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.
“(Why does Almighty [God] not set a time when he will judge [evil people]?/I do not understand why Almighty [God does] not set a time when he will judge [evil people].) [RHQ] Those who know him never [RHQ] see him do that!
2 Rhilung a rhawt uh, tuping a rhawth uh tih a luem sak uh.
[Some evil people] remove the markers of boundaries of [other people’s] land, [in order to steal their land]; they seize/steal [other people’s] sheep and put them in their own pastures.
3 Cadah kah laak te a vai pah tih, nuhmai kah vaito te a laikoi pa uh.
[Some] (take away/steal) the donkeys that belong to orphans, and they take widow’s oxen to guarantee that the widows will pay back the money that they loaned to those widows.
4 Khodaeng rhoek te longpuei lamloh a tulh tih, khohmuen kah mangdaeng rhoek khaw rhenten a thuh.
[Some] shove poor people off the road (OR, prevent poor people from (obtaining their rights/being treated justly)), and they force poor people to find places to hide from them.
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.
The result is that poor people have to search for food in the desert like wild donkeys do.
6 Lohma ah a kamvuelh te a ah, a ah uh tih halang misurdum kah a yoep uh.
The poor people harvest left-over grain in other people’s fields, and gather grapes from vineyards that belong to wicked men.
7 Pumtling rhoek te pueinak tling la a rhaehba sak uh tih, khosik vaengah himbai mueh uh.
During the night they have nothing to cover their bodies, nothing to keep them warm.
8 Tlang kah cingtui loh a het uh tih, hlipyingnah a om mueh la lungpang a kop uh.
When it rains on the mountains, the poor people become very wet, so they huddle under the rock ledges to be protected [from the rain].
9 Cadah khaw rhangsuk lamloh a suh uh tih, mangdaeng rhoek te a laikoi.
[Some evil men] snatch infants away from their widowed mothers [SYN], and they say ‘I will return your babies to you when you repay the money that I lent to you.’
10 Pumtling loh pueinak tling la van tih, bungpong doela canghmoek a puen.
But the poor people walk around with no clothes on; they are hungry while they are working to carry [other people’s] bundles of grain [to the places where their grain will be threshed].
11 A pangbueng ah situi a kuelh tih va-am a cawt uh lalah tui hal uh.
Poor people press olives to make [olive] oil; they tread on grapes [to make juice for wine], but [they are not allowed to drink any of it when] they become thirsty.
12 Khopuei lamkah hlang rhoek loh nguekcoi uh tih, duekrhok hinglu loh bomnah a bih. Tedae Pathen loh a hohap te a dueh moenih.
In the cities, people who are wounded and dying cry out [to God for help], but God does not heed their prayers.
13 Amih te vangnah aka tloelh lakli ah om uh tih a longpuei hmat uh pawh. Te dongah a hawn ah khosa uh pawh.
Some wicked people avoid the light [because they do evil things in the dark]; they do not walk on roads that are lighted.
14 Hlang aka ngawn loh vangnah hnukah thoo tih, mangdaeng neh khodaeng te a rhaem. Khoyin ah hlanghuen bangla om.
Murderers steal things during the night, and then they arise before dawn in order that they may [go out again and] kill needy [DOU] people.
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.
Those who want to commit adultery wait for twilight/evening; they say ‘I do not want anyone to see me,’ so they keep their faces covered.
16 A hmuep vaengah im a muk. Khothaih ah amih te a tlaeng uh tih, vangnah te ming uh pawh.
It is during the night that robbers break into houses [to steal things], but during the day they hide because they want to avoid [being seen in] the light.
17 Dueknah hlipkhup mueirhih neh a hmat uh rhoi dongah dueknah hlipkhup te mincang neh amih taengah rhenten thoeng.
All of those [people] want to do their evil things at night, not in the morning [when it is light], because they are not afraid of [the things that happen during the] night that terrify others.”
18 Anih te tui hman ah hoeptuep. Amih kah hmakhuen te diklai ah a tap dongah, misurdum kah longpuei la mop voel pawh.
“[But it is wicked people] who are swept/carried away by floods, and God curses the land that they own, and no one goes to work in their vineyards.
19 Rhamrhae neh kholing ah, tui khaw rhaeng tih vuelsong khaw saelkhui ah tholh coeng. (Sheol h7585)
Just like the snow melts away when it is hot and there is no rain, those who have sinned disappear into the place where dead people are. (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.
Not even their mothers remember them now; wicked people are destroyed like trees that are cut down, and maggots eat their corpses.
21 Ca aka cun mueh caya aka luem puei neh nuhmai khaw loha pawh.
They mistreat women who have been unable to give birth to children and women who no longer have children [to take care of them], and they never do good things for widows.
22 Aka lueng pataeng a thadueng neh a kuel tih thoo mai dae hingnah dongah tangnah om pawh.
But God, by his power, gets rid of mighty/influential people. God acts and causes the wicked people to die.
23 Anih te ngaikhuek la pae saeh lamtah hangdang saeh. Tedae Amih longpuei ah a mik a paelki.
God allows them to think that they are secure and safe, but he is watching [MTY] them all the time.
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 prosper for a little while, and then [suddenly] they are gone; they disappear like weeds wither and die; they are like [SIM] stalks of grain that have been cut off.
25 Te pawt koinih unim kai aka laithae sak? Ka ol he a hong bangla a khueh mako,” a ti.
If this is not true, is there [RHQ] anyone who will show that I am a liar and prove that what I have said is not true?”
