Job 23

1 Hichun Job in aseikit in:

Then Job replied again,

2 Kakiphinna tuni chan geijin akhoh cheh cheh in chule pendoh lou ding hatah in kagoi.

“Today I am again complaining bitterly/strongly [to God]; I [continue] groaning, but he [SYN] [continues to] (punish me/cause me to suffer).

3 Keiman Pathen ama umna bouseh kahol doh thei hileh keima athutanna munna kache ding ahi.

I (wish that I knew/want to know) where I could meet/talk with him, so that I could go to the place where he lives.

4 Kachung chang thuhi kaluidoh a chuleh kaki phin a thu kasei ding ahi.

If I could do that, I would tell him why [I know that] I am innocent; I would tell [MTY] to him all my (arguments/evidence [to show that I have not done what is evil]).

5 Chuteng leh keiman eidonbutna kangaija chuleh kakoma ipi asei ham ti kahetdoh ding ahi.

Then I would find out what he would reply to me [DOU].

6 Athahatna jousea chu keima einel ding ham? Ahipoi aman ngainom umtah'a eidonbut ding ahi.

Would he use his great power to argue with me? No, he would listen to me carefully.

7 Milungtheng ho chun amatoh ngaito khom theijun tin hijeh a chu keima thutanna'a konna a itih a dinga lhadoh a kaum ding ahitai.

I am (an honest/a righteous) man; so I would be able to discuss things with him [fairly], and then he would declare that I am innocent, [and that decision would endure] forever.

8 Solama kachen ahin hiche mun a chun ama anaumpon, lhumlam a kachen ahinlah ama kaga mu poi.

“But, I have gone to the east, and he is not there; I have gone to the west, but I have not found him there.

9 Sahlang gam kahol in kaga mu joupoi, ijeh inem itile ama kisel ah ahi. Keiman lhanglang gam kaven ahinlah ama akisel mangah ahitai.

I have gone north and I have gone south, but I have not seen him anywhere.

10 Ahin aman hoiya kache ahen ahi, chuleh aman ei patep tengle sana thengsel banga kahung doh ding ahi.

But he knows how I have conducted my life; and when he has finished testing me, [he] will [see that] I [am] as pure as [SIM] gold [whose impurities have all been burned out].

11 Ijeh inem itile Pathen lampi a um kahin kihei mang louhel a alampi chu kajui ahi.

I [SYN] have faithfully walked on the path that he showed me; I have not stopped [obeying] him.

12 Athupeh a kon in kapotdoh khapon ahinlah niseh anneh twidon sangin athusei ho gou khol in kaki khol e.

I have always obeyed what he [SYN] commanded; I have treasured the words that he has spoken.

13 Ahinlah aman khatvei kigel lhahna anei tengleh koipen in alungthim akhelsah thei ding ham? Aman abol nomchan chu ipi hijongle abol jing ding ahi.

“He never changes. There is no one who can [RHQ] stop him [from doing what he desires]. Whatever he wants to do, he does.

14 Hijeh a chu ipi hijongle kachunga kathilgon jouse chu eibol doh peh a kavanga ana umsa chu aman athuneina noija akoi ding ahi.

And he will finish doing for me the things that he has planned for me; [and I am sure that] he has thought about doing many things for me.

15 Datmo louhel in ama aum tengle kaki cha behseh jin hiche ho kagel tengle kaki cha behseh ji e.

So I am terrified in his presence; when I think [about what he can do], I am very afraid [DOU].

16 Pathen in kalung anat sah in lungchang nan eisem in Hatchungnung pa chun ei tijat sah e.

Almighty God has caused me [SYN] to feel terrified [DOU].

17 Muthim in ei umkim vellin athimdan seijou lou chu muntin a aume.

[It is as though] there is only thick darkness in front of me, but it is God that I am afraid of, not the darkness.”