Job 23
1 And Job answers and says:
To naah Job mah,
2 “Also—today my complaint [is] bitter, My hand has been heavy because of my sighing.
vaihni loe kana ka haam; ka nathaih nung parai pongah hang ai ah ka om thai ai.
3 O that I had known—and I find Him, I come to His seat,
Anih hnukthaihaih ahmuen to ka panoek nahaeloe, anih anghnuthaih ahmuen ah ka caeh han!
4 I arrange the 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 know the words He answers me, And understand what He says to me.
Anih mah kawbangmaw na pathim tih, tiah ka panoek, a thuih han ih lok doeh ka panoek.
6 Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts [it] 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 upright reason with Him, And I escape from mine who is judging—forever.
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—and He is not, And backward—and I do not 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 [To] the left in His working—and I do not see, He is covered [on] the right, and I do not behold.
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 has known the way with me, He has tried me—I go 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 has laid hold on His step, I have kept His way, and do not turn aside,
Ka khok mah a caehhaih khok tangkannawk to pazui, kam khraeng taak ai, anih ih loklam to ka pazui.
12 The command of His lips, and I do not depart. I have laid up above my allotted portion The sayings of His mouth.
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 He [is] in one [mind], And who turns Him back? And His soul has desired—and He does [it].
Toe poekhaih maeto ah kaom, Sithaw to mi mah maw pakhrai thai tih? Anih loe a koehhaih baktiah ni sak.
14 For He completes my portion, 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, I am troubled at His presence, I consider, and 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 And God has made my heart soft, And the Mighty has troubled me.
Sithaw mah palungthin ang naemsak moe, Thacak Angraeng mah zithaih to ang paek;
17 For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.”
toe kai hae khoving hmaa ah va sut ai, ka hmaa ih khoving thung hoiah doeh paka ai.
