Job 23
1 To naah Job mah,
Then Job answered and said,
2 vaihni loe kana ka haam; ka nathaih nung parai pongah hang ai ah ka om thai ai.
Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3 Anih hnukthaihaih ahmuen to ka panoek nahaeloe, anih anghnuthaih ahmuen ah ka caeh han!
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
4 A hmaa ah kaimah kawng to ka thuih moe, pakha hoiah lok ka thuih han.
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 Anih mah kawbangmaw na pathim tih, tiah ka panoek, a thuih han ih lok doeh ka panoek.
I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6 A thacakhaih hoiah kai hae na hmang tih maw? Na hmang mak ai; anih mah kai ih lok hae tahngai lat tih.
Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
7 To ahmuen ah katoeng kami hoi lokthuihaih om tih, kai loe lokcaek kami khae hoiah ka loih poe tih boeh.
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8 Khenah, kai loe hmabangah ka caeh, toe anih loe to ahmuen ah om ai; hnukbangah kang nawn cadoeh, anih to ka panoek thai ai;
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9 a toksakhaih banqoi bangah ka caeh, toe anih to ka hnu thai ai; bantang bangah kang qoi naah doeh, anih to ka hnu thai ai.
On the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him: he hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
10 Toe ka caehhaih loklam to ang panoek pae; anih mah kai ang tanoek pacoengah loe, sui baktiah ka om tih boeh.
But he knows the way that I take: when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 Ka khok mah a caehhaih khok tangkannawk to pazui, kam khraeng taak ai, anih ih loklam to ka pazui.
My foot has held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12 A pahni hoi paek ih lok to ka caeh taak ai; ni thokkruek kangaih caaknaek pongah doeh anih mah thuih ih loknawk to ni ka palung kue.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
13 Toe poekhaih maeto ah kaom, Sithaw to mi mah maw pakhrai thai tih? Anih loe a koehhaih baktiah ni sak.
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desires, even that he does.
14 Anih loe kai han suek ih hmuen to a sak; anih loe to baktih poekhaih paroeai tawnh.
For he performs the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
15 To pongah a hmaa ah loe zithaih hoiah ni ka oh; to baktih hmuen to ka poek naah, anih to ka zit.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 Sithaw mah palungthin ang naemsak moe, Thacak Angraeng mah zithaih to ang paek;
For God makes my heart soft, and the Almighty troubles me:
17 toe kai hae khoving hmaa ah va sut ai, ka hmaa ih khoving thung hoiah doeh paka ai.
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered the darkness from my face.
