Job 11

1 To naah Namaat acaeng Zophar mah,

Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

2 pop parai loknawk hae pathim han ai boeh maw? Lokthui thaih kami to a zaehaih thung hoiah loisak han oh maw?

“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?

3 Lok nam laihaih mah minawk lokpae ai ah anghgaisak duem thai tih maw? Kami na pahnui thuih naah, nang azatpaw han thuitaek kami om mak ai maw?

Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?

4 Nang mah, Ka thuih ih lok loe toeng, Sithaw hmaa ah ka ciim, tiah na thuih.

You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’

5 Toe Sithaw mah lokthui nasoe loe, na pahni to paong pae nasoe,

But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,

6 Anih mah panoek karai alet hnetto palunghahaih amtuengsak nasoe; to tiah ni na sakpazaehaih baktiah na tongh han ih hmuen pong tamsi ah Sithaw mah dan ang paek, tiah na panoek tih.

and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.

7 Kathuk Sithaw ih hmuen to na hnuk thai maw? Thacak Sithaw akoephaih na panoek thai maw?

Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?

8 Vannawk pongah kasang, timaw na sah thai tih? Hell pongah kathuk kue, timaw na panoek thai tih? (Sheol h7585)

They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know? (Sheol h7585)

9 To kathuk hmuennawk tahhaih loe long pongah sawk kue moe, tuipui pongah doeh kawk kue.

Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

10 Sithaw mah naeh maw, thong pakhrak maw, to tih ai boeh loe lok maw na caek nahaeloe, mi mah maw pakaa thai tih?

If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?

11 Sithaw loe tidoeh avang ai kami to panoek; sakpazae ih hmuen doeh a hnuk; to tiah nahaeloe anih mah to hmuen to poek ai ah om tih maw?

Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?

12 Toe taw ih laa hrang to kami baktiah tapen naah ni, tidoeh avang ai kami loe palungha thai vop tih.

But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!

13 Toe palungthin nam khraih moe, angmah khaeah ban na payangh pacoengah,

As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,

14 na ban ah sakpazaehaih om cadoeh, to zaehaih to na vah ving moe, na ohhaih kahni im ah sethaih na omsak ai nahaeloe,

if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,

15 coek koi om ai ah na mikhmai amtueng tih; ue, zithaih om ai ah, kacakah nang doe tih:

then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid.

16 raihaih to na pahnet ueloe, kalaem tangcae tui baktiah ni na poek tih boeh.

For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.

17 Na hinghaih loe athun ih ni aengh pongah aang kue tih; vaihi kaving ah na oh cadoeh, akhawnbang baktiah aang tih.

Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.

18 Oephaih oh pongah, monghaih hoiah na om tih; ue, angmah na khenzawn ueloe, ngancuem ah nang hak tih boeh.

You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.

19 Nang song naah, mi mah doeh zithaih na paek mak ai; ue, kami paroeai mah na ven o tih.

You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.

20 Toe kasae kami ih mik loe thazok tih, loih o mak ai; nihcae oephaih doeh dueh ving tih, tiah a naa.

But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”