Job 3
1 Hathnukkhu, Job ni a pahni dawk hoi a khenae hnin hah thoe a bo.
After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day,
2 Job ni ati e teh,
saying,
3 ka khenae hnin hah kahmat pawiteh, capa a vawn ati e tangmin hai kahmat pawiteh,
Let the day perish in which I was born, and that night in which they said, Behold a man-child!
4 Hatnae hnin hah hmonae lah awm pawiteh, Cathut ni lathueng lahoi khen hanh naseh. Hoehpawiteh, angnae ang hanh naseh.
Let that night be darkness, and let not the Lord regard it from above, neither let light come upon it.
5 Hmonae hoi duenae tâhlip ni ramuk naseh, tâmai ni ramuk e, kanîthun e hmonae ni pakhi naseh.
But let darkness and the shadow of death seize it; let blackness come upon it;
6 Hatnae tangmin hah hmonae ni kuen naseh, hatnae kum dawk e hninnaw dawkvah lunghawi van hanh naseh. Thapa touknae dawk hai bawk hanh naseh.
let that day and night be cursed, let darkness carry them away; let it not come into the days of the year, neither let it be numbered with the days of the months.
7 Oe, hatnae tangmin hah kingkadi e tangmin lah awm pawiteh, lunghawinae kamthang pai hanh naseh.
But let that night be pain, and let not mirth come upon it, nor joy.
8 Tuitam thaw sak hane coungkacoe kaawmnaw ni, hatnae hnin hah, thoekâbonaw ni thoebo awh naseh.
But let him that curses that day curse it, [even] he that is ready to attack the great whale.
9 Hatnae tangmin amom lae âsi hah mawm naseh, angnae hah tawng awh naseh. Hateiteh, hmawt awh hanh naseh. Kanî a tâco e hai, hmawt hanh naseh.
Let the stars of that night be darkened; let it remain [dark], and not come into light; and let it not see the morning star arise:
10 Bangkongtetpawiteh, anu e thun hah khan hoeh eiteh, ka mithmu vah, ka lungmathoenae hah kâhrawk hoeh.
because it shut not up the gates of my mother's womb, for [so] it would have removed sorrow from my eyes.
11 Bangkongmaw ka tâco tahma vah, ka due hoeh va. Bangkongmaw von dawk hoi ka tâco nah, kahmakata hoeh va.
For why died I not in the belly? and [why] did I not come forth from the womb and die immediately?
12 Bangkongmaw phai dawk tawm e lah ka o, bangkongmaw ka nei hane sanutui na pânei.
and why did the knees support me? and why did I suck the breasts?
13 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka i vaiteh, karoumcalah ka o han ei, mat ka i vaiteh, ka kâhat hane boum.
Now I should have lain down and been quiet, I should have slept and been at rest,
14 Talai siangpahrang hoi khokhangkungnaw, ka rawk e bout ka kangdout sakkungnaw hoi vah,
with kings [and] councillors of the earth, who gloried in [their] swords;
15 hoehpawiteh, sui ka tawn e tami ka lentoe e, a im dawk ngun hoi kakawi sak naw hoi vah,
or with rulers, whose gold was abundant, who filled their houses with silver:
16 hoehpawiteh, thakoup hoehnahlan ka khe e camo, angnae kahmawt boihoeh e, camo patetlah, kapawk e lah ka o hoeh va.
or [I should have been] as an untimely birth proceeding from his mother's womb, or as infants who never saw light.
17 Hawvah tamikathoutnaw ni, runae a sak e hah a kâhat awh teh, hawvah thakatawnnaw hah a kâhat awh.
There the ungodly have burnt out the fury of rage; there the wearied in body rest.
18 Hawvah thongkabawt e cungtalah a kâhat awh teh, repcoungroe pawlawk hai thai hoeh toe.
And the men of old time have together ceased to hear the exactor's voice.
19 Hawvah tami kathoung kalen naw cungtalah ao awh teh, a sannaw hah a bawi koehoi a hlout.
The small and great are there, and the servant that feared his lord.
20 Bangkongmaw runae ka khang e koevah, angnae poe e lah ao teh, bangdawkmaw a lung ka mathout e koe hringnae hah poe e lah ao.
For why is light given to those who are in bitterness, and life to those souls which are in griefs?
21 Due han a ngai poung, hateiteh, tho hoeh. Pakawp e râw hlak vah, hoe ka pataw e ka tawng e,
who desire death, and obtain it not, digging [for it] as [for] treasures;
22 phuen a hmu awh navah, dei thai hoeh e a lung kahawi katang e koevah,
and would be very joyful if they should gain it?
23 bangdawkmaw a lamthung hro lah kaawm e koevah, angnae hah poe e lah ao. Cathut ni rapan hoi kalupsin e koevah,
Death [is] rest to [such] a man, for God has hedged him in.
24 Bangkongtetpawiteh, rawca yueng lah ka cingou teh ka khuikanae mitphi hai tui ka lawng e palang patetlah doeh ao.
For my groaning comes before my food, and I weep being beset with terror.
25 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka takipoung e hah, ka tak dawk a pha teh, ka ngaihri poung e ni na thosin.
For the terror of which I meditated has come upon me, and that which I had feared has befallen me.
26 Ka phunep hoeh dawk duem kaawm thai hoeh. Kâhat panuek hoeh, bangkongtetpawiteh, rucatnae ni a pha telah ati.
I was not at peace, nor quiet, nor had I rest; yet wrath came upon me.
