Job 10
1 Kamae ka hringnae ka panuet. Ka phuenangnae ka pâpho ngala han. Ka hringnae a rek hoi lawk ka dei han.
My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 Cathut koe yon na pen hanh, bangdawkmaw na taran, na hmawt sak haw, telah ka ti han.
I say unto God, 'Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive [with] me.
3 Tami repcoungroe lahoi na kutsak tami hah dudam teh, tamikathoutnaw khokhang e hnâbokhaie heh, ahawi telah na pouk maw.
Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?
4 Takthai e mit maw na tawn, tami ni a hmu e patetlah maw na hmu van maw.
Eyes of flesh hast Thou? As man seeth — seest Thou?
5 Namae hninnaw hai tami e hnin patetlah maw ao. Namae kumnaw teh, tami e hnin patetlah maw ao.
As the days of man [are] Thy days? Thy years as the days of a man?
6 tamikathout lah ka ohoehnae hah na panue eiteh, na kut dawk hoi ka rungngang thai e awm hoeh tie hah na panue nahlangva,
That Thou inquirest for mine iniquity, And for my sin seekest?
7 Ka payonpakai e naw hah na tawng teh, ka yonnae hah na pâphue.
For Thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is no deliverer from Thy hand.
8 Namae na kut hoi na sak teh, ka kuepcingcalah na pathoup. Hateiteh, namae kut ni bout na raphoe.
Thy hands have taken pains about me, And they make me together round about, And Thou swallowest me up!
9 Nama ni talai e na sak tie hah na pahnim hoeh nahan ka kâhei, vaiphu lah maw bout na coung sak han.
Remember, I pray Thee, That as clay Thou hast made me, And unto dust Thou dost bring me back.
10 Nama ni sanutui patetlah na rabawk teh, sanutui kamkak patetlah na pahlawm nahoehmaw.
Dost Thou not as milk pour me out? And as cheese curdle me?
11 Nama ni ka vuen hoi takthai na ramuk. Ka hru hoi ka tharui hoi na caksak nahoehmaw.
Skin and flesh Thou dost put on me, And with bones and sinews dost fence me.
12 Nama ni ka hringnae hoi pahrennae na poe teh, na khetyawtnae ni ka muitha teh a lungmawng sak.
Life and kindness Thou hast done with me. And Thy inspection hath preserved my spirit.
13 Hete hnonaw heh na lungthin thung vah na hro teh, namae thung vah ao tie hah ka panue.
And these Thou hast laid up in Thy heart, I have known that this [is] with Thee.
14 Ka yon pawiteh nama ni na panue han. Ka payonpakai e dawk hoi na hlout sak hoeh.
If I sinned, then Thou hast observed me, And from mine iniquity dost not acquit me,
15 Tamikathout lah kaawm pawiteh, yawthoe lah ka o han, tamikalan lah ka o nakunghai, minhmai kahawi kahmawt thai mahoeh. Kayayeirai hoi runae hoi kakawi e la ka o.
If I have done wickedly — woe to me, And righteously — I lift not up my head, Full of shame — then see my affliction,
16 Ka kâoup pawiteh, ka matheng e Sendek patetlah, hmâ na ca sak. Kai taranlahoi takikathopounge bout na kamnue sak.
And it riseth — as a lion Thou huntest me. And Thou turnest back — Thou shewest Thyself wonderful in me.
17 Kai na ka taran hane ka panuekkhaie patuen patuen na tha teh, kai dawk na lungkuephoehnae na pung sak. Dumyennae hoi tarantuknae hah, kai koe pou ao.
Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, And dost multiply Thine anger with me, Changes and warfare [are] with me.
18 Bangdawkmaw camo im dawk hoi na tâcosak. Oe apinihai na hmawt laipalah kadout boi pawiteh;
And why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth not see me.
19 Kaawmhoehe patetlah ka o han ei, Camo im thung hoi phuen lah ceikhai lah ka o han ei.
As I had not been, I am, From the belly to the grave I am brought,
20 Ka hninnaw heh, ka younca e nahoehmaw. Ka cei vaiteh bout ka ban thai hoeh nahanlah, duenae tâhlip hoi hmonae ram dawk ka cei hoehnahlan vah.
Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little,
21 Lungmawngnae dawngdeng hai ka hmu nahanelah, ka kâhat pawiteh, ka mahmawk na awm sak awh.
Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,
22 Ama lungpouk ka hmawt e, kingkahmawt e ram, duenae tâhlip patetlah, banghai ka awmhoeh e, angnae hai hmonae patetlah a onae hmuen koe, telah ati.
A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade — and no order, And the shining [is] as thick darkness.'
