< Job 35 >

1 And Elius resumed and said,
Elihu loh koep a doo tih,
2 What is this that thou thinkest to be according to right? who art thou that thou hast said, I am righteous before the Lord?
“'Patheni lakah kamah duengnah ngai,’ na ti te tiktamnah la na poek a te?
3 I will answer thee, and thy three friends.
'Ka tholhnah lamloh nang hamla balae a hmaiben tih balae a hoeikhang,’ na ti.
4 Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high [they are] above thee.
Namah neh na taengkah na hui rhoek kah olthui te ka thuung eh.
5 If thou hast sinned, what wilt thou do?
Vaan ke paelki lamtah hmu van lah. Nang lakah aka sang khomong ke dan lah.
6 and if too thou hast transgressed much, what canst thou perform?
Na tholh koinih amah te metlam a ben eh? Na boekoeknah pungtai koinih amah taengah balae a saii eh.
7 And suppose thou art righteous, what wilt thou give him? or what shall he receive of thy hand?
Na tang atah amah taengah balae na paek? Na kut lamloh balae a loh?
8 Thy ungodliness [may affect] a man who is like to thee; or thy righteousness a son of man.
Nang bang, na halangnah khaw hlang ham tih na duengnah khaw hlang capa ham ni.
9 They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.
Hnaemtaeknah cungkuem hmuiah aka tlung bantha lamloh bombih hamla pang uh.
10 But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;
Tedae, “Kai aka saii tih khoyin ah laa aka pae Pathen te ta?
11 who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?
Diklai rhamsa lakah mamih n'cang puei tih vaan kah vaa lakah mamih n'cueih sak,’ a ti moenih.
12 There they shall cry, and none shall hearken, even because of the insolence of wicked men.
Pang uh pahoi cakhaw boethae rhoek kah hoemdamnah hmai ah tah a doo moenih.
13 For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.
Patheni loh a poeyoek la hnatun pawt tih Tlungthang long khaw a hmuhming moenih.
14 He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do thou plead before him, if thou canst praise him, as it is [possible] even now.
A hmuhming pawt tih na thui vaeng aisat, dumlai pataeng amah mikhmuh ah a pha dongah amah mah rhingda laeh.
15 For he is not [now] regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass.
Tedae a thintoek te cawh voel pawt oeh coeng tih halangnah te khaw ming voel pawh.
16 Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.
Job loh a honghi la a ka a ang tih mingnah om pawt ah a olthui yet,” a ti.

< Job 35 >