Job 8
1 Shuhi tami Bildad ni a pathung teh,
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 Nâsittouh maw he e hnonaw heh dei han, na pahni dawk hoi ka tâcawt e lawk hah athakaawme kahlî patetlah ao han.
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
3 Cathut ni kalan hoeh lah lawk a ceng boimaw, nahoeh pawiteh, Athakasaipounge ni, lannae a kamlang takhai boimaw.
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4 Na capanaw ni ama taranlahoi yon awh pawiteh, kâtapoenae kecu dawk a tâkhawng han.
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
5 Cathut hah atangcalah hoi, na tawng teh, Athakasaipounge koevah, kâheinae na sak pawiteh,
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6 Tamikathoung tamikalan lah na awm pawiteh, nang hanelah atu roeroe thaw vaiteh, lanae hmuen koe hawinae na coe sak han.
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7 Na kamtawngnae a thoung nakunghai, na poutnae a len katang han.
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
8 Bangkongtetpawiteh, pahrennae hoi a yan e hnonaw hah pakhingpalang haw, na mintoenaw ni a hmu e hnonaw hah pouk haw.
For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
9 Bangkongtetpawiteh, paduem e tami la o awh teh, banghai panuek awh hoeh. Bangdawk tetpawiteh, talai van e hnin tha naw teh, tâhlip patetlah doeh ao.
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow: )
10 Ahnimae lungthin thung hoi ka tâcawt e lawknaw ni, na dei pouh awh teh, na cangkhai hoeh namaw.
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11 Tuinawk laipalah lungpum a roung thai han namaw. Tui laipalah capi teh a roung thai han namaw.
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
12 A hring nah tâtueng hoeh nakunghai, alouke akungnaw hlak palang a kamyai.
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
13 Cathut kapahnimnaw e a lamthung teh, hot patetlah ao. Tami kahawihoehnaw e ngaihawinae teh a kahma han.
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
14 A kâuepkhai awh e teh, tâkhawng pouh lah ao han, a kâuepkhainae teh, Bombarui patetlah doeh ao.
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
15 A im dawk a kamngawi ei kangdout thai hoeh. Kacakcalah a kuet ei pou cak thai ma hoeh.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
16 Khobetnae koe dikkahringcala a roung teh, a kangnaw ni takha koung tahloi awh.
He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
17 A tangpha ni talung khakdeng teh, talung um vah a tangpha a payang nahane a tawng.
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
18 Amae hmuen koehoi phawk lah ao torei teh, pou kacak mahoeh, telah a kâpahnawt han.
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
19 Khenhaw! het hateh, lunghawinae lamthung lah a o, talai dawk hoi aloukenaw hah a pâw han.
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
20 Khenhaw! Cathut ni toun han kaawm hoeh e na tâkhawng hoeh vaiteh, thoe ka sak e teh kangdout sak mahoeh.
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
21 Na kâko teh panuinae hoi akawi sak vaiteh, na pahni hai lunghawinae lawk hoi akawi sak han.
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
22 Nang kahmuhmanaw hah yeiraipo sak vaiteh, tamikathoutnaw e rim teh awm mahoeh toe telah a ti.
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
