Job 17

World English Bible

Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)

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

1Ka mueihla he pat tih ka khohnin loh khum coeng, kai hamla coeng tih phuel om coeng.

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

2Ka taengah a omsasaipat pai moenih a? Te dongah amih koek ham khaw ka mik ah rhaeh pai saeh.

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

3Kai kah rhikhang he namah hamla khueh laeh. Anih te ulong ka kut dongla a khoom eh?

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

4Amih kah lungbuei te lungmingnah lamloh na khoem pah coeng. Te dongah na pomsang sak mahpawh.

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

5Khoyo la a hui a phoe vaengah a ca rhoek mik tah hma coeng.

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

6Kai he pilnam kah a thuidoek la n'khueh tih maelhmai dongkah timthoeihnah la ka om.

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

7Ka mik he konoinah neh hmang coeng tih ka pumrho he khokhawn bangla boeih om.

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

8Te dongah aka thuem khaw a pong sak tih lailak taengah ommongsitoe a haenghang sak.

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

9Tedae aka dueng loh amah longpuei te a tuuk vetih a kut cim khaw a thaa sai ni.

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

10Amih te boeih na mael sak uh coeng. Na pawk uh to cakhaw nangmih ah hlangcueih ka hmu mahpawh.

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

11Ka khohnin loh thok coeng. Ka thinko kah kohnek la ka poeknah mawth coeng.

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

12Khoyin te khothaih la a khueh tih, a hmuep tom te vangnah neh a yoei sak.

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

13Saelkhui te ka im bangla ka lamtawn tih, hmaisuep ah ka rhaenghmuen ka saelh.

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

14Vaam taengah, “A pa nang,” ka ti nah tih a rhit taengah, “A nu neh ka ngannu,” ka ti nah coeng.

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

15Te dongah menim ka ngaiuepnah tih ka ngaiuepnah he unim aka mae?

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

16Saelkhui thohka te suntla vetih laipi khuila rhenten n'ael aya?,” a ti.

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