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?
Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?
2 Tamna mah tahlip to zing moe, tlai ih toksah kami mah toktho zing baktih toengah,
As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,
3 kai doeh khrah paroeai thungah ka sak ih tok loe azom pui ah ni oh, aqumnawk doeh kai patangkhanghaih ah ni oh.
So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered 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.
If I lay down then I said, 'When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.
5 Ka ngan loe alungh hoi maiphu mah khuk khoep boeh; ka nganhin loe akah rak moe, ahnai to tacawt.
Clothed hath been my flesh [with] worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,
6 Ka hinghaih aninawk loe kahni sah kami ih camprai pongah rang kue moe, oephaih om ai ah laemh o.
My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.
7 Aw ka hinghaih loe takhi ah ni oh, tiah panoek ah; ka mik mah hoihhaih roe hnu mak ai boeh.
Remember Thou that my life [is] a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to 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 my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes [are] upon me — and I am not.
Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up. (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 turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.
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.
Also I — I withhold not my mouth — I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk 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?
A sea -[monster] am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?
13 Ka iihkhun mah kamongah anghaksak ueloe, kang song naah ka nathaih hoikhang tih mue, tiah ka poek,
When I said, 'My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.
14 to naah amaang sae mah kai ang pazih, hnuksakhaih mah ang tasoehsak;
And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me,
15 to pongah ka hing pongah loe, tahnong panamh moe, duek to ka koeh kue boeh.
And my soul chooseth 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 have wasted away — not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days [are] vanity.
17 Kami loe kawbangah maw oh moe, anih to na pakoeh? Anih to na poek?
What [is] man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?
18 Anih to akhawnbang kruek na paqaih thuih moe, anih to na tanoek tuektuek?
And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him?
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 dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow 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?
I have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself — and what?
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.
Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me — and I am not!
