Job 23
1 Hahoi Job ni a pathung teh.
Then Job answered and said,
2 Sahnin hai ka phuenangnae a patawpoung. Ka kâhram lawi vah ka kut ni thayung awm hoeh toe.
Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3 Oe, ama teh nâ lah maw ao tie hah ka panue vaiteh, a tahungnae koe ka phat haw pawiteh.
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
4 A hmalah ka kong heh ka phakhai vaiteh, ka pahni teh na lawkpanuesaknae hoi a kawi han ei.
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 Na pathungnae lawk hah ka panue vaiteh, kai koe a dei hane hah ka thaipanuek han ei.
I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6 Ka lentoe e hnotithainae hoi na taran han namaw Na taran mahoeh, ka kong hah hoe na pouk pouh han doeh.
Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
7 Hawvah ama hoi tamikalan ni pouk thai awh vaiteh, lawkcengkungnaw koehoi yungyoe ka hlout han toe.
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8 Khenhaw! hmalah ka cei, hateiteh ama la awm hoeh. Hnuklah bout ka ban eiteh, ama teh ka hmawt thai hoeh.
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9 Avoilae kut hoi a tawk navah ama teh ka khen thai hoeh. Aranglae kut dawk a kamlang toteh ama hah ka hmawt thai hoeh.
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
10 Hateiteh, ka dawn e lamthung hah ama ni a panue. Na tanouk toteh sui patetlah ka tâco han.
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 A khok dawk ka khok ni kacakcalah a kamtung teh, a lamthung hah phen laipalah ka dawn.
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12 A pahni dawk hoi kâpoelawk hah ka cettakhai hoeh. A pahni dawk hoi ka tâcawt e lawk hah ka panki e rawca hlak hai ka pâtung.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
13 Hateiteh, ama teh buet touh lah ao dawkvah, apinimaw a dum thai han. A hringnae ni a sak han a ngai e pueng hah a sak.
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
14 Kai hanelah a pouk e hah a sak. Ama dawk hot patet e hah moikapap ao.
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
15 Hatdawkvah, a hmalah o e hah ka taki. Hetheh ka pouk navah ama ka taki.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 Cathut ni ka lung a pout sak teh, Athakasaipounge hah na taki sak.
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
17 Hatei, hmonae dawk hoi na kapek hoeh teh, ka hma lae hmonae kadung poung e dawk na ramuk hoeh.
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
