Joba 8
1 Shuhi Bildad loh a doo tih,
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
2 “He he me hil nim na thui ve? Na ka kah ol tah khohli bangla khuet coeng.
How long wilt thou speak these things, seeing that the words of thy mouth are as a mighty wind?
3 Pathen loh tiktamnah he a khun sak tih Tlungthang loh duengnah te a khun sak mai a?
Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4 Na ca rhoek te anih taengah a tholh vaengah amih te amamih kah boekoek kut dongla a tueih.
If thy children sinned against Him, He delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
5 Namah loh Pathen te na toem tih Tlungthang te na hloep mak atah,
If thou wouldest seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6 Na cil tih na thuem koinih nang yueng la haenghang vetih na duengnah rhamtlim te n'thuung pataeng pawn ni.
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now He would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7 Na tongnah te a yiit om cakhaw na hmailong te muep rhoeng ni.
And though thy beginning was small, yet thy end should greatly increase.
8 Lamhma kah cadil taengah dawt laeh lamtah a napa rhoek khenah te soepsoei laeh.
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out —
9 Mamih loh n'hlaem paek kah long khaw m'ming uh moenih, mamih kah khohnin diklai dongkah mueihlip banghui ni.
For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow —
10 Amih te na thuinuet pawt tih a, nang taengah a thui vetih amih kah lungbuei lamloh olthui te a khueh eh?
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11 Nongtui pawt ah talik thawn tih tui om mueh ah capu rhoeng a?
Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?
12 Te te a duei pueng ah a hlaek pawt akhaw sulrham boeih hmai ah rhae coeng.
Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
13 Pathen aka hnilh boeih kah caehlong neh lailak kah ngaiuepnah tah bing tangloeng.
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish;
14 A uepnah neh a pangtungnah bumba im te khaw bawtboeng.
Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web.
15 A im dongah hangdang dae pai thai pawh. Te te a kuel dae thoo pawh.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
16 Anih te khosae li ah thingsup tih a dum ah a dawn sai.
He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
17 A yung loh lungkuk dongah a ven tih lungto im te a hmuh.
His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.
18 Te te a hmuen lamloh a phuk van vaengah, “Nang kam hmu moenih,” anih te a namnah.
If he be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: 'I have not seen thee.'
19 He he a longpuei kah omthennah coeng koinih laipi tloe lamloh a poe uh khaming.
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others spring.
20 Pathen loh cuemthuek hnawt ngawn pawt tih thaehuet kut te a moem moenih.
Behold, God will not cast away an innocent man, neither will He uphold the evil-doers;
21 Na ka dongah nueihbu neh na hmui dongah tamlung bae.
Till He fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.
22 Na lunguet rhoek loh yahpohnah a bai uh vetih halang kah dap tah om mahpawh,” a ti.
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
