Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu answered and said:
Elihu mah,
2 Thinkest thou this to be thy right, or sayest thou: 'I am righteousness before God',
hae lok loe toeng, tiah na poek maw? Sithaw pongah ka toeng kue, tiah na poek maw? tiah a naa.
3 That thou inquirest: 'What advantage will it be unto Thee?' And: 'What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
Nang mah, Tih amekhaih maw na hnu tih? Nang mah, Tih atho maw ka hak tih? Zaehaih ka sah ai pongah tih atho maw ka hak tih? tiah na thuih.
4 I will give thee answer, and thy companions with thee.
Nangmah hoi nam puinawk khaeah lok pathim han ka koeh.
5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
Vannawk ho doeng ah loe, khenah, nang pongah kasang kue tamainawk ho khenah.
6 If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against Him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto Him?
Na zae nahaeloe, na zaehaih mah kawbangmaw Sithaw raihaih paek? Na zaehaih pop parai nahaeloe, to zaehaih mah Sithaw kawbangmaw amrosak?
7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou Him? Or what receiveth He of thy hand?
Katoeng kami ah na oh pongah, Anih hanah tih hmuen maw na paek boeh? To tih ai boeh loe na ban hoiah Anih mah tih hmuen maw talawk vai boeh?
8 Thy wickedness concerneth a man as thou art; and thy righteousness a son of man.
Na sak ih sethaih mah nang baktih kami to raihaih paek; na toenghaih mah loe kami capa han amekhaih ohsak.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Paroeai pacaekthlaekhaih tongh naah, nihcae mah tahmenhaih hnik o, Thacak Sithaw ih ban pongah nihcae mah abomhaih to hnik o.
10 But none saith: 'Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Toe mi mah doeh, Aqum ah laa paekkung, kai sahkung Sithaw loe naa ah maw oh;
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?'
long ih moinawk pong pop kue ah aicae patukkung, van ih tavaanawk pongah aicae palungha kue ah sahkung loe naa ah maw oh? tiah thui o ai.
12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Kasae kaminawk hoi amoek kaminawk lawkthuihaih lok Sithaw mah pathim pae ai.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Sithaw mah avang ai kaminawk tahmenhnikhaih lok to tahngai pae mak ai; Thacak Sithaw mah to baktih loknawk to tiah doeh sah pae mak ai.
14 Yea, when thou sayest thou canst not see Him — the cause is before Him; therefore wait thou for Him.
Sithaw ka hnu ai, tiah na thuih cadoeh, anih hmaa ah lokcaekhaih to oh pongah, nang loe anih nuiah amha ah.
15 And now, is it for nought that He punished in His anger? And hath He not full knowledge of arrogance?
Vaihi loe palung a phuihaih hoiah dan na paek mak ai; sakpazaehaih to pakuem khruek mak ai boeh, tiah a poek pongah,
16 But Job doth open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Job loe avang ai lok to thuih moe, panoekhaih tawn ai ah pop parai loknawk to a thuih, tiah a naa.
