Joba 16
1 Te phoeiah Job loh a doo tih,
Then Job answered,
2 “Te bang ol te muep ka yaak coeng. Nangmih boeih kah a hloep khaw thakthaenah ni.
“I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!
3 Khohli ol te a bawtnah om a? Balae tih na doo hamla nang n'huek.
Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
4 Kai khaw nang bangla ka thui thai ta. Na hinglu te ka hinglu yueng la om koinih olthui neh nangmih te kan sun vetih ka lu lamloh nangmih taengah ka hinghuen van ni.
I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul’s place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,
5 Ka ka neh nangmih te kan duel lah vetih ka hmuilai kah thaphohnah loh n'hoeptlang mako.
but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.
6 Ka thui akhaw ka thakkhoeihnah a rhoei moenih. Ka paa koinih kai lamloh metlam a caeh eh?
“Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?
7 Ka hlangboel boeih khaw na pong uh tih ka ngak ngawn coeng.
But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made all my company desolate.
8 Kai nan tonga sak khaw laipai la om coeng. Ka laithae khaw ka taengah pai sak tih ka mikhmuh ah n'doo coeng.
You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.
9 A thintoek loh a baeh tih kai soah a konaeh. Kai taengah a no te a tah coeng. Ka rhal loh kai soah a mik a huel.
He has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
10 A ka neh kai n'ang thil uh. Kokhahnah neh ka kam han taam uh tih kai taengah huek ha cu uh.
They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
11 Pathen loh kai he hlang thae taengla n'det tih halang kut dongla kai m'muek.
God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
12 Thayoeituipan la ka om vaengah kai m'phae. Ka rhawn ah n'khak tih kai he n'taekyak. Te dongah kai he amah ham kutnoek la m'pai sak coeng.
I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.
13 Ka taengah a lithen rhoek loh m'vael uh tih ka kuel a khoh. Lungma a ti kolla diklai dongah ka hmuet phawt coeng.
His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my bile on the ground.
14 A puut hman ah a puut loh kai m'va. Hlangrhalh bangla kai taengah cu.
He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs at me like a giant.
15 Ka vin soah tlamhni ka hui tih ka ki khaw laipi neh ka poelyoe coeng.
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.
16 Ka maelhmai he rhahnah neh nok la nok uh tih ka mikkhu khaw nut coeng.
My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids,
17 Te cakhaw boethae ka kut ah kuthlahnah om pawt tih ka thangthuinah khaw cil.
although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
18 Diklai nang loh ka thii he vuei boeh. Ka pang ol he khaw hmuen om boel saeh.
“Earth, don’t cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.
19 Vaan ah pataeng kai kah laipai om tih ka hlangcal khaw hmuensang ah om coeng ke.
Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.
20 Ka hui khaw Pathen taengah kai kah hmuiyoi la om tih ka mik khaw pha coeng.
My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,
21 Hlang capa tah hlang ham neh a hui ham Pathen taengah a thui ta.
that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbour!
22 Kum a tarhing ah ha pawk vetih ka mael voel mueh caehlong ah ka cet pawn ni.
For when a few years have come, I will go the way of no return.
