Joba 35
1 Elihu loh koep a doo tih,
Moreover Eliu spoke these words:
2 “'Patheni lakah kamah duengnah ngai,’ na ti te tiktamnah la na poek a te?
Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God?
3 'Ka tholhnah lamloh nang hamla balae a hmaiben tih balae a hoeikhang,’ na ti.
For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?
4 Namah neh na taengkah na hui rhoek kah olthui te ka thuung eh.
Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.
5 Vaan ke paelki lamtah hmu van lah. Nang lakah aka sang khomong ke dan lah.
Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.
6 Na tholh koinih amah te metlam a ben eh? Na boekoeknah pungtai koinih amah taengah balae a saii eh.
If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?
7 Na tang atah amah taengah balae na paek? Na kut lamloh balae a loh?
And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?
8 Nang bang, na halangnah khaw hlang ham tih na duengnah khaw hlang capa ham ni.
Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee: and thy justice may help the son of man.
9 Hnaemtaeknah cungkuem hmuiah aka tlung bantha lamloh bombih hamla pang uh.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.
10 Tedae, “Kai aka saii tih khoyin ah laa aka pae Pathen te ta?
And he hath not said: Where is God, who made me, who hath given 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 instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.
12 Pang uh pahoi cakhaw boethae rhoek kah hoemdamnah hmai ah tah a doo moenih.
There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Patheni loh a poeyoek la hnatun pawt tih Tlungthang long khaw a hmuhming moenih.
God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.
14 A hmuhming pawt tih na thui vaeng aisat, dumlai pataeng amah mikhmuh ah a pha dongah amah mah rhingda laeh.
Yea when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expect him.
15 Tedae a thintoek te cawh voel pawt oeh coeng tih halangnah te khaw ming voel pawh.
For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.
16 Job loh a honghi la a ka a ang tih mingnah om pawt ah a olthui yet,” a ti.
Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.
