Job 16
1 To naah Job mah,
Then Job answered,
2 to baktih loknawk ka thaih pop parai boeh; pathloephaih lok nang thuih o, toe poek amrosakkung ah ni na oh o boih.
“I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!
3 Avang ai loknawk to boeng thai ai boeh maw? Tipongah maw lok pathim hanah misa na hoih o?
Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
4 Kang doethaih ahmuen ah na oh o nahaeloe, na thuih o ih baktiah ka thuih thai toeng; lok hoi kang zoeh o thaih moe, lu kang haek o thuih thaih.
I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul’s place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,
5 Toe ka pahni hoi tacawt pathloephaih lok mah nangcae poek mongsak hanah, thapaekhaih lok ni kang thuih o han.
but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.
6 Lok ka thuih cadoeh, ka nathaih hoihkhang ai; lokthui ai ah ka pauep cadoeh, hoih kuehaih om ai.
“Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?
7 Toe vaihi loe Anih mah kai angphosak boeh; ka imthung takoh boih nam rosak boeh.
But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made all my company desolate.
8 Ka nganhin loe angcu boih boeh, nganhin angcu loe kai hnukung ah oh; kai loe ka zaek keng boeh, ka nganhin zaekhaih loe kai hnukung ah oh hanah mikhmai kangtong ah angdoet tahang.
You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.
9 Sithaw palungbethaih mah kai hae angsih pet pet moe, ang pacaekthlaek; haa ang kaek thuih; ka misa mah miktamai hoiah ang khet.
He has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
10 Nihcae mah pakha ang angh o thuih; nihcae loe nawnto amkhueng o moe, khet patoekhaih hoiah tangbaeng ah ang tabaeng o.
They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
11 Anih mah Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk ban ah ang paek moe, kahoih ai kaminawk ban ah ang vah.
God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
12 Kamongah ka oh naah, anih mah kai amrosak; tahnong ah ang patawnh moe, apet pat hanah ang thuek pacoengah, kah han patoep ih ahmuen maeto baktiah ang suek.
I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.
13 Kalii kaat kop anih ih kaminawk mah kai ang takui o khoep moe, tahmenhaih tawn ai ah kaeng ah ang thun o; kai ih ahmuet tui to long ah ang kraih pae.
His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my bile on the ground.
14 Anih mah ahmaa maeto pacoeng maeto angsihsak moe, misatuh kami baktiah tha hoiah ang hmang.
He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs at me like a giant.
15 Ka nganhin nuiah kazii to ka huih moe, kaimah ih taki to maiphu thungah ka phum.
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.
16 Ka qah loiah ka mikhmai hae amro moe, ka miklakoek nuiah duekhaih to oh;
My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids,
17 toe ka ban ah sethaih hmuen tidoeh om ai; lawk ka thuihaih loe ciim.
although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
18 Aw long, kai ih athii hae kraeng hmah; ka hanghaih lok loe natuek naah doeh anghak hmah nasoe!
“Earth, do not cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.
19 Khenah, vaihi kai hnukung van ah oh, kai angdoe haih kami doeh hmuensang ah oh.
Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.
20 Kam puinawk mah ang pahnui o thuih, kai loe mikkhraetui hoiah ni Sithaw hmaa ah ka oh.
My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,
21 Kami maeto mah ampui han tahmenhaih hnik pae baktih toengah, kami maeto mah Sithaw khaeah tahmenhaih na hni pae nahaeloe ka koeh.
that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!
22 Saning akra ai ah, amlaem let han ai ih loklam to ka pazui han boeh.
For when a few years have come, I will go the way of no return.
