Job 35

1 Elihu mah,

And Elihu answereth and saith: —

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

This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast 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 thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

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

I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

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 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 hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou 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 thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

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 thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy 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, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'

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

There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

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 vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth 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.

Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay 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 hath appointed His anger, And He hath 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 [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.