Job 34
1 Elihu mah,
And Elihu answereth and saith:
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 doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat.
4 Toenghaih to qoi o si; aimacae han kahoih hmuen to panoek o si.
Judgment let us choose 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 hath said, 'I have been righteous, And God hath 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? Mortal [is] mine arrow — 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 drinketh scoffing like water,
8 Anih loe kahoih ai hmuen sah kaminawk hoiah amyok moe, kasae kaminawk hoiah angkom.
And he hath travelled 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 hath said, 'It doth not profit a man, When he delighteth 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, hearken 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 the work of man he repayeth to him, And according to the path of each He doth cause 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.
Yea, truly, God doth not do wickedly, And the Mighty doth not pervert judgment.
13 Mi mah maw anih to long khenzawnkung hoi long boih ukkung ah suek?
Who hath inspected for Himself the earth? And who hath placed all the habitable world?
14 Kami nuiah Sithaw palungphui moe, angmah ih Muithla hoi a hinghaih takhi to la ving nahaeloe,
If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.
15 kaminawk loe nawnto anghma o boih tih, kami loe maiphu ah amlaem let tih.
Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.
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?
Yea, doth one hating justice govern? Or the Most Just dost thou condemn?
18 Siangpahrang khaeah, Nang loe tidoeh avang ai, angraengnawk khaeah, Nangcae loe kahoih ai kami ni, tiah thui thai tih maw?
Who hath said to a king — 'Worthless,' Unto 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 hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands [are] all of them.
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 Shake do people, 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 all his steps He doth see.
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 doth not suffer man any more, To go unto God in judgment,
24 Lokduenghaih om ai ah thacak kaminawk to a vah phaeng moe, nihcae zuengah kalah kaminawk to a suek.
He breaketh the mighty — no searching! And He appointeth 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 hath overturned by night, And they are bruised.
26 Nihcae loe angmacae sethaih baktih toengah minawk hmaa ah danpaek,
As wicked He hath stricken 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 none of His ways have considered wisely,
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 in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.
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 giveth rest, and who maketh wrong? And hideth the face, and who beholdeth 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 unto God hath any said: 'I have taken away, I do not 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, shew Thou me, If iniquity I have done — 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.
By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused — That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast 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 hearkening to me.
35 Job loe panoekhaih tawn ai ah lok to thuih; a thuih ih loknawk loe palunghahaih om ai.
Job — not with knowledge doth he speak, 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 — unto 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 doth add to his sin, Transgression among us he vomiteth, And multiplieth his sayings to God.
