Job 9
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)
1Then Job answered and said:
1Job loh koep a doo tih,
2Of a truth I know that it is so; and how can man be just with God?
2A tueng te ka ming tangloeng dae hlanghing he Pathen taengah metlam a tang thai eh?
3If one should desire to contend with Him, he could not answer Him one of a thousand.
3Amah te oelh ham ngaih cakhaw, anih te thawngkhat ah pakhat long pataeng a doo thai moenih.
4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength; who hath hardened himself against Him, and prospered?
4A thinko cueih tih a thadueng khaw len rhapsat. A thuung dongah anih taengah unim aka mangkhak?
5Who removeth the mountains, and they know it not, when He overturneth them in His anger.
5Tlang khaw haimo coeng tih a thintoek ah amih a maelh te khaw ming uh pawh.
6Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
6Diklai he a hmuen lamloh tlai tih a tung khaw tuen coeng.
7Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
7Khomik te a uen tih thoeng pawh, aisi khaw catui tloep a hnah.
8Who alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
8Vaan ke amah bueng loh a cueh tih tuitunli kah hmuensang dongah a cawt.
9Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
9Ning buhol neh airhitbom khaw, tuithim tlungkawt khaw a saii neh.
10Who doeth great things past finding out; yea, marvellous things without number.
10Khenah tloel duela hno len a saii tih tae lek pawt hil ah khobaerhambae coeng.
11Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him not. He passeth on also, but I perceive Him not.
11Kai taeng long a pah mai akhaw ka hmu pawt tih a tinghil akhaw anih te ka yakming moenih.
12Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him? Who will say unto Him: 'What doest Thou?'
12Paco cakhaw ulong anih a mael sak? Ulong long anih te, “Balae na saii,” a ti nah?
13God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him.
13Pathen tah a thintoek mael pawt tih Rahab aka bom rhoek khaw a hmui, a hmui ah ngam uh.
14How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my arguments with Him?
14Te dongah anih aisat te kai loh ka doo thai vetih a taengah ka ol ka coelh thai aya?
15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to Him that contendeth with me.
15Ka tang cakhaw kai lai aka tloek taengah ka doo thai pawt tih rhennah ni ka bih.
16If I had called, and He had answered me; yet would I not believe that He would hearken unto my voice —
16Ka khue tih kai n'doo cakhaw ka ol a hnatun tila ka tangnah moenih.
17He that would break me with a tempest, and multiply my wounds without cause;
17Hlithae neh kai kai m'phop tih lunglilungla la ka tloh ping.
18That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness.
18Ka mueihla he mael hamla kai m'pae pawt dae olkhaa ni kai n'kum sak.
19If it be a matter of strength, lo, He is mighty! and if of justice, who will appoint me a time?
19Thadueng dongah khaw len rhapsat tih laitloeknah dongah khaw unim kai aka tuentah he?
20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me; though I be innocent, He shall prove me perverse.
20Ka ka neh ka tang akhaw ka boe hae ni, ka cuemthuek cakhaw ka kawn hae.
21I am innocent — I regard not myself, I despise my life.
21Ka cuemthuek dae ka hinglu khaw ka ming pawt tih ka hingnah khaw ka kohnue.
22It is all one — therefore I say: He destroyeth the innocent and the wicked.
22Te dongah pakhat la, “Cuemthuek neh halang khaw amah loh a khah,” a ti.
23If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.
23Rhuihet loh a duek sak buengrhuet kae vaengah ommongsitoe kah noemcainah te a tamdaeng.
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?
24Diklai he halang kut ah pae tih a laitloek kah maelhmai te a khuk. Te pawt koinih amah te unim?
25Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
25Ka khohnin khaw aka yong lakah bawn tih a yong dongah a then khaw hmuh uh pawh.
26They are passed away as the swift ships; as the vulture that swoopeth on the prey.
26Sangpho canghlong bangla tinghil tih, atha bangla caak dongah cu.
27If I say: 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer',
27“Kai he ka kohuetnah ka hnilh pawn eh, ka maelhmai ka hlam saeh lamtah ngaidip saeh,’ ka ti akhaw,
28I am afraid of all my pains, I know that Thou wilt not hold me guiltless.
28Ka nganboh he boeih ka rhih tih kai nan hmil mahpawh tila ka ming.
29I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?
29Kai ka boe coeng dae balae tih a honghi nen he ka kohnue eh?
30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
30Vuelsong tui dongah ka hluk vetih ka kut lunghuem neh ka cil cakhaw,
31Yet wilt Thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
31vaam khuila kai nan nuem hae vetih ka himbai neh kamah khaw n'tuei uh ni.
32For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment.
32Hlang he kamah bangla a om pawt dongah anih te ka doo koinih laitloeknah la rhenten m'pawk uh ni.
33There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
33Mamih laklo ah oltloek tih mamih rhoi soah a kut aka tloeng om pawh.
34Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His terror make me afraid;
34A cungkui te kai taeng lamloh a khoe mai vetih a mueirhih loh kai n'let sak pawt mako.
35Then would I speak, and not fear Him; for I am not so with myself.
35Ka thui neh anih ka rhih pawt dae kai he kamah taengah te tlam te ka om moenih.
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