Job 22
1 To naah Teman acaeng Eliphaz mah,
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2 palungha kami loe angmah han ih ni atho oh, kami loe Sithaw han amekhaih oh maw?
Can a man be profitable unto God? surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.
3 Na toenghaih mah Thacak Sithaw anghoesak tih maw? Coek koi om ai tuinuen hoihaih rang hoiah anih han tih amekhaih maw oh?
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?
4 Sithaw ka zit pongah anih mah ang thuitaek, tiah na poek maw? Anih loe lokcaekhaih ahmuen ah nang hoi nawnto caeh tih maw?
Is it for thy fear [of him] that he reproveth thee, that he entereth with thee into judgment?
5 Na zaehaih loe paroeai len, na zaehaih loe kroek laek ai pop pongah na ai maw hae tiah na oh?
Is not thy wickedness great? neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
6 Nang loe nam nawkamyanawk ih hmuenmae to na lak pae, nihcae ih khukbuen to na khringh pae moe, bangkrai ah na suek.
For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 Angpho kami tuinaek hanah na paek ai, zok amthlam kami doeh buh na pacah ai.
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
8 Thacak kami loe long to a tawnh; khingya koi kaom kami loe to ah khosak.
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man, he dwelt in it.
9 Toe lamhmainawk to bangkrai ah na patoeh ving moe, ampa tawn ai kaminawk ih ban to nang khaehsak.
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10 To pongah ni nang loe thaangnawk mah ang takui o khoep moe, zithaih mah raihaih ang paek;
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee,
11 to tih ai boeh loe na hnu thai ai ih, vinghaih mah raihaih ang paek moe, paroeai pop tuinawk mah ang uem.
Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee.
12 Sithaw loe kasang van ah na ai maw oh? Van ih cakaehnawk loe nasetto maw sang o, tiah khen ah!
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
13 Toe nang mah loe, Sithaw mah kawbangmaw panoek tih? Anih loe kathah tamai kamnum thung hoiah lokcaek thai tih maw?
And thou sayest, What doth God know? can he judge through the thick darkness?
14 Kathah parai tamai mah anih to khuk khoep pongah, anih mah hnu mak ai; anih loe van amhaehaih loklam ranui ah ni amkaeh, tiah na thuih.
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
15 Kasae kaminawk caehhaih loklam kangquem to na pazui han maw?
Wilt thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?
16 Nihcae loe atue akoep ai naah amro o moe, nihcae angdoethaih ahmuen doeh tui mah lak pae king.
Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream:
17 Nihcae mah Sithaw khaeah, Kaicae hae na caeh taak ah; Thacak Sithaw mah kaicae han timaw sah thai tang tih, tiah thuih o.
Who said unto God, Depart from us; and, What can the Almighty do for us?
18 Sithaw mah kahoih hmuen hoiah nihcae ih im to koisak; toe kai loe kasae kaminawk ih poekhaih to kang qoi taak.
Yet he fired their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 Nihcae amrohaih to katoeng kaminawk mah hnuk o naah, anghoe o; zaehaih tawn ai kaminawk mah nihcae to pahnui o thuih.
The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
20 Kaicae ih misanawk loe amro o tangtang boeh, kanghmat nihcae ih hmuennawk doeh hmai mah kangh boih boeh.
[Saying], Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, and the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.
21 Sithaw khae ang paek o ah loe, anih hoi angdaeh oh; to tiah na sak o nahaeloe nang khaeah khosak hoihaih angzo tih.
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
22 Anih pakha thung hoi tacawt daan to talawk ah loe, anih ih lok to na palung thungah khrum ah.
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
23 Thacak Sithaw khaeah nam laem o nahaeloe, anih mah na raemh let tih; na ohhaih kahni imthung hoiah na sakpazaehaih to takhoe ving nahaeloe,
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up; if thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.
24 sui to maiphu baktih, Ophir ih sui to tuipui ih thlung baktiah na patung tih.
And lay thou [thy] treasure in the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
25 Ue, Thacak Sithaw loe nang ih sui ah om ueloe, atho kana sumkanglung paroeai na tawn tih.
And the Almighty shall be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee.
26 To tiah nahaeloe Thacak Sithaw pongah anghoehaih na tawn ueloe, Sithaw to na doeng tahang tih.
For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
27 Anih khaeah lawk na thuih naah, anih mah na tahngai pae tih; to tiah lokkamhaih to na koepsak tih.
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee; and thou shalt pay thy vows.
28 Na patoep ih hmuen to angcoeng ueloe, na caehhaih loklam to aang tih.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.
29 Kaminawk pakhrak tathuk naah, nang loe pakoehhaih ah ka oh, tiah na thui tih; mi tlim ah khosah kami loe Sithaw mah pahlong tih.
When they cast [thee] down, thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; and the humble person he shall save.
30 Anih mah zaehaih tawn kami to pahlong tih; kaciim na ban hoiah anih to pahlong tih, tiah a naa.
He shall deliver [even] him that is not innocent: yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thine hands.
