Job 7
1 “Is not a man forced to labor on earth? Are not his days like the days of a hired hand?
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.
2 As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
Tâhlip dik ka doun e san patetlah, kutkapânaw ni kutphu hmu han a ngai hawi e patetlah.
3 so I am made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Bang hoeh e dawk thapa moikapap lah ka hno teh, khohmo runae naw hah kai hanelah ao toe.
4 When I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
Ka i na koehoi, nâtuek maw ka thaw han. Karum heh baw nah lawiseh ka ti. Bangkongtetpawiteh, khodai totouh kamhmei kamlang hoi ka o.
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
Ka takthai teh, pâri hoi songnawng ni muen na kayo teh, ka vuen hai cupei teh koung a kâhnoum.
6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Ka hninnaw teh, hnikawngnae yawngyen hlak hai a rang teh, ngaihawinae awm laipalah a loum.
7 Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye will no more see good.
Ka hringnae teh kahlî doeh tie hah pahnim hanh, ka mit ni ahawinae bout hmawt mahoeh toe.
8 The eye of him who sees me will see me no more. Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.
Na kahmawtnaw e mit ni bout na hmawt mahoeh toe. Na mit ka tak dawk a um navah, kaawm mahoeh toe.
9 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol (Sheol h7585) will come up no more.
Tâmai kâhin teh, a kahma e patetlah, duenae tangkom thung ka cet e ni bout ban mahoeh toe. (Sheol h7585)
10 He will return no more to his house, neither will his place know him any more.
A im vah bout ban hoeh vaiteh, a onae hmuen ni ama teh panuek mahoeh toe.
11 “Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Hatdawkvah ka pahni ka cakuep mahoeh. Ka muitha rek na laihoi ka dei vaiteh, kakhat e ka hringnae hoi lai ka roe han.
12 Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?
Kai teh, talî lah maw ka tho. Nahoeh pawiteh, talî dawk e khorui lah maw ka tho teh, na karingkung hah na ta pouh.
13 When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me. My couch will ease my complaint,’
Ka ikhun ni ka ngai a mawng sak han. Ka yannae ikhun ni ka phuenangnae a roum sak han telah ka ti navah,
14 then you scare me with dreams and terrify me through visions,
Tangmin mang lahoi na pakhi teh, kamnuenae lahoi kai na kalue sak.
15 so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.
Ka hringnae ni ka lahuen a kara hoi duenae hah, ka takthai ni a ngaihnawn.
16 I loathe my life. I do not want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
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.
17 What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,
Tami he banglamaw ao teh, hettelah na tawmrasang teh, a lathueng vah na lungthin pou na ta.
18 that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?
Amon tangkuem na tho sin teh, nâtuek e atueng dawk hai pou na tanouk.
19 How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
Nâtuek hai na kamlang takhai laipalah, pou na khet vaiteh, ka tamtui ka padoun nahai ka madueng na tat hoeh.
20 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?
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.
21 Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I will not be.”
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.
