Job 13
1 Khenah, hae hmuennawk hae ka mik mah hnuk boeh; ka naa mah thaih moe, panoek boeh.
“Hey, I [SYN] have seen everything [that you have seen], and I have heard and understood all [that you have said].
2 Na panoek ih hmuen to, ka panoek toeng; nang pongah ka hnaem kue ai.
What you know, I also know; I do (not know less than/know as much as) you.
3 Toe Thacak Sithaw khaeah ka thuih moe, Sithaw hoi angaek hanah ka koeh.
But I would like to speak to Almighty God, [not to you]; I would like to argue with him [and prove that I (am innocent/have not done things that are wrong]).
4 Toe nangcae loe amsawnlok thui kami, tidoeh avang ai siboi ah ni na oh o.
As for you, you do not allow people to know the truth about me, like someone covers [up a bad surface of a wall] with whitewash [MET]. You are all like doctors [MET] [that give people] useless [medicines].
5 Lok apae ai ah na oh o duem nahaeloe, nangmacae palunghahaih ah om tih.
I wish/desire that you would be silent; that would be the wisest thing that you [could do].
6 Ka thuih han ih lok to tahngai oh loe, pahni hoiah ka thuih han ih lok hae tahngai oh.
Listen to what I will say to you now; listen while I am saying [what is true about myself].
7 Sithaw kasae na thuih o han maw? Anih to na ling o han maw?
Are you telling lies about me to prove God [is just in causing me to suffer]? Are you saying what is deceitful in order to benefit him?
8 Anih mikhmai maw na khet o han? Sithaw han lok na aek pae o han maw?
Are you trying to defend him? Are you trying to prove [as you would] in a court that he is innocent?
9 Anih mah ang khet o naah hoih, tiah thui tih maw? Kami aling baktiah Sithaw to aling thai maw?
If he looks closely, will he find that everything that you have done is good? Or can you deceive him, like you deceive other people?
10 Tamquta hoi mikhmai na khet o nahaeloe, anih mah na thuitaek o tih.
If you secretly say/do things to cause God to act favorably toward you, he will surely rebuke you.
11 A lensawkhaih loe nang han zitthok ai maw? Anih zit thohhaih na nuiah krah mak ai maw?
He will certainly [RHQ] cause you to be terrified by his power/greatness; you will become extremely afraid.
12 Nangcae panoek thaihaih loe maiphu baktiah ni oh, nangcae abuephaih ahmuen doeh long hoiah sak ih abuephaih ah ni oh.
The things that you say [that you think are] wise are [as useless as] [MET] as ashes; what you say to defend your opinions is no better than [MET] clay [that quickly crumbles].
13 Anghngai o duem ah, lok ka thuih han vop; to pacoengah kawbaktih hmuen doeh ka nuiah pha nasoe.
“So, be quiet and allow me to speak, and then it will not matter what happens to me.
14 Toe kai loe ka ngan hae kaek moe, ka hinghaih hae ban hoi ka sin han.
I am ready to endure anything; I am [even] willing to risk being executed [IDM, DOU] [for what I will say].
15 Anih mah kai na hum cadoeh, a nuiah oephaih ka tawn vop tih; a hmaa ah zae loihhaih lok to ka thuih han vop.
If God kills me, then I will not have anyone else whom I can confidently expect to help me, but I am going to defend my behavior in his presence [anyway].
16 Anih loe kai pahlonghaih ah om tih; amoek kaminawk loe a hmaa ah angzo o mak ai.
No wicked/godless person would dare to stand in the presence of God, [but because I say that I have not done things that are wrong], perhaps, if I can prove that to God, he will save me.”
17 Ka lok hae palung tang hoi tahngai oh; ka thuih ih lok hae naa patueng oh.
“God, listen very carefully to what I say [DOU].
18 Khenah, vaihi kaimah kawng taphong hanah ka oh coek, ka zaehaih loih tih boeh, tiah ka panoek.
I am ready to prove that I am innocent, and I know that you also will declare that I am not guilty.
19 Mi mah maw kai hae zaehaih net tang tih? To tiah zaehaih na net nahaeloe, lok apae ai ah kang hngai duem moe, ka duek halat han boeh.
I certainly do not think [RHQ] that [you or anyone else] will say that what I say is not true; if anyone did that, I would (be silent/stop talking) and die.
20 Hmuen hnetto khue ni kang hnik; nang paek nahaeloe na hmaa hoiah kang hawk ving mak ai.
“I am requesting you to do two things for me; if you do them, I will (not hide from you/come and stand in front of you) [LIT].
21 Kai khae hoi na ban to azuk ving ah, na zitthohhaih hoiah na pazih hmah.
[The first thing that I request is that you] stop punishing [IDM] me; and [the second thing that I request is that you] stop causing me to be very terrified.
22 To pacoengah na kawk ah, kang pathim han; to tih ai boeh loe kai ka thuih hmaloe han, to pacoengah nang mah pathim ah.
You speak [first], and then I will reply; or allow me to speak first, and [then] you reply.
23 Ka sakpazaehaih hoi zaehaih nazetto maw oh? Ka sakpazaehaih hoi ka zaehaih to na patuek ah.
What have I done that is wrong? What sins have I committed? Show me how I have disobeyed you.
24 Tipongah mikhmai na hawk moe, na misa ah nang suek loe?
Why (do you refuse to be friendly with/have you abandoned) me [IDM]? Why do you (act toward me as though I am/consider me to be) your enemy?
25 Takhi mah hmuh ih thingqam to na zit maw? Kangqo thingqam to na patom han maw?
I am [as insignificant as] [MET] a leaf that is blown by the wind; why are you trying to cause me to be afraid [RHQ]? Why are you pursuing me? Am I [useless, nothing more than a bit of] dry chaff [RHQ]?
26 Kakhaa parai ka zaehaih to na pakuem moe, thendoeng nathuem ah ka sak ih zaehaih atho to vaihi kai han nang tongsak boeh.
[It seems that] you are writing things to accuse me [of doing things that are wrong], even recalling bad things that I did when I was young.
27 Ka khok ah thlong nang thuk moe, ka caehhaih loklamnawk boih to na khet; ka cawh ih khokkong doeh na parui boih.
[It is as though] you have fastened my feet with chains [to prevent me from walking], and you watch me wherever I walk; [It is as though] you even look closely at my footprints [to see where I have gone].
28 To tiah raihaih tongh kami loe, kaqong hmuen baktih, karaa mah caak ih laihaw kaprawn baktiah, thazok moe, anghmat zuep boeh.
[As a result], my body is decaying like [SIM] rotten wood, like a piece of cloth that is eaten by [larvae of] moths.”
