Job 31
1 Ka mit ni lawkkamnae a sak, Bang kecu dawk maw tangla hah ka mit ni a khet han.
A covenant, I solemnised for mine eyes, —How then could I gaze upon a virgin?
2 Hatdawkvah, lathueng lae Cathut koehoi ka coe hane hoi, Athakasaipounge koehoi a parâw e teh bangmaw.
Or what would have been my portion of GOD from above? Or what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
3 Tamikathoutnaw raphoe teh, payonpakainae ka sak e naw rawkphainae nahoehmaw.
Is there not calamity, for the perverse? and misfortune, for the workers of iniquity?
4 Ama ni ka lamthung hah a hmu teh, ka khokhnuk pueng hai be a touk nahoehmaw.
Would, he, not see my ways? and of all my steps, take account?
5 Kalan hoeh e lah ka hring pawiteh, hoeh pawiteh, dumyennae hoi ka khok a hue rang pawiteh,
Verily I walked not in falsity, nor did my foot haste unto deceit: —
6 Kânging e yawcu khingnae hoi na khing haw, Cathut ni ka lannae hah a panue thai han.
Let him weigh me in balances of righteousness, —and let GOD take note of mine integrity!
7 Ka pahni ni lamthung phen boipawiteh, ka mit hoi ka hmu e patetlah lungthin ka tawn pawiteh, ka kut dawk ka tamang e kâbet pawiteh,
If my goings have swerved from the way, —and, after mine eyes, hath gone my heart, and, to my hands, hath adhered any stain,
8 Cati na tu sak haw, ayâ louk ni cat naseh, ka a hane be phawng naseh.
Let me sow but, another, eat. And let, what I have springing up, be uprooted!
9 Napui ni ka lungthin na pasawt payon pawiteh, ka imri e takhang arulahoi ka tuet pawiteh,
If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, or, by the door of my neighbour, I have lien in wait,
10 ka yu ni ayâ hane cakang phawm naseh. Ayâ ni ipkhai naseh.
Let my wife, grind to another, and, over her, let others bend!
11 Bangkongtetpawiteh, hot teh kathoute lah awm vaiteh, lawkcengnae koe tâcokhai hanelah kamcu e payonnae lah ao han.
Surely that had been a shameful thing! and that an iniquity for the judges!
12 Bangkongtetpawiteh, raphoe hanelah hmai ni a kak e lah ao han, Ka tawn e abuemlah be kahmat e lah ao han.
Surely, a fire, had that been, which, unto destruction, would have consumed, and, of all mine increase, had it torn up the root.
13 Ka sannu sanpanaw ni kai koe a phuenang awh navah, noutna laipalah kaawm pawiteh,
If I refused the right of my servant, or my handmaid, when they contended with me,
14 BAWIPA a thaw torei teh, kai ni bangmaw ka sak han. Na toun navah bangtelamaw ka pato han.
What then could I have done when GOD rose up? And, when he visited, what could I have answered him?
15 Von thung vah kai ka sak e ni, ahnimouh hai sak hoehnamaw, ama ni manu e von thung rei na sak hoehnamaw.
Did not he who, in the womb, made me, make him? And is not he who formed us in the body one?
16 Karoedengnaw, e a ngainae hah poe laipalah kaawm pawiteh, lahmainaw lung ka pout sak pawiteh,
If I withheld—from pleasure—the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;
17 naranaw hah canei hane rei laipalah, kama dueng ouk ka cat pawiteh,
Or, used to eat my morsel alone, so that the fatherless did not eat thereof;
18 Hateiteh, ahni hah ka nawca hoi a na pa patetlah ka okhai, anu e von thung hoi lahmai patetlah ka khetyawt toe.
Surely, from my youth, he grew up to me, as to a father, and, from my birth, I acted as guide to her:
19 Tami bangpatet hai hnicu laipalah kadout e hoi, tami karoedengnaw kâkhu han ka tawn hoeh e ka hmawt boipawiteh,
If I saw one perishing for lack of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
20 A lungthin hoi kai yawhawi na poe hoeh teh, ka tumuen hoi phu ka bet sak hoehpawiteh,
If his loins did not bless me, or if, with the fleece of my lambs, he did not warm himself;
21 longkha koe e kabawpnae ka hmu torei teh, naranaw taranlahoi ka kut ka dâw pawiteh,
If I shook—against the fatherless—my hand, when I saw, in the gate, his need of my help,
22 ka kut heh ka loung dawk hoi kârakhing naseh, ka lounghrunaw hah kâkhoe naseh.
Let, my shoulder, from the shoulder-blade, fall, and, my arm, from the upper bone, be broken;
23 Bangkongtetpawiteh, Cathut koehoi rawkphainae teh, kai hanelah taki a tho poung, bangkongtetpawiteh, a lentoenae teh ka khang thai mahoeh.
For, a dread unto me, was calamity from GOD, and, from his majesty, I could not escape.
24 Sui hah ngaihawinae hoi ka sak teh, nang teh ka lungmawngnae doeh, telah suikathoung koe ka dei boipawiteh,
If I made gold my stay, and, to precious metal, said, My confidence!
25 ka kut hoi ka tawk e ni moikapap a hmu teh, ka tawntanae a len poung dawkvah, lunghawinae ka tawn boipawiteh,
If I rejoiced because great was my substance, and, an abundance, my hand had discovered;
26 kanî a sei torei ka pouk teh, a angnae hoi ka cet e thapa hah a lawkpui lah ka pouk teh,
If I looked at the sun, when it flashed forth light, or at the moon, majestically marching along;
27 hottelah ka lungthin hah arulahoi a pasawt teh, ka pahni ni ka kut pahnuem pawiteh,
And befooled secretly was my heart, so that my hand kissed my mouth,
28 het haiyah lawkcengnae hmuen koe phakhai han kamcu e payonnae doeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, lathueng la kaawm e Cathut hah pahnawt e lah ao.
That too, had been a judicial iniquity, For I should have been false to GOD, above.
29 Ka hmuhma e lathueng vah, rawkphainae a pha navah, ka lunghawi teh, a lathueng vah kathout e ka hmu navah, kai kâoup pawiteh,
If rejoiced in the misfortune of him that hated me, or exulted when calamity found him; —
30 Ka pahni ni yonnae dawk thoseh, a hringnae hah thoebo hane kâpoe hanelah ka pasoung hoeh e thoseh,
Neither did I suffer my palate to sin, by asking, with a curse, for his life:
31 Lukkareiim dawk taminaw ni a teng vah kaawm e apimaw von ka hlam e kaawm boi,
If the men of my household have not said, Oh for some of his flesh—we cannot get filled,
32 Hateiteh, imyin ni lam vah roe boi hoeh, Bangkongtetpawiteh, kahlawng ka cet naw hanelah ka im vah tho ouk ka paawng pouh.
Outside, the sojourner lodged not for the night, My doors—to the wayfarer, I threw open.
33 Adam patetlah kâtapoenae hah ka ramuk teh, ka payonpakainae hah ka lungtabue thung ka hrawk pawiteh,
If I covered, like Adam, my transgressions, by hiding in my bosom mine iniquity,
34 Tamimaya a pap poung dawkvah, ka taki teh ka imthungnaw dudamnae ka taki kecu dawkvah, duem ka o e hoi alawilah tâco thai hoeh e lah kaawm pawiteh,
Then let me be made to tremble at a great throng, yea let, the contempt of families, terrify me, so that, keeping silence, I shall not go out of the door!
35 Oe, kapanuekkhaikung buet tabang awm haw pawiteh, khenhaw! hetteh kaie kutnout doeh, Athakasaipounge ni, na pato haw pawiteh, kai na katarannaw ni cauk dawk thut haw pawiteh,
Oh that I had one to hear me, Lo! my crossmark, May, the Almighty, answer me! And would that, a book, mine opponent had written!
36 Ka loung dawk hoi roeroe ka sin vaiteh, bawilukhung patetlah ka kâmuk han ei.
Oh! would I not, upon my shoulder, lift it, or bind it as a crown upon me;
37 Ka khokhnuknaw pueng hai ama koe ka pâpho han, bawi patetlah ama teh ka hnai han ei.
The number of my footsteps, I would declare to him, Like a noble, would I draw near to him.
38 Ka ram ni kai taranlahoi a hram teh, laikawk kongnaw ni cungtalah khui awh pawiteh,
If, against me, my ground used to cry out, and, together, my ridges did weep;
39 aphu poe laipalah a pawnaw hah ka ca teh, katawnkungnaw hringnae sung sak e lah kaawm boipawiteh,
If, the strength thereof, I used to eat, without payment, and, the soul of the holders thereof, I made groan;
40 hottelah cang yueng lah pâkhing paw naseh, Catun yueng lah phovainaw paw naseh telah a ti, Job e lawk a pâpout toe.
Instead of wheat, let there come forth bramble, and, instead of barley, a bad-smelling weed! Ended are the words of Job.
