Joba 20
1 Te phoeiah Naamathi Zophar loh a doo tih,
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2 “Te dongah ka pomnah kai n'thuung tih kamah khuiah ka tawn uh coeng dongah ni.
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for [this] I make haste.
3 Ka thuituennah he mingthae la ka yaak dongah ka yakmingnah dongah mueihla loh kai n'doo.
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
4 Suen lamloh diklai dongah hlang a khueh parhi te na ming a?
Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
5 Halang kah omngaih laa tah yoei tih lailak kah kohoenah khaw mikhaptok hil mai ni.
That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?
6 A thinlennah te vaan duela cet tih a lu loh khomai duela puet cakhaw,
Though his excellence shall mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds;
7 a aek bangla a yoeyah la milh vetih anih aka hmu rhoek loh, “Anih ta?” a ti uh ni.
[Yet] he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they who have seen him shall say, Where [is] he?
8 Mang bangla a ding phoeiah tah anih te hmu uh pawh. Khoyin kah olphong bangla khum hmata.
He shall fly away as a dream, and will not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
9 A mik loh a hmuh khaw rhaep mahpawh. Anih te amah hmuen ah mae voel mahpawh.
The eye also [which] saw him shall [see him] no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
10 A ca rhoek loh tattloel rhoek te a moeithen uh tih a kut loh a thahuem te a mael uh.
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
11 A rhuh tah a cacawn rhoek bangla hah uh dae a cacawn rhoek khaw amah neh laipi dongah ni a yalh eh.
His bones are full [of the sin] of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
12 A ka dongah tui mai cakhaw boethae te a lai hmui ah a thuh.
Though wickedness may be sweet in his mouth, [though] he may hide it under his tongue;
13 Te te a hnaih tih a toeng pawt dongah a ka khui la a ma-uem.
[Though] he may spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
14 A bung khuikah a buh te a khui ah minta sue la poeh ni.
[Yet] his food in his bowels is turned, [it is] the gall of asps within him.
15 Khuehtawn a dolh vaengah a bung khui lamloh lok vetih anih te Pathen loh a talh ni.
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
16 Minta sue loh a khut vetih rhulthae lai loh amah a ngawn ni.
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
17 Soklong, tuiva neh khorha kah khoitui neh suknaeng te hmuh mahpawh.
He shall not see the river, the floods, the brooks of honey and buttermilk.
18 Thatloh phu te a thuung akhaw a hnothung kah thadueng bangla a dolh pawt dongah yoka pawh.
That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow [it]: according to [his] substance [shall] the restitution [be], and he shall not rejoice [in it].
19 tattloel te a neet phoeiah amah loh a sak mueh im te a hnoo sak tih a rawth pah.
Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.
20 A bungko lamkah thayoeituipan te ming pawt tih a nai nen khaw loeih pawh.
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
21 A caak ham caknoi om pawh. Te dongah a thennah poem hae mahpawh.
There shall none of his food be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
22 A khuehtawn neh a hah vaengah anih te a daengdaeh vetih thakthaekung kah kut boeih te anih soah thoeng ni.
In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
23 Anih bung hah sak ham a taengah amah kah thintoek thinsa a tueih pah vetih a buhcak te anih soah a tlan sak.
[When] he is about to fill his belly, [God] shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain [it] upon him while he is eating.
24 Thicung lungpok haica lamloh yong dae anih te rhohum lii loh a kah.
He shall flee from the iron weapon, [and] the bow of steel shall strike him through.
25 A yueh vaengah a pumpu lamloh a pawlh pah. Te vaengah a hmuet khui lamkah mueirhih te amah soah rhaek la a caeh pah ni.
It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yes, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors [are] upon him.
26 Hmaisuep cungkuem te khoem hamla a tung. A hmuh mueh hmai loh anih te a hlawp vetih a dap kah rhaengnaeng khaw a talh pah ni.
All darkness [shall be] hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
27 Anih kathaesainah te vaan loh a hliphen uh vetih diklai loh amah taengah a tai pah ni.
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
28 A thintoeknah hnin ah tah a im kah cangpai khaw a poelyoe pah vetih a hawk pah ni.
The increase of his house shall depart, [and his goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
29 Halang hlang loh tebang khoyo te Pathen taeng lamkah a dang tih Pathen loh a ol rho la a khueh pah,” a ti.
This [is] the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.
