Job 8
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
1To naah Shuh acaeng Bildah mah,
2How long wilt thou speak these things, seeing that the words of thy mouth are as a mighty wind?
2hae baktih hmuen kawngnawk hae vai nazetto maw na thuih han vop? Na pakha hoi tacawt loknawk loe nasetto maw takhi baktiah thacak vop tih?
3Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
3Sithaw loe katoeng ai ah lokcaek maw? Katoeng ah lokcaekhaih to Thacak Sithaw mah phrae ving tih maw?
4If thy children sinned against Him, He delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
4Na caanawk mah a nuiah hmuen sakpazae o pongah, a sakpazae o haih baktih toengah, anih mah nihcae to thuitaek;
5If thou wouldest seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
5toe Sithaw khaeah nang qoi moe, Thacak Sithaw khaeah tahmenhaih na hnik nahaeloe,
6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now He would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
6na ciim moe, na toeng nahaeloe, vaihi nang hanah angthawk ueloe, katoengah kho na sakhaih ahmuen to qoengsak tih.
7And though thy beginning was small, yet thy end should greatly increase.
7Nam tong tangsuek naah thoengkae cadoeh, hnukkhuem ah loe lensawkhaih hoiah na qoeng tahang tih.
8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out —
8Kalaem tangcae atue to dueng ah, nam panawk mah tongh o ih hmuennawk to dueng ah loe poek ah;
9For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow —
9(aicae loe zangduem ah ni tapen o vop, to pongah tidoeh a panoek o ai, long nuiah aicae khosakhaih aninawk loe tahlip ah ni oh.)
10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
10Nihcae mah loe palung tang hoi patuk ueloe, na thuitaek o mak ai maw?
11Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?
11Cakrungkung baktih akung loe tangnong om ai ahmuen ah amprawk thai maw? Tui taeng ih phroh loe tui om ai ah ampraek thai maw?
12Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
12To akung loe amprawk tahang naah, aqam hing suep pongah mi mah doeh aat ai; toe kalah qam pongah azaem zoi kue.
13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish;
13Sithaw pahnet kaminawk caehhaih loklam doeh to tiah oh; Sithaw tidoeh sah ai kami oephaih loe amro tih.
14Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web.
14Nihcae oephaih loklam loe amro tih, nihcae amhahaih loe bongpaha tazae baktiah ni om tih.
15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
15Anih loe angmah im ah amha, toe angdoe thai ai; a ban hoi patawnh, toe cak ai.
16He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
16To baktih kami loe ni bet naah hing suep moe, tanghang mah takha to khuk boih.
17His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.
17A tangzun mah thlung to zaeng boih moe, thlung salakah tangzun sakhaih ahmuen to pakrong.
18If he be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: 'I have not seen thee.'
18Toe kami mah a ohhaih ahmuen hoiah aphongh ving naah loe, a ohhaih ahmuen mah anih khaeah, Nang hae kang hnuh vai ai, tiah naa ueloe, angphat taak tih.
19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others spring.
19Khenah, anih anghoehaih loklam loe to tiah oh; anih amprawkhaih ahmuen ah, kalah thingnawk to amprawk o lat tih.
20Behold, God will not cast away an innocent man, neither will He uphold the evil-doers;
20Khenah, coek koi om ai kami to Sithaw mah haek ai; kasae hmuen sah kami doeh abomh ai:
21Till He fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.
21anih mah na pakha to pahnuisak ueloe, na pahni to anghoehaih hoiah koisak tih.
22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
22Nang hnuma kaminawk to azatsak tih, kasae kami ohhaih im to anghma tih boeh, tiah a naa.
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