Job 38
1 Hottelah BAWIPA ni Job hah bongparui thung hoi a pathung teh,
Then Yhwh answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2 Panuenae laipalah e lawk hoi, khokhangnae kahmawtsakkung teh apimaw.
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Atuvah tongpatang lah namahoima kârakueng haw, lawk na pacei vaiteh na pathung haw.
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
4 Talai ka kamtawng nah nâmaw na o, na thai panuek pawiteh na dei pouh haw.
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5 Apinimaw bangnuenae a panue thai, na panue thai na maw. Apinimaw bangnuenae a rui hah a lathueng lah a payang.
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6 Apinimaw adu hah a ung teh bang ni maw adu hah a casak.
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7 Tempalo âsinaw hah cungtalah la a sak awh navah, Cathut e capanaw teh lunghawi hoi hram awh hoeh maw.
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 Talînaw teh thun thung hoi a tâco navah, apinimaw tho a khan sin.
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
9 A hnicu hanelah tâmai ka sak pouh teh, a kâkhu hanelah hni lah katha poung e hmonae,
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
10 a langri ka khuen pouh teh, tho tarennae ka hruek pouh.
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
11 Hi totouh na tho vaiteh, a hloilah na tapuet mahoeh. Hivah na kâoupnae hoi tuicapa hah pout naseh telah ka ti.
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
12 Talai a pout totouh a kuet teh, tamikathoutnaw peng a tâco thai nahanelah.
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
13 Na tâco tahma hoi amom heh kâ na poe teh, a tâconae hmuen na panue sak boimaw.
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
14 Mitnoutnae rahim vah talai patetlah meilam a sin teh, hnicu patetlah a kangdue sak.
It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
15 Tamikathoutnaw koehoi angnae hah a la pouh teh, a dâw e kut hah a khoe pouh.
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
16 Tuipui a tâconae dawk a kâen boimaw. Adungnae bangnue hanelah koung na rip toung maw.
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
17 Duenae takhang hah nang koe a kamnue sak toung maw. Nahoeh pawiteh, duenae tâhlip takhang hai na hmu boimaw.
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
18 Talai akawnae naw heh be na panue maw. Hetnaw pueng he na panuek pawiteh, na dei pouh haw.
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
19 Nâ lah maw angnae, khosaknae lamthung ao. Hmonae a hmuen hai nâ lah maw ao.
Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
20 Hot teh khori dawk na hrawi thai teh, a lamthung hah na panue thai nahanelah.
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
21 Hatnae tueng dawk na tâco teh, nange hnin hah apap poung dawkvah, hot teh na panue ngoun vaiyaw.
Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
22 Tadamtui pâtungnae hmuen koe na kâen toung maw. Roun kamtungnae hmuen te na hmu thoung maw.
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
23 Rucatnae atueng hanelah ka ta e hoi tarankâtuk nahane hnin hanelah ka ta e doeh.
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
24 Nâ lae lamthung hoi maw angnae ni pheng a tue teh, talai van vah kanîtholah kahlînaw a kâkahei.
By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
25 Tui ka poum e a lawngnae ravo hoi, keitat lamthung hah apinimaw a sak.
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
26 Apihai a ohoehnae ram hoi apihai a ohoehnae kahrawngum dawk khorak sak hane hoi,
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
27 King ka di e talai ni kanaw e phovai a dawnnaw tâco sak hanelah, ka poum e khotui a lawngnae lamthung, khoparit hoi sumpapalik lamthung apinimaw a kamawng sak.
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
28 Khotui ni a na pa a tawn maw. Tadamtui ka bawt e hah apinimaw a khe.
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
29 Apie von dawk hoi maw tui kamkak a tâco. Kalvan hoi ka bawt e tadamtui hah apini a khe e na maw.
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
30 Tui hah talung patetlah a te sak teh, tui adungnae hai be kamkak.
The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
31 Baritca hah na pâkhueng thai teh, kangduetaphai rui hah na rathap thai maw.
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
32 Mazzaroth hah amae tueng nah na tâco sak thai maw. Latum teh a canaw hoi na ceikhai thai maw.
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
33 Kalvan e caksak e naw hah na panue teh, talai heh na uk sak thai maw.
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
34 Kho pueng hoi ka sak e ni na ramuk thai nahanelah, tâmai totouh na lawk na cai sak thai maw.
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
35 Sumpapalik e hah nang koe a tho teh, hivah ka o telah nang koe dei hanelah na patoun thai maw.
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
36 Apinimaw pouknae dawk lungangnae a poe. Apinimaw lungthin hah panuethainae a poe.
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
37 Apinimaw lungangnae hoi tâmai a touk thai han. Apinimaw kalvan e tuium rabawk thai han.
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
38 Vaiphu hah a te sak teh, tangdong dawk buet touh lah a kâbet toteh,
When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
39 a kâkhu dawk hoi a pawp teh, kei hanlah a pawp lahun nah,
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
40 Sendek hane rawca tawng pouh hane sendektancanaw kaboumlah paca thai maw.
When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
41 Vongacanaw vonhlam hoi a kâva teh, Cathut koe a hram awh toteh, apinimaw rawca a poe.
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
