Joba 35
1 Elihu loh koep a doo tih,
Moreover Elihu, responded and said: —
2 “'Patheni lakah kamah duengnah ngai,’ na ti te tiktamnah la na poek a te?
This, dost thou think to be right? 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 dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin?
4 Namah neh na taengkah na hui rhoek kah olthui te ka thuung eh.
I, will answer thee plainly, and thy friends with thee.
5 Vaan ke paelki lamtah hmu van lah. Nang lakah aka sang khomong ke dan lah.
Look at the heavens and see, —and survey the skies—they 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 sinnest, what canst thou work against him? Or, 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 art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept?
8 Nang bang, na halangnah khaw hlang ham tih na duengnah khaw hlang capa ham ni.
Unto a man like thyself, might thy lawlessness [reach], and, unto a son of the earth-born, thy righteousness.
9 Hnaemtaeknah cungkuem hmuiah aka tlung bantha lamloh bombih hamla pang uh.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions, [men] make outcry, They cry for help, by reason of the arm of the mighty;
10 Tedae, “Kai aka saii tih khoyin ah laa aka pae Pathen te ta?
But none saith—Where is GOD my maker, Who giveth 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, beyond the bird of the heavens, giveth us wisdom?
12 Pang uh pahoi cakhaw boethae rhoek kah hoemdamnah hmai ah tah a doo moenih.
There, [men] make outcry, and he answereth not, because of the arrogance of evil-doers.
13 Patheni loh a poeyoek la hnatun pawt tih Tlungthang long khaw a hmuhming moenih.
Howbeit, vanity, will GOD not hear, Yea, the Almighty, will not regard it.
14 A hmuhming pawt tih na thui vaeng aisat, dumlai pataeng amah mikhmuh ah a pha dongah amah mah rhingda laeh.
How much less when thou sayest thou wilt not regard him! The cause, is before him, and thou must wait for him.
15 Tedae a thintoek te cawh voel pawt oeh coeng tih halangnah te khaw ming voel pawh.
But, now, because it is not so, [thou sayest] —His anger hath punished, and yet hath he not at all known of transgression;
16 Job loh a honghi la a ka a ang tih mingnah om pawt ah a olthui yet,” a ti.
Thus, Job, vainly openeth his mouth, Without knowledge, he multiplieth words.
