Job 17

World English Bible

Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)

1“My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.

1Ka hinghaih amro boeh moe, kai ih aninawk doeh laemh boeh; taprong mah ang zing kong boeh.

2Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.

2Nihcae mah kai ang pahnui o thuih na ai maw? Ang pahrue o haih to ka mik mah hnuk toepsoep na ai maw?

3“Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?

3Vaihi kai han kacak lokkamhaih to na paek ah, mi hoiah maw ban kang sinh hoi han?

4For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

4Nihcae panoekhaih palung mik na maengsak boeh; to pongah nihcae to pakoeh hmah.

5He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.

5Ampui aling kami loe, a caanawk mikmaeng pae tih.

6“But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.

6Kaminawk mah kasae thuih hanah anih mah ang suek, kai loe minawk mah mikhmai ah tamtui pathoih ih kami ah ka oh.

7My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.

7Palungset loiah ka mik amtueng ai boeh, ka takpum boih tahlip baktiah ni oh boeh.

8Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.

8Toenghaih hoi khosah kaminawk loe hae hmuen pongah dawnrai o tih, zaehaih tawn ai kaminawk loe angsah cop kaminawk nuiah palungphui o tih.

9Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

9Toe katoeng kami loe a caehhaih loklam ah caeh poe ueloe, ban ciim kami loe thacak aep aep tih.

10But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you.

10Nangcae thungah palungha kami maeto doeh ka hnu ai pongah, vaihi amlaem o boih lai ah.

11My days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.

11Kai ih aninawk loe laemh boeh moe, ka sak atimhaih hoi palung thungah ka poek ih hmuen doeh amro ving boeh.

12They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

12Hae kaminawk mah aqum to khodai ah paqoi o moe, khoving naah khodai loe zoi boeh, tiah thuih o.

13If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,

13Taprong loe kai ih im ni, tiah ka zing; vinghaih thungah iihhaih kahni to ka baih.

14if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’

14Amrohaih khaeah, Nang loe kam pa ni, tiah ka naa; sadong khaeah, Nang loe kam no hoi ka tanu ah na oh, tiah ka naa.

15where then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it?

15Vaihi ka oephaih naa ah maw oh? Mi mah maw ka oephaih to hnu tih?

16Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?”

16Nihcae loe kai hoi nawnto maiphu thungah anghak hanah, taprong khongkha thungah caeh o tathuk tih, tiah a naa.

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