< Job 35 >

1 Elihu spake moreover, and said,
Elihu loh koep a doo tih,
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
“'Patheni lakah kamah duengnah ngai,’ na ti te tiktamnah la na poek a te?
3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?
'Ka tholhnah lamloh nang hamla balae a hmaiben tih balae a hoeikhang,’ na ti.
4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
Namah neh na taengkah na hui rhoek kah olthui te ka thuung eh.
5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.
Vaan ke paelki lamtah hmu van lah. Nang lakah aka sang khomong ke dan lah.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
Na tholh koinih amah te metlam a ben eh? Na boekoeknah pungtai koinih amah taengah balae a saii eh.
7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
Na tang atah amah taengah balae na paek? Na kut lamloh balae a loh?
8 Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art; ] and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.
Nang bang, na halangnah khaw hlang ham tih na duengnah khaw hlang capa ham ni.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Hnaemtaeknah cungkuem hmuiah aka tlung bantha lamloh bombih hamla pang uh.
10 But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Tedae, “Kai aka saii tih khoyin ah laa aka pae Pathen te ta?
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Diklai rhamsa lakah mamih n'cang puei tih vaan kah vaa lakah mamih n'cueih sak,’ a ti moenih.
12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Pang uh pahoi cakhaw boethae rhoek kah hoemdamnah hmai ah tah a doo moenih.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Patheni loh a poeyoek la hnatun pawt tih Tlungthang long khaw a hmuhming moenih.
14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.
A hmuhming pawt tih na thui vaeng aisat, dumlai pataeng amah mikhmuh ah a pha dongah amah mah rhingda laeh.
15 But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:
Tedae a thintoek te cawh voel pawt oeh coeng tih halangnah te khaw ming voel pawh.
16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Job loh a honghi la a ka a ang tih mingnah om pawt ah a olthui yet,” a ti.

< Job 35 >