Job 12
1 Then Iob answered, and sayde,
To naah Job mah,
2 In deede because that ye are the people onely, wisedome must dye with you.
Nangcae loe kami ah na oh o pongah, palunghahaih hoiah nawnto na dueh o tih, tiah palunghaeng han om ai.
3 But I haue vnderstanding aswel as you, and am not inferior vnto you: yea, who knoweth not such things?
Kai doeh nangcae baktiah poekhaih ka tawnh toeng; nangcae pongah ka hnaem kue ai; ue, mi maw hae baktih hmuennawk panoek ai ah kaom?
4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he heareth him: the iust and the vpright is laughed to scorne.
Sithaw ka kawk naah, anih mah ang pathimh; toe ka imtaeng kami mah ang pahnui thuih; katoeng kami hoi coek koi om ai kami loe pahnuithuihaih ah ni oh.
5 Hee that is readie to fall, is as a lampe despised in the opinion of the riche.
Hmaiim baktiah khosak hoih kami mah raihaih katong amtimh tom kami to pahnuithuih.
6 The tabernacles of robbers doe prosper, and they are in safetie, that prouoke God, whome God hath enriched with his hand.
Hmuenmae taek kaminawk ih kahni im loe qoeng tahang, Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk loe ngancuem o; Sithaw mah a ban hoiah angraenghaih to paek.
7 Aske now the beasts, and they shall teach thee, and the foules of the heauen, and they shall tell thee:
Toe vaihi moisannawk to dueng oh, nihcae mah na patuk tih; van ih tavaanawk to dueng oh, nihcae mah na thui o tih;
8 Or speake to the earth, and it shall shewe thee: or the fishes of the sea, and they shall declare vnto thee.
to tih ai boeh loe long to dueng oh, anih mah na patuek ueloe, tuipui tanganawk mah na thui o tih.
9 Who is ignorant of all these, but that the hande of the Lord hath made these?
Hae hmuennawk loe Angraeng mah ni a ban hoiah sak, tiah moisannawk mah mataeng doeh panoek o na ai maw?
10 In whose hande is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde.
A sak ih hmuennawk boih ih hinghaih hoi kami anghahhaih takhi loe a ban ah ni oh.
11 Doeth not the eares discerne the words? and the mouth taste meate for it selfe?
Pakha mah caaknaek pataengh baktih toengah, naa mah loknawk to tanoek na ai maw?
12 Among the ancient is wisedome, and in the length of dayes is vnderstanding.
Saning coeh kami loe palunghahaih hoiah koi; saning kasawk ah hing kami loe panoek thaihaih to tawnh.
13 With him is wisedome and strength: he hath counsell and vnderstanding.
Toe Sithaw loe palunghahaih hoi thacakhaih hoiah akoep; palunghahaih hoi panoek thaihaih doeh anih ih ni.
14 Beholde, he will breake downe, and it can not be built: he shutteth a man vp, and he can not be loosed.
Khenah, anih mah phraek ih hmuen loe, mi mah doeh sah let thai ai boeh; anih mah pakhrak ih kami loe, mi mah doeh loisak thai ai boeh.
15 Beholde, he withholdeth the waters, and they drie vp: but when he sendeth them out, they destroy the earth.
Khenah, anih mah tui pakaa naah, tui to kaang; anih mah paongh naah, long loe tui hoiah koi.
16 With him is strength and wisedome: hee that is deceiued, and that deceiueth, are his.
Anih loe thacakhaih hoi palunghahaih hoiah koi; aling kami hoi aling kop kami doeh angmah ban ah ni oh.
17 He causeth the counsellers to goe as spoyled, and maketh the iudges fooles.
Anih mah kahoih poekhaih paek kaminawk to amrosak moe, lokcaek kaminawk to amthusak.
18 He looseth the collar of Kings, and girdeth their loynes with a girdle.
Anih mah siangpahrangnawk to takhoe moe, kazii hoiah zaeng.
19 He leadeth away the princes as a pray, and ouerthroweth the mightie.
Anih mah qaimanawk to takhoe moe, thacak kami to amtimsak.
20 He taketh away the speach from the faithfull counsellers, and taketh away the iudgement of the ancient.
Anih mah oepthok kahoih poekhaih paek kaminawk ih pahni to tamuep pae moe, kacoehtanawk khopoek thaihaih to lak pae ving.
21 He powreth contempt vpon princes, and maketh the strength of the mightie weake.
Anih mah angraengnawk to azatpawsak moe, thacak kaminawk to thazoksak.
22 He discouereth the deepe places from their darkenesse, and bringeth foorth the shadowe of death to light.
Anih mah khoving thung hoiah kathuk hmuennawk to amtuengsak moe, duekhaih tahlip to aanghaih thungah zaeh.
23 He increaseth the people, and destroyeth them: he inlargeth the nations, and bringeth them in againe.
Prae kaminawk to lensak moe, amrosak let; praenawk to kaawksak moe, tamcaeksak let.
24 He taketh away the heartes of the that are the chiefe ouer the people of the earth, and maketh them to wander in the wildernes out of the way.
Long zaehoikungnawk ih palunghahaih to a lak pae ving moe, loklam om ai praezaek ah amhetsak.
25 They grope in the darke without light: and he maketh the to stagger like a drunken man.
Nihcae loe aanghaih kaom ai khoving thungah pathoep hoiah avah o moe, mu paqui kami baktiah ahnuk ahmaa amtimh hoiah lam caeh o.
