Job 16
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)
1Then Job answered and said:
1Te phoeiah Job loh a doo tih,
2I have heard many such things; sorry comforters are ye all.
2“Te bang ol te muep ka yaak coeng. Nangmih boeih kah a hloep khaw thakthaenah ni.
3Shall windy words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
3Khohli ol te a bawtnah om a? Balae tih na doo hamla nang n'huek.
4I also could speak as ye do; if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you.
4Kai khaw nang bangla ka thui thai ta. Na hinglu te ka hinglu yueng la om koinih olthui neh nangmih te kan sun vetih ka lu lamloh nangmih taengah ka hinghuen van ni.
5I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would assuage your grief.
5Ka ka neh nangmih te kan duel lah vetih ka hmuilai kah thaphohnah loh n'hoeptlang mako.
6Though I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased?
6Ka thui akhaw ka thakkhoeihnah a rhoei moenih. Ka paa koinih kai lamloh metlam a caeh eh?
7But now He hath made me weary; Thou hast made desolate all my company.
7Ka hlangboel boeih khaw na pong uh tih ka ngak ngawn coeng.
8And Thou hast shrivelled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness riseth up against me, it testifieth to my face.
8Kai nan tonga sak khaw laipai la om coeng. Ka laithae khaw ka taengah pai sak tih ka mikhmuh ah n'doo coeng.
9He hath torn me in His wrath, and hated me; He hath gnashed upon me with His teeth; mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
9A thintoek loh a baeh tih kai soah a konaeh. Kai taengah a no te a tah coeng. Ka rhal loh kai soah a mik a huel.
10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek scornfully; they gather themselves together against me.
10A ka neh kai n'ang thil uh. Kokhahnah neh ka kam han taam uh tih kai taengah huek ha cu uh.
11God delivereth me to the ungodly, and casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
11Pathen loh kai he hlang thae taengla n'det tih halang kut dongla kai m'muek.
12I was at ease, and He broke me asunder; yea, He hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces; He hath also set me up for His mark.
12Thayoeituipan la ka om vaengah kai m'phae. Ka rhawn ah n'khak tih kai he n'taekyak. Te dongah kai he amah ham kutnoek la m'pai sak coeng.
13His archers compass me round about, He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
13Ka taengah a lithen rhoek loh m'vael uh tih ka kuel a khoh. Lungma a ti kolla diklai dongah ka hmuet phawt coeng.
14He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.
14A puut hman ah a puut loh kai m'va. Hlangrhalh bangla kai taengah cu.
15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.
15Ka vin soah tlamhni ka hui tih ka ki khaw laipi neh ka poelyoe coeng.
16My face is reddened with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
16Ka maelhmai he rhahnah neh nok la nok uh tih ka mikkhu khaw nut coeng.
17Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
17Te cakhaw boethae ka kut ah kuthlahnah om pawt tih ka thangthuinah khaw cil.
18O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no resting-place.
18Diklai nang loh ka thii he vuei boeh. Ka pang ol he khaw hmuen om boel saeh.
19Even now, behold, my Witness is in heaven, and He that testifieth of me is on high.
19Vaan ah pataeng kai kah laipai om tih ka hlangcal khaw hmuensang ah om coeng ke.
20Mine inward thoughts are my intercessors, mine eye poureth out tears unto God;
20Ka hui khaw Pathen taengah kai kah hmuiyoi la om tih ka mik khaw pha coeng.
21That He would set aright a man contending with God, as a son of man setteth aright his neighbour!
21Hlang capa tah hlang ham neh a hui ham Pathen taengah a thui ta.
22For the years that are few are coming on, and I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
22Kum a tarhing ah ha pawk vetih ka mael voel mueh caehlong ah ka cet pawn ni.
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