Job 12
1 Then Job answered and said:
Job loh a doo tih,
2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
Na pilnam khaw nangmih taengkah cueihnah a duek ham tueng pai.
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Tedae kai khaw nangmih bangla thinko ka khueh. Nangmih lamloh ka yalh sut moenih. Te dongah u taengah nim he bang a om pawt eh?
4 I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, a man that called upon God, and He answered him; the just, the innocent man is a laughing-stock,
Pathen taengah ka pang khaw a hui taengah nueihbu la ka om. A cuemthuek neh a dueng khaw nueihbu la a doo.
5 A contemptible brand in the thought of him that is at ease, a thing ready for them whose foot slippeth.
Mongkawt kah kopoek ah yoethaenah he nueihbu la om tih a kho aka paloe ham a tawn pah bangla om.
6 The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure, in whatsoever God bringeth into their hand.
Rhoelrhak kah dap te dingsuek lah tih, Pathen kah a tlai thil khaw a ciip la om. Te long te a kut dongah Pathen a khuen.
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee;
Tedae rhamsa rhoek te dawt laeh lamtah nang n'thuinuet bitni. Vaan kah vaa long khaw nang taengla ha puen bitni.
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee;
Diklai taengah khaw lolmang lamtah nang n'thuinuet vetih tuitunli kah nga loh nang hamla han tae bitni.
9 Who knoweth not among all these, that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
He he BOEIPA kut loh a saii tila te boeih khuikah aka ming pawt te unim?
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. —
A kut dongah mulhing boeih kah hinglu neh hlang pumsa boeih kah mueihla khaw om.
11 Doth not the ear try words, even as the palate tasteth its food?
Lai caak a ten bangla olthui te hna loh a nuemnai moenih a.
12 Is wisdom with aged men, and understanding in length of days? —
Patong taengah cueihnah om tih khohnin aka sen te a lungcuei om.
13 With Him is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.
A taengah cueihnah om tih a taengah thayung thamal, cilsuep neh lungcuei khaw om.
14 Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
A koengloeng phoeiah tah thoh uh thai pawt tih hlang te a tlaeng phoeiah tah a ong pa uh thai moenih.
15 Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Tui te a kueng tih kak coeng ke. Te te a hlah bal tih diklai a khuk.
16 With Him is strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.
Sarhi neh lungming cueihnah khaw amah hut, aka taengphael neh aka palang khaw amah hut.
17 He leadeth counsellors away stripped, and judges maketh He fools.
Ol aka uen te khotling la a khuen tih laitloek rhoek te a yan.
18 He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.
Manghai rhoek kah thuituennah a ah pah tih amih kah cinghen te hailaem a khih pah.
19 He leadeth priests away stripped, and overthroweth the mighty.
Khosoih rhoek te khotling la a khuen tih khangmai rhoek khaw a paimaelh.
20 He removeth the speech of men of trust, and taketh away the sense of the elders.
A tangnah kah a ka khaw a baeh tih patong rhoek a omih khaw a loh pah.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong.
Hlangcong rhoek soah nueihbu a hawk tih sokca cihin khaw hlong coeng.
22 He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
Hmaisuep lamkah a dung khaw phoe coeng tih dueknah hlipkhup te vangnah khuila a khuen.
23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth the nations, and leadeth them away.
Namtom te a puel sak phoeiah a milh sak. Namtom te a yaal tih a mawt.
24 He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the land, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
Diklai pilnam boeilu kah lungbuei a doek pah tih amih te hinghong ah longpuei pawt la kho a hmang sak.
25 They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Vangnah om pawt vaengah hmaisuep a phatuem uh tih yurhui bangla amih te kho a hmang sak.
