Job 29
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)
1And Job again took up his parable, and said:
1Job loh amah kah a pom te a cong tih,
2Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
2“Kai he hlamat kah hla bangla aka khueh tih Pathen kah khohnin bangla kai aka tuem te unim?
3When His lamp shined above my head, and by His light I walked through darkness;
3Amah loh a hmaithoi te ka lu soah a thangthen tih amah kah vangnah nen ni a hmuep ah khaw ka caeh.
4As I was in the days of my youth, when the converse of God was upon my tent;
4Ka cavaa tue vaengah khaw ka dap ah Pathen kah baecenol la ka om.
5When the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were about me;
5Tlungthang te kai taengah om pueng tih, ka kaepvai ka ca rhoek om.
6When my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil!
6Ka khokan te suknaeng neh a hluk tih lungpang loh kai ham situi sokca a long sak.
7When I went forth to the gate unto the city, when I prepared my seat in the broad place,
7Vangpuei vongka ah ka thoeng tih toltung ah ka ngolhmuen cikngae sak.
8The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood;
8Kai m'hmuh uh vaengah cadong rhoek te thuh uh. Patong rhoek khaw thoo uh tih pai uh.
9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;
9Mangpa rhoek loh olthui te a phah uh tih a kut te a ka dongla a khueh uh.
10The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
10Rhaengsang rhoek ol te a phah tih a lai khaw a dang dongla kap.
11For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me;
11Hna loh a yaak vaengah kai n'uem tih mik loh a hmuh vaengah kai n'rhalrhing sak.
12Because I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless also, that had none to help him.
12Mangdaeng loh bomnah a bih tih cadah neh a taengah aka bom aka om pawt khaw ka loeih sak.
13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
13Hlang milh kah yoethennah te kai soah pai tih nuhmai kah lungbuei khaw ka tamhoe sak.
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; my justice was as a robe and a diadem.
14Duengnah te ka bai tih hnikul bangla kai n'khuk. Ka tiktamnah he ka sammuei nah ni.
15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
15Mikdael taengah mik la, khokhaem taengah kho la ka om.
16I was a father to the needy; and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
16Kai tah khodaeng taengah a napa la ka om tih ming pawt kah tuituknah te ka khe pah.
17And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
17Boethae kah pumcu te ka thuk pah tih a no lamkah maeh te ka voeih pah.
18Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;
18Te dongah, “Ka bu ah ka pal mako,” ka ti tih laivin bangla khohnin ka puh.
19My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew shall lie all night upon my branch;
19Ka yung loh tui taengla a muk tih buemtui loh ka cangvuei dongah rhaeh.
20My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow shall be renewed in my hand.'
20Ka thangpomnah ka taengah thai tih ka lii ka kut dongah tinghil.
21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
21Kai taengah a hnatun uh tih a lamtawn uh dongah ka cilsuep ham kuemsuem uh.
22After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
22Ka ol hnukah talh uh voel pawt tih kai olthui he amih soah tla.
23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
23Kai ham tah khotlan bangla a lamtawn uh tih a ka loh tlankhol bangla a ang uh.
24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
24Amih taengah ka luem dae n'tangnah uh pawt tih ka maelhmai vangnah dongah khaw yalh uh pawh.
25I chose out their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
25Amih kah longpuei te ka coelh tih boeilu la ka ngol. Caem lakli ah manghai bangla kho ka sak tih rhahdoe cangpoem akhaw a hloep.
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