Joba 35
1 Elihu loh koep a doo tih,
Then commenced Elihu, and said,
2 “'Patheni lakah kamah duengnah ngai,’ na ti te tiktamnah la na poek a te?
Dost thou deem this to be just, that 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 benefit will it be unto thee? what more profit shall I have, than if I had sinned?”
4 Namah neh na taengkah na hui rhoek kah olthui te ka thuung eh.
I will truly reply unto thee with words, and unto thy friends with thee.
5 Vaan ke paelki lamtah hmu van lah. Nang lakah aka sang khomong ke dan lah.
Look unto the heavens, and see; and gaze on the skies which are 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 sin, what dost thou effect against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?
7 Na tang atah amah taengah balae na paek? Na kut lamloh balae a loh?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what doth he accept out of thy hand?
8 Nang bang, na halangnah khaw hlang ham tih na duengnah khaw hlang capa ham ni.
A man like thyself thy wickedness may reach, and a son of earth thy righteousness.
9 Hnaemtaeknah cungkuem hmuiah aka tlung bantha lamloh bombih hamla pang uh.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions [the wicked] cause men to cry: these complain aloud because of the arm of the mighty.
10 Tedae, “Kai aka saii tih khoyin ah laa aka pae Pathen te ta?
But [man] saith not, Where is God my maker, who bestoweth joyful songs even 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 maketh us wiser than the fowls of the heavens?
12 Pang uh pahoi cakhaw boethae rhoek kah hoemdamnah hmai ah tah a doo moenih.
There do they cry, but he answereth not: because of the pride of evil men.
13 Patheni loh a poeyoek la hnatun pawt tih Tlungthang long khaw a hmuhming moenih.
Only what is false will God not hear, nor will the Almighty regard it.
14 A hmuhming pawt tih na thui vaeng aisat, dumlai pataeng amah mikhmuh ah a pha dongah amah mah rhingda laeh.
Although thou sayest, thou canst not see him: yet the decision is before him; and do thou wait for him.
15 Tedae a thintoek te cawh voel pawt oeh coeng tih halangnah te khaw ming voel pawh.
But now, because his anger hath punished nothing, shall he not greatly take cognizance of the multitude of sins?
16 Job loh a honghi la a ka a ang tih mingnah om pawt ah a olthui yet,” a ti.
But Job openeth wide his mouth for nought: without knowledge he heapeth up words.
