Job 16
1 Then Job answered:
To naah Job mah,
2 “I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.
to baktih loknawk ka thaih pop parai boeh; pathloephaih lok nang thuih o, toe poek amrosakkung ah ni na oh o boih.
3 Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
Avang ai loknawk to boeng thai ai boeh maw? Tipongah maw lok pathim hanah misa na hoih o?
4 I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
Kang doethaih ahmuen ah na oh o nahaeloe, na thuih o ih baktiah ka thuih thai toeng; lok hoi kang zoeh o thaih moe, lu kang haek o thuih thaih.
5 But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
Toe ka pahni hoi tacawt pathloephaih lok mah nangcae poek mongsak hanah, thapaekhaih lok ni kang thuih o han.
6 Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
Lok ka thuih cadoeh, ka nathaih hoihkhang ai; lokthui ai ah ka pauep cadoeh, hoih kuehaih om ai.
7 Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
Toe vaihi loe Anih mah kai angphosak boeh; ka imthung takoh boih nam rosak boeh.
8 You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
Ka nganhin loe angcu boih boeh, nganhin angcu loe kai hnukung ah oh; kai loe ka zaek keng boeh, ka nganhin zaekhaih loe kai hnukung ah oh hanah mikhmai kangtong ah angdoet tahang.
9 His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
Sithaw palungbethaih mah kai hae angsih pet pet moe, ang pacaekthlaek; haa ang kaek thuih; ka misa mah miktamai hoiah ang khet.
10 They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
Nihcae mah pakha ang angh o thuih; nihcae loe nawnto amkhueng o moe, khet patoekhaih hoiah tangbaeng ah ang tabaeng o.
11 God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
Anih mah Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk ban ah ang paek moe, kahoih ai kaminawk ban ah ang vah.
12 I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
Kamongah ka oh naah, anih mah kai amrosak; tahnong ah ang patawnh moe, apet pat hanah ang thuek pacoengah, kah han patoep ih ahmuen maeto baktiah ang suek.
13 His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
Kalii kaat kop anih ih kaminawk mah kai ang takui o khoep moe, tahmenhaih tawn ai ah kaeng ah ang thun o; kai ih ahmuet tui to long ah ang kraih pae.
14 He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.
Anih mah ahmaa maeto pacoeng maeto angsihsak moe, misatuh kami baktiah tha hoiah ang hmang.
15 I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
Ka nganhin nuiah kazii to ka huih moe, kaimah ih taki to maiphu thungah ka phum.
16 My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;
Ka qah loiah ka mikhmai hae amro moe, ka miklakoek nuiah duekhaih to oh;
17 yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
toe ka ban ah sethaih hmuen tidoeh om ai; lawk ka thuihaih loe ciim.
18 O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.
Aw long, kai ih athii hae kraeng hmah; ka hanghaih lok loe natuek naah doeh anghak hmah nasoe!
19 Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
Khenah, vaihi kai hnukung van ah oh, kai angdoe haih kami doeh hmuensang ah oh.
20 My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
Kam puinawk mah ang pahnui o thuih, kai loe mikkhraetui hoiah ni Sithaw hmaa ah ka oh.
21 Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
Kami maeto mah ampui han tahmenhaih hnik pae baktih toengah, kami maeto mah Sithaw khaeah tahmenhaih na hni pae nahaeloe ka koeh.
22 For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.
Saning akra ai ah, amlaem let han ai ih loklam to ka pazui han boeh.
