Job 10
1 Ka pakhra mah ka hinghaih hmawt sut boeh; to pongah laisaephaih ai ah loe ka om thai ai, ka hingh patangkhanghaih hae nang khaeah kang thuih han.
I hate my life! Let me speak freely about my complaints—I can't keep my bitterness to myself.
2 Sithaw khaeah, Zaehaih na net hmah, tipongah misa ah nang suek loe, na thui ah, tiah ka naa han.
I will tell God, “Don't just condemn me—tell me what you have against me.
3 Minawk pacaekthlaek moe, na ban hoi sak ih hmuen to patoekhaih pacoengah, kasae kaminawk poekhaih to nang hoe haih maw?
Do you enjoy accusing me? Why do you reject me, someone you made with your own hands, and yet smile on the scheming of the wicked?
4 Nang loe long taksa mik maw na tawnh? To tih ai boeh loe kami mah hnuk ih baktiah maw na hnuk?
Do you have human eyes? Do you see like human beings do?
5 Nang ih aninawk loe kadueh thaih kaminawk ih ani baktiah maw oh? Nang ih saningnawk doeh kami ih saning baktiah maw oh?
Is your life as short as mortal beings? Are your years as brief as those of humanity,
6 Tipongah ka sakpazaehaih hoi ka zaehaih to na pakrong loe?
that you have to examine my wrongs and investigate my sins?
7 Kai loe kasae kami na ai ni, tiah na panoek; mi mah doeh na ban thung hoi pahlong thai mak ai.
Even though you know I'm not guilty, no one can save me from you.
8 Ka takpum boih hae na ban hoiah ni nang sak, ka tungkrang doeh nang ohsak; toe vaihi nam rosak han boeh maw?
You made me and shaped me with your own hands, and yet you destroy me.
9 Kai hae tangphrung long baktiah ni nang sak, tiah pahnet hmah; vaihi maiphu ah maw nam laemsak let han boeh?
Remember that you shaped me like a piece of clay—are you now going to turn me back into dust?
10 Kai hae maitaw tahnutui baktiah nang kraih moe, maitaw tahnutui kamkhawk baktiah nam khawksak boeh na ai maw?
You poured me out like milk, you curdled me like cheese.
11 Kai hanah agan hoi ahin to nang khuksak moe, ahuh hoi thaquinawk hoiah nang zaeng.
You clothed me with skin and flesh; you wove my body together with bones and muscles.
12 Hinghaih hoi tahmenhaih kai hanah nang paek, ka muithla hae nang khetzawn.
You granted me life and showed me your kindness; you have taken great care of me.
13 Toe hae hmuennawk thui ai ah palung thungah na suek; na palung thungah hae hmuen hae oh, tiah ka panoek.
But you kept these things hidden in your heart. I know your purpose was
14 Ka zae nahaeloe, ka zaehaih to na pakuem moe, ka zaehaih baktih toengah dan nang paek.
to watch me, and if I sinned, then you would not forgive my wrongs.
15 Kahoih ai kami ah ka oh nahaeloe, khosak bing boeh! Toenghaih hoi ka oh cadoeh, pakoehhaih ka hnu ai. Patangkhanghaih ka poek loiah ka zat sut boeh;
If I'm guilty I'm in trouble, if I'm innocent I can't hold my head high because I'm totally disgraced as I look at my sufferings.
16 kang thawk tahang naah, zoep ih hmawsaeng kaipui baktiah nang zoep moe, zitthok hmuen ka nuiah nam tuengsak.
If I do hold my head high you hunt me down like a lion, showing how powerful you are in hurting me.
17 Kai kasae thuih koeh kami na tawnh mangh, ka nuiah palungphuihaih na thap aep; kai tuk han koeh paroeai misa to nang zoh haih.
You repeat your arguments against me, you pour out more and more of your anger against me, you send fresh armies against me.
18 Tipongah kam no zok thung hoiah nang tacawtsak loe? Ka duek ving nahaeloe, mi mah doeh na hnu mak ai.
So why did you allow me to be born? I wish that I had died, and nobody had ever seen me!
19 Kaom vai ai baktiah ka om ueloe, kam no zok thung hoiah taprong ah na caeh o haih tih.
It would have been better if I had never existed, taken straight from the womb to the grave.
20 Kai ih atue loe setta ah na ai maw oh boeh? Ka phak pacoengah kam laem let han ai ih prae, duekhaih tahlip mah khuk ih vinghaih prae ah ka caeh ai naah, nawnetta thung, kaimabueng monghaih hoiah ka oh hanah, na caeh taak ah,
I only have a few days left, so why don't you leave me alone so I can have a little peace
before I go to where I shall never return from, the land of darkness and the shadow of death—
22 to prae loe aqum baktih khovinghaih prae, hmuen boih angmah ih ahmuen ah kaom ai, duekhaih tahlip ahmuen, aanghaih to vinghaih ah kaom prae ni, tiah ka thuih han, tiah anih mah pathim pae.
the land of total darkness where death's shadow lies, a place of chaos where light itself is darkness.”
