Joba 4
1 Te vaengah Temani hoel Eliphaz loh a doo.
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
2 Te vaengah nang te ol neh n'noemcai saeh, na ngak aya? Tedae olthui te kuemsuem ham unim aka noeng eh?
“If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
3 Muep na toel tih kut kha rhoek khaw na talong coeng te.
Behold, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands.
4 Aka paloe rhoek te na olthui loh a thoh tih khuklu aka khun khaw na caang sak.
Your words have supported him who was falling, you have made the feeble knees firm.
5 Tedae namah taengla ha loe tih na ngak coeng, namah te m'ben tih na let coeng.
But now it has come to you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled.
6 Na hinyahnah, na ueppangnah, na ngaiuepnah, na longpuei kah thincaknah khaw om pawt nim?
Isn’t your piety your confidence? Isn’t the integrity of your ways your hope?
7 Poek van laeh, ommongsitoe he paltham nim? Aka thuem rhoek te melam a thup?
“Remember, now, 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 to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble, 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. 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 roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, 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 perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.
12 Ka taengah ol a huen tih a olduem loh kai hna a lat sak.
“Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it.
13 Hlang he khoyin olphong lamkah pomnah khuiah a ih muelh vaengah.
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
14 birhihnah loh kai m'mah tih thuennah neh ka rhuh boeih a rhih sak.
fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
15 Mueihla loh ka maelhmai a pah vaengah ka mul ka saa poenghu.
Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood 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 couldn’t discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
17 Pathen lakah hlanghing he tang tih anih aka saii lakah ah hlang caihcil ngai a?
‘Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
18 A sal rhoek soah tangnah pawt tih a puencawn te a lolh la a khueh atah,
Behold, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.
19 Laipi neh lai im dongah kho aka sa aisat te bungbo hmai ah a khoengim pop coeng.
How much more those who 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.
Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever 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?
Isn’t their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.’
