Job 11
1 Naamath tami Zophar ni a pathung e teh,
But Zophar the Naamathite, responding, said:
2 Hettelae lawk kapap e heh pathung laipalah ao thai han namaw, Lawk moikapap ka dei e pueng ni maw kayonhoehe la o awh han.
Will he who speaks much, not also listen? Or will a talkative man be justified?
3 Na dei e lawk hrawnghrang ni, tami a roum sak thai han namaw, Tami na panuikhai nah buet touh ni hai yue mahoeh namaw.
Will men be silent only for you? And when you have mocked others, will no one refute you?
4 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka yuemnae teh a thoung. Na mithmu vah kathoung telah na ti.
For you said: “My word is pure, and I am clean in your sight.”
5 Hateiteh, oe Cathut ni na dei pouh seh, nang kâtaran lahoi pahni ang naseh.
Yet I wish that God would speak with you, and would open his lips to you,
6 Ama ni lungangnae arulawk hah na hmu sak yawkaw han, bangkongtetpawiteh, na lungangnae alet hni touh apap. Hatdawkvah na payonpakai e dawk hoi kayounhnawn lah Cathut ni a sak tie panuek.
so that he might reveal to you the secrets of wisdom, and how intricate his law is, and that you would understand how much less he requires of you than your iniquity deserves.
7 Kadungpoung e Cathut e hno hah na pakhingpalang thai na maw, Athakasaipounge coungnae hah na tawng teh koung na hmuthai maw.
By chance, will you comprehend the footsteps of God and reach all the way to the perfection of the Almighty?
8 Kalvan hlak hai a rasang teh, nang ni bangmaw na sak thai, Phuennaw hlak hai hoe adung teh, nang ni bangmaw na panue. (Sheol h7585)
He is higher than heaven, and what will you do? He is deeper than hell, but how will you know? (Sheol h7585)
9 A bangnuenae teh, talai hlak hai asaw. Tuipui hlak hai hoe akaw.
His measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
10 A man teh thongim dawk paung hoi lawkceng hanelah pâkhueng pawiteh, apinimaw ahni teh a rungngang thai han.
If he overturns all things, or packs them together, who will contradict him?
11 Bangkongtetpawiteh, huenghai ao a e hah a panue, thoe sak e hai a hmu. Ama ni pouk laipalah maw ao han.
For he knows the vanity of men, and when he sees iniquity, does he not evaluate it?
12 Bangkongtetpawiteh, kahrawng e laca patetlah tami a khe torei teh, tamipathu teh a lungang han.
A vain man is lifted up in arrogance, and he thinks that he is born free like a wild ass’s colt.
13 Na lungthin hah kârakueng nateh Cathut koe na kut dâw haw.
But you have fortified your heart and extended your hands to him.
14 Na kut dawk na payonpakai e awm boipawiteh, ahlanae koe tâkhawng haw. Kathoute hah na im dawk awm hanh seh.
If you would send away from you the iniquity that is in your hand, and not let injustice remain in your tabernacle,
15 Hottelah tounnae awm laipalah, na minhmai hah a kamnue han doeh. Kacakcalah na o vaiteh, na taket mahoeh.
then you would be able to lift up your face without blemish, and you would be steadfast and unafraid.
16 Bangkongtetpawiteh, na rucatnae hah na pahnim vaiteh, poun ka lawng e tui patetlah pahnim hanh.
Misery, likewise, you would forget, or would remember only like waters that have passed by.
17 Na hringnae teh kanîthun e hlak hai hoe a ang han, a hmonae hah amom patetlah ao han.
And brightness, like that of midday, will rise upon you until evening, and when you would think yourself consumed, you will rise up like the morning star.
18 Karoumcalah na o han, bangkongtetpawiteh, ngaihawinae ao. Na tengpam e hno na sung nakunghai karoumcalah na kâhat han.
And, when hope has been set before you, you will have faith, and, when buried, you will sleep secure.
19 Na i vaiteh, apinihai tâsuenae na poe mahoeh, tami moikapap ni nang koe a kâhei awh han.
You will rest, and there will be nothing to make you afraid, and many will make requests before your face.
20 Hateiteh, tamikathoutnaw e mit teh, dawn vaiteh, hlout awh mahoeh. A ngaihawi awh e hringnae teh a sung awh han telah a ti.
But the eyes of the impious will fade away, and the path to escape will perish before them, for the abomination of the soul is their hope.
