuhlac;
25They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
25Elos kahlimin acn lohsr uh, ac tukulkul oana mwet sruhi uh.
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