Job 23
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
1Then Job answered and said:
1To naah Job mah,
2Even to-day is my complaint bitter; my hand is become heavy because of my groaning.
2vaihni loe kana ka haam; ka nathaih nung parai pongah hang ai ah ka om thai ai.
3Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!
3Anih hnukthaihaih ahmuen to ka panoek nahaeloe, anih anghnuthaih ahmuen ah ka caeh han!
4I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
4A hmaa ah kaimah kawng to ka thuih moe, pakha hoiah lok ka thuih han.
5I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say unto me.
5Anih mah kawbangmaw na pathim tih, tiah ka panoek, a thuih han ih lok doeh ka panoek.
6Would He contend with me in His great power? Nay; but He would give heed unto me.
6A thacakhaih hoiah kai hae na hmang tih maw? Na hmang mak ai; anih mah kai ih lok hae tahngai lat tih.
7There the upright might reason with Him; so should I be delivered for ever from my Judge.
7To ahmuen ah katoeng kami hoi lokthuihaih om tih, kai loe lokcaek kami khae hoiah ka loih poe tih boeh.
8Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
8Khenah, kai loe hmabangah ka caeh, toe anih loe to ahmuen ah om ai; hnukbangah kang nawn cadoeh, anih to ka panoek thai ai;
9On the left hand, when He doth work, but I cannot behold Him, He turneth Himself to the right hand, but I cannot see Him.
9a toksakhaih banqoi bangah ka caeh, toe anih to ka hnu thai ai; bantang bangah kang qoi naah doeh, anih to ka hnu thai ai.
10For He knoweth the way that I take; when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
10Toe ka caehhaih loklam to ang panoek pae; anih mah kai ang tanoek pacoengah loe, sui baktiah ka om tih boeh.
11My foot hath held fast to His steps, His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
11Ka khok mah a caehhaih khok tangkannawk to pazui, kam khraeng taak ai, anih ih loklam to ka pazui.
12I have not gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured up the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
12A pahni hoi paek ih lok to ka caeh taak ai; ni thokkruek kangaih caaknaek pongah doeh anih mah thuih ih loknawk to ni ka palung kue.
13But He is at one with Himself, and who can turn Him? And what His soul desireth, even that He doeth.
13Toe poekhaih maeto ah kaom, Sithaw to mi mah maw pakhrai thai tih? Anih loe a koehhaih baktiah ni sak.
14For He will perform that which is appointed for me; and many such things are with Him.
14Anih loe kai han suek ih hmuen to a sak; anih loe to baktih poekhaih paroeai tawnh.
15Therefore am I affrighted at His presence; when I consider, I am afraid of Him.
15To pongah a hmaa ah loe zithaih hoiah ni ka oh; to baktih hmuen to ka poek naah, anih to ka zit.
16Yea, God hath made my heart faint, and the Almighty hath affrighted me;
16Sithaw mah palungthin ang naemsak moe, Thacak Angraeng mah zithaih to ang paek;
17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did He cover the thick darkness from my face.
17toe kai hae khoving hmaa ah va sut ai, ka hmaa ih khoving thung hoiah doeh paka ai.
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