Job 17
1 Ka hinghaih amro boeh moe, kai ih aninawk doeh laemh boeh; taprong mah ang zing kong boeh.
My spirit is consumed, and my days are over; the grave is ready for me.
2 Nihcae mah kai ang pahnui o thuih na ai maw? Ang pahrue o haih to ka mik mah hnuk toepsoep na ai maw?
Surely there are mockers with me; my eye must always see their provocation.
3 Vaihi kai han kacak lokkamhaih to na paek ah, mi hoiah maw ban kang sinh hoi han?
Give now a pledge, be a guarantee for me with yourself; who else is there who will help me?
4 Nihcae panoekhaih palung mik na maengsak boeh; to pongah nihcae to pakoeh hmah.
For you, God, have kept their hearts from understanding; therefore, you will not exalt them over me.
5 Ampui aling kami loe, a caanawk mikmaeng pae tih.
He who denounces his friends for a reward, the eyes of his children will fail.
6 Kaminawk mah kasae thuih hanah anih mah ang suek, kai loe minawk mah mikhmai ah tamtui pathoih ih kami ah ka oh.
But he has made me a byword of the people; they spit in my face.
7 Palungset loiah ka mik amtueng ai boeh, ka takpum boih tahlip baktiah ni oh boeh.
My eye is also dim because of sorrow; all my body parts are as thin as shadows.
8 Toenghaih hoi khosah kaminawk loe hae hmuen pongah dawnrai o tih, zaehaih tawn ai kaminawk loe angsah cop kaminawk nuiah palungphui o tih.
Upright men will be stunned by this; the innocent man will stir himself up against godless men.
9 Toe katoeng kami loe a caehhaih loklam ah caeh poe ueloe, ban ciim kami loe thacak aep aep tih.
The righteous man will keep to his way; he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
10 Nangcae thungah palungha kami maeto doeh ka hnu ai pongah, vaihi amlaem o boih lai ah.
But as for you all, come on now; I will not find a wise man among you.
11 Kai ih aninawk loe laemh boeh moe, ka sak atimhaih hoi palung thungah ka poek ih hmuen doeh amro ving boeh.
My days are past; my plans are shattered, and so are the desires of my heart.
12 Hae kaminawk mah aqum to khodai ah paqoi o moe, khoving naah khodai loe zoi boeh, tiah thuih o.
These people, these mockers, change the night into day; light is near to darkness.
If the only home I hope for is Sheol; and if I have spread my couch in the darkness; (Sheol h7585)
14 Amrohaih khaeah, Nang loe kam pa ni, tiah ka naa; sadong khaeah, Nang loe kam no hoi ka tanu ah na oh, tiah ka naa.
and if I have said to the pit, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'You are my mother or my sister,'
15 Vaihi ka oephaih naa ah maw oh? Mi mah maw ka oephaih to hnu tih?
where then is my hope? As for my hope, who can see any?
