Job 39
1 Gamkel ho khun itih phat le nou anei jiuvem ti nahet em? sajuh ho gam lah a aso u khu namu khah tah em?
“[Job], do you know at what time/season [of the year] the female mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the wild deer while their fawns were being born?
2 Lha ijat gai uvem ti nahet khah em? itih phat le soh diu ham ti nahet em?
Do you know how many months pass from the time they become pregnant until their fawns are born?
3 Anou neina dingin tolla aboh mat jiuvin chule ason chu ahing doh jiuve.
[When they give birth, ] they crouch down so that the fawns do not [get hurt by] falling to the ground when they are born.
4 Anou ho chu tollhanga akivah khang jiuvin chuti chun achennau adalhah teng ahung kinungle ji tapouve.
The young fawns grow up in the open fields, and then they leave their mothers and do not return to them again.
5 Gamlah sangan khu kon chamlhatna apeh a chule akihenna khao kon alhap peh ham?
“Who allows the wild donkeys to go wherever they want [DOU]?
6 Gamthip lah hi amaho umna dinga kapeh ahin achenna diuvin hamhing ke louna gam kepei.
I am the one who put them in the desert, in places where grass does not grow.
7 Khopi sung husa atheinom pon chuleh ahohsal diu kangtalai tol jong aumpoi.
They do not like the noise in the cities; [in the desert] they do not have to listen to the shouts of those who force donkeys to work.
8 Molsang lah chu akivahnau mun ahin, hamhing don thah jouse ahol lelei.
They go to the hills to find food; there they search for grass to eat.
9 Gamlah bongchal chu vahngoi din anop peh dem? Nagancha an koina huong sunga chun jan khat beh aum nadem?
:Will a wild ox agree to work for you? Will it allow you to keep it penned up at night in the place where you put feed for your animals?
10 Gam bong chu naloukhoi nalang konna chu nakhum theija nalou nakhoipeh ding hinam?
And can you fasten it with a rope so that it will plow furrows/trenches in your fields?
11 Athahat na chu eipente ti natahsan em? nadalhah a chule nana natoh peh ding chu natahsan em?
Since it is very strong, can you trust it to work for you? Can you go away after you tell it what work it should do [and assume that it will do that work]?
12 Nachang in langa po dinga nanganse ding ham? Chuleh na changphol a konna chang nahin pohpeh ding hinam?
Can you rely on it to come back [from the field], bringing your grain to the place where you thresh it?
13 Vangongchai jin alha ahin jap jin ahinlah nachakang toh tekah thei ahipoi.
“[Think also about] the ostriches. [They] joyfully flap their wings, but they do not have wing feathers [that enable them to fly] like storks do.
14 Vangongchaijin atwi leiset chunga atha jin leivui khun akahlum dinga akoiji ahi.
Ostriches lay their eggs on top of the ground [and then walk away], leaving the eggs to be warmed in the sand.
15 Thilkhat touvin akengin chonkeh inte ahiloule gamsa khattouvin sumathah inte tijong agelpoi.
Ostriches do not worry that some wild animal may step on the eggs and crush them [DOU].
16 Anoute chunga jong a engse lheh jengin ama a hilou bang bangin athi diu jong khoh asapoi.
Ostriches act cruelly towards their chicks; they act as though the chicks belonged to some other ostrich. They are not concerned if [their chicks die], [and so] the laying of the eggs was in vain.
17 Ajeh chu Pathen in ama a konna chihna alahdoh peh a, thil hetkhen theina apehlou ahi.
That is because I did not allow ostriches to be wise. I did not enable them to be intelligent.
18 Ahinlah itih phat hijongle lhai dinga ahung chopdoh phat phat uleh sakol lhaihat pen pen jong achunga toupa toh adalha tha jitai.
But, when they get up and begin to run, they scornfully laugh at horses with their riders [because the horses cannot run as fast as the ostriches!]
19 Sakol thahat khu nangin napeh hija ahiloule angonga amul bahkai khu nangin nakesah ham?
And [think about] horses. [Job], are you the one who caused horses to be strong? Are you the one who put flowing (manes/long hair) on their necks?
20 Khaokhopi kichop thei banga akichop theina khu nangin napeh ham? Anah khon gin khu tijat jat aum jenge.
Are you the one who enabled them to leap forward like locusts? When they (snort/blow loudly through their noses), they cause people to be afraid.
21 Galsat dinga ahung kipatdoh tengle atin in leiset akhot in athahat in akipah jin ahi.
They paw the ground, rejoicing about being very strong, as they prepare to rush into a battle.
22 Chemjam masanga ajam pon, kichat kiti chu anuisat in chuleh kichatna aneipoi.
[It is as if] they laugh at the thought of being afraid. They are not afraid of anything! They do not run away when [the soldiers in the battle are fighting each other with] swords.
23 Thalchang amalam ngan aleng jeng jung in, chuleh tengcha leh tenglung aval lah lah jenge.
The quivers containing the riders’ arrows rattle against the horses’ sides, and the spears and javelins flash [in the light of the sun].
24 Lunghang tah in akengtin in tol akhot jal lah lah in chule kelngoi ki ahung kimut ging phat in galmun manon alhaikit jitai.
The horses paw the ground fiercely/excitedly, [wanting the battle to begin, ] and they rush into the battle when the trumpet is blown.
25 Saki kimut gin chun anah akhongin gamla tah a konin gal gimnam ajan, gal kisat gin thong leh captian pa thupeh ngah in akinuh nuh jenge.
They neigh [joyfully] when they hear someone blowing the trumpet. They can smell a battle even when they are far away, and they understand what it means when the commanders shout their commands [to their soldiers].
26 Mu khu nangin nachihna a nahilla vanlama sangtah'a lengle le a chule alhaving teni khu lhanglam nga ajah ji ham?
“[And think about big birds.] Are you the one who enabled hawks to spread their wings and fly to the south [for the winter]?
27 Muvanlai sangtah'a alentouva chunglang peh a buh asah khu nangin nepeh ham?
Do eagles fly high up [into the cliffs] to make their nests because you commanded them to do that?
28 Kolsong chunga achengin gamlatah songkuo hoa chenna in akiseme.
They live in [holes in] those cliffs. They are safe in those high pointed rocks [because no animals can reach them there].
29 Hiche a konhin aneh ding sahing akihol in mitchim keuvin avelhi jingin ahi.
As they watch carefully from there, they see far away the animals that they can kill (OR, dead bodies of animals).
30 Anouten thisan achop chop un gancha thikam umna hiche munna chu ama namu ding ahi.
After an eagle kills an animal, the baby eagles drink the blood of that animal.”
