Joba 24
1 Balae tih Tlungthang taeng lamkah a tue te a khoem uh pawh. Amah aka ming, amah aka ming loh a khohnin te hmu uh pawh.
Wherefore, since from the Almighty times are not hid, have, his knowing ones, no vision of his days?
2 Rhilung a rhawt uh, tuping a rhawth uh tih a luem sakuh.
Boundaries, men move back, flocks, they seize and consume;
3 Cadah kah laak te a vai pah tih nuhmai kah vaito te a laikoi pa uh.
The ass of the fatherless, they drive off, they take in pledge the ox of the widow;
4 Khodaeng rhoek te longpuei lamloh a tulh tih khohmuen kah mangdaeng rhoek khaw rhenten a thuh.
They turn aside the needy out of the way, at once, are the humbled of the land made to hide themselves.
5 Amamih kah bisai la khosoek ah kohong marhang bangla pawk uh coeng ke. Amah ham kolken maeh neh camoe ham buh khaw a toem uh.
Lo! [as] wild asses in the wilderness, they go forth with their work, eager seekers for prey, the waste plain, yieldeth them food for their young;
6 Lohma ah a kamvuelh te a ah, a ah uh tih halang misurdum kah a yoep uh.
In the field—a man’s fodder, they cut down, and, the vineyard of the lawless, they strip of its late berries;
7 Pumtling rhoek te pueinak tling la a rhaehba sak uh tih khosik vaengah himbai mueh uh.
Ill-clad, they are left to lodge without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
8 Tlang kah cingtui loh a het uh tih hlipyingnah a om mueh la lungpang a kop uh.
With the sweeping rain of the mountains, are they wet, and, through having no shelter, they embrace a rock.
9 Cadah khaw rhangsuk lamloh a suh uh tih mangdaeng rhoek te a laikoi.
Men tear, from the breast, the fatherless, and, over the poor, they take a pledge;
10 Pumtling loh pueinak tling van tih bungpong doela canghmoek a puen.
Naked, they go about without clothing, and, famished, they carry the sheaves;
11 A pangbueng ah situi a kuelh tih va-am a cawt uh lalah tui hal uh.
Between their walls, are they exposed to the sun, Wine-presses, they tread, and yet are thirsty;
12 Khopuei lamkah hlang rhoek loh nguekcoi uh tih duekrhok hinglu loh bomnah a bih. Tedae Pathen loh ahohap te a dueh moenih.
Out of the city—out of the houses, they make outcry. and, the soul of the wounded, calleth for help, and, GOD, doth not regard it as foolish.
13 Amih te vangnah aka tloelh lakli ah om uh tih a longpuei hmat uh pawh. Te dongah a hawn ah khosa uh pawh.
They, have become rebels against the light, —they are not acquainted with the ways thereof, neither abide they in the paths thereof.
14 Hlang aka ngawn loh vangnah hnukah thoo tih mangdaeng neh khodaeng te a rhaem. Khoyin ah hlanghuen bangla om.
With the light, riseth the murderer, He slayeth the poor and needy, And, in the night, he becometh like a thief.
15 Samphaih mik loh hlaemhmah a lamtawn. Hlang mik loh kai m'mae mahpawh a ti dongah a maelhmai te a huephael la a khueh.
And, the eye of the adulterer, watcheth for the evening twilight, saying, Not an eye will see me! A covering for the face, he putteth on;
16 A hmuep vaengah im a muk. Khothaih ah amih te a tlaeng uh tih vangnah te ming uh pawh.
He breaketh, in the dark, into houses, —By day, they lock themselves in, They know not the light;
17 Dueknah hlipkhup mueirhih neh a hmat uh rhoi dongah dueknah hlipkhup te mincang neh amih taengah rhenten thoeng.
For, in the case of all such, morning to them is the death-shade, For, to be recognised, is a death-shade terror.
18 Anih te tui hman ah hoeptuep. Amih kah hmakhuen te diklai ah a tap dongah misurdum kah longpuei la mop voel pawh.
Swift is he on the face of the waters, Speedily vanished their share in the land, He turneth not to the way of the vineyards.
19 Rhamrhae neh kholing ah, tui khaw rhaeng tih vuelsong khaw saelkhui ah tholh coeng. (Sheol h7585)
Drought and heat, steal away snow water, Hades, them who have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
20 A bung loh anih a hnilh hil ah a rhit te a poek voel pawt hil a tui sak. Tedae dumlai tah thing bangla tlawt.
Maternal love shall forget him, the worm shall find him sweet, No more shall he be remembered, but perversity shall be shivered like a tree.
21 Ca aka cun mueh caya aka luem puei neh nuhmai khaw loha pawh.
He oppresseth the barren who beareth not, and, to the widow, he doeth not good;
22 Aka lueng pataeng a thadueng neh a kuel tih thoo mai dae hingnah dongah tangnah om pawh.
Yea he draggeth along the mighty by his strength, He riseth up, and none hath assurance of life;
23 Anih te ngaikhuek la pae saeh lamtah hangdang saeh. Tedae Amih longpuei ah a mik a paelki.
It is given him to be secure, and confident, yet, his eyes, are upon their ways.
24 Bet a pomsang uh vaengah amih te pahoi om uh pawt tih tlumhmawn uh. A pum la a buem uh tih cangmo vueilue bangla a baih uh.
They are exalted a little, and are not, Yea having been laid low, like all men, are they gathered, Even as the top of an ear of corn, do they hang down.
25 Te pawt koinih unim kai aka laithae sak? Ka ol he a hong bangla a khueh mako,” a ti.
But, if not, who then can convict me of falsehood? or make of no account my words?
