Job 4
1 To naah Teman acaeng Eliphaz mah,
Then Eliphaz, from Teman, replied to Job. He said,
2 lok kang thuih o nahaeloe, na thaima doeh om tih, toe mi maw lokthui ai ah om thai tih?
“Will you please let me say something to you? I am not [RHQ] able to remain silent [any longer].
3 Khenah, kami paroeai na thuitaek boeh, thacak ai kaminawk ih ban to tha na caksak boeh.
In the past, you have instructed/taught many people, and you have encouraged those who were weak.
4 Amtimh kami to na lok hoiah na patawnh moe, thacak khokkhu to tha na caksak boeh.
By what you said, you have helped those who (needed spiritual help/almost quit trusting in God) [MET], and you have enabled them to become spiritually strong again [MET].
5 Toe vaihi loe na nuiah raihaih phak moe, palung na boeng sut boeh; ang boh moe, raihaih na tongh boeh.
But now, when you experience disasters, you become discouraged. The disasters hit you, and you are stunned.
6 Hae loe sithaw na zithaih, na oephaih hoi toenghaih loklam ah na ai maw oh?
You revere God; (does that not cause you to trust [in him]?/that should cause you to trust [in him].) [RHQ] If you were guiltless, you would [RHQ] be confident that [God] would not [have allowed] these disasters [to] happen to you!
7 Zaehaih tawn ai kami loe amro vai maw? To tih ai boeh loe kawbaktih ahmuen ah maw katoeng kami amro vaih? Tito poek ah.
Think about this: Do innocent people die [while they are still young] [RHQ]? Does God get rid of godly people [RHQ]? [No!]
8 Ka hnuk ih baktih toengah, kahoih ai hmuen sah kami, sethaih aanmu haeh kami ni, a sak ih baktih toengah aah.
What I have experienced is this: [Just as] [MET] farmers who plant bad [seeds] do not harvest good [crops], [just as those who start] trouble for others, later bring trouble on themselves.
9 To baktih kaminawk loe Sithaw ih palungphuihaih hoiah amro o moe, Sithaw anghahhaih takhi hoiah duek o.
They die when God angrily blows his breath on them, when he is very angry with them.
10 Nihcae loe kasan kaipui ih lok baktih, kaipui baktiah hang o cadoeh, kaipui haa kangkhaek baktiah amro o.
[Even though wicked people may be very powerful like] young lions, [God] will get rid of them [MET].
11 Kaipui mitong loe caak han moi om ai pongah duek, a caanawk loe anghmaa angtaa o.
[They will die like] fierce lions [that] starve to death when there are no animals that they can kill and eat, and [their children will be separated from each other like] young lions separate from each other [to find food].”
12 Vaihi kai khaeah tamquta hoi lok ang thuih, thuih duem ih lok to ka thaih.
“I heard a message that someone came and whispered to me.
13 Kaminawk loe iih o boih boeh, qum amang ah hnuksakhaih to ka poek naah,
He spoke to me at night when I was having a bad dream that disturbed/frightened me while I was fast asleep.
14 zithaih ka nuiah phak naah, ka huhnawk anghuenh khoek to tasoeh takuenhaih hoiah ka oh.
It caused me to be afraid and tremble; it caused all my bones to shake.
15 Ka hmaa ah muithla caeh pongah; ka nganmui angthawk tahang;
A ghost glided past my face and caused the hair on [on the back of] my neck to stand straight up.
16 to muithla loe angdoet sut, krang loe kahoih ah amtueng ai, krang tahlip khue ni ka hnuk; to naah kamding rue, to pacoengah ka thaih ih lok maeto mah,
It stopped, but I could not see what form it had. But [I could sense that] there was some being in front of me, and it said in a quiet voice,
17 kadueh thaih kami loe Sithaw pongah toeng kue maw? Kami loe anih sahkung pongah ciim kue maw?
‘(Does God consider anyone to be righteous?/No human beings can be righteous in God’s sight!) [RHQ] (Their creator cannot consider them to be pure./Can their creator consider them to be pure?) [RHQ]
18 Khenah, Sithaw mah loe a tamnanawk maeto mataeng doeh oep ai; angmah ih vankaminawk mataeng doeh sakpazaehaih hnu nahaeloe,
God cannot be sure that his own angels [will always do what is right]; he declares that some of them have done what is wrong.
19 tangphrung long hoiah sak ih im ah kaom, karaa pongah amro han kazoi kue, maiphu hoiah sak ih kaminawk cae loe kawkruk maw sakpazaehaih hnu pae tih!
So he certainly cannot trust human beings who were made from dust and clay, who are crushed as easily as moths are crushed!
20 Nihcae loe akhawnbang hoi duembang salakah amro o moe, mi mah doeh panoek ai ah dungzan khoek to anghmat o.
People are sometimes well in the morning, but in the evening they are dead. They are gone forever and do not even know it (OR, and no one pays any attention to it).
21 Nihcae hoihhaih loe anghmat moe, nihcae loe palunghahaih tawn ai ah duek o na ai maw? tiah thuih.
They are like [MET] tents that collapse [suddenly]: They die [suddenly] before they become wise.’”
