Job 34
1 Elihu mah,
Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
2 nangcae palungha kaminawk, ka lok hae tahngai oh; panoekhaih tawn kaminawk, naa patueng oh.
Hear my words, O ye wise [men; ] and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
3 Pakha mah caaknaek pataengh baktih toengah, naa mah ni lok to khingh.
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
4 Toenghaih to qoi o si; aimacae han kahoih hmuen to panoek o si.
Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what [is] good.
5 Job mah, Kai loe ka toeng, ka toenghaih Sithaw mah ang lak pae ving boeh.
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
6 Kai loe ka toeng, toe amsawnlok thui kami ah ka oh, sakpazaehaih ka tawn ai, toe kahoih thai ai nathaih hoiah ka oh, tiah thuih.
Should I lie against my right? my wound [is] incurable without transgression.
7 Job hoi anghmong kami mi maw kaom, kasaethuihaih to tui baktih kanae mi maw kaom?
What man [is] like Job, [who] drinketh up scorning like water?
8 Anih loe kahoih ai hmuen sah kaminawk hoiah amyok moe, kasae kaminawk hoiah angkom.
Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
9 Sithaw nuiah anghoehaih mah kami han amekhaih tidoeh paek ai, tiah Job mah thuih.
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
10 To pongah panoekhaih tawn kaminawk, ka lok hae tahngai oh; Sithaw loe hmuen kasae sah mak ai, Thacak Angraeng loe hmuen sakpazaehaih roe tawn mak ai.
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, [that he should do] wickedness; and [from] the Almighty, [that he should commit] iniquity.
11 Kami mah sak ih hmuen baktih toengah Sithaw mah pathok, angmah ih tuinuen baktih toengah, a nuiah phaksak.
For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to [his] ways.
12 Ue, Sithaw loe natuek naa ah doeh kasae hmuen to sah mak ai; Thacak Angraeng loe toenghaih to paqoi ving mak ai.
Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
13 Mi mah maw anih to long khenzawnkung hoi long boih ukkung ah suek?
Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
14 Kami nuiah Sithaw palungphui moe, angmah ih Muithla hoi a hinghaih takhi to la ving nahaeloe,
If he set his heart upon man, [if] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
15 kaminawk loe nawnto anghma o boih tih, kami loe maiphu ah amlaem let tih.
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
16 Vaihi panoekhaih na tawnh nahaeloe, khopoek ah; ka thuih ih lok hae tahngai ah.
If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
17 Toenghaih hnuma kami mah uk thai tih maw? Thacak toenghaih hoi lokcaekkung to kasae thui thai tih maw?
Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
18 Siangpahrang khaeah, Nang loe tidoeh avang ai, angraengnawk khaeah, Nangcae loe kahoih ai kami ni, tiah thui thai tih maw?
[Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] wicked? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly?
19 Toe anih loe angraengnawk ih mikhmai to khen ai, amtang kaminawk pongah loe angraeng kaminawk ni mikhmai paek kue, tiah om ai; nihcae loe Sithaw mah ni sak boih.
[How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands.
20 Nihcae loe nawnetta ah duek o; kaminawk loe qum taning ah tasoeh o moe, laemh o boih; thacak kaminawk doeh kami ih ban hoi na ai ah laemh o boih.
In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
21 Sithaw mah loe kami caehhaih loklam to khet moe, a khok tangkannawk doeh hnuk boih.
For his eyes [are] upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
22 Zaehaih sah kaminawk anghawk ving thaihaih khoving hoi duekhaih tahlip to om ai.
[There is] no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23 Lokcaek hanah kami mah Sithaw hmaa ah caeh naah, anih mah kami lokcaekhaih ani to khaeh han angai ai.
For he will not lay upon man more [than right; ] that he should enter into judgment with God.
24 Lokduenghaih om ai ah thacak kaminawk to a vah phaeng moe, nihcae zuengah kalah kaminawk to a suek.
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
25 Nihcae mah sak ih hmuennawk to anih mah panoek boih pongah, khovingsak moe, amrosak boih.
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth [them] in the night, so that they are destroyed.
26 Nihcae loe angmacae sethaih baktih toengah minawk hmaa ah danpaek,
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
27 nihcae loe Sithaw to caeh o taak moe, anih ih loklamnawk to tiah doeh poek o ai;
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
28 to tiah sak o pongah amtang kaminawk qahhaih lok to Angraeng hmaa ah phak moe, pacaekthlaek kaminawk hanghaih lok to anih mah thaih.
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
29 Toe Sithaw mah anghngai taak duem nahaeloe, mi mah maw raihaih paek thai tih, a mikhmai hawk ving nahaeloe, mi kawbaktih kami hoi prae kaminawk mah maw, anih to hnu thai tih?
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only:
30 To tiah kaminawk thaang pongah amansak han ai ah, Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk to danpaek.
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
31 Kami maeto mah Sithaw khaeah, Kai loe thuitaekhaih ka tongh boeh pongah, ka zae let mak ai boeh;
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more: ]
32 ka hnu ai ih hmuen to na patuk ah; zaekhaih ka sakpazae boeh nahaeloe, zaehaih ka sah let mak ai boeh, tiah thuih han om ai maw.
[That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
33 To hmuen loe na poekhaih baktiah maw om tih? Kai na ai ni, na pahnawt cadoeh, na qoih cadoeh, Sithaw mah pathok let tih, to pongah na panoek ih baktiah thui ah.
[Should it be] according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
34 Panoekhaih tawn kaminawk mah kai han na thui o nasoe loe, palungha kaminawk mah ka lok hae tahngai o nasoe.
Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
35 Job loe panoekhaih tawn ai ah lok to thuih; a thuih ih loknawk loe palunghahaih om ai.
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words [were] without wisdom.
36 Job loe panoekhaih tawn ai kaminawk baktiah lokthuih pongah, anih to boeng khoek to tanoek han ka koeh.
My desire [is that] Job may be tried unto the end because of [his] answers for wicked men.
37 Zaehaih sak khue na ai ah lokaekhaih doeh oh, aicae salakah ban to tabaeng moe, pop parai Sithaw kasae thuihaih lok to a thuih, tiah a naa.
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth [his hands] among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
