Joba 35
1 Elihu loh koep a doo tih,
Moreover Elihu answered, and said,
2 “'Patheni lakah kamah duengnah ngai,’ na ti te tiktamnah la na poek a te?
What is this thou think in judgment? Who are thou that thou said, I am righteousness before the Lord?
3 'Ka tholhnah lamloh nang hamla balae a hmaiben tih balae a hoeikhang,’ na ti.
That thou said, What advantage will it be to thee? And, What profit shall I have more than if I had sinned?
4 Namah neh na taengkah na hui rhoek kah olthui te ka thuung eh.
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5 Vaan ke paelki lamtah hmu van lah. Nang lakah aka sang khomong ke dan lah.
Look to the heavens, and see. And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
6 Na tholh koinih amah te metlam a ben eh? Na boekoeknah pungtai koinih amah taengah balae a saii eh.
If thou have sinned, what do thou effect against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what do thou to him?
7 Na tang atah amah taengah balae na paek? Na kut lamloh balae a loh?
If thou be righteous, what do thou give him? Or what does he receive of thy hand?
8 Nang bang, na halangnah khaw hlang ham tih na duengnah khaw hlang capa ham ni.
Thy wickedness is a man as thou are, and thy righteousness is a son of man.
9 Hnaemtaeknah cungkuem hmuiah aka tlung bantha lamloh bombih hamla pang uh.
Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.
10 Tedae, “Kai aka saii tih khoyin ah laa aka pae Pathen te ta?
But none says, Where is God my maker who gives songs in the night,
11 Diklai rhamsa lakah mamih n'cang puei tih vaan kah vaa lakah mamih n'cueih sak,’ a ti moenih.
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
12 Pang uh pahoi cakhaw boethae rhoek kah hoemdamnah hmai ah tah a doo moenih.
There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Patheni loh a poeyoek la hnatun pawt tih Tlungthang long khaw a hmuhming moenih.
Surely God will not hear an empty cry, nor will the Almighty regard it.
14 A hmuhming pawt tih na thui vaeng aisat, dumlai pataeng amah mikhmuh ah a pha dongah amah mah rhingda laeh.
How much less when thou say thou do not behold him. The case is before him, and thou wait for him!
15 Tedae a thintoek te cawh voel pawt oeh coeng tih halangnah te khaw ming voel pawh.
But now, because he has not visited in his anger, nor does he greatly regard folly,
16 Job loh a honghi la a ka a ang tih mingnah om pawt ah a olthui yet,” a ti.
so Job opens his mouth in vanity. He multiplies words without knowledge.
