Job 35

1 Elihu mah,

And Elihu answers and says:

2 hae lok loe toeng, tiah na poek maw? Sithaw pongah ka toeng kue, tiah na poek maw? tiah a naa.

“Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, 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 you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?

4 Nangmah hoi nam puinawk khaeah lok pathim han ka koeh.

I return words, and your friends with you,

5 Vannawk ho doeng ah loe, khenah, nang pongah kasang kue tamainawk ho khenah.

Behold attentively the heavens—and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than you.

6 Na zae nahaeloe, na zaehaih mah kawbangmaw Sithaw raihaih paek? Na zaehaih pop parai nahaeloe, to zaehaih mah Sithaw kawbangmaw amrosak?

If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, What do you do to 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 you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?

8 Na sak ih sethaih mah nang baktih kami to raihaih paek; na toenghaih mah loe kami capa han amekhaih ohsak.

For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.

9 Paroeai pacaekthlaekhaih tongh naah, nihcae mah tahmenhaih hnik o, Thacak Sithaw ih ban pongah nihcae mah abomhaih to hnik o.

Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

10 Toe mi mah doeh, Aqum ah laa paekkung, kai sahkung Sithaw loe naa ah maw oh;

And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving 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.

Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.

12 Kasae kaminawk hoi amoek kaminawk lawkthuihaih lok Sithaw mah pathim pae ai.

There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.

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 does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.

14 Sithaw ka hnu ai, tiah na thuih cadoeh, anih hmaa ah lokcaekhaih to oh pongah, nang loe anih nuiah amha ah.

Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.

15 Vaihi loe palung a phuihaih hoiah dan na paek mak ai; sakpazaehaih to pakuem khruek mak ai boeh, tiah a poek pongah,

And now, because there is not, He has appointed His anger, And He has not known 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.

And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”