< Job 26 >

1 To naah Job mah,
Then Job answered,
2 kawbangmaw thacak ai kami to na bomh, bantha cak ai kami to na pahlong?
"How have you helped him who is without power. How have you saved the arm that has no strength.
3 Kawbangmaw palungha ai kami khaeah lok na thuih pae? Kawbangmaw kahoih poekhaih to paroeai kaminawk khaeah nam tuengsak?
How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge.
4 Hae lok hae mi han ih maw na thuih? Nang khae hoi angzo muithla loe mi ih maw?
To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?
5 Tuinawk tlim ah kaom kadueh kaminawk, tui thungah kaom hmuennawk loe tasoeh takuenhaih hoiah oh o.
"Those who are deceased tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6 Hell loe Sithaw hmaa ah bangkrai ah ni oh, amrohaih loe kraenghaih akhuem om ai. (Sheol h7585)
Sheol is naked before him, and Abaddon has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 Anih mah aluek bang ih van to tidoeh kaom ai ahmuen nuiah payuengh moe, tidoeh kaom ai ahmuen nuiah long to a bangh.
He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 Kathah tamai nuiah tuinawk to a suek; toe tui kazit mah tamai to tapoksak ai.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
9 Anih mah angmah ih angraeng tangkhang to khuk moe, angmah ih tamai to a nuiah taboksak.
He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
10 Tui nuiah kawk parai ramri to a sak moe, aanghaih hoi vinghaih salakah a suek.
He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
11 Anih mah thuitaek naah, van ih tungnawk to anghuenh moe, dawnraihaih hoiah oh o.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
12 A thacakhaih hoiah tuipui to tapraek moe, palunghahaih hoiah amoekhaih to koihsak.
He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
13 Angmah ih Muithla hoiah van to krang kahoih ah pathoep moe, a ban hoiah kasae pahui to sak.
By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
14 Khenah, hae hmuennawk loe a sak ih hmuen aqai ah ni oh o vop; aicae mah anih ih lok zetta ni a thaih o vop; toe a thacakhaih khopazih tuen loe mi mah maw panoek thai tih?
Look, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him. But the thunder of his power who can understand?"

< Job 26 >