Job 4
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,
Hahoi Teman tami Eliphaz ni ahni koe bout a dei e teh,
2 If a man tries to converse with thee, will thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
nang koe lawk kam touh ka dei haw vai, na thaima han vaimoe. Hatei apinimaw dei laipalah ao thai han.
3 Behold, thou have instructed many, and thou have strengthened the weak hands.
Tami moikapap na cangkhai toe. Kut tha kaawm hoeh e tha na o sak.
4 Thy words have upheld him who was falling, and thou have made firm the feeble knees.
Na lawk ni karawmnaw hah a thaw sak teh, khokpakhu tha kaawm hoeh e tha ao sak.
5 But now it comes to thee, and thou faint. It touches thee, and thou are troubled.
Hateiteh, atu nama koe a pha teh, na lung sut a pout. Na tek teh, na ngaihmang.
6 Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, the integrity of thy ways thy hope?
Na barilawa e hoi na kâuepkhai e nahoehmaw, kakuep e lamthung hah na ngaihawi e nahoehmaw.
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
Atu pouk haw, kayonhoehe apimaw kahmakata boi vai. Hat hoehpawiteh, tamikalan hah nâmaw tâkhawng e lah ao boi.
8 According as I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
Kahmanae dawkvah payonpakainae, talai kanawk teh runae ka tu e ni doeh ouk a a.
9 By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
Cathut e kâha dawk a kahma awh teh, a lungkhueknae kâha dawk be a kak awh.
10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
Sendek huk e pawlawk hoi, ka matheng poung e sendektan kanaw e a hâ hah a kâkhoe.
11 The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
Ca hane ao hoeh dawkvah Sendek matawngnaw a kamlum teh, Sendek manu e a canaw teh koung kâkapek awh.
12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it.
Atu arulahoi kai koe lawk a pha teh, ka hnâ ni arulahoi pouk e hah a thai.
13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
Karoumcalah a i awh lahun navah, karum vah vision hah pouk lahun navah,
14 fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
Takinae hoi pâyawnae kai koe a pha. Ka hrunaw pueng koung kâhlehlawk sak e han,
15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up.
Hottelah muitha teh, ka hmalah a kâhlai teh, ka muen rueng a thaw.
16 It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance of it. A form was before my eyes. There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
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.
17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Ka dout thai e tami heh, Cathut hlak vah a lan thai maw, tami heh kasakkung hlak vah a thoung thai na maw.
18 Behold, he puts no trust in his servants, and he charges his agents with folly.
A sannaw patenghai kâuepkhai hoeh niteh, kalvantaminaw hai na payon tet pouh pawiteh,
19 How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
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.
20 Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.
Amon hoi tangmin totouh katipcalah a kâbawng teh, apinihai tek laipalah a yungyoe a kahma awh.
21 Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
Ahawi poungnae naw hai koung takhoe lah ao teh, lungangnae awm laipalah be a due awh telah atipouh.
