Job 3
1 Hathnukkhu, Job ni a pahni dawk hoi a khenae hnin hah thoe a bo.
After thus he opened Job mouth his and he cursed day his.
2 Job ni ati e teh,
And he answered Job and he said.
3 ka khenae hnin hah kahmat pawiteh, capa a vawn ati e tangmin hai kahmat pawiteh,
Let it perish [the] day [which] I was born on it and the night [which] it said he has been conceived a man.
4 Hatnae hnin hah hmonae lah awm pawiteh, Cathut ni lathueng lahoi khen hanh naseh. Hoehpawiteh, angnae ang hanh naseh.
The day that let it be darkness may not he care for it God above and may not it shine forth on it daylight.
5 Hmonae hoi duenae tâhlip ni ramuk naseh, tâmai ni ramuk e, kanîthun e hmonae ni pakhi naseh.
Let them reclaim it darkness and deep darkness let it settle down over it cloud let them terrify it [the] darkness of day.
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.
The night that let it take it darkness may not it rejoice among [the] days of [the] year in [the] number of [the] months may not it come.
7 Oe, hatnae tangmin hah kingkadi e tangmin lah awm pawiteh, lunghawinae kamthang pai hanh naseh.
There! the night that let it be barren may not it come a cry of joy in it.
8 Tuitam thaw sak hane coungkacoe kaawmnaw ni, hatnae hnin hah, thoekâbonaw ni thoebo awh naseh.
Let them curse it cursers of a day the [ones] ready to rouse Leviathan.
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 them grow dark [the] stars of twilight its let it wait for light and not and may not it look on [the] eyelids of dawn.
10 Bangkongtetpawiteh, anu e thun hah khan hoeh eiteh, ka mithmu vah, ka lungmathoenae hah kâhrawk hoeh.
For not it shut [the] doors of womb my and it hid trouble from eyes my.
11 Bangkongmaw ka tâco tahma vah, ka due hoeh va. Bangkongmaw von dawk hoi ka tâco nah, kahmakata hoeh va.
Why? not from [the] womb did I die from [the] belly I came forth and I may expire?
12 Bangkongmaw phai dawk tawm e lah ka o, bangkongmaw ka nei hane sanutui na pânei.
Why? did they receive me knees and why? breasts that I will suckle.
13 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka i vaiteh, karoumcalah ka o han ei, mat ka i vaiteh, ka kâhat hane boum.
For now I lay down and I may be at peace I slept then - it is at rest to me.
14 Talai siangpahrang hoi khokhangkungnaw, ka rawk e bout ka kangdout sakkungnaw hoi vah,
With kings and counselors of [the] earth the [ones who] rebuilt ruins for themselves.
15 hoehpawiteh, sui ka tawn e tami ka lentoe e, a im dawk ngun hoi kakawi sak naw hoi vah,
Or with princes [whom] gold [belonged] to them those [who] filled houses their silver.
16 hoehpawiteh, thakoup hoehnahlan ka khe e camo, angnae kahmawt boihoeh e, camo patetlah, kapawk e lah ka o hoeh va.
Or like a miscarriage hidden not was I? like children [who] not they have seen light.
17 Hawvah tamikathoutnaw ni, runae a sak e hah a kâhat awh teh, hawvah thakatawnnaw hah a kâhat awh.
There wicked [people] they cease turmoil and there they rest weary [ones] of strength.
18 Hawvah thongkabawt e cungtalah a kâhat awh teh, repcoungroe pawlawk hai thai hoeh toe.
Together prisoners they are at ease not they hear [the] voice of a taskmaster.
19 Hawvah tami kathoung kalen naw cungtalah ao awh teh, a sannaw hah a bawi koehoi a hlout.
Small and great [is] there he and a slave [is] free from master his.
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.
Why? does someone give to a sufferer light and life to [people] bitter of soul.
21 Due han a ngai poung, hateiteh, tho hoeh. Pakawp e râw hlak vah, hoe ka pataw e ka tawng e,
Those [who] long for death and there not [is] it and they dug for it more than hidden treasures.
22 phuen a hmu awh navah, dei thai hoeh e a lung kahawi katang e koevah,
The joyful [people] to rejoicing they exult if they find [the] grave.
23 bangdawkmaw a lamthung hro lah kaawm e koevah, angnae hah poe e lah ao. Cathut ni rapan hoi kalupsin e koevah,
To a man whom way his it is hidden and he has made inaccessible God behind him.
24 Bangkongtetpawiteh, rawca yueng lah ka cingou teh ka khuikanae mitphi hai tui ka lawng e palang patetlah doeh ao.
If before food my groaning my it comes and they poured forth like water cries of distress my.
25 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka takipoung e hah, ka tak dawk a pha teh, ka ngaihri poung e ni na thosin.
For a fear I feared and it came to me and [that] which I dreaded it came to me.
26 Ka phunep hoeh dawk duem kaawm thai hoeh. Kâhat panuek hoeh, bangkongtetpawiteh, rucatnae ni a pha telah ati.
Not I am at ease - and not I am at peace and not I am at rest and it has come turmoil.
