Job 14
1 Napui ni a khe e tami teh, a hring kaduem ni teh runae hoi kakawi e doeh.
Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
2 A pei patetlah a kamdat teh bout a kamyai. Tâhlip patetlah a kampuen teh, bout awm hoeh toe.
He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He too flees as a shadow, and does not continue.
3 Hot patetlae dawkvah, na mit na padai teh, lawkcengnae dawk nama koe na ceikhai han na maw.
And do thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bring me into judgment with thee?
4 Apinimaw kathounghoehe dawk hoi, na thoung e a la thai han, apinihai lat thai mahoeh.
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.
5 A hninnaw hah atueng khoe hnukkhu hoi, thapa nâyittouh maw tie hah na kut dawk ao. A tapuet thai hoeh nahanelah khori hoi a ngang pouh.
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with thee, and thou have appointed his bounds that he cannot pass,
6 Kut ka pâ e tami patetlah a hninnaw aloum totouh, a kâhat thai nahanelah ahni teh kamlang takhai haw.
look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
7 Bangkongtetpawiteh, thing teh tâtueng nakunghai bout a bawt hane letlang hngaihawinae ao rah. A cakang bout a bawt han.
For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch of it will not cease.
8 Talai dawk a khawngyang kahmawn nakunghai kadout nakunghai.
Though the root of it grows old in the earth, and the trunk of it dies in the ground,
9 Tui kahû dawk bout bawt vaiteh, ung e patetlah a cakang a tâco han doeh.
yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.
10 Hateiteh, tami teh a due hoi pakawp teh a kahma toe, tami teh a kâha a baw teh namaw ao.
But man dies, and is laid low. Yea, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
11 Talî dawk e tui a kahma teh, tuipui hai a hak teh be a ke.
As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes away and dries up,
12 Hot patetlah tami hai a yan teh thaw hoeh toe. Kalvannaw ao hoeh totouh hai kâhlaw hoe toe. Hoeh pawiteh, muet a inae koehoi kâhlaw mahoeh toe.
so man lies down and does not rise. Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.
13 Oe phuen koe na hrawk sak haw, na lungkhueknae a roum hoeh roukrak na hrawk haw, atueng hah na pouk pouh nateh, na pahnim hanh. (Sheol h7585)
O that thou would hide me in Sheol, that thou would keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou would appoint for me a set time, and remember me! (Sheol h7585)
14 Ka kâthungnae atueng a pha totouh, tami dout pawiteh, bout a hring han namaw Ka ru e ka thawnaw dawk hoi ka ring han.
If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare I would wait till my release should come.
15 Na kaw vaiteh, na pato han. Nama ni na kut hoi na sak e teh na pahren han.
Thou would call, and I would answer thee. Thou would have a desire to the work of thy hands.
16 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka khokhnuknaw pueng be na touk. Hateiteh, ka yonnae naw hah na khen pouh hanh.
But now thou number my steps. Do thou not watch over my sin?
17 Kâtapoenae hah, yawngya thung khakkin e naw lah ao teh, ka payonpakai e hah na ramuk.
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou fasten up my iniquity.
18 Hateiteh, mon katim e patetlah, talung teh a onae hmuen koehoi puen e patetlah,
But the falling mountain comes to nothing, and the rock is removed out of its place.
19 tui ni talung pekpacin e patetlah, tuikalen ni talai kahawi a ceikhai e patetlah, tami e ngaihawi e hah na raphoe.
The waters wear the stones. The overflowings of it wash away the dust of the earth. So thou destroy the hope of man.
20 Ama teh poe na tâ teh, be a kahma awh. A mei na kâthungsak teh, alouklah na cei sak.
Thou prevail forever against him, and he passes. Thou change his countenance, and send him away.
21 A capanaw a tawmrasang e hah panuek awh hoeh. Ahnimouh pabo lah o awh e hai kâhmawt thai hoeh.
His sons come to honor, and he does not know it, and they are brought low, but he does not perceive it of them.
22 Hateiteh, a takthai hah patawnae dawk ao vaiteh, a hringnae ni ama a khui han telah a ti.
But his flesh upon him has pain, and his soul within him mourns.
