Job 7
1 Talaivan dawkvah tami hanelah thaw ka ru e thaw a onae tueng ouk ao nahoehmaw, a hninnaw hai kutkapânaw e hnin patetlah awm hoeh namaw.
The life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his days are like the days of a hireling.
2 Tâhlip dik ka doun e san patetlah, kutkapânaw ni kutphu hmu han a ngai hawi e patetlah.
As a servant longeth for the shade, as the hireling looketh for the end of his work;
3 Bang hoeh e dawk thapa moikapap lah ka hno teh, khohmo runae naw hah kai hanelah ao toe.
So I also have had empty months, and have numbered to myself wearisome nights.
4 Ka i na koehoi, nâtuek maw ka thaw han. Karum heh baw nah lawiseh ka ti. Bangkongtetpawiteh, khodai totouh kamhmei kamlang hoi ka o.
If I lie down to sleep, I shall say: When shall arise? and again I shall look for the evening, and shall be filled with sorrows even till darkness.
5 Ka takthai teh, pâri hoi songnawng ni muen na kayo teh, ka vuen hai cupei teh koung a kâhnoum.
My flesh is clothed with rottenness and the filth of dust, my skin is withered and drawn together.
6 Ka hninnaw teh, hnikawngnae yawngyen hlak hai a rang teh, ngaihawinae awm laipalah a loum.
My days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without any hope.
7 Ka hringnae teh kahlî doeh tie hah pahnim hanh, ka mit ni ahawinae bout hmawt mahoeh toe.
Remember that my life is but wind, and my eyes shall not return to see good things.
8 Na kahmawtnaw e mit ni bout na hmawt mahoeh toe. Na mit ka tak dawk a um navah, kaawm mahoeh toe.
Nor shall the sight of man behold me: thy eyes are upon me, and I shall be no more.
9 Tâmai kâhin teh, a kahma e patetlah, duenae tangkom thung ka cet e ni bout ban mahoeh toe. (Sheol h7585)
As a cloud is consumed, and passeth away: so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up. (Sheol h7585)
10 A im vah bout ban hoeh vaiteh, a onae hmuen ni ama teh panuek mahoeh toe.
Nor shall he return my more into his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
11 Hatdawkvah ka pahni ka cakuep mahoeh. Ka muitha rek na laihoi ka dei vaiteh, kakhat e ka hringnae hoi lai ka roe han.
Wherefore I will not spare my month, I will speak in the affliction of my spirit: I will talk with the bitterness of my soul.
12 Kai teh, talî lah maw ka tho. Nahoeh pawiteh, talî dawk e khorui lah maw ka tho teh, na karingkung hah na ta pouh.
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou hast enclosed me in a prison?
13 Ka ikhun ni ka ngai a mawng sak han. Ka yannae ikhun ni ka phuenangnae a roum sak han telah ka ti navah,
If I say: My bed shall comfort me, and I shall be relieved speaking with myself on my couch:
14 Tangmin mang lahoi na pakhi teh, kamnuenae lahoi kai na kalue sak.
Thou wilt frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions.
15 Ka hringnae ni ka lahuen a kara hoi duenae hah, ka takthai ni a ngaihnawn.
So that my soul rather chooseth hanging, and my bones death.
16 Ka hringnae he ka hnueai teh, yungyoe ka hring mahoeh. Kama dueng na awm sak awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka hringnae teh a kahû lah doeh ao.
I have done with hope, I shall now live no longer: spare me, for my days are nothing.
17 Tami he banglamaw ao teh, hettelah na tawmrasang teh, a lathueng vah na lungthin pou na ta.
What is a man that thou shouldst magnify him? or why dost thou set thy heart upon him?
18 Amon tangkuem na tho sin teh, nâtuek e atueng dawk hai pou na tanouk.
Thou visitest him early in the morning, and thou provest him suddenly.
19 Nâtuek hai na kamlang takhai laipalah, pou na khet vaiteh, ka tamtui ka padoun nahai ka madueng na tat hoeh.
How long wilt thou not spare me, nor suffer me to swallow down my spittle?
20 Yonnae ka tawn maw, oe taminaw ka ring e, nang lathueng vah bangmaw ka sak. Bangdawkmaw na hmaitung vah telah na o sak teh, kama hoi kama hnori lah na o sak.
I have sinned: what shall I do to thee, O keeper of men? why hast thou set me opposite to thee, and I am become burdensome to myself?
21 Bangdawkmaw na kâ ka eknae hah na ngaithoum laipalah, ka payonpakainae hah na lat pouh hoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, vaiphu dawk ka i vaiteh, nama ni kai na tawng han, hatei kaawm mahoeh toe atipouh.
Why dost thou not remove my sin, and why dost thou not take away my iniquity? Behold now I shall sleep in the dust: and if thou seek me in the morning, I shall not be.
