Job 34
1 Elihu ni rekrek a pathung teh,
Moreover Elihu answered and said:
2 Nangmouh a lungkaangnaw ka lawk heh thai awh, Nangmouh panuenae katawnnaw, na hnâpakeng awh.
Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
3 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka kâko ni rawca atuinae a patek e patetlah, hnâ ni lawk hah a tanouk van.
For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.
4 Maimouh roeroe ni lannae teh, kârawi awh haw sei. Ahawinae hah bangmaw tie hah maimae thung hoi panuek awh haw sei.
Let us choose for us that which is right; let us know among ourselves what is good.
5 Bangkongtetpawiteh, Job ni kai teh ka lan, hateiteh, Cathut ni ka lannae a la
For Job hath said: 'I am righteous, and God hath taken away my right;
6 Ka lannae e kong dawk ka laithoe han na maw, kâtapoenae ka tawn hoeh nakunghai ka hmâ teh, ka dam thai hoeh e doeh toe, telah a ti.
Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'
7 Panuikhainae hah tui patetlah ka net e, Job patetlah apimaw kaawm.
What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
8 Payonnae kasaknaw hoi kamyawng e, tamikathoutnaw hoi ka cet e apimaw kaawm.
Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
9 Bangkongtetpawiteh, Cathut koe lunghawi e heh, tami ni banghai hawinae awm hoeh telah ati toe
For he hath said: 'It profiteth a man nothing that he should be in accord with God.'
10 Hatdawkvah, panuethainae katawnnaw na thai pouh haw, kathoute ka sak e teh, Cathut hanelah roeroe coung thai hoeh, yonnae ka sak e teh, Athakasaipounge hanelah khoeroe coung thai hoeh.
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that He should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that He should commit iniquity.
11 Bangkongtetpawiteh, tami hah a sak e patetlah ama ni a patho han, tami pueng a tawksak e hoi kamcu lah tawkphu kamcu lah a poe han.
For the work of a man will He requite unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
12 Cathut ni kahawihoeh poung lah sak mahoeh, nahoeh pawiteh, Athakasaipounge ni lannae teh, khoeroe kamlang takhai mahoeh.
Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
13 Apinimaw ama teh talai e thaw a poe, talai van pueng heh apinimaw ama a uk sak.
Who gave Him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?
14 Ama ni tami teh a ngainae awm hoeh pawiteh, kai e hringnae kâha hah lat boipawiteh,
If He set His heart upon man, if He gather unto Himself his spirit and his breath;
15 Takthai pueng reirei a kahma han tami teh vaiphu lah bout a ban han.
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return unto dust.
16 Thaipanueknae na tawn awh pawiteh, Kâlawk pawlawk heh thai awh haw.
If now thou hast understanding, hear this; hearken to the voice of my words.
17 Lannae ka hmuhma e ni a uk han namaw, Kalan ni teh athakaawme hah, yon na pen thai namaw.
Shall even one that hateth right govern? And wilt thou condemn Him that is just and mighty —
18 Nang teh banghai cungkeinae na awm hoeh telah, siangpahrang koe dei pouh han.
Is it fit to say to a king: 'Thou art base'? Or to nobles: 'Ye are wicked'? —
19 Hateiteh, ahni ni bawi hai kapeknae tawn hoeh, Tami tangreng hoi roedeng hoi kapeknae ka tawn hoeh e doeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, abuemlahoi amae kutsaknaw doeh.
That respecteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.
20 Karumsaning tawkkadek a due awh teh, taminaw pueng hah a kâhuet awh teh, koung a kahma awh, tami athakaawme hai tami e kut laipalah be kahmat lah a la pouh.
In a moment they die, even at midnight; the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand.
21 Bangkongtetpawiteh, a mit teh tami e lamthung dawk ao teh, a khoktakan puenghai be a hmu,
For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, and He seeth all his goings.
22 Yonnae kasaknaw, amamouh kâhro nahane hmuen awmhoeh, duenae tâhlip hai awm hoeh.
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23 Bangkongtetpawiteh, Cathut e hmalah lawkceng hane cei hanelah, tami e kong bout pouk hane ama ni panki hoeh.
For He doth not appoint a time unto any man, when he should go before God in judgment.
24 A kung rek khei ngai laipalah athakaawme taminaw hah koung a tâtueng han, ahnimae hmuen dawk tami alouke o nahanelah ka poe han.
He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquisition, and setteth others in their stead.
25 Hatdawkvah, ahnimouh ni a sak e pueng hah a panue teh, karum vah ama ni a tâkhawng teh koung a kâbawng.
Therefore He taketh knowledge of their works; and He overturneth them in the night, so that they are crushed.
26 Tami ni a hmu thai e hmuen koe, tamikathoutnaw patetlah a hem awh.
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
27 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ama hah a kamlang takhai awh, a lamthung hah pouk raw pouk awh hoeh.
Because they turned aside from following Him, and would not have regard to any of His ways;
28 Hottelah karoedengnaw e lawk hah a hmalah a pha, Bangkongtetpawiteh rektapnaw e lawk hah a ma ni a thai.
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto Him, and He heareth the cry of the afflicted.
29 BAWIPA ni roumnae a poe torei teh, apinimaw rucatnae a poe thai han, a minhmai a hro torei teh, apinimaw a hmu thai han, miphun buet touh taranlahoi thoseh, tami buet touh taranlahoi thoseh,
When He giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hideth His face, who then can behold Him? whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man, alike;
30 Tamikahawihoeh e ni a uk hoeh nahanlah, telah nahoeh pawiteh, tami pueng koung kaithi payon han.
That the godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people.
31 Tami ni Cathut koehoi tounnae ka hmu toe. Kai teh hawihoehnae ka sak mahoeh toe.
For hath any said unto God: 'I have borne chastisement, though I offend not;
32 Ka hmu hoeh e hah na cangkhai haw, Payonnae hah ka sakpayon pawiteh, bout ka sak mahoeh toe.
That which I see not teach Thou me; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?
33 Na lawkkamnae na pahnawt dawkvah, na sak e boiboelah na pathung han na maw. Kai ni na hoeh, nang ni roeroe na kârawi han. Hatdawkvah, na panue e hah deih.
Shall His recompense be as thou wilt? For thou loathest it, so that thou must choose, and not I; therefore speak what thou knowest.
34 Panue thainae katawnnaw hoi, ka lawk ka thai e lungkaangnaw ni kai koe vah,
Men of understanding will say unto me, yea, every wise man that heareth me:
35 Job ni panuenae tawn laipalah lawk hah a dei, a lawk hah lungangnae kaawm hoeh e naw doeh telah a dei awh.
'Job speaketh without knowledge, and his words are without discernment.'
36 Oe Job heh a pout totouh tanouknae lah awm yawkaw naseh, bangkongtetpawiteh, lawk pathungnae hah tamikathoutnaw lawk pathungnae patetlah ao.
Would that Job were tried unto the end, because of his answering like wicked men.
37 Bangkongtetpawiteh, a yonnae dawk taranthawnae a thap sin, maimouh koevah, kut tambei teh, Cathut taranlahoi lawk a pap telah a ti.
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
