Job 23
1 Bvt Iob answered and sayd,
To naah Job mah,
2 Though my talke be this day in bitternes, and my plague greater then my groning,
vaihni loe kana ka haam; ka nathaih nung parai pongah hang ai ah ka om thai ai.
3 Would God yet I knew how to finde him, I would enter vnto his place.
Anih hnukthaihaih ahmuen to ka panoek nahaeloe, anih anghnuthaih ahmuen ah ka caeh han!
4 I would pleade the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
A hmaa ah kaimah kawng to ka thuih moe, pakha hoiah lok ka thuih han.
5 I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, and would vnderstand what he would say vnto me.
Anih mah kawbangmaw na pathim tih, tiah ka panoek, a thuih han ih lok doeh ka panoek.
6 Would he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me.
A thacakhaih hoiah kai hae na hmang tih maw? Na hmang mak ai; anih mah kai ih lok hae tahngai lat tih.
7 There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.
To ahmuen ah katoeng kami hoi lokthuihaih om tih, kai loe lokcaek kami khae hoiah ka loih poe tih boeh.
8 Behold, if I go to the East, he is not there: if to the West, yet I can not perceiue him:
Khenah, kai loe hmabangah ka caeh, toe anih loe to ahmuen ah om ai; hnukbangah kang nawn cadoeh, anih to ka panoek thai ai;
9 If to the North where he worketh, yet I cannot see him: he wil hide himselfe in the South, and I cannot beholde him.
a toksakhaih banqoi bangah ka caeh, toe anih to ka hnu thai ai; bantang bangah kang qoi naah doeh, anih to ka hnu thai ai.
10 But he knoweth my way, and trieth mee, and I shall come forth like the gold.
Toe ka caehhaih loklam to ang panoek pae; anih mah kai ang tanoek pacoengah loe, sui baktiah ka om tih boeh.
11 My foote hath followed his steps: his way haue I kept, and haue not declined.
Ka khok mah a caehhaih khok tangkannawk to pazui, kam khraeng taak ai, anih ih loklam to ka pazui.
12 Neyther haue I departed from the commandement of his lippes, and I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then mine appointed foode.
A pahni hoi paek ih lok to ka caeh taak ai; ni thokkruek kangaih caaknaek pongah doeh anih mah thuih ih loknawk to ni ka palung kue.
13 Yet he is in one minde, and who can turne him? yea, he doeth what his minde desireth.
Toe poekhaih maeto ah kaom, Sithaw to mi mah maw pakhrai thai tih? Anih loe a koehhaih baktiah ni sak.
14 For he will performe that, which is decreed of me, and many such things are with him.
Anih loe kai han suek ih hmuen to a sak; anih loe to baktih poekhaih paroeai tawnh.
15 Therefore I am troubled at his presence, and in considering it, I am afraid of him.
To pongah a hmaa ah loe zithaih hoiah ni ka oh; to baktih hmuen to ka poek naah, anih to ka zit.
16 For God hath softened mine heart, and the Almightie hath troubled me.
Sithaw mah palungthin ang naemsak moe, Thacak Angraeng mah zithaih to ang paek;
17 For I am not cut off in darknesse, but he hath hid the darkenesse from my face.
toe kai hae khoving hmaa ah va sut ai, ka hmaa ih khoving thung hoiah doeh paka ai.
