Joba 35
1 Elihu loh koep a doo tih,
Elihu spake moreover, and said,
2 “'Patheni lakah kamah duengnah ngai,’ na ti te tiktamnah la na poek a te?
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than El's?
3 'Ka tholhnah lamloh nang hamla balae a hmaiben tih balae a hoeikhang,’ na ti.
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
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 unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds 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 sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7 Na tang atah amah taengah balae na paek? Na kut lamloh balae a loh?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
8 Nang bang, na halangnah khaw hlang ham tih na duengnah khaw hlang capa ham ni.
Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
9 Hnaemtaeknah cungkuem hmuiah aka tlung bantha lamloh bombih hamla pang uh.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 Tedae, “Kai aka saii tih khoyin ah laa aka pae Pathen te ta?
But none saith, Where is Eloah my maker, who giveth 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 teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
12 Pang uh pahoi cakhaw boethae rhoek kah hoemdamnah hmai ah tah a doo moenih.
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Patheni loh a poeyoek la hnatun pawt tih Tlungthang long khaw a hmuhming moenih.
Surely El will not hear vanity, neither 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.
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
15 Tedae a thintoek te cawh voel pawt oeh coeng tih halangnah te khaw ming voel pawh.
But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
16 Job loh a honghi la a ka a ang tih mingnah om pawt ah a olthui yet,” a ti.
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
