Job 15
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)
1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
1Te phoeiah Temani Eliphaz loh a doo.
2Should a wise man make answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
2Te vaengah, “Aka cueih loh khohli mingnah neh a doo vetih a bung ah kanghawn a hah sak aya?
3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
3A taengah hmaiben pawt tih a hoeikhang pawh olthui te ol neh a tluung aya?
4Yea, thou doest away with fear, and impairest devotion before God.
4Nang aisat, hinyahnah na muei sak tih Pathen mikhmuh kah thuepnah khaw na bim.
5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
5Na ka loh namah kathaesainah a cang tih thaai ol na coelh.
6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
6Na ka loh nang m'boe sak tih kai long moenih. Na hmuilai long ni namah te n'doo.
7Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
7Hlang lamhma la n'sak tih som a om hlan lamloh n'yom coeng a?
8Dost thou hearken in the council of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
8Pathen kah baecenol te na yaak tih namah hamla cueihnah na buem a?
9What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
9Ka ming uh pawt te metlam na ming tih kaimih taengah amah a om pawt khaw na yakming?
10With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.
10Sampok khaw, mamih taengkah patong khaw na pa lakah a khohnin khuet coeng ta.
11Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word that dealeth gently with thee?
11Pathen loh hloephloeinah neh na taengah dikdik a cal ol nang hamla vawt a?
12Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes wink?
12Balae tih na lungbuei na a khuen? Balae tih na mik loh a mikmuelh?
13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth.
13Na thintoek te Pathen taengla na hooi tih na ka lamloh ol na tha.
14What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
14Huta kah a sak te mebang hlanghing nim aka cim tih aka tang te?
15Behold, He putteth no trust in His holy ones; yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight.
15A hlangcim khuikah a hlangcim koek pataeng tangnah pawt tih vaan pataeng amah mikhmuh ah a cil moenih.
16How much less one that is abominable and impure, man who drinketh iniquity like water!
16Tui bangla dumlai aka mam hlang, a tueilaeh neh a rhonging aisat a.
17I will tell thee, hear thou me; and that which I have seen I will declare —
17Nang taengah kan thui eh kai ol he hnatun dae. Ka hmuh te kan tae eh.
18Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it;
18Te te hlangcueih rhoek loh a thui uh tih a napa rhoek taeng lamloh a phah uh moenih.
19Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them.
19Amih te amamih bueng ham khohmuen a paek vaengah amih lakli ah kholong a nuen sak moenih.
20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
20Halang tah hnin takuem amah kilkul tih hlanghaeng ham a kum tarhing la khoem uh.
21A sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
21Ngaimongnah khuiah pataeng anih aka rhoelrhak ham a hna ah birhihnah ol a pawk pah.
22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
22Hmaisuep lamloh mael ham tangnah pawt tih rhaltawt long khaw amah cunghang te dongah tawt uh.
23He wandereth abroad for bread: 'Where is it?' He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
23Buh hamla amah poeng tih a kut ah hmaisuep khohnin bangla a tawn te metlam a ming eh?
24Distress and anguish overwhelm him; they prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
24Anih te rhal loh a let sak tih caem dongah a coekcoe la aka om manghai bangla khobing loh anih te a khulae.
25Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, and behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;
25Pathen taengah a kut a thueng tih Tlungthang taengah phuel uh.
26He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers.
26A rhawn kah uen a thah la a taengah a photling a yong puei.
27Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, and made collops of fat on his loins;
27A maelhmai te a tha neh a khuk tih a uen duela bungkawt laep.
28And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man would inhabit, which were ready to become heaps.
28Tedae khopuei khosa khaw a im ding te lungkuk la a phaek uh tih a khuiah khosa uh pawh.
29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their produce bend to the earth.
29Boei pawt vetih a thadueng khaw pai mahpawh. Amih kah khohrhang loh diklai ah pungtai mahpawh.
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.
30Hmaisuep lamloh nong thai mahpawh. A dawn te hmairhong loh a hae vetih a ka dongkah yilh loh a khoe ni.
31Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; for vanity shall be his recompense.
31A poeyoek dongah tangnah boel saeh lamtah a poeyoek dongah khohmang boel saeh. A hnothung khaw a poeyoek lamni a om eh.
32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be leafy.
32A khohnin loh cup pawt vetih a rhophoe khaw hing mahpawh.
33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
33Misur a thaihkang bangla hul vetih olive rhaipai bangla rhul ni.
34For the company of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
34Lailak kah hlangboel tah pumhong la om vetih kapbaih kah dap tah hmai loh a hlawp ni.
35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
35thakthaenah la vawn tih boethae a sak. A bungko khaw hlangthai palat cuen,” a ti nah.
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