Job 16
1 To naah Job mah,
But Job answered 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.
Of such things as these I have heard enough! Miserable comforters are ye all!
3 Avang ai loknawk to boeng thai ai boeh maw? Tipongah maw lok pathim hanah misa na hoih o?
Will there ever be an end to words of wind? What stirreth thee up, that thou answerest?
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 might speak like you, If ye were now in my place; I might string together words 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.
I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the consolation of my lips should sustain you.
6 Lok ka thuih cadoeh, ka nathaih hoihkhang ai; lokthui ai ah ka pauep cadoeh, hoih kuehaih om ai.
If I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And if I forbear, it doth not leave me.
7 Toe vaihi loe Anih mah kai angphosak boeh; ka imthung takoh boih nam rosak boeh.
For now He hath quite exhausted me; Thou hast desolated all my house!
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.
Thou hast seized hold of me, and this is a witness against me; My leanness riseth up and testifieth against me 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.
His anger teareth my flesh, and pursueth me; He gnasheth upon me with his teeth; My adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10 Nihcae mah pakha ang angh o thuih; nihcae loe nawnto amkhueng o moe, khet patoekhaih hoiah tangbaeng ah ang tabaeng o.
They gape for me with their mouths; In scorn they smite me on the cheek; With one consent 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 given me a prey to the unrighteous, And delivered 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, but he hath crushed me; He hath seized me by the neck, and dashed me in pieces; He hath set me up for his 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 around; He pierceth my reins, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14 Anih mah ahmaa maeto pacoeng maeto angsihsak moe, misatuh kami baktiah tha hoiah ang hmang.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He rusheth upon me like a warrior.
15 Ka nganhin nuiah kazii to ka huih moe, kaimah ih taki to maiphu thungah ka phum.
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And thrust my horn into the dust.
16 Ka qah loiah ka mikhmai hae amro moe, ka miklakoek nuiah duekhaih to oh;
My face is red with weeping, And upon my eyelids is deathlike darkness.
17 toe ka ban ah sethaih hmuen tidoeh om ai; lawk ka thuihaih loe ciim.
Yet is there no injustice in my bands. And my prayer hath been pure.
18 Aw long, kai ih athii hae kraeng hmah; ka hanghaih lok loe natuek naah doeh anghak hmah nasoe!
O earth! cover not thou my blood, And let there be no hiding-place for my cry!
19 Khenah, vaihi kai hnukung van ah oh, kai angdoe haih kami doeh hmuensang ah oh.
Yet even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he who knoweth me is on high.
20 Kam puinawk mah ang pahnui o thuih, kai loe mikkhraetui hoiah ni Sithaw hmaa ah ka oh.
My friends have me in derision, But my eye poureth out tears unto God.
21 Kami maeto mah ampui han tahmenhaih hnik pae baktih toengah, kami maeto mah Sithaw khaeah tahmenhaih na hni pae nahaeloe ka koeh.
O that one might contend for a man with God, As a man contendeth with his neighbor!
22 Saning akra ai ah, amlaem let han ai ih loklam to ka pazui han boeh.
For when a few years shall have passed, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
