Job 14
1 Napui ni a khe e tami teh, a hring kaduem ni teh runae hoi kakawi e doeh.
Man, born of 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 cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
3 Hot patetlae dawkvah, na mit na padai teh, lawkcengnae dawk nama koe na ceikhai han na maw.
Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest 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 [man] out of the 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.
If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, [and] thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not 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; and let him rest, till he 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 for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;
8 Talai dawk a khawngyang kahmawn nakunghai kadout nakunghai.
Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die 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 young plant.
10 Hateiteh, tami teh a due hoi pakawp teh a kahma toe, tami teh a kâha a baw teh namaw ao.
But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
11 Talî dawk e tui a kahma teh, tuipui hai a hak teh be a ke.
The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth 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 lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised 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)
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint 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 die, shall he live [again]?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come:
15 Na kaw vaiteh, na pato han. Nama ni na kut hoi na sak e teh na pahren han.
Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.
16 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka khokhnuknaw pueng be na touk. Hateiteh, ka yonnae naw hah na khen pouh hanh.
For now thou numberest my steps: dost 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 heapest up mine iniquity.
18 Hateiteh, mon katim e patetlah, talung teh a onae hmuen koehoi puen e patetlah,
And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, 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 floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest 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 prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him.
21 A capanaw a tawmrasang e hah panuek awh hoeh. Ahnimouh pabo lah o awh e hai kâhmawt thai hoeh.
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not.
22 Hateiteh, a takthai hah patawnae dawk ao vaiteh, a hringnae ni ama a khui han telah a ti.
But his flesh hath pain for himself alone, and his soul mourneth for himself.
