Joba 23
1 Job loh a doo tih,
And Job answereth and saith: —
2 Tihnin ah khaw boekoek bangla ka kohuetnah loh ka kut he ka hueinah neh a nan.
Also — to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.
3 U loh n'khueh khaw ka ming vetih amah te ka hmuh phoeiah amah kah hmuenmol la ka pha lah mako?
O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,
4 A mikhmuh ah laitloeknah ka khueng lah vetih ka ka ah toelthamnah ka paem lah mako.
I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.
5 Olthui te ka ming tih kai n'doo vaengkah kai hamla a thui te ka yakming lah mako.
I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.
6 Thadueng cungkuem neh kai n'ho saeh a? Amah loh kai taengah khueh het mahpawt a?
In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.
7 Aka thuem te a hmaiah a tluung pahoi lah vetih kai he laitloek khui lamloh a yoeyah la ka loeih mako.
There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
8 Khothoeng la ka caeh mai akhaw amah a om moenih. A hnuk ah khaw anih te ka yakming moenih.
Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.
9 Banvoei ah a saii vaengah ka hmuh moenih. Bantang la a mael vaengah ka hmuh moenih.
[To] the left in His working — and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.
10 Tedae longpuei a ming dongah kai he ka taengah n'noemcai tih sui bangla ka thoeng.
For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.
11 A khokan te ka khopha loh a vai. A longpuei te ka ngaithuen tih ka phael moenih.
On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,
12 A hmuilai kah olpaek khaw ka hlong pawt tih ka buhvae lakah a ka lamkah ol ni ka khoem.
The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
13 Tedae amah tah pakhat la om tih ulong anih a mael thil thai? Te dongah a hinglu kah a ngaih bangla a saii.
And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth [it].
14 Ka oltlueh te a thuung tih te bang te amah taengah yet.
For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.
15 Te dongah a mikhmuh lamloh ka let coeng. Ka yakming dongah amah te ka rhih.
Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
16 Pathen loh kai lungbuei a phoena sak tih tlungthang loh kai n'let sak.
And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.
17 Tedae a hmuep kah maelhmai loh m'biit pawt tih ka maelhmai te a khohmuep loh a dah moenih.
For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.
