Job 19
1 To pacoengah Job mah,
Then Job replied:
2 kai poek nang patang o sak, nasetto maw lok hoiah nang pacaekthlaek o han vop?
“How long will you [three] torment me and crush my spirit by saying to me [that I am wicked]?
3 Vai hato nang zoeh o boeh; azathaih tawn ai ah panoek vai ai ih kami baktiah nang zoeh o.
You have already insulted me many [HYP] times; (are you not ashamed for saying these things to me?/you should be ashamed for saying these things to me.) [RHQ]
4 Sakpazaehaih ka tawnh cadoeh, ka sakpazaehaih loe kaimah nuiah ni krak.
Even if it were true that I have done things that are wrong, I have not injured you!
5 Nangcae loe kai ni nam oek o thuih, a sak ih zaehaih pongah ni azathaih hoiah oh, tiah nang naa o:
If you truly think that you are better than I am, and you think that my being miserable now proves that I (am guilty/have committed many sins),
6 toe kai loe Sithaw mah ni amtimsak moe, anih ih thaang pongah ka manh, tito panoek oh.
you need to realize that it is God who has caused me to suffer. [It is as though] he has trapped me with his net.
7 Khenah, ka sakpazaehaih thung hoiah ka hang; mi mah doeh tahngai ai; tha hoi ka hangh, toe toenghaih hoiah lokcaek kami om ai.
“I cry out, ‘Help me!’, but no one answers me. I call out loudly, but there is no one, [not even God, ] who acts fairly toward me.
8 Anih mah ka poeng thaih han ai ah ka caehhaih loklam to pakaa khoep, anih mah ka caehhaih loklam ah vinghaih to suek.
[It is as though] [MET] God has blocked my way, with the result that I cannot go where I want to; [it is as though] he has forced me to try to find my way in the darkness.
9 Ka lensawkhaih to anih mah ang khringh pae moe, ka lu nui ih lumuek to ang lak pae ving.
He has (taken away my good reputation/caused people not to honor me any more); [it is as though] he removed [MET] a crown from my head.
10 Anih mah ahmuen kruek hoi ang boh pongah, kam ro boeh; anih mah ka oephaih to thing baktiah ang phongh pae ving.
He batters me from every side, and I will soon die. He has caused me to no longer confidently expect [him to do good things for me].
11 Anih ih palung kabae to kai khaeah ang palai moe, kai hae a misa ah ang poek.
He attacks me because he is extremely angry with me [MET], and he considers that I am his enemy.
12 Anih ih misatuh kaminawk loe, kai tuk hanah nawnto angzoh o moe, kai ih kahni im taeng boih ah atai o.
[It is as though] he sends his army to attack me; they surround my tent, preparing to attack me.
13 Kam nawkamyanawk to kai khae hoi kangthla ah a ohsak moe, kam puinawk doeh panoek vai ai ih kami baktiah ni oh o.
“God has caused my brothers to abandon me, and all those who know me act like strangers to me.
14 Ka canawknawk mah ang pahnawt o moe, kam puinawk mah ang pahnet o boeh.
All my relatives and good friends have left me.
15 Ka tamna nongpatanawk hoi ka imthung takohnawk mah angvin baktih, prae kalah kami baktiah ang khet o.
The people who were guests in my house have forgotten me, and my female servants consider that I am a stranger or that I am a foreigner.
16 Ka tamna to ka kawk naah, na pathim ai; tahmenhaih ka hnik cadoeh, na pathim ai boeh.
When I summon my servants, they do not answer; I plead with them to come [to help me, but they do not come].
17 Kang hahhaih takhi loe ka zu koeh koiah om ai, ka caanawk hanah panuet thok hmuen ah oh boeh.
My wife does not want to come close to me because my breath [smells very bad], and even my brothers detest me.
18 Ue, nawktanawk mah ang patoek o, kang thawk tahang naah, ang pahnui o thuih.
Even young children despise me; when I stand up [to talk to them], they laugh at me.
19 Kam puinawk mah ang panuet o moe, ka palung ih kaminawk doeh ka misa ah angcoeng o ving boeh.
My dearest friends detest me, and those whom I love [very much] have turned against me.
20 Ka huh loe nganhin hoi angbet rap boeh moe, ka haa doeh angkhringh boeh.
My body is [only] skin and bones; I am barely alive [IDM].
21 Aw kam puinawk, na tahmen oh, na tahmen oh; Sithaw mah ni ang boh.
[“I plead with] you, my [three] friends, pity me, because God has (struck [EUP] me with his hand/caused me to suffer greatly).
22 Tipongah Sithaw pacaekthlaek baktiah kai nang pacaekthlaek o loe? Kai ih angan hoiah zok nam hah o ai vop maw?
Why do you cause me to suffer like God does? Why do you continue to slander [MET] me?
23 Aw, ka loknawk hae pakuem o nasoe loe, nihcae mah cabu ah pathok o nasoe.
“I wish/desire that someone would take these words of mine and write them permanently in a book [in order that people can read them].
24 Sum cacung hoiah tarik o nasoe loe, thlung nuiah dungzan ah tarik o poe nasoe!
Or else, I wish that he would carve them on a rock with (a chisel/an iron tool) in order that they would last forever.
25 Kai akrangkung loe hing, tiah ka panoek; anih loe hnukkhuem atue boeng naah long ah angdoe tih;
But I know that the one who vindicates/defends me in court is alive, and that some day he will stand [here] on the earth [and make the final decision about whether I deserve to be punished].
26 ka nganhin amro moe, hae takpum hae amro ving cadoeh, ka taksa hoiah Sithaw to ka hnu vop tih;
And even after diseases have eaten away my skin, while I still have my body, I will see God.
27 anih to ka hnu tih; minawk mah hnuk ih na ai, kaimah roe mik hoiah ka hnu tih; ka palungthin mah zing kong boeh.
I will see him myself; I will see him with my own eyes! I am overwhelmed [as I think about that]!
28 Nangcae mah, anih hae kawbangmaw pacaekthlaek han, anih zae nethaih kawbangmaw hnuk thai han? tiah na thuih o,
“If you three men say, ‘What more can we do to cause Job to suffer?’ and if you say, ‘He has caused his own [troubles],’
29 sumsen to na zit o han oh, Sithaw palungphuihaih mah sumsen hoi danpaekhaih to tacawtsak, lokcaekhaih atue oh, tiah panoek oh, tiah a naa.
you should be afraid that God will punish [MTY] you; he punishes those [like you] with whom he is angry; and when that happens, you will know that there is [someone who] judges [people].”
