Job 31
1 “I made a covenant for my eyes, And how do I attend to a virgin?
Ka mit ni lawkkamnae a sak, Bang kecu dawk maw tangla hah ka mit ni a khet han.
2 And what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?
Hatdawkvah, lathueng lae Cathut koehoi ka coe hane hoi, Athakasaipounge koehoi a parâw e teh bangmaw.
3 Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?
Tamikathoutnaw raphoe teh, payonpakainae ka sak e naw rawkphainae nahoehmaw.
4 Does He not see my ways, And number all my steps?
Ama ni ka lamthung hah a hmu teh, ka khokhnuk pueng hai be a touk nahoehmaw.
5 If I have walked with vanity, And my foot hurries to deceit,
Kalan hoeh e lah ka hring pawiteh, hoeh pawiteh, dumyennae hoi ka khok a hue rang pawiteh,
6 He weighs me in righteous balances, And God knows my integrity.
Kânging e yawcu khingnae hoi na khing haw, Cathut ni ka lannae hah a panue thai han.
7 If my step turns aside from the way, And my heart has gone after my eyes, And blemish has cleaved to my hands,
Ka pahni ni lamthung phen boipawiteh, ka mit hoi ka hmu e patetlah lungthin ka tawn pawiteh, ka kut dawk ka tamang e kâbet pawiteh,
8 Let me sow—and another eat, And let my products be rooted out.
Cati na tu sak haw, ayâ louk ni cat naseh, ka a hane be phawng naseh.
9 If my heart has been enticed by a woman, And I laid wait by the opening of my neighbor,
Napui ni ka lungthin na pasawt payon pawiteh, ka imri e takhang arulahoi ka tuet pawiteh,
10 Let my wife grind to another, And let others bend over her.
ka yu ni ayâ hane cakang phawm naseh. Ayâ ni ipkhai naseh.
11 For it [is] a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;
Bangkongtetpawiteh, hot teh kathoute lah awm vaiteh, lawkcengnae koe tâcokhai hanelah kamcu e payonnae lah ao han.
12 For it [is] a fire, it consumes to destruction, And takes root among all my increase,
Bangkongtetpawiteh, raphoe hanelah hmai ni a kak e lah ao han, Ka tawn e abuemlah be kahmat e lah ao han.
13 If I despise the cause of my manservant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,
Ka sannu sanpanaw ni kai koe a phuenang awh navah, noutna laipalah kaawm pawiteh,
14 Then what do I do when God arises? And when He inspects, What do I answer Him?
BAWIPA a thaw torei teh, kai ni bangmaw ka sak han. Na toun navah bangtelamaw ka pato han.
15 Did He that made me in the womb not make him? Indeed, One prepares us in the womb.
Von thung vah kai ka sak e ni, ahnimouh hai sak hoehnamaw, ama ni manu e von thung rei na sak hoehnamaw.
16 If I withhold the poor from pleasure, And consume the eyes of the widow,
Karoedengnaw, e a ngainae hah poe laipalah kaawm pawiteh, lahmainaw lung ka pout sak pawiteh,
17 And I eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan has nothing [to] eat of it,
naranaw hah canei hane rei laipalah, kama dueng ouk ka cat pawiteh,
18 (But from my youth He grew up with me as [with] a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led),
Hateiteh, ahni hah ka nawca hoi a na pa patetlah ka okhai, anu e von thung hoi lahmai patetlah ka khetyawt toe.
19 If I see [any] perishing without clothing, And there is no covering for the needy,
Tami bangpatet hai hnicu laipalah kadout e hoi, tami karoedengnaw kâkhu han ka tawn hoeh e ka hmawt boipawiteh,
20 If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He does not warm himself,
A lungthin hoi kai yawhawi na poe hoeh teh, ka tumuen hoi phu ka bet sak hoehpawiteh,
21 If I have waved my hand at the fatherless, When I see [him] in the gate of my court,
longkha koe e kabawpnae ka hmu torei teh, naranaw taranlahoi ka kut ka dâw pawiteh,
22 Let my shoulder fall from its blade, And the bone from my arm be broken.
ka kut heh ka loung dawk hoi kârakhing naseh, ka lounghrunaw hah kâkhoe naseh.
23 For calamity [from] God [is] a dread to me, And because of His excellence I am not able.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, Cathut koehoi rawkphainae teh, kai hanelah taki a tho poung, bangkongtetpawiteh, a lentoenae teh ka khang thai mahoeh.
24 If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, My trust;
Sui hah ngaihawinae hoi ka sak teh, nang teh ka lungmawngnae doeh, telah suikathoung koe ka dei boipawiteh,
25 If I rejoice because my wealth [is] great, And because my hand has found abundance,
ka kut hoi ka tawk e ni moikapap a hmu teh, ka tawntanae a len poung dawkvah, lunghawinae ka tawn boipawiteh,
26 If I see the light when it shines, And the precious moon walking,
kanî a sei torei ka pouk teh, a angnae hoi ka cet e thapa hah a lawkpui lah ka pouk teh,
27 And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand kisses my mouth,
hottelah ka lungthin hah arulahoi a pasawt teh, ka pahni ni ka kut pahnuem pawiteh,
28 It also [is] a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.
het haiyah lawkcengnae hmuen koe phakhai han kamcu e payonnae doeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, lathueng la kaawm e Cathut hah pahnawt e lah ao.
29 If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,
Ka hmuhma e lathueng vah, rawkphainae a pha navah, ka lunghawi teh, a lathueng vah kathout e ka hmu navah, kai kâoup pawiteh,
30 Indeed, I have not permitted my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.
Ka pahni ni yonnae dawk thoseh, a hringnae hah thoebo hane kâpoe hanelah ka pasoung hoeh e thoseh,
31 If not, say, O men of my tent: O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.
Lukkareiim dawk taminaw ni a teng vah kaawm e apimaw von ka hlam e kaawm boi,
32 A stranger does not lodge in the street, I open my doors to the traveler.
Hateiteh, imyin ni lam vah roe boi hoeh, Bangkongtetpawiteh, kahlawng ka cet naw hanelah ka im vah tho ouk ka paawng pouh.
33 If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, To hide my iniquity in my bosom,
Adam patetlah kâtapoenae hah ka ramuk teh, ka payonpakainae hah ka lungtabue thung ka hrawk pawiteh,
34 Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families frightens me, Then I am silent, I do not go out of the opening.
Tamimaya a pap poung dawkvah, ka taki teh ka imthungnaw dudamnae ka taki kecu dawkvah, duem ka o e hoi alawilah tâco thai hoeh e lah kaawm pawiteh,
35 Who gives to me a hearing? Behold, my mark. The Mighty One answers me, And my adversary has written a bill.
Oe, kapanuekkhaikung buet tabang awm haw pawiteh, khenhaw! hetteh kaie kutnout doeh, Athakasaipounge ni, na pato haw pawiteh, kai na katarannaw ni cauk dawk thut haw pawiteh,
36 If not—on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it [as] a crown on myself.
Ka loung dawk hoi roeroe ka sin vaiteh, bawilukhung patetlah ka kâmuk han ei.
37 The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him.
Ka khokhnuknaw pueng hai ama koe ka pâpho han, bawi patetlah ama teh ka hnai han ei.
38 If my land cries out against me, And together its furrows weep,
Ka ram ni kai taranlahoi a hram teh, laikawk kongnaw ni cungtalah khui awh pawiteh,
39 If I consumed its strength without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,
aphu poe laipalah a pawnaw hah ka ca teh, katawnkungnaw hringnae sung sak e lah kaawm boipawiteh,
40 Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed!” The words of Job are finished.
hottelah cang yueng lah pâkhing paw naseh, Catun yueng lah phovainaw paw naseh telah a ti, Job e lawk a pâpout toe.
