Joba 35
1 Elihu loh koep a doo tih,
And Elihu answereth and saith: —
2 “‘Pathen lakah kamah duengnah ngai,’ na ti te tiktamnah la na poek a te?
This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — 'My righteousness [is] more than God's?'
3 ‘Ka tholhnah lamloh nang hamla balae a hmaiben tih balae a hoeikhang,’ na ti.
For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'
4 Namah neh na taengkah na hui rhoek kah olthui te ka thuung eh.
I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,
5 Vaan ke paelki lamtah hmu van lah. Nang lakah aka sang khomong ke dan lah.
Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been 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 hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?
7 Na tang atah amah taengah balae na paek? Na kut lamloh balae a loh?
If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?
8 Nang bang, na halangnah khaw hlang ham tih na duengnah khaw hlang capa ham ni.
For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.
9 Hnaemtaeknah cungkuem hmuiah aka tlung bantha lamloh bomnah bih hamla pang uh.
Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
10 Tedae, “Kai aka saii tih khoyin ah laa aka pae Pathen te ta?
And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,
11 Diklai rhamsa lakah mamih n'cang puei tih vaan kah vaa lakah mamih n'cueih sak,’ a ti moenih.
Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'
12 Pang uh pahoi cakhaw boethae rhoek kah hoemdamnah hmai ah tah a doo moenih.
There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.
13 Pathen loh a poeyoek la hnatun pawt tih Tlungthang long khaw a hmuhming moenih.
Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.
14 A hmuhming pawt tih na thui vaeng aisat, dumlai pataeng amah mikhmuh ah a pha dongah amah mah rhingda laeh.
Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.
15 Tedae a thintoek te cawh voel pawt oeh coeng tih halangnah te khaw ming voel pawh.
And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.
16 Job loh a honghi la a ka a ang tih mingnah om pawt ah a olthui yet,” a ti.
And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.
