Joba 4
1 Te vaengah Temani hoel Eliphaz loh a doo.
Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said,
2 Te vaengah nang te ol neh n'noemcai saeh, na ngak aya? Tedae olthui te kuemsuem ham unim aka noeng eh?
Hast you been often spoken to in distress? but who shall endure the force of your words?
3 Muep na toel tih kut kha rhoek khaw na talong coeng te.
For whereas you have instructed many, and have strengthened the hands of the weak one,
4 Aka paloe rhoek te na olthui loh a thoh tih khuklu aka khun khaw na caang sak.
and have supported the failing with words, and have imparted courage to feeble knees.
5 Tedae namah taengla ha loe tih na ngak coeng, namah te m'ben tih na let coeng.
Yet now [that] pain has come upon you, and touched you, you are troubled.
6 Na hinyahnah, na ueppangnah, na ngaiuepnah, na longpuei kah thincaknah khaw om pawt nim?
Is not your fear [founded] in folly, your hope also, and the mischief of your way?
7 Poek van laeh, ommongsitoe he paltham nim? Aka thuem rhoek te melam a thup?
Remember then who has perished, being pure? or when were the true-hearted utterly destroyed?
8 Ka hmuh vanbangla boethae aka thoe tih aka soem khaw amah long ni thakthaenah a ah.
Accordingly as I have seen men plowing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves.
9 Pathen kah hiil dongah milh uh tih a thintoek khohli dongah khap uh coeng.
They shall perish by the command of the Lord, and shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath.
10 Sathueng khaw kawknah neh sathuengca khaw a ol neh om dae sathuengca khaw a no tloong.
The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the exulting cry of serpents are quenched.
11 Maeh a mueh lamloh sathueng te milh tih sathuengnu ca rhoek khaw pam uh.
The old lion has perished for lack of food, and the lions' whelps have forsaken one another.
12 Ka taengah ol a huen tih a olduem loh kai hna a lat sak.
But if there had been any truth in your words, none of these evils would have befallen you. Shall not mine ear receive excellent [revelations] from him?
13 Hlang he khoyin olphong lamkah pomnah khuiah a ih muelh vaengah.
But [as when] terror falls upon men, with dread and a sound in the night,
14 birhihnah loh kai m'mah tih thuennah neh ka rhuh boeih a rhih sak.
horror and trembling seized me, and caused all my bones greatly to shake.
15 Mueihla loh ka maelhmai a pah vaengah ka mul ka saa poenghu.
And a spirit came before my face; and my hair and flesh quivered.
16 A pai vaengah khaw a mueimae ka hmat moenih. A muei tah ka mikhmuh ah om tih bidip ol a yaak.
I arose and perceived it not: I looked, and there, was no form before my eyes: but I only heard a breath and a voice, [saying],
17 Pathen lakah hlanghing he tang tih anih aka saii lakah ah hlang caihcil ngai a?
What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? or a man be blameless in regard to his works?
18 A sal rhoek soah tangnah pawt tih a puencawn te a lolh la a khueh atah,
Whereas he trust not in his servants, and perceives perverseness in his angels.
19 Laipi neh lai im dongah kho aka sa aisat te bungbo hmai ah a khoengim pop coeng.
But [as for] them that dwell in houses of clay, of whom we also are formed of the same clay, he smites them like a moth.
20 Mincang lamloh hlaem duela a phop te a yoeyah la a milh khaw mingpha pawh.
And from the morning to evening they no longer exist: they have perished, because they can’t help themselves.
21 Amih lamkah a a hlangrhuel a phil pah vaengah a duek uh moenih a? Te dongah cueihnah neh a om moenih a?
For he blows upon them, and they are withered: they have perished for lack of wisdom.
