Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
To naah Job mah,
2 Yes, I know that pleading is out of my reach; and his hand has been made heavy upon my groaning.
vaihni loe kana ka haam; ka nathaih nung parai pongah hang ai ah ka om thai ai.
3 Who would then know that I might find him, and come to an end [of the matter]?
Anih hnukthaihaih ahmuen to ka panoek nahaeloe, anih anghnuthaih ahmuen ah ka caeh han!
4 And I would plead my own cause, and he would fill my mouth with arguments.
A hmaa ah kaimah kawng to ka thuih moe, pakha hoiah lok ka thuih han.
5 And I would know the remedies which he would speak to me, and I would perceive what he would tell me.
Anih mah kawbangmaw na pathim tih, tiah ka panoek, a thuih han ih lok doeh ka panoek.
6 Though he should come on me in [his] great strength, then he would not threaten me;
A thacakhaih hoiah kai hae na hmang tih maw? Na hmang mak ai; anih mah kai ih lok hae tahngai lat tih.
7 for truth and reproof are from him; and he would bring forth my judgment to an end.
To ahmuen ah katoeng kami hoi lokthuihaih om tih, kai loe lokcaek kami khae hoiah ka loih poe tih boeh.
8 For if I shall go first, and exist no longer, still what do I know [concerning] the latter end?
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 When he wrought on the left hand, then I observed [it] not: his right hand shall encompass me but I shall not see [it].
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 For he knows already my way; and he has tried me as gold.
Toe ka caehhaih loklam to ang panoek pae; anih mah kai ang tanoek pacoengah loe, sui baktiah ka om tih boeh.
11 And I will go forth according to his commandments, for I have kept his ways; and I shall not turn aside from his commandments,
Ka khok mah a caehhaih khok tangkannawk to pazui, kam khraeng taak ai, anih ih loklam to ka pazui.
12 neither shall I transgress; but I have hid his words in my bosom.
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 And if too he has thus judged, who is he that has contradicted, for he has both willed [a thing] and done it.
Toe poekhaih maeto ah kaom, Sithaw to mi mah maw pakhrai thai tih? Anih loe a koehhaih baktiah ni sak.
Anih loe kai han suek ih hmuen to a sak; anih loe to baktih poekhaih paroeai tawnh.
15 Therefore am I troubled at him; and when I was reproved, I thought of him. Therefore let me take good heed before him: I will consider, and be 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 But the Lord has softened my heart, and the Almighty has troubled me.
Sithaw mah palungthin ang naemsak moe, Thacak Angraeng mah zithaih to ang paek;
17 For I knew not that darkness would come upon me, and thick darkness has covered [me] before my face.
toe kai hae khoving hmaa ah va sut ai, ka hmaa ih khoving thung hoiah doeh paka ai.
