Job 8
1 And Bildad the Shuhite answers and says:
Shuhi Bildad loh a doo tih,
2 “Until when do you speak these things? And a strong wind—sayings of your mouth?
“He he me hil nim na thui ve? Na ka kah ol tah khohli bangla khuet coeng.
3 Does God pervert judgment? And does the Mighty One pervert justice?
Pathen loh tiktamnah he a khun sak tih Tlungthang loh duengnah te a khun sak mai a?
4 If your sons have sinned before Him, And He sends them away, By the hand of their transgression,
Na ca rhoek te anih taengah a tholh vaengah amih te amamih kah boekoek kut dongla a tueih.
5 If you seek for God early, And make supplication to the Mighty,
Namah loh Pathen te na toem tih Tlungthang te na hloep mak atah,
6 If you [are] pure and upright, Surely now He wakes for you, And has completed The habitation of your righteousness.
Na cil tih na thuem koinih nang yueng la haenghang vetih na duengnah rhamtlim te n'thuung pataeng pawn ni.
7 And your beginning has been small, And your latter end is very great.
Na tongnah te a yiit om cakhaw na hmailong te muep rhoeng ni.
8 For inquire, please, of a former generation, And prepare for a search of their fathers,
Lamhma kah cadil taengah dawt laeh lamtah a napa rhoek khenah te soepsoei laeh.
9 For we [are] of yesterday, and we do not know, For our days [are] a shadow on earth.
Mamih loh n'hlaem paek kah long khaw m'ming uh moenih, mamih kah khohnin diklai dongkah mueihlip banghui ni.
10 Do they not show you—speak to you, And from their heart bring forth words?
Amih te na thuinuet pawt tih a, nang taengah a thui vetih amih kah lungbuei lamloh olthui te a khueh eh?
11 Does a rush rise without a marsh? A reed increase without water?
Nongtui pawt ah talik thawn tih tui om mueh ah capu rhoeng a?
12 While it [is] in its budding—uncropped, Even before any herb it withers.
Te te a duei pueng ah a hlaek pawt akhaw sulrham boeih hmai ah rhae coeng.
13 So [are] the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane perishes,
Pathen aka hnilh boeih kah caehlong neh lailak kah ngaiuepnah tah bing tangloeng.
14 Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust.
A uepnah neh a pangtungnah bumba im te khaw bawtboeng.
15 He leans on his house—and it does not stand, He takes hold on it—and it does not abide.
A im dongah hangdang dae pai thai pawh. Te te a kuel dae thoo pawh.
16 He [is] green before the sun, And over his garden his branch goes out.
Anih te khosae li ah thingsup tih a dum ah a dawn sai.
17 His roots are wrapped by a heap, He looks for a house of stones.
A yung loh lungkuk dongah a ven tih lungto im te a hmuh.
18 If [one] destroys him from his place, Then it has feigned concerning him, I have not seen you!
Te te a hmuen lamloh a phuk van vaengah, “Nang kam hmu moenih,” anih te a namnah.
19 Behold, this [is] the joy of His way, And from the dust others spring up.
He he a longpuei kah omthennah coeng koinih laipi tloe lamloh a poe uh khaming.
20 Behold, God does not reject the perfect, Nor takes hold on the hand of evildoers.
Pathen loh cuemthuek hnawt ngawn pawt tih thaehuet kut te a moem moenih.
21 While He fills your mouth with laughter, And your lips with shouting,
Na ka dongah nueihbu neh na hmui dongah tamlung bae.
22 Those hating you put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!”
Na lunguet rhoek loh yahpohnah a bai uh vetih halang kah dap tah om mahpawh,” a ti.
