Job 15
1 Hahoi Teman tami Eliphaz ni a pathung.
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 Hat navah, Tami a lungkaang ni ahrawnghrang panuenae hoi maw a pathung han. Kanîtholae kahlî hoi a von a paha sak han namaw.
Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,
3 Bang patopatang kaawm hoeh e lawk hno lahoi thoseh, hawinae ka sak thai hoeh e lawk ni a poukkhai han maw.
Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?
4 Cathut takinae hoi ama koe ratoum e hah na ngang pouh.
Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before God.
5 Bangkongtetpawiteh, na payonpakainae ni, na pahni hah a cangkhai teh, huenghai onae lawk hah na kârawi.
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
6 Kai ni nang yon na pen hoeh. Na pahni roeroe ni doeh yon na pen.
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.
7 Hmaloe poung khe e lah maw na o, hoeh pawiteh monnaw ao hoehnahlan vah sak e lah na o toung maw.
Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?
8 Cathut e khokhangnae hah na panue toung maw, Lungangnae he nang hane dueng lah maw ao.
Hast thou listened in the secret council of God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?
9 Kaimouh ni ka panue hoeh e bangmaw na panue, kaimouh dawk kaawm hoeh e bangmaw na panue thai.
What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?
10 Kaimouh thung dawkvah sampo ka po e hoi kacuepoung e, na pa hlak hai kacuehnawn e ka o awh kaima.
Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.
11 Cathut ni a dei e lungmawngnae lawk kanem teh nang hanlah a patawpoung maw
Are the consolations of God too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?
12 Bang kecu dawk maw, na lungthin ni na kahmakhai, bang kecu dawk maw avangvanglah pou na hmaiet.
Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?
13 Na muitha ni Cathut taranlahoi pou a kamlang teh, hot patet e lawknaw na pahni dawk hoi na tâco sak.
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?
14 Tami teh banglamaw ao teh, a thoung thai han. Napui ni a khe e teh, banglamaw ao teh, a lan thai han.
What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 A tamikathoungnaw patenghai, Cathut ni kâuepkhai hoeh. A mithmu vah kalvan patenghai thounghoeh pawiteh,
Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:
16 Panuet ka tho e, kakhin e, payonpakainae hah, tui patetlah ka net e teh, banghloimaw hoe kathounghoehe la ao han.
How much less the abominable and corrupt, — man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water!
17 Thaihaw, ka dei vai, ka hmu e hah ka pâpho han.
I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;
18 Tami a lungkaangnaw ni ouk a dei e mintoe koehoi e hmu e hno a hro awh hoeh e hah.
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;
19 Ahnimouh dueng a poe e ram, ram alouknaw a othaihoenae hah.
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
20 Tamikathoutnaw ni a hring na thung patawnae a khang. Amamouh kum yit touh rep kacuengroenaw koe a hro.
All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.
21 Takitho e pawlawk hah amamae hnâ ni a thai teh, hnopai a tawn nah, ka raphoe hane naw ni a thosin awh.
The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.
22 Hmonae thung hoi kamlang hane hah yuem hoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, ahni teh tahloi ni a ring toe.
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.
23 Ca hane tawng hanelah a kâva teh, nâmaw hote teh ao telah a ti. Hmonae hnin teh a kut dawk a pha toe tie hah a panue.
He wandereth abroad for bread, — where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Rucatnae hoi kângairunae ni a lungpuen sak, tarantuk hanelah coungkacoe kaawm e siangpahrang patetlah tâ e la ao.
Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.
25 Bangkongtetpawiteh, Cathut taranlahoi a kut a dâw teh, Athakasaipounge taranlahoi kâoupnae hoi a kâroe.
For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:
26 Bahling katha poung e hoi, lung ka patak poung e lahoi Cathut tuk hanelah a yawng sin.
He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;
27 Athaw ni a minhmai muen a ramuk teh, a keng thouk kathâw nakunghai,
For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks.
28 kingkadi e khopui dawk kho a sak teh, apinihai a ohoehnae, kingdi e kho dawk ao.
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
29 Tawnta mahoeh, hoeh pawiteh, a tawnta e hnopainaw kangning mahoeh, hoeh pawiteh a tawn e hah talai dawk pungdaw mahoeh.
He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.
30 Hmonae thung hoi tâcawt mahoeh. Hmaipalai ni a kangnaw hah a kak han, a pahni dawk e kahlî hoi be a kahma sak han.
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
31 Amahoima a kâdum teh, bang hoeh e hah kâuep han seh, bangkongtetpawiteh, a tawkphu teh banghai bang nahoeh.
Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;
32 Atueng akuep hoehnahlan vah, kuep sak lah ao awh vaiteh, akangnaw hah naw mahoeh toe.
It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.
33 Misurkangnaw patetlah ka hmin hoeh rae a paw a sarut totouh kahû en vai teh, Olive thing patetlah a pei hah koung a sarut han.
He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.
34 Bangkongtetpawiteh, tamikathoutnaw hoi kamyawng e teh, caici lah ao han. Tadawngnae hoi sak e im teh, hmai ni be a kak han.
For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
35 Kahawi hoeh e hah a vawn teh, bang hoeh e hah a khe awh. A von dawk laithoe a vawn awh telah a ti.
They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
