Job 14
1 Napui ni a khe e tami teh, a hring kaduem ni teh runae hoi kakawi e doeh.
Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.
2 A pei patetlah a kamdat teh bout a kamyai. Tâhlip patetlah a kampuen teh, bout awm hoeh toe.
Who cometh forth like a flower, and is destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow, and never continueth in the same state.
3 Hot patetlae dawkvah, na mit na padai teh, lawkcengnae dawk nama koe na ceikhai han na maw.
And dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with thee?
4 Apinimaw kathounghoehe dawk hoi, na thoung e a la thai han, apinihai lat thai mahoeh.
Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou who only art?
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.
The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with thee: thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot be passed.
6 Kut ka pâ e tami patetlah a hninnaw aloum totouh, a kâhat thai nahanelah ahni teh kamlang takhai haw.
Depart a little from him, that he may rest, until his wished for day come, as that of the hireling.
7 Bangkongtetpawiteh, thing teh tâtueng nakunghai bout a bawt hane letlang hngaihawinae ao rah. A cakang bout a bawt han.
A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it groweth green again, and the boughs thereof sprout.
8 Talai dawk a khawngyang kahmawn nakunghai kadout nakunghai.
If its root be old in the earth, and its stock be dead in the dust:
9 Tui kahû dawk bout bawt vaiteh, ung e patetlah a cakang a tâco han doeh.
At the scent of water, it shall spring, and bring forth leaves, as when it was first planted.
10 Hateiteh, tami teh a due hoi pakawp teh a kahma toe, tami teh a kâha a baw teh namaw ao.
But man when he shall be dead, and stripped and consumed, I pray you where is he?
11 Talî dawk e tui a kahma teh, tuipui hai a hak teh be a ke.
As if the waters should depart out of the sea, and an emptied river should be dried 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 when he is fallen asleep shall not rise again; till the heavens be broken, he shall not awake, nor rise up out of his 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)
Who will grant me this, that thou mayst protect me in hell, and hide me till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a. time when thou wilt 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.
Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, live again? all the days in which I am now in warfare, I expect until my change come.
15 Na kaw vaiteh, na pato han. Nama ni na kut hoi na sak e teh na pahren han.
Thou shalt call me, and I will answer thee: to the work of thy hands thou shalt reach out thy right hand.
16 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka khokhnuknaw pueng be na touk. Hateiteh, ka yonnae naw hah na khen pouh hanh.
Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but spare my sins.
17 Kâtapoenae hah, yawngya thung khakkin e naw lah ao teh, ka payonpakai e hah na ramuk.
Thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a bag, but hast cured my iniquity.
18 Hateiteh, mon katim e patetlah, talung teh a onae hmuen koehoi puen e patetlah,
A mountain falling cometh to nought, and a 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.
Waters wear away the stones, and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away: so in like manner thou shalt destroy man.
20 Ama teh poe na tâ teh, be a kahma awh. A mei na kâthungsak teh, alouklah na cei sak.
Thou hast strengthened him for a little while, that he may pass away for ever: thou shalt change his face, and shalt send him away.
21 A capanaw a tawmrasang e hah panuek awh hoeh. Ahnimouh pabo lah o awh e hai kâhmawt thai hoeh.
Whether his children come to honour or dishonour, he shall not understand.
22 Hateiteh, a takthai hah patawnae dawk ao vaiteh, a hringnae ni ama a khui han telah a ti.
But yet his flesh, while he shall live, shall have pain, and his soul shall mourn over him.
