Joba 23

1 Job loh a doo tih,

Then Job replied again,

2 Tihnin ah khaw boekoek bangla ka kohuetnah loh ka kut he ka hueinah neh a nan.

“Today I am again complaining bitterly/strongly [to God]; I [continue] groaning, but he [SYN] [continues to] (punish me/cause me to suffer).

3 U loh n'khueh khaw ka ming vetih amah te ka hmuh phoeiah amah kah hmuenmol la ka pha lah mako?

I (wish that I knew/want to know) where I could meet/talk with him, so that I could go to the place where he lives.

4 A mikhmuh ah laitloeknah ka khueng lah vetih ka ka ah toelthamnah ka paem lah mako.

If I could do that, I would tell him why [I know that] I am innocent; I would tell [MTY] to him all my (arguments/evidence [to show that I have not done what is evil]).

5 Olthui te ka ming tih kai n'doo vaengkah kai hamla a thui te ka yakming lah mako.

Then I would find out what he would reply to me [DOU].

6 Thadueng cungkuem neh kai n'ho saeh a? Amah loh kai taengah khueh het mahpawt a?

Would he use his great power to argue with me? No, he would listen to me carefully.

7 Aka thuem te a hmaiah a tluung pahoi lah vetih, kai he laitloek khui lamloh a yoeyah la ka loeih mako.

I am (an honest/a righteous) man; so I would be able to discuss things with him [fairly], and then he would declare that I am innocent, [and that decision would endure] forever.

8 Khothoeng la ka caeh mai akhaw amah a om moenih. A hnuk ah khaw anih te ka yakming moenih.

“But, I have gone to the east, and he is not there; I have gone to the west, but I have not found him there.

9 Banvoei ah a saii vaengah ka hmuh moenih. Bantang la a mael vaengah ka hmuh moenih.

I have gone north and I have gone south, but I have not seen him anywhere.

10 Tedae longpuei a ming dongah kai he ka taengah n'noemcai tih sui bangla ka thoeng.

But he knows how I have conducted my life; and when he has finished testing me, [he] will [see that] I [am] as pure as [SIM] gold [whose impurities have all been burned out].

11 A khokan te ka khopha loh a vai. A longpuei te ka ngaithuen tih ka phael moenih.

I [SYN] have faithfully walked on the path that he showed me; I have not stopped [obeying] him.

12 A hmuilai kah olpaek khaw ka hlong pawt tih ka buhvae lakah a ka lamkah ol ni ka khoem.

I have always obeyed what he [SYN] commanded; I have treasured the words that he has spoken.

13 Tedae amah tah pakhat la om tih, ulong anih a mael thil thai? Te dongah a hinglu kah a ngaih bangla a saii.

“He never changes. There is no one who can [RHQ] stop him [from doing what he desires]. Whatever he wants to do, he does.

14 Ka oltlueh te a thuung tih te bang te amah taengah yet.

And he will finish doing for me the things that he has planned for me; [and I am sure that] he has thought about doing many things for me.

15 Te dongah a mikhmuh lamloh ka let coeng. Ka yakming dongah amah te ka rhih.

So I am terrified in his presence; when I think [about what he can do], I am very afraid [DOU].

16 Pathen loh kai lungbuei a phoena sak tih tlungthang loh kai n'let sak.

Almighty God has caused me [SYN] to feel terrified [DOU].

17 Tedae a hmuep kah maelhmai loh m'biit pawt tih ka maelhmai te a khohmuep loh a dah moenih.

[It is as though] there is only thick darkness in front of me, but it is God that I am afraid of, not the darkness.”