Job 15
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
1To naah Taman acaeng Eliphaz mah,
2Should a wise man make answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
2palungha kami loe takhi hoi kanghmong lokthuih han oh maw? A zok to ni angyae bang ih takhi hoi koisak han oh maw?
3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
3Tidoeh avang ai lok, to tih ai boeh loe atho om ai lok thuih han oh maw?
4Yea, thou doest away with fear, and impairest devotion before God.
4Ue, nang loe Sithaw zithaih to na pahnawt sut boeh moe, Sithaw khae lawkthuihaih doeh na pakaa khoep boeh.
5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
5Na pakha mah zaehaih to thuih moe, aling thaih kami ih lok to na patoh.
6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
6Kai mah zaehaih kang net ai, na pakha mah ni ang net; ue, na palai mah na sethaih to thuih.
7Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
7Nang loe tapen tangsuek kami ah maw na oh? Maenawk sah ai naah sak ah na oh boeh maw?
8Dost thou hearken in the council of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
8Sithaw khae hoi ih tamqu lok to na thaih vai maw? Palunghahaih tawn kami loe nang khue maw?
9What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
9Ka panoek o ai ih hmuen, timaw na panoek? Ka thaih o kop ai ih hmuen, timaw na thai kop?
10With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.
10Nam pa pongah saning coeh, sampok kaminawk kaicae khaeah oh vop.
11Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word that dealeth gently with thee?
11Sithaw pathloephaih lok to na khawt ai vop maw? Hawk ih hmuen na suek vop maw?
12Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes wink?
12Tipongah palung koehhaih to na paroi moe, miktamai hoiah mik na padai loe?
13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth.
13To tiah na oh pongah na ai maw Sithaw koeh ai ih hmuen to na sak moe, na pakha thung hoiah lok na tacawtsak?
14What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
14Kami loe timaw, anih loe ciim thai tih maw? Nongpata mah tapen ih kami loe toeng thai tih maw?
15Behold, He putteth no trust in His holy ones; yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight.
15Khenah, Sithaw loe angmah ih kaciim kaminawk mataeng doeh oep ai; ue, a hmaa ah loe vannawk doeh ciim ai.
16How much less one that is abominable and impure, man who drinketh iniquity like water!
16To tiah nahaeloe zaehaih tui baktih kanae, panuet thok kami cae loe kawkruk maw amhnong tih?
17I will tell thee, hear thou me; and that which I have seen I will declare —
17Tahngai ah, kang thuih han vop; ka hnuk ih hmuen to kang thuih han vop;
18Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it;
18palungha kaminawk loe, ampanawk khae hoi hak ih hmuennawk to angphat ai ah thuih o:
19Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them.
19nihcae acaeng han khue ni prae to paek, nihcae salakah acaeng kalah mi doeh om o ai.
20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
20Kasae kami loe a hing thung patangkhang, pacaekthlaek thaih kami loe a hing thung karai tong han ih saningnawk to panoek ai.
21A sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
21Anih ih naa loe zithaih lok hoiah koi; khosak hoih nathuem ah, a nuiah amrohaih to phak.
22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
22Anih loe vinghaih thung hoi loih hanah oephaih tawn ai; sumsen ni a zing sut boeh.
23He wandereth abroad for bread: 'Where is it?' He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
23Anih loe amhet rumram moe, caaknaek to pakrong; a nuiah pha han koi vinghaih ani loe zoi boeh, tiah anih mah panoek.
24Distress and anguish overwhelm him; they prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
24Raihaih hoi palungboenghaih mah anih to tasoehsak moe, siangpahrang mah misatuk han amsakcoek baktih toengah, raihaih hoi palungboenghaih mah anih to pazawk.
25Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, and behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;
25Anih mah Sithaw to ban payangh thuih moe, Thacak Sithaw ih lok aek hanah tha pathok.
26He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers.
26Kathah parai misa angvaenghaih aphawnawk to angkhuk moe, Sithaw to a hmang;
27Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, and made collops of fat on his loins;
27anih ih mikhmai loe thawk hruk moe, a kaeng ih ngan doeh tasa bangah tacawt dok.
28And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man would inhabit, which were ready to become heaps.
28Anih loe kamro tangcae vangpuinawk, mi mah doeh om haih ai ih, kamtimh tom imnawk ah ni khosak.
29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their produce bend to the earth.
29Anih loe angraeng thai mak ai, anih angraenghaih doeh cak mak ai; long nui khosak naah a tawnh ih hmuennawk doeh pung mak ai.
30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of His mouth shall he go away.
30Anih loe vinghaih thung hoi loih thai mak ai; anih ih tanghangnawk loe hmai mah kang ueloe, Sithaw pakha thung ih takhi mah hmut phaeng tih.
31Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; for vanity shall be his recompense.
31Avang ai hmuen oephaih hoiah angmah hoi angmah to angling hmah nasoe, to tih ai nahaeloe avang ai atho to ni anih mah hnu tih.
32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be leafy.
32Anih loe atue pha ai naah azaem ueloe, tanghang doeh tacawt mak ai boeh.
33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
33Anih loe hmin ai naah pakhrik ving ih misurthaih baktih, apawk kangmuen olive thingkung baktiah ni om tih.
34For the company of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
34Sithaw tidoeh sah ai kaminawk loe azaem o tih; bokhaih tangqum koeh kaminawk ih kahni im loe hmai mah kang tih.
35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
35Nihcae loe raihaih to zok ah pomh o moe, tidoeh avang ai caa to tapen o; nihcae ih zok loe alinghaih to ni pomh o, tiah a naa.
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