Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
To naah Job mah,
2 Even to day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
vaihni loe kana ka haam; ka nathaih nung parai pongah hang ai ah ka om thai ai.
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!
Anih hnukthaihaih ahmuen to ka panoek nahaeloe, anih anghnuthaih ahmuen ah ka caeh han!
4 I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
A hmaa ah kaimah kawng to ka thuih moe, pakha hoiah lok ka thuih han.
5 I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
Anih mah kawbangmaw na pathim tih, tiah ka panoek, a thuih han ih lok doeh ka panoek.
6 Will he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me.
A thacakhaih hoiah kai hae na hmang tih maw? Na hmang mak ai; anih mah kai ih lok hae tahngai lat tih.
7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
To ahmuen ah katoeng kami hoi lokthuihaih om tih, kai loe lokcaek kami khae hoiah ka loih poe tih boeh.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there; ] and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
Khenah, kai loe hmabangah ka caeh, toe anih loe to ahmuen ah om ai; hnukbangah kang nawn cadoeh, anih to ka panoek thai ai;
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him: ] he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [him: ]
a toksakhaih banqoi bangah ka caeh, toe anih to ka hnu thai ai; bantang bangah kang qoi naah doeh, anih to ka hnu thai ai.
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Toe ka caehhaih loklam to ang panoek pae; anih mah kai ang tanoek pacoengah loe, sui baktiah ka om tih boeh.
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
Ka khok mah a caehhaih khok tangkannawk to pazui, kam khraeng taak ai, anih ih loklam to ka pazui.
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].
A pahni hoi paek ih lok to ka caeh taak ai; ni thokkruek kangaih caaknaek pongah doeh anih mah thuih ih loknawk to ni ka palung kue.
13 But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.
Toe poekhaih maeto ah kaom, Sithaw to mi mah maw pakhrai thai tih? Anih loe a koehhaih baktiah ni sak.
14 For he performeth [the thing that is] appointed for me: and many such [things are] with him.
Anih loe kai han suek ih hmuen to a sak; anih loe to baktih poekhaih paroeai tawnh.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
To pongah a hmaa ah loe zithaih hoiah ni ka oh; to baktih hmuen to ka poek naah, anih to ka zit.
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
Sithaw mah palungthin ang naemsak moe, Thacak Angraeng mah zithaih to ang paek;
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face.
toe kai hae khoving hmaa ah va sut ai, ka hmaa ih khoving thung hoiah doeh paka ai.
