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.
"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?
2 Tâhlip dik ka doun e san patetlah, kutkapânaw ni kutphu hmu han a ngai hawi e patetlah.
As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
3 Bang hoeh e dawk thapa moikapap lah ka hno teh, khohmo runae naw hah kai hanelah ao toe.
so am I made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.
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.
When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?' I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
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 worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
6 Ka hninnaw teh, hnikawngnae yawngyen hlak hai a rang teh, ngaihawinae awm laipalah a loum.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7 Ka hringnae teh kahlî doeh tie hah pahnim hanh, ka mit ni ahawinae bout hmawt mahoeh toe.
Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.
8 Na kahmawtnaw e mit ni bout na hmawt mahoeh toe. Na mit ka tak dawk a um navah, kaawm mahoeh toe.
The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.
9 Tâmai kâhin teh, a kahma e patetlah, duenae tangkom thung ka cet e ni bout ban mahoeh toe. (Sheol h7585)
As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more. (Sheol h7585)
10 A im vah bout ban hoeh vaiteh, a onae hmuen ni ama teh panuek mahoeh toe.
He shall return no more to 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.
"Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in 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 sea monster, that you put a guard over me?
13 Ka ikhun ni ka ngai a mawng sak han. Ka yannae ikhun ni ka phuenangnae a roum sak han telah ka ti navah,
When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;'
14 Tangmin mang lahoi na pakhi teh, kamnuenae lahoi kai na kalue sak.
then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions:
15 Ka hringnae ni ka lahuen a kara hoi duenae hah, ka takthai ni a ngaihnawn.
so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.
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 loathe my life. I do not want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
17 Tami he banglamaw ao teh, hettelah na tawmrasang teh, a lathueng vah na lungthin pou na ta.
What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,
18 Amon tangkuem na tho sin teh, nâtuek e atueng dawk hai pou na tanouk.
that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?
19 Nâtuek hai na kamlang takhai laipalah, pou na khet vaiteh, ka tamtui ka padoun nahai ka madueng na tat hoeh.
How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I 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.
If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden 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 do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be."
