Job 16
1 To naah Job mah,
Then answered Job, and said,
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 things such as these: troublesome comforters are ye all.
3 Avang ai loknawk to boeng thai ai boeh maw? Tipongah maw lok pathim hanah misa na hoih o?
Shall there be any end to words of wind? or what compelleth thee that thou shouldst 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 well speak as ye do: if your soul were but in my soul's stead, I could overwhelm you with words, and could 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, and the condolence of my lips should restrain [your grief].
6 Lok ka thuih cadoeh, ka nathaih hoihkhang ai; lokthui ai ah ka pauep cadoeh, hoih kuehaih om ai.
Though I were to speak, my pain would not be restrained; and though I should forbear, what will go away from me?
7 Toe vaihi loe Anih mah kai angphosak boeh; ka imthung takoh boih nam rosak boeh.
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
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.
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, they are my witnesses; and my leanness riseth up for me, giveth its testimony 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.
In his wrath he teareth me to pieces, and assaileth me: he gnasheth over me with his teeth; my adversary sendeth threatening looks at me.
10 Nihcae mah pakha ang angh o thuih; nihcae loe nawnto amkhueng o moe, khet patoekhaih hoiah tangbaeng ah ang tabaeng o.
They now open wide against me their mouth; reproachfully they smite my cheek: altogether do they assemble against me.
11 Anih mah Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk ban ah ang paek moe, kahoih ai kaminawk ban ah ang vah.
God hath surrendered me to the unjust, and cast me down 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, but he hath crushed me; he hath also grasped me by the neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up unto himself as a mark;
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 encompass me round about; he cleaveth my reins sunder, and doth not pity; he poureth out upon the ground my gall;
14 Anih mah ahmaa maeto pacoeng maeto angsihsak moe, misatuh kami baktiah tha hoiah ang hmang.
He breaketh me down with breach upon breach; he runneth against me like a mighty man.
15 Ka nganhin nuiah kazii to ka huih moe, kaimah ih taki to maiphu thungah ka phum.
Sackcloth have I sewed upon my skin, and my horn I roll in the dust.
16 Ka qah loiah ka mikhmai hae amro moe, ka miklakoek nuiah duekhaih to oh;
My face gloweth from weeping, and on my eyelids resteth the shadow of death:
17 toe ka ban ah sethaih hmuen tidoeh om ai; lawk ka thuihaih loe ciim.
Not because any violence is in my hands, and while 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 thou not cover up my blood, and let no place restrain my cry.
19 Khenah, vaihi kai hnukung van ah oh, kai angdoe haih kami doeh hmuensang ah oh.
Even now, behold, my witness is in the heavens, and one that testifieth for me is on high.
20 Kam puinawk mah ang pahnui o thuih, kai loe mikkhraetui hoiah ni Sithaw hmaa ah ka oh.
Are my friends my defenders? unto God my eye poureth out [its tears].
21 Kami maeto mah ampui han tahmenhaih hnik pae baktih toengah, kami maeto mah Sithaw khaeah tahmenhaih na hni pae nahaeloe ka koeh.
And oh that a man might plead with God, as one son of earth with the other!
22 Saning akra ai ah, amlaem let han ai ih loklam to ka pazui han boeh.
For when the numbered years are passed, then must I travel a path whence I cannot return.
