Job 38
1 Hottelah BAWIPA ni Job hah bongparui thung hoi a pathung teh,
Then Yahweh spoke to Job from inside a great windstorm. He said to him,
2 Panuenae laipalah e lawk hoi, khokhangnae kahmawtsakkung teh apimaw.
“(Who are you to question what I plan to do?/You have no right/authority to question what I plan to do.) [RHQ] You are speaking ignorantly!
3 Atuvah tongpatang lah namahoima kârakueng haw, lawk na pacei vaiteh na pathung haw.
I want to ask you [some] questions, so, just like men prepare themselves for a difficult task [MET], prepare to answer my questions.
4 Talai ka kamtawng nah nâmaw na o, na thai panuek pawiteh na dei pouh haw.
(“Where were you/Were you there with me) [long ago] when I (laid the foundations of/created) the earth? Since you know so much, tell me [where you were at that time].
5 Apinimaw bangnuenae a panue thai, na panue thai na maw. Apinimaw bangnuenae a rui hah a lathueng lah a payang.
Do you know how I decided how large the earth would be? Do you know who stretched a measuring tape around the earth? Surely [since you think that you know so much, ] you should know that!
6 Apinimaw adu hah a ung teh bang ni maw adu hah a casak.
What supports the pillars on which the earth rests? When the stars [that shine early] in the morning sang together, and someone put in place the stone that causes the earth to stay in its place, and all the angels shouted joyfully [when they saw that happening], who laid that cornerstone? [Did you?]
7 Tempalo âsinaw hah cungtalah la a sak awh navah, Cathut e capanaw teh lunghawi hoi hram awh hoeh maw.
8 Talînaw teh thun thung hoi a tâco navah, apinimaw tho a khan sin.
“When the seas poured forth from inside the earth, who prevented the water from flooding over the land?
9 A hnicu hanelah tâmai ka sak pouh teh, a kâkhu hanelah hni lah katha poung e hmonae,
It was I, [not you, ] who caused clouds to come over the seas and caused it to become very dark [under those clouds].
10 a langri ka khuen pouh teh, tho tarennae ka hruek pouh.
I set limits for the seas, and I put barriers [so that the water would not come over the land].
11 Hi totouh na tho vaiteh, a hloilah na tapuet mahoeh. Hivah na kâoupnae hoi tuicapa hah pout naseh telah ka ti.
[I pointed to the shore] and said to the water, ‘I permit you to come up to here, but I do not permit you to come any farther. Your powerful waves must stop there!’
12 Talai a pout totouh a kuet teh, tamikathoutnaw peng a tâco thai nahanelah.
“Job, have you [ever] commanded the morning [to begin]? Have you [ever] told the dawn to start a new day?
13 Na tâco tahma hoi amom heh kâ na poe teh, a tâconae hmuen na panue sak boimaw.
Have you [ever] told the dawn to spread out over the whole earth, with the result that wicked people run away from the light?
14 Mitnoutnae rahim vah talai patetlah meilam a sin teh, hnicu patetlah a kangdue sak.
When it becomes light after the dawn, the hills and the valleys become clear like the folds in a cloth.
15 Tamikathoutnaw koehoi angnae hah a la pouh teh, a dâw e kut hah a khoe pouh.
When it becomes daylight, the wicked do not have the darkness [that they like]; [in the daylight] they no longer are able to raise up their arms, ready to hurt people.
16 Tuipui a tâconae dawk a kâen boimaw. Adungnae bangnue hanelah koung na rip toung maw.
“[Job, ] have you traveled to the springs [in the bottom of the ocean] from which the water in the seas comes? Have you investigated/explored the very bottom of the oceans?
17 Duenae takhang hah nang koe a kamnue sak toung maw. Nahoeh pawiteh, duenae tâhlip takhang hai na hmu boimaw.
Has someone shown you the gates to the place where dead people are, the gates to the place where it is very dark?
18 Talai akawnae naw heh be na panue maw. Hetnaw pueng he na panuek pawiteh, na dei pouh haw.
Do you know how big the earth is? Tell me, if you know all these things!
19 Nâ lah maw angnae, khosaknae lamthung ao. Hmonae a hmuen hai nâ lah maw ao.
“Where is the road to the place where light comes from? And [can you tell me] where darkness lives?
20 Hot teh khori dawk na hrawi thai teh, a lamthung hah na panue thai nahanelah.
Can take me to its home? Do you know where the road is that goes there?
21 Hatnae tueng dawk na tâco teh, nange hnin hah apap poung dawkvah, hot teh na panue ngoun vaiyaw.
I am sure that you know these things, because you [talk as though you] were born before the time when all things were created; you [must] be very old!
22 Tadamtui pâtungnae hmuen koe na kâen toung maw. Roun kamtungnae hmuen te na hmu thoung maw.
“Have you entered the place where I store the snow and the place where I keep the hail?
23 Rucatnae atueng hanelah ka ta e hoi tarankâtuk nahane hnin hanelah ka ta e doeh.
I store the snow and the hail [in order that I can use them to help my people] when [they have] troubles, in times when [they are fighting] wars [DOU].
24 Nâ lae lamthung hoi maw angnae ni pheng a tue teh, talai van vah kanîtholah kahlînaw a kâkahei.
And where is the road to the place from which I cause the lightning to flash? Where is the place from where the east wind begins to blow over all the earth?
25 Tui ka poum e a lawngnae ravo hoi, keitat lamthung hah apinimaw a sak.
Who created the channels in which the rain comes down from the sky? Who makes the roads for the thunder/lightning?
26 Apihai a ohoehnae ram hoi apihai a ohoehnae kahrawngum dawk khorak sak hane hoi,
Who causes rain to fall in the desert, in places where no one lives?
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.
Who sends the rain that gives moisture/water to areas where nothing has grown, with the result that grass begins to grow again?
28 Khotui ni a na pa a tawn maw. Tadamtui ka bawt e hah apinimaw a khe.
Does the rain have a father? Does the dew [also] have a father?
29 Apie von dawk hoi maw tui kamkak a tâco. Kalvan hoi ka bawt e tadamtui hah apini a khe e na maw.
And from whose womb does ice come [in the (winter/cold season)]? Who gives birth to the frost that comes down from the sky?
30 Tui hah talung patetlah a te sak teh, tui adungnae hai be kamkak.
[In the winter, ] the water [freezes and] becomes hard, like a rock, and the surface of lakes becomes frozen.
31 Baritca hah na pâkhueng thai teh, kangduetaphai rui hah na rathap thai maw.
“[Job], can you fasten the chains that hold the stars together in clusters/groups in the sky?
32 Mazzaroth hah amae tueng nah na tâco sak thai maw. Latum teh a canaw hoi na ceikhai thai maw.
Can you tell the stars when they should shine? Can you guide [the stars in the groups in the northern sky whose names are] the Big Bear and the Little Bear?
33 Kalvan e caksak e naw hah na panue teh, talai heh na uk sak thai maw.
Do you know the laws that the stars must obey? Can you cause those same laws to rule [everything here] on the earth?
34 Kho pueng hoi ka sak e ni na ramuk thai nahanelah, tâmai totouh na lawk na cai sak thai maw.
“Can you shout to the clouds and cause rain to pour down on you?
35 Sumpapalik e hah nang koe a tho teh, hivah ka o telah nang koe dei hanelah na patoun thai maw.
Can you cause flashes of lightning to come down and strike where you want it to strike? Do those flashes say to you, ‘Where do you want us to strike next?’
36 Apinimaw pouknae dawk lungangnae a poe. Apinimaw lungthin hah panuethainae a poe.
Who enables the clouds to know when they should cause rain to fall?
37 Apinimaw lungangnae hoi tâmai a touk thai han. Apinimaw kalvan e tuium rabawk thai han.
And who is skilled/wise enough to be able to count the clouds? Who can tilt the jugs of water in the sky [to cause the rain to fall],
38 Vaiphu hah a te sak teh, tangdong dawk buet touh lah a kâbet toteh,
with the result that the dry ground becomes hard as the dry (clods/lumps of soil) [become wet and] stick together?
39 a kâkhu dawk hoi a pawp teh, kei hanlah a pawp lahun nah,
“When a lioness and her cubs crouch in their dens or hide in a thicket, [waiting for some animal to pass by that they can kill, ] can you find animals for a lioness to kill so that [she and] her cubs can [eat the meat and] not be hungry any more?
40 Sendek hane rawca tawng pouh hane sendektancanaw kaboumlah paca thai maw.
41 Vongacanaw vonhlam hoi a kâva teh, Cathut koe a hram awh toteh, apinimaw rawca a poe.
Who provides dead animals for crows, when the baby crows are calling out to me [for food], [when they are so weak] because of their lack of food [that] they (stagger around/can hardly stand up) [in their nests]?”
