Job 16
1 Job replied,
Hahoi Job ni a pathung teh,
2 “I've heard all this before. You are comforters who just cause trouble!
Hot patet e hno teh, moikapap ka thai toe, nangmouh abuemlae lungpahawinae haiyah thathoenae hrum doeh.
3 Will your windy speeches never cease? What's bothering you that you have to answer me?
Kahlî lawk teh poutnae ao maw, Hettelah pathung hane bang ni maw na tha a hmei sak.
4 I could talk like you do if you were in my place, stringing words together to criticize you, ridiculing you with a toss of my head.
Ka kangduenae hmuen heh na kangduenae hmuen lah awm pawiteh, kai ni hai na dei awh e hah ka dei thai van han.
5 I could build you up by my mouth speaking words; the movement of my lips would ease your pain.
Hateiteh, ka pahni ni tha na o sak awh han. Ka pahni dawk hoi lungroumnae lawk ni na lungmathoenae a kahma sak han.
6 For me, if I speak it doesn't ease my pain, and if I don't speak the pain is still there.
Lawk ka dei nakunghai ka lungmathoenae roum sak thai hoeh. Duem ka o nakunghai bang alânae awm hoeh.
7 God, you have worn me out. You have destroyed my whole family.
Hateiteh, ama ni na tawn sak teh, ka huikonaw puenghai kingdi sak toe.
8 You have made me shrivel up, which is a witness against me; my thin body testifies against me.
Nama ni khakkatek teh, hot ni kai hanelah kapanuekkhaikung lah ao. Ka kamsoenae ni yon na pen teh, hot ni ka minhmai dawk ka panuek khai e lah ao.
9 He has torn me apart in his anger; in his hostility he has gnashed his teeth at me; my enemy pierces me with his fierce look.
A lungkhueknae ni rekrek na sei teh, na hmuhma. A hâkam na kata sin teh, ka taran ni na hmaiet.
10 People stare at me with their mouths wide open, they slap me on my cheeks to mock me, they crowd around me to attack me.
Pahni na ang sin awh teh, lungroukatetlah ka tangboung dawk na tambei. Kai na taran hanelah cungtalah a kamkhueng awh.
11 God has handed me over to evil people; he has thrown me into their hands.
Cathut ni Cathut banglah ka ngaihoeh naw koe na pâseng, tamikathoutnaw kut dawk na tâkhawng.
12 I was living in peace and he smashed me to pieces. He grabbed me by the neck and dashed me to pieces. He set me up as his target.
Kanawmcalah ka o eiteh, ama ni rekrek na bawng. Ka lahuen dawk na man teh, bengbeng na kahuet teh, rek ka kâbawng, kai teh tâkhawng hanelah ka o.
13 His archers surround me. His arrows pierce my kidneys without mercy. He pours out my gall on the ground.
Ahnie pala kakanaw ni na kalup awh. Ka lung poukkayawng lah na ka teh, na pahren hoeh, talai dawk ka hmu e tui hah a ka rabawk.
14 Like a wall he breaks me down, breach upon breach, rushing at me like a warrior.
Ka hmâ dawkvah patuen patuen hmâ na paca ka pahngawpahrak e ransanaw patetlah na cusin.
15 I have sown sackcloth to cover my skin; my strength lies broken in the dust.
Ka vuen dawkvah, burihni ka khui sin teh, ka lû teh vaiphu dawk ka hruek.
16 My face is red from crying and dark shadows surround my eyes,
Ka ka lawi vah ka minhmai a paling teh, ka mit dawk duenae tâhlip ao.
17 although I have done nothing wrong and my prayer is pure.
Ka kut dawk kahawihoehe hno kasake awm hoeh. Ka ratoumnae teh a thoung ei te.
18 Earth, do not cover up my blood. May my cry find no place to hide.
Oe talai, ka thipaling heh ramuk han haw. Ka kanae ni kâhatnae hmuen tawn hanh naseh.
19 Look, right now my witness is in heaven; the one who speaks for me is on high.
Atu patenghai, kapanuekkhaikung teh a rasangnae koevah ao.
20 My friends scorn me, but my eyes pour out tears to God.
Ka huinaw ni na dudam awh. Cathut koe ka mitphi a lawng.
21 I want my witness to speak for me with God as someone does for their friend.
Tami ni imri hanelah, a kâhei pouh e patetlah, oe Cathut koe na kâhet pouh hane awm haw pawiteh,
22 For in a few short years I shall go down that road from which I shall not return.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, kum nâsittouh abaw hoehnahlan, bout ban hoeh nae lamthung dawk ka cei han telah ati.
