Job 23
1 And Job answers and says:
Hahoi Job ni a pathung teh.
2 “Also—today my complaint [is] bitter, My hand has been heavy because of my sighing.
Sahnin hai ka phuenangnae a patawpoung. Ka kâhram lawi vah ka kut ni thayung awm hoeh toe.
3 O that I had known—and I find Him, I come to His seat,
Oe, ama teh nâ lah maw ao tie hah ka panue vaiteh, a tahungnae koe ka phat haw pawiteh.
4 I arrange the cause before Him, And fill my mouth [with] arguments.
A hmalah ka kong heh ka phakhai vaiteh, ka pahni teh na lawkpanuesaknae hoi a kawi han ei.
5 I know the words He answers me, And understand what He says to me.
Na pathungnae lawk hah ka panue vaiteh, kai koe a dei hane hah ka thaipanuek han ei.
6 Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts [it] in me.
Ka lentoe e hnotithainae hoi na taran han namaw Na taran mahoeh, ka kong hah hoe na pouk pouh han doeh.
7 There the upright reason with Him, And I escape from mine who is judging—forever.
Hawvah ama hoi tamikalan ni pouk thai awh vaiteh, lawkcengkungnaw koehoi yungyoe ka hlout han toe.
8 Behold, I go forward—and He is not, And backward—and I do not perceive Him.
Khenhaw! hmalah ka cei, hateiteh ama la awm hoeh. Hnuklah bout ka ban eiteh, ama teh ka hmawt thai hoeh.
9 [To] the left in His working—and I do not see, He is covered [on] the right, and I do not behold.
Avoilae kut hoi a tawk navah ama teh ka khen thai hoeh. Aranglae kut dawk a kamlang toteh ama hah ka hmawt thai hoeh.
10 For He has known the way with me, He has tried me—I go forth as gold.
Hateiteh, ka dawn e lamthung hah ama ni a panue. Na tanouk toteh sui patetlah ka tâco han.
11 My foot has laid hold on His step, I have kept His way, and do not turn aside,
A khok dawk ka khok ni kacakcalah a kamtung teh, a lamthung hah phen laipalah ka dawn.
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 dawk hoi kâpoelawk hah ka cettakhai hoeh. A pahni dawk hoi ka tâcawt e lawk hah ka panki e rawca hlak hai ka pâtung.
13 And He [is] in one [mind], And who turns Him back? And His soul has desired—and He does [it].
Hateiteh, ama teh buet touh lah ao dawkvah, apinimaw a dum thai han. A hringnae ni a sak han a ngai e pueng hah a sak.
14 For He completes my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.
Kai hanelah a pouk e hah a sak. Ama dawk hot patet e hah moikapap ao.
15 Therefore, I am troubled at His presence, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
Hatdawkvah, a hmalah o e hah ka taki. Hetheh ka pouk navah ama ka taki.
16 And God has made my heart soft, And the Mighty has troubled me.
Cathut ni ka lung a pout sak teh, Athakasaipounge hah na taki sak.
17 For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.”
Hatei, hmonae dawk hoi na kapek hoeh teh, ka hma lae hmonae kadung poung e dawk na ramuk hoeh.
