Job 7
1 Kami loe thanathaih hoiah na ai maw long nuiah toksak? A hinghaih ninawk doeh toksak han tlai ih kami ih ninawk baktiah na ai maw oh?
"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?
2 Tamna mah tahlip to zing moe, tlai ih toksah kami mah toktho zing baktih toengah,
As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
3 kai doeh khrah paroeai thungah ka sak ih tok loe azom pui ah ni oh, aqumnawk doeh kai patangkhanghaih ah ni oh.
so am I made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4 Ka iih naah, natuek naah maw aqum hae boeng ueloe, kang thawk han? tiah ka poek; to tiah akhawnbang khodai khoek to ahnuk ahmaa kam let.
When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?' I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
5 Ka ngan loe alungh hoi maiphu mah khuk khoep boeh; ka nganhin loe akah rak moe, ahnai to tacawt.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
6 Ka hinghaih aninawk loe kahni sah kami ih camprai pongah rang kue moe, oephaih om ai ah laemh o.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7 Aw ka hinghaih loe takhi ah ni oh, tiah panoek ah; ka mik mah hoihhaih roe hnu mak ai boeh.
Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.
8 Vaihi kai hnu kaminawk mah, kai na hnu o let mak ai boeh; nang khet naah, ka om mak ai boeh.
The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.
As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more. (Sheol h7585)
10 Anih loe angmah im ah amlaem let mak ai boeh; a ohhaih ahmuen mah doeh anih to panoek mak ai boeh.
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
11 To pongah pakha hae kang sumh mak ai; patangkhang ka muithla hoiah lok ka thuih moe, khosak kasae ka hinghaih hoiah lok ka thuih han.
"Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Kai loe tuipui ah maw ka oh, tuipui thung ih tanga pui ah maw ka oh moe, kai toepkung na suek?
Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?
13 Ka iihkhun mah kamongah anghaksak ueloe, kang song naah ka nathaih hoikhang tih mue, tiah ka poek,
When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;'
14 to naah amaang sae mah kai ang pazih, hnuksakhaih mah ang tasoehsak;
then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions:
15 to pongah ka hing pongah loe, tahnong panamh moe, duek to ka koeh kue boeh.
so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.
16 Ka hinghaih hae ka panuet; ka hing poe mak ai; kaimabueng na omsak ah; ka hinghaih aninawk loe avanghaih tidoeh om ai.
I loathe my life. I do not want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
17 Kami loe kawbangah maw oh moe, anih to na pakoeh? Anih to na poek?
What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,
18 Anih to akhawnbang kruek na paqaih thuih moe, anih to na tanoek tuektuek?
that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?
19 Kai caeh taak ai ah nasetto maw na oh han vop, kaimah ih tamtui paaeh karoek to, kaimabueng nang omsak mak ai maw?
How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
20 Aw kaminawk toepkung, kai loe ka zae boeh maw? Na hmaa ah timaw ka sak? Tipongah kaimah han hmuenzit ah ka oh hanah, kah han na patoep ih hmuen ah nang suek loe?
If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself?
21 Tipongah ka sakpazaehaih nang tahmen ai, ka zaehaih doeh nang takhoe pae ving ai loe? Kai loe vaihi maiphu pongah kang song han boeh; akhawnbangah nang pakrong tih, toe ka om mak ai boeh, tiah a naa.
Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be."
