Job 35
1 Then Elihu continued, saying,
Elihu loh koep a doo tih,
2 “Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God?
“'Patheni lakah kamah duengnah ngai,’ na ti te tiktamnah la na poek a te?
3 And you ask, ‘What benefit do I get? What good has it done me by not sinning?’
'Ka tholhnah lamloh nang hamla balae a hmaiben tih balae a hoeikhang,’ na ti.
4 I'll tell you, and your friends too!
Namah neh na taengkah na hui rhoek kah olthui te ka thuung eh.
5 Just look up at the sky and see. Observe the clouds high above you.
Vaan ke paelki lamtah hmu van lah. Nang lakah aka sang khomong ke dan lah.
6 If you sin, how does that harm God? How do your many sins affect God?
Na tholh koinih amah te metlam a ben eh? Na boekoeknah pungtai koinih amah taengah balae a saii eh.
7 If you do what's right, what good are you doing for him?
Na tang atah amah taengah balae na paek? Na kut lamloh balae a loh?
8 No—your sins only affect people like yourself, and whatever good you do only affects them too.
Nang bang, na halangnah khaw hlang ham tih na duengnah khaw hlang capa ham ni.
9 People cry out because of terrible persecution; they call for someone to save them from their oppressors.
Hnaemtaeknah cungkuem hmuiah aka tlung bantha lamloh bombih hamla pang uh.
10 But no one asks, ‘Where is the God my maker, the one who gives songs in the night,
Tedae, “Kai aka saii tih khoyin ah laa aka pae Pathen te ta?
11 who teaches us more than the animals, and makes us wiser than the birds?’
Diklai rhamsa lakah mamih n'cang puei tih vaan kah vaa lakah mamih n'cueih sak,’ a ti moenih.
12 When they call out for help, God doesn't answer because they are proud and evil people.
Pang uh pahoi cakhaw boethae rhoek kah hoemdamnah hmai ah tah a doo moenih.
13 God doesn't listen to their empty cries; the Almighty doesn't pay them any attention.
Patheni loh a poeyoek la hnatun pawt tih Tlungthang long khaw a hmuhming moenih.
14 How much less will God hear you when you say he can't see you? Your case is before him, so you have to wait for him.
A hmuhming pawt tih na thui vaeng aisat, dumlai pataeng amah mikhmuh ah a pha dongah amah mah rhingda laeh.
15 You're saying that God doesn't punish people in his anger and pays little attention to sin.
Tedae a thintoek te cawh voel pawt oeh coeng tih halangnah te khaw ming voel pawh.
16 You, Job, are talking nonsense, making long speeches when you know nothing!”
Job loh a honghi la a ka a ang tih mingnah om pawt ah a olthui yet,” a ti.
