Job 35
1 Elihu mah,
Elihu spake moreover, and said,
2 hae lok loe toeng, tiah na poek maw? Sithaw pongah ka toeng kue, tiah na poek maw? tiah a naa.
Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
3 Nang mah, Tih amekhaih maw na hnu tih? Nang mah, Tih atho maw ka hak tih? Zaehaih ka sah ai pongah tih atho maw ka hak tih? tiah na thuih.
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?
4 Nangmah hoi nam puinawk khaeah lok pathim han ka koeh.
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5 Vannawk ho doeng ah loe, khenah, nang pongah kasang kue tamainawk ho khenah.
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.
6 Na zae nahaeloe, na zaehaih mah kawbangmaw Sithaw raihaih paek? Na zaehaih pop parai nahaeloe, to zaehaih mah Sithaw kawbangmaw amrosak?
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7 Katoeng kami ah na oh pongah, Anih hanah tih hmuen maw na paek boeh? To tih ai boeh loe na ban hoiah Anih mah tih hmuen maw talawk vai boeh?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
8 Na sak ih sethaih mah nang baktih kami to raihaih paek; na toenghaih mah loe kami capa han amekhaih ohsak.
Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art; ] and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.
9 Paroeai pacaekthlaekhaih tongh naah, nihcae mah tahmenhaih hnik o, Thacak Sithaw ih ban pongah nihcae mah abomhaih to hnik o.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 Toe mi mah doeh, Aqum ah laa paekkung, kai sahkung Sithaw loe naa ah maw oh;
But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
11 long ih moinawk pong pop kue ah aicae patukkung, van ih tavaanawk pongah aicae palungha kue ah sahkung loe naa ah maw oh? tiah thui o ai.
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
12 Kasae kaminawk hoi amoek kaminawk lawkthuihaih lok Sithaw mah pathim pae ai.
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Sithaw mah avang ai kaminawk tahmenhnikhaih lok to tahngai pae mak ai; Thacak Sithaw mah to baktih loknawk to tiah doeh sah pae mak ai.
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Sithaw ka hnu ai, tiah na thuih cadoeh, anih hmaa ah lokcaekhaih to oh pongah, nang loe anih nuiah amha ah.
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.
15 Vaihi loe palung a phuihaih hoiah dan na paek mak ai; sakpazaehaih to pakuem khruek mak ai boeh, tiah a poek pongah,
But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:
16 Job loe avang ai lok to thuih moe, panoekhaih tawn ai ah pop parai loknawk to a thuih, tiah a naa.
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
