Job 34
1 Elihu mah,
And Elihu answers and says:
2 nangcae palungha kaminawk, ka lok hae tahngai oh; panoekhaih tawn kaminawk, naa patueng oh.
“Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.
3 Pakha mah caaknaek pataengh baktih toengah, naa mah ni lok to khingh.
For the ear tries words, And the palate tastes to eat.
4 Toenghaih to qoi o si; aimacae han kahoih hmuen to panoek o si.
Let us choose judgment for ourselves, 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 has said, I have been righteous, And God has turned aside my right,
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.
Against my right do I lie? My arrow [is] mortal—without transgression.
7 Job hoi anghmong kami mi maw kaom, kasaethuihaih to tui baktih kanae mi maw kaom?
Who [is] a man like Job? He drinks scoffing like water,
8 Anih loe kahoih ai hmuen sah kaminawk hoiah amyok moe, kasae kaminawk hoiah angkom.
And he has traveled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.
9 Sithaw nuiah anghoehaih mah kami han amekhaih tidoeh paek ai, tiah Job mah thuih.
For he has said, It does not profit a man When he delights 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, O men of heart, listen to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And [from] the Mighty to do perverseness,
11 Kami mah sak ih hmuen baktih toengah Sithaw mah pathok, angmah ih tuinuen baktih toengah, a nuiah phaksak.
For He repays the work of man to him, And according to the path of each He causes him to find.
12 Ue, Sithaw loe natuek naa ah doeh kasae hmuen to sah mak ai; Thacak Angraeng loe toenghaih to paqoi ving mak ai.
Indeed, truly, God does not do wickedly, And the Mighty does not pervert judgment.
13 Mi mah maw anih to long khenzawnkung hoi long boih ukkung ah suek?
Who has inspected for Himself the earth? And who has placed all the habitable world?
14 Kami nuiah Sithaw palungphui moe, angmah ih Muithla hoi a hinghaih takhi to la ving nahaeloe,
If He sets His heart on him, [If] He gathers His Spirit and His breath to Himself,
15 kaminawk loe nawnto anghma o boih tih, kami loe maiphu ah amlaem let tih.
All flesh expires together, And man returns to dust.
16 Vaihi panoekhaih na tawnh nahaeloe, khopoek ah; ka thuih ih lok hae tahngai ah.
And if [there is] understanding, hear this, Give ear 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?
Indeed, does one hating justice govern? Or do you condemn the Most Just?
18 Siangpahrang khaeah, Nang loe tidoeh avang ai, angraengnawk khaeah, Nangcae loe kahoih ai kami ni, tiah thui thai tih maw?
Who has said to a king, Worthless, To princes, Wicked?
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.
That has not accepted the person of princes, Nor has known the rich before the poor, For all of them [are] a 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 they die, And at midnight people shake, And they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.
21 Sithaw mah loe kami caehhaih loklam to khet moe, a khok tangkannawk doeh hnuk boih.
For His eyes [are] on the ways of each, And He sees all his steps.
22 Zaehaih sah kaminawk anghawk ving thaihaih khoving hoi duekhaih tahlip to om ai.
There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;
23 Lokcaek hanah kami mah Sithaw hmaa ah caeh naah, anih mah kami lokcaekhaih ani to khaeh han angai ai.
For He does not permit man anymore, To go to God in judgment,
24 Lokduenghaih om ai ah thacak kaminawk to a vah phaeng moe, nihcae zuengah kalah kaminawk to a suek.
He breaks the mighty—no searching! And He appoints others in their stead.
25 Nihcae mah sak ih hmuennawk to anih mah panoek boih pongah, khovingsak moe, amrosak boih.
Therefore He knows their works, And He has overturned by night, And they are bruised.
26 Nihcae loe angmacae sethaih baktih toengah minawk hmaa ah danpaek,
As wicked He has struck them, In the place of beholders.
27 nihcae loe Sithaw to caeh o taak moe, anih ih loklamnawk to tiah doeh poek o ai;
Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And have considered none 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.
To cause to come to Him The cry of the poor, And He hears 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?
And He gives rest, and who makes wrong? And hides the face, and who beholds it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, [It is] the same.
30 To tiah kaminawk thaang pongah amansak han ai ah, Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk to danpaek.
From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;
31 Kami maeto mah Sithaw khaeah, Kai loe thuitaekhaih ka tongh boeh pongah, ka zae let mak ai boeh;
For has any said to God: I have taken away, I do not do corruptly,
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.
Besides [that which] I see, You show me, If I have done iniquity—I do not add?
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.
Does He repay by you, that you have refused—That you choose, and not I? And what you have known, speak.
34 Panoekhaih tawn kaminawk mah kai han na thui o nasoe loe, palungha kaminawk mah ka lok hae tahngai o nasoe.
Let men of heart say to me, And a wise man is listening to me:
35 Job loe panoekhaih tawn ai ah lok to thuih; a thuih ih loknawk loe palunghahaih om ai.
Job—he does not speak with knowledge, And his words [are] not with wisdom.
36 Job loe panoekhaih tawn ai kaminawk baktiah lokthuih pongah, anih to boeng khoek to tanoek han ka koeh.
My Father! Let Job be tried—to victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,
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 adds to his sin, He vomits transgression among us, And multiplies his sayings to God.”
