Joba 23
1 Job loh a doo tih,
Then Job answered and said,
2 Tihnin ah khaw boekoek bangla ka kohuetnah loh ka kut he ka hueinah neh a nan.
Even to-day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3 U loh n'khueh khaw ka ming vetih amah te ka hmuh phoeiah amah kah hmuenmol la ka pha lah mako?
Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!
4 A mikhmuh ah laitloeknah ka khueng lah vetih ka ka ah toelthamnah ka paem lah mako.
I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 Olthui te ka ming tih kai n'doo vaengkah kai hamla a thui te ka yakming lah mako.
I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
6 Thadueng cungkuem neh kai n'ho saeh a? Amah loh kai taengah khueh het mahpawt a?
Would he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me.
7 Aka thuem te a hmaiah a tluung pahoi lah vetih kai he laitloek khui lamloh a yoeyah la ka loeih mako.
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8 Khothoeng la ka caeh mai akhaw amah a om moenih. A hnuk ah khaw anih te ka yakming moenih.
Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9 Banvoei ah a saii vaengah ka hmuh moenih. Bantang la a mael vaengah ka hmuh moenih.
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [him]:
10 Tedae longpuei a ming dongah kai he ka taengah n'noemcai tih sui bangla ka thoeng.
But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 A khokan te ka khopha loh a vai. A longpuei te ka ngaithuen tih ka phael moenih.
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12 A hmuilai kah olpaek khaw ka hlong pawt tih ka buhvae lakah a ka lamkah ol ni ka khoem.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].
13 Tedae amah tah pakhat la om tih ulong anih a mael thil thai? Te dongah a hinglu kah a ngaih bangla a saii.
But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.
14 Ka oltlueh te a thuung tih te bang te amah taengah yet.
For he performeth [the thing that is] appointed for me: and many such [things are] with him.
15 Te dongah a mikhmuh lamloh ka let coeng. Ka yakming dongah amah te ka rhih.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 Pathen loh kai lungbuei a phoena sak tih tlungthang loh kai n'let sak.
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
17 Tedae a hmuep kah maelhmai loh m'biit pawt tih ka maelhmai te a khohmuep loh a dah moenih.
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face.
