Job 23
1 Then Job answered:
Job loh a doo tih,
2 “Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
Tihnin ah khaw boekoek bangla ka kohuetnah loh ka kut he ka hueinah neh a nan.
3 If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
U loh n'khueh khaw ka ming vetih amah te ka hmuh phoeiah amah kah hmuenmol la ka pha lah mako?
4 I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
A mikhmuh ah laitloeknah ka khueng lah vetih ka ka ah toelthamnah ka paem lah mako.
5 I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
Olthui te ka ming tih kai n'doo vaengkah kai hamla a thui te ka yakming lah mako.
6 Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
Thadueng cungkuem neh kai n'ho saeh a? Amah loh kai taengah khueh het mahpawt a?
7 Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
Aka thuem te a hmaiah a tluung pahoi lah vetih kai he laitloek khui lamloh a yoeyah la ka loeih mako.
8 If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
Khothoeng la ka caeh mai akhaw amah a om moenih. A hnuk ah khaw anih te ka yakming moenih.
9 When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
Banvoei ah a saii vaengah ka hmuh moenih. Bantang la a mael vaengah ka hmuh moenih.
10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
Tedae longpuei a ming dongah kai he ka taengah n'noemcai tih sui bangla ka thoeng.
11 My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
A khokan te ka khopha loh a vai. A longpuei te ka ngaithuen tih ka phael moenih.
12 I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
A hmuilai kah olpaek khaw ka hlong pawt tih ka buhvae lakah a ka lamkah ol ni ka khoem.
13 But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
Tedae amah tah pakhat la om tih ulong anih a mael thil thai? Te dongah a hinglu kah a ngaih bangla a saii.
14 For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
Ka oltlueh te a thuung tih te bang te amah taengah yet.
15 Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
Te dongah a mikhmuh lamloh ka let coeng. Ka yakming dongah amah te ka rhih.
16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
Pathen loh kai lungbuei a phoena sak tih tlungthang loh kai n'let sak.
17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
Tedae a hmuep kah maelhmai loh m'biit pawt tih ka maelhmai te a khohmuep loh a dah moenih.
