< Job 22 >

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Teman tami Eliphaz ni a pathung teh,
2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
Tami teh Cathut hanelah a cungkeinae a tawn thai han namaw, A lungkaang e hai ama hanelah doeh cungkeinae ao.
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? or is it gain to him, that you make your ways perfect?
Tamikalan lah na onae hah, Athakasaipounge, a lungkahawi sak e lah ao han namaw Toun han awm laipalah na sak e na lamthung hah ahni hanelah a meknae ao han namaw
4 Will he reprove you for fear of you? will he enter with you into judgment?
Ama na taki kecu dawk maw na toun teh, lawkcengnae dawk na kâenkhai.
5 Is not your wickedness great? and your iniquities infinite?
Na hawihoehnae hah a len poung teh, pout laipalah na payonnae kecu dawk nahoehmaw.
6 For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
A khuekhaw awm laipalah na hmaunawngha e hno hah na man pouh teh, caici lah kaawm e hnicu hah na la pouh.
7 You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
Tha ka tawn e koe, nei hane tui hah na poe hoeh teh, von kahlamnaw hanelah vaiyei hah na pasoung pouh hoeh.
8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
Hateiteh, tami athakaawme ni ram a coe teh, a thung vah bari kaawm e tami ni kho a sak awh.
9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Lahmainu hah kut caici lah na ceisak awh teh, manu ka tawn hoeh e naranaw e kut hah na khoe pouh awh.
10 Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden fear troubles you;
Hatdawkvah na tengpam e karap ni na kalup teh, puennae ni rucatnae na poe awh.
11 Or darkness, that you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you.
Na hmu thai hoeh nahanelah, hmonae hoi tuikalen poung ni muen a khu awh.
12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Kalvan arasang nah koe, Cathut awm hoeh namaw Karasangpoung e âsinaw hah khenhaw! banghloimaw arasang.
13 And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Nang ni, Cathut ni bangmaw a panue, Hmonae hloilah lawk a ceng thai maw.
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he sees not; and he walks in the circuit of heaven.
A hmu thai hoeh nahanelah, katha poung e tâmai ni a ramuk teh, kalvan lathueng lah a kâhlai, telah na ti.
15 Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Tamikathoutnaw ni karawk e lam karuem dawk meng na cei han namaw
16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood:
Apimaw atueng kuep hoehnahlan vah la e lah kaawm niteh, apini a ung e maw tuikalen ni a la.
17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
Cathut koe, na cettakhai yawkaw, Athakasaipounge ni ahnimouh hanelah bangmaw a sak thai telah ati awh.
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Hateiteh a imnaw hah hnokahawi hoi akawi sak. Hateiteh tamikathout e khokhangnae teh, kai koehoi kahlatpoung lah ao.
19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Tamikalan ni a hmu teh, a lunghawi. Yonnae ka tawn hoeh e ni dudamkungnaw hah a panuikhai awh.
20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.
Ka tarannaw teh, raphoe katang lah ao teh, kacawie naw hah hmai ni a kak han.
21 Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto you.
Ama koe kâpanuek sak nateh, karoumcalah awm, haw hoi nang hanelah hnokahawi a tâco han.
22 Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
Pahren lahoi amae kâko hoi ka tâcawt e hringnae na cangkhai e hah dâw haw. Na lungthin thungvah amae lawk hah kahawicalah kuem.
23 If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away iniquity far from your tabernacles.
Athakasaipounge, koevah na ban pawiteh, kangdout thai e lah o han. Na payonpakai e hah na im dawk hoi kahlatpoung lah na takhoe han.
24 Then shall you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
Nange sui teh, vaiphu dawk na ta han. Ophir sui hah sawkca thung e, sadinaw patetlah na pâtung han.
25 Yea, the Almighty shall be your defence, and you shall have plenty of silver.
Athakasaipounge teh, nange sui hoi aphu kaawm e ngun lah ao han.
26 For then shall you have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face unto God.
Hottelah Athakasaipounge dawkvah na lunghawi han. Cathut koe lah na khet han toe.
27 You shall make your prayer unto him, and he shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows.
Ama koe na ratoum vaiteh, na thai pouh han. Na lawkkam hah na kuep sak han.
28 You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto you: and the light shall shine upon your ways.
Hno buet touh na kâcai vaiteh, nama hanelah caksak lah ao han. Hot patetvanlah na lamthung dawk angnae ni a tue han.
29 When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
Na tâkhawng navah tawmrasang e lah na o han telah na ti han. Hottelah kârahnoum e hah ama ni a rungngang han.
30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of your hands.
Ka yon hoeh e hah a rungngang han. Na kut thoungnae hoi rungngang lah ao han, telah a ti.

< Job 22 >