Job 18
1 To naah Shud acaeng Bildad mah,
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
2 hae tiah na thuih ih loknawk hae natuek naah maw boeng tih? Kahoih ah pakuem ah, lok ka thuih o han vop.
“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
3 Tipongah kaicae hae moisan baktih, kamthu baktiah na poek loe?
Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?
4 Palungphui moe, angmah hoi angmah ngan angsik, nang pongah, long hae anghuen tih maw? Thlung loe a ohhaih ahmuen hoiah angthui tih maw?
You who tear yourself in your anger, will the earth be forsaken for you? Or will the rock be removed out of its place?
5 Ue, kasae kami ih hmaithaw loe dueh tih, kangqong anih ih hmai doeh aang mak ai.
“Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine.
6 Anih kahni im ih hmai to aang han ai ah, anih ih hmaithawk to paduek pae ving tih.
The light will be dark in his tent. His lamp above him will be put out.
7 Anih thacakhaih khok tangkannawk loe tamcaek tih; angmah koeh ah khokhanhaih mah anih to amtimsak tih.
The steps of his strength will be shortened. His own counsel will cast him down.
8 Anih ih khok loe palok pongah aman moe, thaang to cawh.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.
9 Anih ih khok thaang pongah aman moe, loih thai ai ah asawt khing.
A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.
10 Anih hanah long thungah qumqaih pae moe, a caehhaih loklam ah thaang to patung pae.
A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him on the path.
11 Zitthok hmuen mah caeh nakung kruekah anih to tasoehsak; a khok takan kruek anih hnukah bang pae.
Terrors will make him afraid on every side, and will chase him at his heels.
12 Anih loe zok amthlam pongah thazok, amrohaih mah anih to zing coek.
His strength will be famished. Calamity will be ready at his side.
13 To amrohaih mah a nganhin ahap to caak pae, calu duekhaih mah a thacakhaih to paaeh pae ving tih.
The members of his body will be devoured. The firstborn of death will devour his members.
14 Anih to kamongah ohhaih kahni imthung hoiah pathok ueloe, zitthok siangpahrang hmaa ah caeh haih tih.
He will be rooted out of the security of his tent. He will be brought to the king of terrors.
15 A ohhaih ahmuen ah anih ih hmuen tidoeh anghmat mak ai; a ohhaih ahmuen ah kaat hmai to haeh pae tih.
There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur will be scattered on his habitation.
16 Anih ih tangzuunnawk loe long thungah zaek o moe, a nui ih tanghangnawk doeh angqo o.
His roots will be dried up beneath. His branch will be cut off above.
17 Anih panoekhaih loe long ah anghmat moe, prae thungah ahmin om ai boeh.
His memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street.
18 Aanghaih thung hoiah vinghaih thungah anih to haek boeh moe, long nui hoiah haek ving boeh.
He will be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
19 Anih loe angmah ih kaminawk salakah capa tawn ai, a caanawk ih caa patoeng doeh tawn mak ai, a imthung takoh ah mi doeh anghmat mak ai.
He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he lived.
20 Ni angyae bang ih kaminawk loe tasoeh o baktih toengah, niduem bangah kaom kaminawk doeh anih kawng pongah dawnrai o.
Those who come after will be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.
21 Kasae kami khosakhaih loe to tiah oh, Sithaw panoek ai kami ohhaih ahmuen doeh to tiah oh tangtang, tiah pathim pae.
Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”
