Joba 4
1 Te vaengah Temani hoel Eliphaz loh a doo.
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
2 Te vaengah nang te ol neh n'noemcai saeh, na ngak aya? Tedae olthui te kuemsuem ham unim aka noeng eh?
If one venture a word unto thee, wilt thou be weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
3 Muep na toel tih kut kha rhoek khaw na talong coeng te.
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
4 Aka paloe rhoek te na olthui loh a thoh tih khuklu aka khun khaw na caang sak.
Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
5 Tedae namah taengla ha loe tih na ngak coeng, namah te m'ben tih na let coeng.
But now it is come upon thee, and thou art weary; it toucheth thee, and thou art affrighted.
6 Na hinyahnah, na ueppangnah, na ngaiuepnah, na longpuei kah thincaknah khaw om pawt nim?
Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, and thy hope the integrity of thy ways?
7 Poek van laeh, ommongsitoe he paltham nim? Aka thuem rhoek te melam a thup?
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
8 Ka hmuh vanbangla boethae aka thoe tih aka soem khaw amah long ni thakthaenah a ah.
According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow mischief, reap the same.
9 Pathen kah hiil dongah milh uh tih a thintoek khohli dongah khap uh coeng.
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger are they consumed.
10 Sathueng khaw kawknah neh sathuengca khaw a ol neh om dae sathuengca khaw a no tloong.
The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth — yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11 Maeh a mueh lamloh sathueng te milh tih sathuengnu ca rhoek khaw pam uh.
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
12 Ka taengah ol a huen tih a olduem loh kai hna a lat sak.
Now a word was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.
13 Hlang he khoyin olphong lamkah pomnah khuiah a ih muelh vaengah.
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
14 birhihnah loh kai m'mah tih thuennah neh ka rhuh boeih a rhih sak.
Fear came upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were made to shake.
15 Mueihla loh ka maelhmai a pah vaengah ka mul ka saa poenghu.
Then a spirit passed before my face, that made the hair of my flesh to stand up.
16 A pai vaengah khaw a mueimae ka hmat moenih. A muei tah ka mikhmuh ah om tih bidip ol a yaak.
It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; a form was before mine eyes; I heard a still voice:
17 Pathen lakah hlanghing he tang tih anih aka saii lakah ah hlang caihcil ngai a?
'Shall mortal man be just before God? Shall a man be pure before his Maker?
18 A sal rhoek soah tangnah pawt tih a puencawn te a lolh la a khueh atah,
Behold, He putteth no trust in His servants, and His angels He chargeth with folly;
19 Laipi neh lai im dongah kho aka sa aisat te bungbo hmai ah a khoengim pop coeng.
How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
20 Mincang lamloh hlaem duela a phop te a yoeyah la a milh khaw mingpha pawh.
Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it.
21 Amih lamkah a a hlangrhuel a phil pah vaengah a duek uh moenih a? Te dongah cueihnah neh a om moenih a?
Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'
