Job 34
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)
1Moreover Elihu answered and said:
1Elihu loh koep a doo tih,
2Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
2Aka cueih rhoek ka ol hnatun uh lamtah aka ming rhoek loh kai taengla hnakaeng uh.
3For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.
3Hna loh olthui a nuemnai tih lai loh caak te a ten.
4Let us choose for us that which is right; let us know among ourselves what is good.
4Tiktamnah te mamih ham coelh uh sih lamtah a then te mamih lakli ah ming uh sih.
5For Job hath said: 'I am righteous, and God hath taken away my right;
5Job loh,'Ka tang lalah Pathen loh ka tiktamnah a hnawt.
6Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'
6Ka tiktamnah khaw ka laithae bang mai la boekoeknah pawt mai ah ka thaltang loh rhawp coeng,’ a ti.
7What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
7Tui bangla tamdaengnah aka o Job bang hlang he om nim.
8Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
8Boethae aka saii neh rhoihui bangla yiin tih halang hlang rhoek taengah khaw pongpa.
9For he hath said: 'It profiteth a man nothing that he should be in accord with God.'
9'Pathen taengah a ngaingaih vaengah hlang hmaiben pawh,’ a ti.
10Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that He should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that He should commit iniquity.
10Te dongah thinko aka khueh hlang rhoek loh kai taengah hnatun uh. Halangnah he Pathen lamloh savisava tih Tlungthang he dumlai neh savisava coeng.
11For the work of a man will He requite unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
11Hlang kah bisai he amah taengla a thuung tih hlang a caehlong bangla amah loh a hmuh.
12Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
12Pathen tah boe tueng pawt tih Tlungthang loh tiktamnah te a khun sak moenih.
13Who gave Him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?
13Amah loh diklai ah unim a khueh tih lunglai he a pum la u taengah nim a tloeng.
14If He set His heart upon man, if He gather unto Himself his spirit and his breath;
14Amah taengkah loh a khueh a lungbuei, a mueihla neh a hiil te amah taengla khoem koinih,
15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return unto dust.
15Pumsa boeih he rhenten pal vetih hlang he laipi la mael ni.
16If now thou hast understanding, hear this; hearken to the voice of my words.
16Yakmingnah a om atah he he hnatun lamtah ka olthui ol he hnakaeng lah.
17Shall even one that hateth right govern? And wilt thou condemn Him that is just and mighty —
17Tiktamnah aka thiinah aisat loh a ngoldoelh tih aka dueng khuet loh m'boe sak aya?
18Is it fit to say to a king: 'Thou art base'? Or to nobles: 'Ye are wicked'? —
18Manghai te,'hlang muen,’ hlangcong te 'Halang,’ a ti nah nim?
19That respecteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.
19Amah loh mangpa maelhmai dan pawt tih tattloel maelhmai lakah rhoeikhang kah a hmat tloe moenih. Amih boeih te amah kut dongah kutngo ni.
20In a moment they die, even at midnight; the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand.
20Mikhaptok ah a duek dongah pilnam khoyin pathung ah tuen tih khum uh. Kut nen pawt akhaw aka lueng a khoe uh.
21For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, and He seeth all his goings.
21A mik te hlang kah longpuei dongah a khueh tih a khokan boeih te a hmuh.
22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
22Boethae aka saii rhoek thuh hamla hmaisuep om pawt tih dueknah hlipkhup khaw a om moenih.
23For He doth not appoint a time unto any man, when he should go before God in judgment.
23Pathen taengkah laitloeknah dongla a pha ham coeng dongah hlang te koep a cae moenih.
24He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquisition, and setteth others in their stead.
24Aka khuet khenah a om pawt ah a phaek tih amih yueng la a tloe a khueh.
25Therefore He taketh knowledge of their works; and He overturneth them in the night, so that they are crushed.
25Amih kah khoboe te a hmat dongah khoyin ah a maelh tih pop uh.
26He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
26Halang rhoek ham tah hmuh nah hmuen ah amih te kut a paeng thil.
27Because they turned aside from following Him, and would not have regard to any of His ways;
27Te dongah ni a hnuk lamloh nong uh tangloeng tih a longpuei boeih te cangbam uh pawh.
28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto Him, and He heareth the cry of the afflicted.
28tattloel kah pangngawlnah te a taengla pawk tih mangdaeng kah pangngawlnah a yaak.
29When He giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hideth His face, who then can behold Him? whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man, alike;
29Tedae amah te mong tih ulong a boe sak. Maelhmai a thuh vaengah ulong anih a mae? Tedae namtom so neh hlang khat soah khaw rhenten om ta.
30That the godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people.
30Lailak hlang a manghai khaw pilnam ham hlaeh la poeh.
31For hath any said unto God: 'I have borne chastisement, though I offend not;
31Pathen taengah tah,'Ka laikoi pawt khaw ka phueih.
32That which I see not teach Thou me; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?
32Nang kam hmuh pawt ah kai nan thuinuet coeng. Dumlai ka saii mai cakhaw ka koei voel boel eh?,’ a ti nama thui coeng.
33Shall His recompense be as thou wilt? For thou loathest it, so that thou must choose, and not I; therefore speak what thou knowest.
33Na hnawt coeng dongah te kah te namah taeng lamloh na thuung aya? Namah loh na coelh coeng, kai long moenih. Te dongah na ming te thui to.
34Men of understanding will say unto me, yea, every wise man that heareth me:
34Thinko aka khueh hlang rhoek loh kai taengah thui uh lamtah hlang cueih loh kai taengkah he hnatun saeh.
35'Job speaketh without knowledge, and his words are without discernment.'
35Job he mingnah neh cal pawt tih a ol long a cangbam moenih.
36Would that Job were tried unto the end, because of his answering like wicked men.
36A pa nae, boethae hlang kah taikhaih dongah Job loh a yoeyah la loepdak saeh.
37For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
37A tholhnah te mamih laklo ah boekoek neh a koei uh tih kut a paeng dongah Pathen taengah a ol pung,” a ti.
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