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 today is my complaint rebellious: 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.
Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
7 To ahmuen ah katoeng kami hoi lokthuihaih om tih, kai loe lokcaek kami khae hoiah ka loih poe tih boeh.
There the upright might reason 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, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth 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 knoweth the way that I take; when he hath 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 hath held fast to his steps; his way have I kept, and turned not aside.
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.
I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up 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 desireth, even that he doeth.
14 Anih loe kai han suek ih hmuen to a sak; anih loe to baktih poekhaih paroeai tawnh.
For he performeth that which 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 hath made my heart faint, and the Almighty hath troubled 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 did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
