Joba 7
1 Diklai hman ah hlanghing hamla caempuei a om moenih a? A khohnin te kutloh kah khohnin banghui ni.
“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
2 Sal bangla hlipkhup a hloep tih kutloh bangla a bisai a lamtawn.
Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.
3 Ka taengah a poeyoek la a hla ka pang van tih thakthaenah hlaem he kai hamla a khueh.
So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
4 Ka yalh tih, “Me vaengah nim ka thoh ve?” ka ti. Khoyin loh puh tih hlaemhmah duela yutnah khaw ka cung.
When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
5 Ka saa loh a rhit a bai, ka vin laipi tiknong khaw uet tih a tuei.
My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
6 Ka khohnin loh tampai lakah bawn tih lungli lungla la ngaiuepnah bawt.
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
7 Ka hingnah mueihla he poek lah. Hnothen hmuh ham khaw ka mik loh mael voel mahpawh.
Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
8 Kai aka so mik loh kai m'mae voel mahpawh. Na mik te kai soah om dae kai ka om voel pawh.
The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up. (Sheol h7585)
10 A im la koep mael pawt vetih a hmuen loh anih hmat voel mahpawh.
He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.
11 Te dongah kai khaw ka ka tuem mahpawh. Ka mueihla khobing doela ka thui vetih. Ka hinglu khahing doela ka lolmang pueng ni.
Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Kai he tuipuei tuihnam tih nim kai soah thongim na khueh.
Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
13 Ka soengca kai n'hloep bitni, ka thingkong loh ka kohuetnah te a phueih bitni ka ti.
When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
14 Mueimang neh kai nan rhihyawp sak tih olphong neh kai nan let sak.
then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
15 Ka hinglu loh ka rhuhrhong lakah khaknah neh dueknah ni a. coelh.
so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
16 Ka kohnue coeng, kumhal duela ka hing mahpawh, kai he n'toeng laeh, ka khohnin khaw a honghi ni.
I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
17 Mebang hlanghing lae amah na pantai sak tih a taengah na lungbuei na khueh te.
What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,
18 Anih te mincang ah na cawh tih mikhaptok ah ni anih te na loepdak.
that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?
19 Balae tih kai lamloh na mangthong pawt eh? Ka timtui ka dolh hil kai nan rhael moenih.
Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?
20 Hlang aka kueinah nang taengah ka tholh tih balae ka saii? Balae tih kai he na kutnoek la nan khueh. Te dongah kai ham tah hnorhih la ka om coeng.
If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?
21 Te dongah ka boekoek he na phueih tih kai kathaesainah he nan khoe mai pawt lae? Laipi khuila ka yalh pawn ni. Kai na toem cakhaw ka om voel moenih,” a ti nah.
Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
