Job 12
1 And 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 mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon Eloah, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
Pathen taengah ka pang khaw, a hui taengah nueihbu la ka om. A cuemthuek neh a dueng khaw nueihbu la a doo.
5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
Mongkawt kah kopoek ah yoethaenah he nueihbu la om tih a kho aka paloe ham a tawn pah bangla om.
6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke El are secure; into whose hand Eloah bringeth abundantly.
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 in all these that the hand of YHWH 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? and the mouth taste his meat?
Lai loh caak a ten bangla olthui te, hna loh a nuemnai moenih a?
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Patong taengah cueihnah om tih, khohnin aka sen te a lungcuei om.
13 With him is wisdom and strength, 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 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 counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
Ol aka uen te khotling la a khuen tih laitloek rhoek te a yan.
18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
Manghai rhoek kah thuituennah a ah pah tih amih kah cinghen te hailaem a khih pah.
19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
Khosoih rhoek te khotling la a khuen tih khangmai rhoek khaw a paimaelh.
20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
A tangnah kah a ka khaw a baeh tih patong rhoek kah omih khaw a loh pah.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
Hlangcong rhoek soah nueihbu a hawk tih sokca cihin khaw hlong coeng.
22 He discovereth 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 straiteneth them again.
Namtom te a puel sak phoeiah a milh sak. Namtom te a yaal tih a mawt.
24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, 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.
