Job 36
1 Elihu also proceeded, and said:
Elihu mah doeh,
2 Suffer me a little, and I will tell thee; for there are yet words on God's behalf.
na zing kue raeh, kang patuek han, Sithaw zuengah lokthuih han ka tawnh.
3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
Kangthla parai ahmuen hoiah palunghahaih to ka hak, kai sahkung loe toeng, tiah kam tuengsak han.
4 For truly my words are not false; one that is upright in mind is with thee.
Tangtang ni amsawnlok ka thui mak ai; panoekhaih hoi akoep kami loe na taengah oh.
5 Behold, God is mighty, yet He despiseth not any; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
Khenah, Sithaw loe thacak, toe mi kawbaktih doeh khet patoekhaih tawn ai; anih loe thacakhaih, palunghahaih hoiah akoep.
6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked; but giveth to the poor their right.
Kahoih ai kami ih hinghaih to anih mah patawn pae ai, toe amtang kaminawk loe toenghaih hoiah lok a caek.
7 He withdraweth not His eyes from the righteous; but with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.
Anih loe katoeng kami to angqoi taak ai, siangpahrangnawk salakah anghnutsak, ue, nihcae to caksak poe moe, kasang ah atoengh tahang.
8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
Nihcae to qui hoiah pathlet o moe, pacaekthlaekhaih qui mah taoeng caeng nahaeloe,
9 Then He declareth unto them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
Anih mah nihcae sethaih hoi sakpazae ih hmuennawk to thuih pae, nihcae amoekhaih to amtuengsak.
10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
Thuitaekhaih lok tahngai koehhaih palungthin to paongh pae moe, kasae sakhaih caeh taak hanah a thuih pae.
11 If they hearken and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
Nihcae mah lok to tahngai o moe, a tok to sah o nahaeloe, hing thung khosakhoih o ueloe, kamongah om o tih.
12 But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
Toe nihcae mah anih ih lok to tahngai o ai nahaeloe, sumsen hoi anghmaa o tih, panoekhaih om ai ah dueh o tih.
13 But they that are godless in heart lay up anger; they cry not for help when He bindeth them.
Sithaw panoek ai angsahcop kaminawk loe palung thungah palungphui o; Anih mah qui hoi pathlet naah doeh tahmenhaih hni o ai.
14 Their soul perisheth in youth, and their life as that of the depraved.
Nihcae loe thendoeng nathuem ah duek o moe, kaciim ai kaminawk hoi nawnto a duek o.
15 He delivereth the afflicted by His affliction, and openeth their ear by tribulation.
Anih mah patangkhang amtang kaminawk to loisak, raihaih a tongh o naah thaih kophaih to a paek.
16 Yea, He hath allured thee out of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which is set on thy table is full of fatness;
Anih mah loklam tamcaek ahmuen hoiah lam tamcaek kaom ai ahmuen kakawk ah na suem ueloe, na caboi nuiah caaknaek kahoih koimongah na patoemh pae tih.
17 And thou art full of the judgment of the wicked; judgment and justice take hold on them.
Toe nang loe zaehaih pongah lokcaekhaih na tongh boeh; na sak ih zaehaih atho lokcaekhaih to na tong tih.
18 For beware of wrath, lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency; neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
Palungphui pongah, danpaekhaih oh han ai ah acoe ah; akranghaih atho paek mang cadoeh na loih thai mak ai.
19 Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, or all the forces of thy strength?
Nang raenghaih hmuenmae mah na bomh thai tih maw? Sui hoi na thacakhaih ah kaom pop parai hmuenmaenawk to na paek cadoeh, na bomh thai mak ai.
20 Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.
Khoving to zing hmah; kaminawk loe aqum ah ni angmacae ohhaih ahmuen hoiah anghmat o.
21 Take heed, regard not iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Zaehaih thungah amlaem let han ai, acoe ah; patangkhanghaih pongah to hmuen to ni na koeh kue boeh.
22 Behold, God doeth loftily in His power; who is a teacher like Him?
Khenah, Sithaw loe a thacakhaih hoiah pakoeh ah oh boeh; anih baktih patukkung mi maw kaom?
23 Who hath enjoined Him His way? Or who hath said: 'Thou hast wrought unrighteousness'?
Mi mah maw a caehhaih loklam anih han patuek vaih? To ai boeh loe mi mah maw sakpazaehaih na tawnh, tiah naa vaih?
24 Remember that thou magnify His work, whereof men have sung.
Kaminawk loe a sak o ih hmuen to laasakhaih hoiah pakoeh o, nang doeh pakoeh toeng han pahnet hmah.
25 All men have looked thereon; man beholdeth it afar off.
Kami boih mah anih toksakhaih to hnuk o; kami mah kangthla hoiah khen thai tih.
26 Behold, God is great, beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
Khenah, Sithaw loe Len parai; anih to aicae mah panoek thai ai; anih hinghaih saningnawk doeh kroek thai ai.
27 For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;
Anih loe kaca tui to van ah azuh tahang moe, tamai to khotui ah angcoengsak;
28 Which the skies pour down and drop upon the multitudes of men.
tamai thung hoiah tui to krak moe, kami nuiah pop parai kho to angzohsak.
29 Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the crashings of His pavilion?
Anih mah kawbangmaw tamai to anghaehsak moe, kawbangmaw ohhaih ahmuen hoiah khopazihsak, tiah panoek kami oh maw?
30 Behold, He spreadeth His light upon it; and He covereth the depths of the sea.
Khenah, anih loe a ohhaih ranuiah aanghaih to suek moe, kathuk koek tuipui talae doeh a kraeng khoep.
31 For by these He judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.
To tiah kaminawk to lokcaek moe, kamthlai pokah caaknaek to a paek.
32 He covereth His hands with the lightning, and giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.
Tamai hoiah aanghaih to kraeng moe, patoep ih ahmuen to kah hanah lok a paek.
33 The noise thereof telleth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up.
Anih ih khopazih tuen mah takhi sae song tih boeh, tiah panoeksak, maitaw mah doeh takhi sae song tih, tiah panoek.
