Job 22
1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answers and says:
Temani Eliphaz loh a doo tih,
2 “Is a man profitable to God, Because a wise man is profitable to himself?
Pathen te hlang loh s hmaiben a? Lungming khaw amah la dawk a hmaiben uh.
3 Is it a delight to the Mighty One That you are righteous? Is it gain, That you make your ways perfect?
Na tang mai tih na mueluemnah mai akhaw, na khoboe soep cakhaw tlungthang hamla naep aya?
4 Because of your reverence Does He reason [with] you? He enters with you into judgment:
Na hinyahnah dongah nang te laitloeknah neh n'khuen tih nang n'tluung a?
5 Is your wickedness not abundant? And there is no end to your iniquities.
Na boethae tangkik pawt nim? Nang kah thaesainah te a bawtnah om pawh.
6 For you take a pledge of your brother for nothing, And you strip off the garments of the naked.
Lunglilungla la na manuca na laikoi tih pumtling kah himbai te na pit pah.
7 You do not cause the weary to drink water, And you withhold bread from the hungry.
Buhmueh rhathih te tui na tul pawt tih bungpong te buh na hloh pah.
8 As for the man of arm—he has the earth, And the accepted of face—he dwells in it.
Bantha aka khueh hlang loh amah hamla khohmuen a khueh tih a sokah khosa mikhmuh ah a dangrhoek.
9 You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
Nuhmai te kuttling la na tueih tih cadah te a ban na phop pah.
10 Therefore snares [are] all around you, And sudden fear troubles you.
Na kaepvai kah pael dongah he khaw na birhihnah neh buengrhuet na let.
11 Or darkness—you do not see, And abundance of waters covers you.
A hmuep khaw na hmu pawt tih tuili tui loh nang n'khuk.
12 Is God not high [in] the heavens? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.
Pathen tah vaan sang kah moenih a? So lah, aisi rhoek kah a lu tah pomsang uh te.
13 And you have said, How has God known? Does He judge through thickness?
Te lalah, “Pathen te metlam a mingpha? Yinnah lamloh lai a tloek a?
14 Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He does not see, And He habitually walks [above] the circle of the heavens.
Anih te khomai loh a huep tih tueng pawh. Te vaengah vaan kah kueluek dongah cet,” na ti.
15 Do you observe the path of the age, That men of iniquity have trodden,
Boethae hlang rhoek loh a cawt khosuen caehlong nim na ngaithuen salah?
16 Who have been cut down unexpectedly? A flood is poured out on their foundation.
A tonga uh vaengah a tue pawt ah khaw tuiva loh amih kah khoengim te a hawt pah.
17 Those saying to God, Turn aside from us, And what does the Mighty One do to them?
“Pathen te mamih taeng lamloh nong saeh, Tlungthang loh mamih taengah balae a saii eh?” a ti uh.
18 And He has filled their houses [with] good (And the counsel of the wicked Has been far from me).
Amah loh amih im te hnothen a cung sak sitoe cakhaw halang kah cilsuep tah kai lamloh lakhla saeh.
19 The righteous see and they rejoice, And the innocent mocks at them:
Aka dueng rhoek loh a hmuh vaengah a kohoe uh tih ommongsitoe loh amih te a tamdaeng.
20 Surely our substance has not been cut off, And fire has consumed their excellence.
Mamih kah thinnaeh a thup vetih amih kah a coih te hmai loh hlawp het pawt nim?
21 Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace, Thereby your increase [is] good.
Amah neh hmaiben lamtah te nen te thuung laeh. Nang taengah hnothen ha pawk bitni.
22 Please receive a law from His mouth, And set His sayings in your heart.
A ka lamkah olkhueng mah doe laeh, a ol te khaw na thinko khuiah khueh laeh.
23 If you return to the Mighty you are built up, You put iniquity far from your tents.
Tlungthang taengla na mael atah n'thoh bitni dumlai mah na dap lamloh lakhla sak.
24 So as to set a defense on the dust, And a covering on a rock of the valleys.
Pasing te laipi bangla, Ophir te soklong kah lungpang bangla khueh ngawn.
25 And the Mighty has been your defense, And silver [is] strength to you.
Te vaengah na pasing te tlungthang la, cak te na ki la poeh bitni.
26 For then you delight yourself on the Mighty, And lift up your face to God,
Te daengah ni Tlungthang dongah na ngailaem vetih Pathen taengla na maelhmai na dangrhoek bitni.
27 You make supplication to Him, And He hears you, And you complete your vows.
A taengah na thangthui vaengah nang ol a yaak vetih na olcaeng khaw cung ni.
28 And you decree a saying, And it is established to you, And light has shone on your ways.
Olkhueh te na tuiphih vaengah nang hamla thoo vetih na longpuei ah vangnah loh a tue ni.
29 For they have made low, And you say, Lift up. And He saves the bowed down of eyes.
A kunyun uh vaengah koevoeinah na thui dae tlahoei mik ni a khang eh.
30 He delivers the one [who is] not innocent, Indeed, he has been delivered By the cleanness of your hands.”
Ommongsitoe pawt khaw loeih vetih na kut kah cimcaihnah loh a loeih sak ni,” a ti.
