Joba 14
1 “Huta kah a sak hlang he, a khohnin toi tih khoponah khaw hah.
Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
2 Rhaipai bangla phuelh tih a oh uh. Khokhawn bangla yong tih pai voel pawh.
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
3 Te soah ngawn tah na mik tueng tih kai he na taengkah laitloeknah dongla nan khuen.
Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
4 Rhalawt lamloh a cuem la aka khueh te unim? Pakhat pataeng om pawh.
Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!
5 A khohnin neh a hla taenah khaw, namah taengah hangdang. A oltlueh te a oltlueh bangla na saii tih poe thai pawh.
If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, [and] thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,
6 Anih lamloh vawl mangthung lamtah, amah hnin at kutloh bangla a ngaingaih hil toeng saeh.
Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
7 Thing ham tah a vung akhaw ngaiuepnah om pueng. Te dongah koep mikhing vetih a dawn khaw ngoeng mahpawh.
For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;
8 Diklai khuiah a yung patong mai tih, laipi khuiah a ngo duek cakhaw,
Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,
9 tui bo ah duei vetih thinghloe bangla a pae cawn ni.
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.
10 Tedae hlang tah duek tih rhaa uh coeng. Hlang he a pal phoeiah tah melam a om?
But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
11 Tuitunli lamkah tui khaw khawk dae, tuiva loh a khah vaengah tah kak.
The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:
12 Hlang khaw yalh tih thoo voel pawh. Vaan a om pawt due khaw haenghang pawh. Amih te ih kung lamloh haenghang uh mahpawh.
So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.
13 Unim saelkhui ah a paek lah ve? Kai he nan khoem lah vetih na thintoek a mael duela kai nan thuh lah mako. Kai hamla oltlueh na khueh vetih kai nan poek mako. (Sheol h7585)
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me, — (Sheol h7585)
14 Hlang he duek koinih hing venim? Kamah kah caempuei hnin boeih he, ka thovaelnah a pawk hil ka lamtawn bitni.
(If a man die, shall he live [again]?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come:
15 Nan khue vaengah kai loh nang te kan doo bitni. Na kut dongkah bibi dongah na moo bitni.
Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.
16 Ka khokan he na tae pawn vetih ka tholhnah khaw na dawn mahpawh.
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
17 Ka boekoek hnocun khuiah catui a hnah thil tih, kai kah thaesainah na dah thil bitni.
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity.
18 Tedae tlang khaw cungku tih moelh. Lungpang pataeng a hmuen lamloh thoeih.
And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;
19 Lungto khaw tui loh a hoh tih a kongnawt loh diklai laipi a yo. Te dongah hlanghing kah ngaiuepnah na pal sak.
The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
20 Anih te a yoeyah la na khulae tih a hmai a tal la a van daengah anih te na tueih.
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him.
21 A ca rhoek a thangpom uh dae a ming moenih. Muei uh cakhaw amih a yakming moenih.
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not.
22 Tedae a pumsa tah a taengah thak a khoeih tih, a hinglu khaw amah hamla nguekcoi,” a ti.
But his flesh hath pain for himself alone, and his soul mourneth for himself.
