< Job 4 >

1 Hahoi Teman tami Eliphaz ni ahni koe bout a dei e teh,
and to answer Eliphaz [the] Temanite and to say
2 nang koe lawk kam touh ka dei haw vai, na thaima han vaimoe. Hatei apinimaw dei laipalah ao thai han.
to test: try word to(wards) you be weary and to restrain in/on/with speech who? be able
3 Tami moikapap na cangkhai toe. Kut tha kaawm hoeh e tha na o sak.
behold to discipline many and hand weak to strengthen: strengthen
4 Na lawk ni karawmnaw hah a thaw sak teh, khokpakhu tha kaawm hoeh e tha ao sak.
to stumble to arise: establish [emph?] speech your and knee to bow to strengthen
5 Hateiteh, atu nama koe a pha teh, na lung sut a pout. Na tek teh, na ngaihmang.
for now to come (in): come to(wards) you and be weary to touch till you and to dismay
6 Na barilawa e hoi na kâuepkhai e nahoehmaw, kakuep e lamthung hah na ngaihawi e nahoehmaw.
not fear your confidence your hope your and integrity way: conduct your
7 Atu pouk haw, kayonhoehe apimaw kahmakata boi vai. Hat hoehpawiteh, tamikalan hah nâmaw tâkhawng e lah ao boi.
to remember please who? he/she/it innocent to perish and where? upright to hide
8 Kahmanae dawkvah payonpakainae, talai kanawk teh runae ka tu e ni doeh ouk a a.
like/as as which to see: see to plow/plot evil: wickedness and to sow trouble to reap him
9 Cathut e kâha dawk a kahma awh teh, a lungkhueknae kâha dawk be a kak awh.
from breath god to perish and from spirit: breath face: anger his to end: destroy
10 Sendek huk e pawlawk hoi, ka matheng poung e sendektan kanaw e a hâ hah a kâkhoe.
roaring lion and voice lion and tooth lion to break
11 Ca hane ao hoeh dawkvah Sendek matawngnaw a kamlum teh, Sendek manu e a canaw teh koung kâkapek awh.
lion to perish from without prey and son: young animal lion to separate
12 Atu arulahoi kai koe lawk a pha teh, ka hnâ ni arulahoi pouk e hah a thai.
and to(wards) me word to steal and to take: recieve ear my whisper from him
13 Karoumcalah a i awh lahun navah, karum vah vision hah pouk lahun navah,
in/on/with disquietings from vision night in/on/with to fall: fall deep sleep upon human
14 Takinae hoi pâyawnae kai koe a pha. Ka hrunaw pueng koung kâhlehlawk sak e han,
dread to encounter: toward me and trembling and abundance bone my to dread
15 Hottelah muitha teh, ka hmalah a kâhlai teh, ka muen rueng a thaw.
and spirit upon face my to pass to bristle up hair flesh my
16 Hote muitha hah a kangdue teh, ka kamnuek e hah kapek thai hoeh. Ka mithmu vah hno buet touh a kamnue, duem ao teh lawk hah ka thai.
to stand: stand and not to recognize appearance his likeness to/for before eye my silence and voice to hear: hear
17 Ka dout thai e tami heh, Cathut hlak vah a lan thai maw, tami heh kasakkung hlak vah a thoung thai na maw.
human from god to justify if: surely no from to make him be pure great man
18 A sannaw patenghai kâuepkhai hoeh niteh, kalvantaminaw hai na payon tet pouh pawiteh,
look! in/on/with servant/slave his not be faithful and in/on/with messenger: angel his to set: make error
19 amhru im dawk kho ka sak niteh, a kungpui teh, vaiphu lah ao teh, ahnimanaw teh, khakbara ni patenghai a tâ thai e hah bangtelamaw hoe a yuem thai han.
also to dwell house: home clay which in/on/with dust foundation their to crush them to/for face: before moth
20 Amon hoi tangmin totouh katipcalah a kâbawng teh, apinihai tek laipalah a yungyoe a kahma awh.
from morning to/for evening to crush from without to set: consider to/for perpetuity to perish
21 Ahawi poungnae naw hai koung takhoe lah ao teh, lungangnae awm laipalah be a due awh telah atipouh.
not to set out cord their in/on/with them to die and not in/on/with wisdom

< Job 4 >