Job 21
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
1Then Job answered and said:
1To naah Job mah,
2Hear diligently my speech; and let this be your consolations.
2ka lok hae kahoih ah tahngai ah; nang pathloephaih lok loe hae tiah om nasoe.
3Suffer me, that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
3Tahngai ah, lok ka thuih han vop; koeh boeh loe ka thuih pacoengah, na pahnui thui ah.
4As for me, is my complaint to man? Or why should I not be impatient?
4Kai loe kami maw laisaep thuih? To tiah om nahaeloe, palung duem ai ah om tih maw?
5Turn unto me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
5Kai hae na khen ah loe, dawnrai ah; pakha to ban hoi tamuep ah.
6Even when I remember I am affrighted, and horror hath taketh hold on my flesh.
6Hae kawng hae ka poek naah ka zit moe; ka takpum boih tasoeh.
7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
7Tipongah kasae kaminawk loe hinglung sawk o, mitong khoek to ngantui o moe, angraeng o pacoengah, thacak o loe?
8Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
8Anih ih caanawk loe angmah taengah khosak o moe, angmah ih acaengnawk doeh a mikhnuk ah qoeng o tahang.
9Their houses are safe, without fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
9A imnawk doeh misa zithaih om ai, Sithaw danpaekhaih thingboeng doeh nihcae nuiah krah ai.
10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
10Nihcae ih maitaw tae loe apet ai ah apaa cuk o moe, kapomh maitaw doeh acaa zuun vai ai.
11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
11Nihcae ih caanawk loe tuu baktiah caeh o moe, hnawh o.
12They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
12Cingceng to boh o, katoeng kruek hoiah laa a sak o moe, tamoi lok hoiah anghoe o.
13They spend their days in prosperity, and peacefully they go down to the grave.
13Nihcae loe taprong ah laem o ai karoek to, hmuenmae angraenghaih hoiah khosak o.
14Yet they said unto God: 'Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of Thy ways.
14Nihcae loe Sithaw khaeah, Na caeh taak ah, Na loklam panoek han ka koeh o ai.
15What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto Him?' —
15Thacak Sithaw loe kawbangmaw oh moe, a tok ka sak pae o han loe? Anih khaeah lawk ka thuih o nahaeloe, tih atho maw om tih, tiah a thuih o.
16Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand; the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
16Khenah, nihcae angraenghaih loe angmacae ban ah om poe ai; kazae kaminawk ih poekhaih to angqoi taak boeh.
17How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? that their calamity cometh upon them? that He distributeth pains in His anger?
17Sithaw mah kasae kaminawk ih hmaithaw to paduek pae, anih palungphui pongah nihcae to amrosak moe, nihcae nuiah vai nazetto maw raihaih to phaksak?
18That they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm stealeth away?
18Nihcae loe takhi mah hmuh ih anghnoeng baktiah oh o moe, takhi sae mah hmuh ih tavai baktiah ni oh o.
19'God layeth up his iniquity for his children!' — let Him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it.
19Nangcae mah loe, zaehaih sah kaminawk zuengah a caanawk to Sithaw mah danpaek tih, tiah na thuih o; toe kaimah loe a sak pazaehaih panoek thai hanah, Sithaw mah zaehaih sah kami angmah roe to danpaek nasoe, tiah ka thuih.
20Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
20Angmah amrohaih to a mik hoi roe hnu nasoe loe, Thacak Sithaw palungphuihaih to nae nasoe.
21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him? seeing the number of his months is determined.
21Anih han paek ih ani hoi akhrah akoep naah loe, anih mah a caeh taak ih a caanawk hanah timaw sah pae thai tih?
22Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing it is He that judgeth those that are high.
22Mi mah maw hmuensang ah kaom kaminawk lokcaekkung Sithaw to patuk thai tih?
23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
23Kami maeto loe tha oh li, misa monghaih hoiah khosak moe, nawm li nathuem,
24His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.
24A takpum kahoih ah qoeng tahang li moe, ahuhnawk tangkhring hoiah koi li nathuem ah duek ving.
25And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted of good.
25Kalah kami maeto bae loe khosak nawmhaih tong vai ai, a hinghaih patangkhang pongah duek.
26They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covereth them.
26Nihnik loe maiphu thungah angsong hoi moe, sadong mah khuk khoep boeh.
27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
27Khenah, ka nuiah sak han na pacaeng ih kahoih ai hmuen to ka panoek.
28For ye say: 'Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?'
28Nang mah, angraeng ih im naa ah maw oh, kasae kaminawk ih im naa ah maw oh? tiah na thuih.
29Have ye not asked them that go by the way; and will ye misdeem their tokens,
29Kholong caeh kaminawk to lok na dueng o vai ai maw? A sak o ih angmathaih to na panoek o ai maw?
30That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led forth to the day of wrath?
30Kahoih ai kami loe amrohaih ani hanah pahoe boeh, palungphuihaih ani hanah suek boeh pongah, anih loe vaihi loih tih boeh, tiah na poek o ai maw?
31But who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?
31A sak ih kahoih ai hmuen to mi mah maw taphong pae tih? A sak ih zaehaih baktih toengah mi mah maw pathok tih?
32For he is borne to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
32Toe anih loe taprong ah phak naah doeh, tangprong toepkung to suem pae o tih.
33The clods of the valley are sweet unto him, and all men draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
33Azawn ih long loe anih hanah luep, kami boih anih hnukah patom o ueloe, anih hmaa ah kroek laek ai kaminawk caeh o tih.
34How then comfort ye me in vain? And as for your answers, there remaineth only faithlessness?
34To tiah nahaeloe tih han ih azom pui ah kaom lok hoiah nang pathloep o loe? Nang pathimhaih lok ah tangtang to om ai, amsawnlok cing ni oh, tiah a naa.
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