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 are times for judging wicked people not set by the Almighty? Why do not those who are faithful to God see his days of judgment come?
2 Rhilung a rhawt uh, tuping a rhawth uh tih a luem sak uh.
There are wicked people who remove boundary markers; there are wicked people who take away flocks by force and put them in their own pastures.
3 Cadah kah laak te a vai pah tih, nuhmai kah vaito te a laikoi pa uh.
They drive away the donkey of those without fathers; they take the widow's ox as security.
4 Khodaeng rhoek te longpuei lamloh a tulh tih, khohmuen kah mangdaeng rhoek khaw rhenten a thuh.
They force needy people out of their path; poor people of the earth all hide themselves 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.
See, these poor people go out to their work like wild donkeys in the wilderness, looking carefully for food; perhaps the Arabah will provide them food for their children.
6 Lohma ah a kamvuelh te a ah, a ah uh tih halang misurdum kah a yoep uh.
Poor people reap in the night in other people's fields; they glean grapes from the harvest of those wicked people.
7 Pumtling rhoek te pueinak tling la a rhaehba sak uh tih, khosik vaengah himbai mueh uh.
They lie naked all night without clothing; they have no covering in the cold.
8 Tlang kah cingtui loh a het uh tih, hlipyingnah a om mueh la lungpang a kop uh.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains; they lie next to large rocks because they have no shelter.
9 Cadah khaw rhangsuk lamloh a suh uh tih, mangdaeng rhoek te a laikoi.
There are wicked people who pluck orphans from their mothers' breast, and wicked people who take children as security from poor people.
10 Pumtling loh pueinak tling la van tih, bungpong doela canghmoek a puen.
But the poor people go about naked without clothing; although they go hungry, they carry bundles of grain belonging to other people.
11 A pangbueng ah situi a kuelh tih va-am a cawt uh lalah tui hal uh.
The poor people make oil within the walls of those wicked men; they tread the wicked men's winepresses, but they themselves suffer thirst.
12 Khopuei lamkah hlang rhoek loh nguekcoi uh tih, duekrhok hinglu loh bomnah a bih. Tedae Pathen loh a hohap te a dueh moenih.
From out of the city the dying groan, and the throat of the wounded cries out for help. But God does not ascribe blame
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 of these wicked people rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor do they stay in its paths.
14 Hlang aka ngawn loh vangnah hnukah thoo tih, mangdaeng neh khodaeng te a rhaem. Khoyin ah hlanghuen bangla om.
Before daylight the murderer rises and he kills poor and needy people; in the night he is 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.
Also, the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight; he says, 'No eye will see me.' He disguises his face.
16 A hmuep vaengah im a muk. Khothaih ah amih te a tlaeng uh tih, vangnah te ming uh pawh.
In the darkness wicked people dig into houses; but they shut themselves up in the daytime; they do not care for the light.
17 Dueknah hlipkhup mueirhih neh a hmat uh rhoi dongah dueknah hlipkhup te mincang neh amih taengah rhenten thoeng.
For all of them, thick darkness is like the morning; for they are friends with the terrors of thick darkness.
18 Anih te tui hman ah hoeptuep. Amih kah hmakhuen te diklai ah a tap dongah, misurdum kah longpuei la mop voel pawh.
Swiftly they pass away, however, like foam on the surface of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed; 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)
As drought and heat melt away the snow into waters, so Sheol takes away those 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.
The womb that bore him will forget him; the worm will feed sweetly on him; he will be remembered no more; in this way, wickedness will be broken like a tree.
21 Ca aka cun mueh caya aka luem puei neh nuhmai khaw loha pawh.
The wicked one devours the barren women who have not borne children; he does no good to the widow.
22 Aka lueng pataeng a thadueng neh a kuel tih thoo mai dae hingnah dongah tangnah om pawh.
Yet God drags away the mighty people by his power; he rises up and does not strengthen them in life.
23 Anih te ngaikhuek la pae saeh lamtah hangdang saeh. Tedae Amih longpuei ah a mik a paelki.
God allows them to think they are secure, and they are happy about that, but his eyes are on 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.
These people are exalted; still, in only a little while, they will be gone; indeed, they will be brought low; they will be gathered up like all the others; they will be cut off like the tops of ears of grain.
25 Te pawt koinih unim kai aka laithae sak? Ka ol he a hong bangla a khueh mako,” a ti.
If it is not so, who can prove me to be a liar; who can make my speech worth nothing?”
