Job 11
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
Naamathi Zophar loh a doo tih,
2 “Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
“Ol cungkuem te a doo moenih a? Hlang he a hmuilai ngawn tah tang dae ta.
3 Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
Na olsai te hlang loh ngam vetih, na tamdaeng vaengah a hmaithae mahpawt nim?
4 You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’
Te vaengah, ‘Ka rhingtuknah he cil tih na mikhmuh ah a caih la ka om,’ na ti.
5 But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
Khat bueng koinih Pathen loh thui hamla a paek vetih nang taengah a hmuilai a ong pawn ko.
6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
Lungming cueihnah he rhaepnit a lo dongah cueihnah olhuep te nang taengah a thui pawn ko. Namah kah thaesainah lamloh Pathen loh nang n'hnilh te ming.
7 Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
Pathen kah khenah na hmuh tih, Tlungthang kah a khuetnah hil na hmuh a?
8 They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know? (Sheol h7585)
Vaan la a sang te metlam na saii eh? Saelkhui lakah a dung te metlam na ming eh? (Sheol h7585)
9 Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
A himbaidok loh diklai lakah a puet tih tuitunli lakah dangka ngai.
10 If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?
A hil tih a tlaeng tih a tingtun sak phoeiah tah u long anih a mael sak.
11 Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
Amah loh a poeyoek hlang rhoek khaw a ming ngawn dae boethae a hmuh vaengah yakming pawh.
12 But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
Tedae tuihong hlang loh hloih koinih kohong marhang neh laak te hlang la a sak khaming.
13 As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
Na lungbuei na cikngae tih a taengla na kut na phuel koinih,
14 if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
Na kut dongkah boethae te na lakhla tak tih na dap ah dumlai na khueh pawt atah,
15 then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid.
A lolhmaih kolla na maelhmai na ludoeng van bitni. Na om vaengah khaw tluektluek na long vetih na rhih om mahpawh.
16 For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.
Nang ham tah thakthaenah te na hnilh vetih tui aka long voelh bangla na poek bitni.
17 Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
Na khosak khaw khothun lakah sae vetih, a hmuep khaw mincang bangla om ni.
18 You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
Ngaiuepnah a om dongah na pangtung vetih ngaikhuek la na too phoeiah na yalh bitni.
19 You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.
Na kol vaengah na lakueng neh na maelhmai muep thae voel mahpawh.
20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
Tedae halang kah mik tah kha vetih thuhaelnah khaw amih lamloh bing ni, a ngaiuepnah khaw hinglu polpainah la om ni,” a ti nah.
