Job 12
1 To naah Job mah,
And Job answereth and saith: —
2 Nangcae loe kami ah na oh o pongah, palunghahaih hoiah nawnto na dueh o tih, tiah palunghaeng han om ai.
Truly — ye [are] the people, And with you doth wisdom die.
3 Kai doeh nangcae baktiah poekhaih ka tawnh toeng; nangcae pongah ka hnaem kue ai; ue, mi maw hae baktih hmuennawk panoek ai ah kaom?
I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these?
4 Sithaw ka kawk naah, anih mah ang pathimh; toe ka imtaeng kami mah ang pahnui thuih; katoeng kami hoi coek koi om ai kami loe pahnuithuihaih ah ni oh.
A laughter to his friend I am: 'He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter [is] the perfect righteous one.
5 Hmaiim baktiah khosak hoih kami mah raihaih katong amtimh tom kami to pahnuithuih.
A torch — despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.
6 Hmuenmae taek kaminawk ih kahni im loe qoeng tahang, Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk loe ngancuem o; Sithaw mah a ban hoiah angraenghaih to paek.
At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought.
7 Toe vaihi moisannawk to dueng oh, nihcae mah na patuk tih; van ih tavaanawk to dueng oh, nihcae mah na thui o tih;
And yet, ask, I pray thee, [One of] the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee.
8 to tih ai boeh loe long to dueng oh, anih mah na patuek ueloe, tuipui tanganawk mah na thui o tih.
Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee:
9 Hae hmuennawk loe Angraeng mah ni a ban hoiah sak, tiah moisannawk mah mataeng doeh panoek o na ai maw?
'Who hath not known in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath done this?
10 A sak ih hmuennawk boih ih hinghaih hoi kami anghahhaih takhi loe a ban ah ni oh.
In whose hand [is] the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.'
11 Pakha mah caaknaek pataengh baktih toengah, naa mah loknawk to tanoek na ai maw?
Doth not the ear try words? And the palate taste food for itself?
12 Saning coeh kami loe palunghahaih hoiah koi; saning kasawk ah hing kami loe panoek thaihaih to tawnh.
With the very aged [is] wisdom, And [with] length of days understanding.
13 Toe Sithaw loe palunghahaih hoi thacakhaih hoiah akoep; palunghahaih hoi panoek thaihaih doeh anih ih ni.
With Him [are] wisdom and might, To him [are] counsel and understanding.
14 Khenah, anih mah phraek ih hmuen loe, mi mah doeh sah let thai ai boeh; anih mah pakhrak ih kami loe, mi mah doeh loisak thai ai boeh.
Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened.
15 Khenah, anih mah tui pakaa naah, tui to kaang; anih mah paongh naah, long loe tui hoiah koi.
Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land.
16 Anih loe thacakhaih hoi palunghahaih hoiah koi; aling kami hoi aling kop kami doeh angmah ban ah ni oh.
With Him [are] strength and wisdom, His the deceived and deceiver.
17 Anih mah kahoih poekhaih paek kaminawk to amrosak moe, lokcaek kaminawk to amthusak.
Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish.
18 Anih mah siangpahrangnawk to takhoe moe, kazii hoiah zaeng.
The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins.
19 Anih mah qaimanawk to takhoe moe, thacak kami to amtimsak.
Causing ministers to go away a spoil And strong ones He overthroweth.
20 Anih mah oepthok kahoih poekhaih paek kaminawk ih pahni to tamuep pae moe, kacoehtanawk khopoek thaihaih to lak pae ving.
Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away.
21 Anih mah angraengnawk to azatpawsak moe, thacak kaminawk to thazoksak.
Pouring contempt upon princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble.
22 Anih mah khoving thung hoiah kathuk hmuennawk to amtuengsak moe, duekhaih tahlip to aanghaih thungah zaeh.
Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade.
23 Prae kaminawk to lensak moe, amrosak let; praenawk to kaawksak moe, tamcaeksak let.
Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them.
24 Long zaehoikungnawk ih palunghahaih to a lak pae ving moe, loklam om ai praezaek ah amhetsak.
Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy — no way!
25 Nihcae loe aanghaih kaom ai khoving thungah pathoep hoiah avah o moe, mu paqui kami baktiah ahnuk ahmaa amtimh hoiah lam caeh o.
They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.
