Job 8
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)
1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
1Shuhi Bildad loh a doo tih,
2How long wilt thou speak these things, seeing that the words of thy mouth are as a mighty wind?
2“He he me hil nim na thui ve? Na ka kah ol tah khohli bangla khuet coeng.
3Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
3Pathen loh tiktamnah he a khun sak tih Tlungthang loh duengnah te a khun sak mai a?
4If thy children sinned against Him, He delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
4Na ca rhoek te anih taengah a tholh vaengah amih te amamih kah boekoek kut dongla a tueih.
5If thou wouldest seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
5Namah loh Pathen te na toem tih Tlungthang te na hloep mak atah,
6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now He would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
6Na cil tih na thuem koinih nang yueng la haenghang vetih na duengnah rhamtlim te n'thuung pataeng pawn ni.
7And though thy beginning was small, yet thy end should greatly increase.
7Na tongnah te a yiit om cakhaw na hmailong te muep rhoeng ni.
8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out —
8Lamhma kah cadil taengah dawt laeh lamtah a napa rhoek khenah te soepsoei laeh.
9For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow —
9Mamih loh n'hlaem paek kah long khaw m'ming uh moenih, mamih kah khohnin diklai dongkah mueihlip banghui ni.
10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
10Amih te na thuinuet pawt tih a, nang taengah a thui vetih amih kah lungbuei lamloh olthui te a khueh eh?
11Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?
11Nongtui pawt ah talik thawn tih tui om mueh ah capu rhoeng a?
12Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
12Te te a duei pueng ah a hlaek pawt akhaw sulrham boeih hmai ah rhae coeng.
13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish;
13Pathen aka hnilh boeih kah caehlong neh lailak kah ngaiuepnah tah bing tangloeng.
14Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web.
14A uepnah neh a pangtungnah bumba im te khaw bawtboeng.
15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
15A im dongah hangdang dae pai thai pawh. Te te a kuel dae thoo pawh.
16He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
16Anih te khosae li ah thingsup tih a dum ah a dawn sai.
17His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.
17A yung loh lungkuk dongah a ven tih lungto im te a hmuh.
18If he be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: 'I have not seen thee.'
18Te te a hmuen lamloh a phuk van vaengah, “Nang kam hmu moenih,” anih te a namnah.
19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others spring.
19He he a longpuei kah omthennah coeng koinih laipi tloe lamloh a poe uh khaming.
20Behold, God will not cast away an innocent man, neither will He uphold the evil-doers;
20Pathen loh cuemthuek hnawt ngawn pawt tih thaehuet kut te a moem moenih.
21Till He fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.
21Na ka dongah nueihbu neh na hmui dongah tamlung bae.
22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
22Na lunguet rhoek loh yahpohnah a bai uh vetih halang kah dap tah om mahpawh,” a ti.
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