Job 11

1 To naah Namaat acaeng Zophar mah,

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

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

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

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 lies make men hold their peace? and when you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?

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

For you have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in your eyes.

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

But oh that 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 that he would show you the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacts of 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 by searching find out God? can you find out the Almighty unto perfection?

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

It is as high as heaven; what can you do? deeper than hell; what can you know? (Sheol h7585)

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

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader 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 cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder 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?

For he knows vain men: he sees wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

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

For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

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

If you prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands toward 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 iniquity be in your hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in your tabernacles.

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

For then shall you lift up your face without spot; yea, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:

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

Because you shall forget your misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

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

And your age shall be clearer than the noonday: you shall shine forth, you shall be as the morning.

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

And you shall be secure, because there is hope; yea, you shall dig about you, and you shall take your rest in safety.

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

Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto you.

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 shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the spirit.