Job 24
1 Bangkong maw atuengnaw heh Athakasaipounge ni a hro hoeh vaw, ama kapanueknaw ni amamae ahnin hah a hmu thai awh hoeh vaw.
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
2 Tangawn ni khori hah a puen awh. Saringnaw hah a lawp awh teh ama hanelah a paca awh.
[Some] remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed [thereof].
3 Naranaw e la hah a pâlei pouh awh teh, lahmai e maitotan hah lawkkamnae lah a pangen pouh awh.
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
4 Tami kavoutthoupnaw hah lamthung a phen sak awh. Ram thung e karoedengnaw hah pâkhueng teh, kâhro hoi ao awh.
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
5 Thingyeiyawn ramke dawk e la patetlah, rawca tawng hanelah, thaw tawk han lah a cei awh. Amamouh hoi a canaw hanelah ram ni ca hane rawca a tâco sak.
Behold, [as] wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] food for them [and] for [their] children.
6 Law dawk e saringnaw e rawca hah a pâkhueng teh, tamikathoutnaw e misurpaw hah a pâtung awh.
They reap [every one] his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
7 Khohna e awm laipalah karum khodai caici lah a i awh. Pâding nah kâkhu hane tawn awh hoeh.
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that [they have] no covering in the cold.
8 Mon dawk kho ka rak e ni cupkâkasu lah a pâsin teh, a phui nahanelah lungsongpui a kângue awh.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
9 A na pa kaawm hoeh e camo teh, a manu e sanu hoi a pâphei sak. Karoedengnaw hah amamae hno hah a pâhung sak.
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
10 Karoedengnaw, hah caici lah ao sak awh. A von kahlamnaw koe e cabong hah a la pouh awh.
They cause [him] to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf [from] the hungry;
11 Ayânaw im vah satui hah a kuen awh teh, misurpaw katin nalaihoi tui a kahran awh.
[Which] make oil within their walls, [and] tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12 Khopui thung vah hmenghmeng a due awh teh, a hramki awh. Hmâ a ca awh teh, hringnae hah a kaw awh. Hateiteh, Cathut ni a ratoum awh e hah pato hoeh.
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly [to them].
13 Angnae hah taranlahoi tarankathawnaw hah ao. A lamthung hah panuek awh hoeh teh, angnae lamthung hah ngai awh hoeh.
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14 Tamikathetnaw ni angnae dawk hoi a thaw awh teh, karoedengnaw hoi kavoutthoupnaw hah a thei awh. Karum e tami tamru patetlah ao awh.
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
15 Ayâ yu yonkhai hane mit ni khohmo a ngaihawi. Minhmai a hro teh, apini na hmawt mahoeh telah a pouk.
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth [his] face.
16 Kanîthun lah mitnout a ta e im hah karum lah a muk awh teh, angnae hah panuek awh hoeh.
In the dark they dig through houses, [which] they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
17 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ahnimouh hanelah teh, amom hah duenae tâhlip patetlah ao. Tami ni panuek awh boipawiteh, takikatho poung e duenae tâhlip doeh ati awh han.
For the morning [is] to them even as the shadow of death: if [one] know [them, they are in] the terrors of the shadow of death.
18 Tui hoi karanglah pâyo sak lah ao awh han. Talai dawkvah coe hane thoebo lah ao han. Hatdawkvah, apihai misur takha lamthung koe lah kamlang mahoeh.
He [is] swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
19 Kawmpoi khumbei kâan e ni tadamtui a kamyawt sak. Hot patetvanlah, phuen ni yonnae ka sak e hah a payawp awh. (Sheol h7585)
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [so doth] the grave [those which] have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
20 Camo im ni a pahnim awh vaiteh, tangraet ni katuipoung lah a ca awh han.
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
21 Bangkongtetpawiteh, cakaroe e hah a rektap teh, lahmainu hanelah hnokahawi lah awmhoeh.
He evil entreateth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
22 Hateiteh, Cathut ni athaonae hoi, tami athakaawme taminaw e lamthung hah a raphoe pouh. Hring hane kamcenglah a panue hoeh nakunghai, Ama ni a thaw sak.
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.
23 A kângue hane a poe teh, hawvah a kâhat sak. A mit teh ahnimae lamthung dawk ao.
[Though] it be given him [to be] in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes [are] upon their ways.
24 Vai touh hoi tawm lah ao teh, hat hnukkhu hoi a kahma awh. Rahnoum sak la ao teh, ayânaw patetvanlah a kâhmo van han. Cavui patetlah a ke awh.
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all [other], and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
25 Hot patetlah awm hoeh pawiteh, apini maw na laithoe a tithai han. Ka dei e heh bang hoeh e lah ka coung sak thai e na o awh maw telah a ti.
And if [it be] not [so] now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
