Job 9
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
1Then Job answered and said:
1To naah Job mah,
2Of a truth I know that it is so; and how can man be just with God?
2to lok loe amsoem, tiah ka panoek; toe kami loe kawbangmaw Sithaw hmaa ah toeng thai tih?
3If one should desire to contend with Him, he could not answer Him one of a thousand.
3Kami mah anih hoi lok angaek han koeh cadoeh, vai sangto thungah vaito mataeng doeh pathim thai mak ai.
4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength; who hath hardened himself against Him, and prospered?
4Sithaw loe palunghahaih, thacakhaih hoiah koi; palung thah, anih ih lok aek kami loe khosak hoihaih hnuk vai maw?
5Who removeth the mountains, and they know it not, when He overturneth them in His anger.
5Sithaw palungphui naah, nihcae panoek ai ah maenawk to angthuisak moe, amletsak thaih,
6Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
6long to angthuisak hanah ahuenh moe, tungnawk to anghuensak.
7Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
7Ni tacawt han ai ah lok a thuih pae; cakaehnawk aanghaih to vingh pae khoep.
8Who alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
8Anih mah khue ni vannawk to payuengh moe, tuipui tuiphunawk to cawh thaih.
9Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
9Anih loe Arcturus, Orian, Pleiades cakaehnawk hoi aloih bang ih cakaehnawk Sahkung ah oh.
10Who doeth great things past finding out; yea, marvellous things without number.
10Anih loe panoek thai ai kalen hmuennawk to sak; ue, kroek laek ai dawnraihaih doeh a sak.
11Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him not. He passeth on also, but I perceive Him not.
11Khenah, anih ka taengah caeh naah, ka hnu thai ai; a caeh poe naah, anih to ka panoek thai ai.
12Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him? Who will say unto Him: 'What doest Thou?'
12Khenah, anih mah la ving nahaeloe, mi mah maw pakaa thai tih? Mi mah maw anih khaeah, Timaw na sak? tiah thui thai tih?
13God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him.
13Sithaw palungphuihaih dip ai nahaeloe, amoek kami thapaek kaminawk loe anih hmaa ah ni akuep o sut tih.
14How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my arguments with Him?
14Kawbangmaw anih ih lok to ka pathim thai tih? Anih hoi lok angaek hanah kawbaktih lok maw ka qoih han?
15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to Him that contendeth with me.
15Zaehaih ka tawn ai langlacadoeh, anih to ka aek thai mak ai; lokcaekkung khaeah loe tahmenhaih khue ni ka hnik thaih.
16If I had called, and He had answered me; yet would I not believe that He would hearken unto my voice —
16Anih to ka kawk moe, ka kawkhaih lok na pathim pae aep to mah, anih mah ka lok na tahngai pae tih, tiah ka poek ai.
17He that would break me with a tempest, and multiply my wounds without cause;
17Anih mah takhi sae hoiah ang boh moe, takung om ai ah nganbawh kana ang pungsak.
18That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness.
18Kai han anghahhaih takhi na paek ai, kakhaa patangkhanghaih hoiah ni ang koisak.
19If it be a matter of strength, lo, He is mighty! and if of justice, who will appoint me a time?
19Thacakhaih kawng thuih nahaeloe, khenah, anih loe thacak koek ah oh! Toenghaih hoi lokcaek naah doeh, mi mah maw lokcaekhaih im ah kai han lok pathim pae tih?
20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me; though I be innocent, He shall prove me perverse.
20Zaehaih tawn ai ah ka oh langlacadoeh, ka pakha mah zaehaih na net tih; coek koi om ai ah ka oh, tiah ka thuih cadoeh, ka poek angkawnhaih to amtuengsak tih.
21I am innocent — I regard not myself, I despise my life.
21Coek koi om ai ah ka oh cadoeh, ka poekhaih ka panoek thai ai; ka hinghaih hae tiah doeh ka poek ai.
22It is all one — therefore I say: He destroyeth the innocent and the wicked.
22Maeto kaom kanghmong hmuen loe, Coek koi om ai kami doeh, kasae kami doeh, amro hmaek tih, tiah ka thuih.
23If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.
23Poek ai pui hoi kami to boh maat naah, anih mah zaehaih tawn ai kami nuiah lokcaekhaih to pahnui thuih.
24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if it be not He, who then is it?
24Long loe kasae kami ban ah paek moe, lokcaekkungnawk to mikmaengsak; to hmuen to Sithaw mah sah ai nahaeloe, mi mah maw sah tih?
25Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
25Ka hinghaih aninawk loe ca phawkung pongah doeh rang o kue; nihcae loe hoihhaih hnu ai ah, cawnh o.
26They are passed away as the swift ships; as the vulture that swoopeth on the prey.
26To aninawk loe cawnh karang palongpui baktiah laemh o moe, moi cop hanah karangah kazawk tahmu baktiah oh o.
27If I say: 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer',
27Laisaephaih ka pahnet han boeh, poekraihaih ka toengh moe, ka pahnui han boeh, tiah ka thuih cadoeh,
28I am afraid of all my pains, I know that Thou wilt not hold me guiltless.
28ka tongh ih patangkhanghaih to ka zit, kai hae zaehaih tawn ai kami ni, tiah Na poek mak ai, tito ka panoek.
29I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?
29Kahoih ai kami ah ka oh nahaeloe, tih hanah azom pui ah tok ka sak khing vop loe?
30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
30Ka takpum hae dantui hoi kam saeh moe, ka ban hae kaciim ah kam saeh cadoeh,
31Yet wilt Thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
31Sithaw mah tangnong thungah na va ueloe, ka khukbuen mah ka takpum hae panuet tih.
32For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment.
32Lokcaekhaih ahmuen ah nawnto a caeh o moe, a lok pathim hanah, Sithaw loe kai baktiah om ai.
33There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
33Aihnik lokcaek hmaek hanah, aicae salakah kaom kami mi doeh om ai.
34Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His terror make me afraid;
34Lokcaekhaih angmah ih cung to kai khae hoiah la ving nasoe loe, zitthok a sak ih hmuen mah na pazih hmah nasoe.
35Then would I speak, and not fear Him; for I am not so with myself.
35To tiah nahaeloe anih zithaih tawn ai ah lok to ka thuih han; toe vaihi loe lok ka thui thai ai.
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