Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said:
To naah Job mah,
2 Still is my complaint bitter; But my wound is deeper than my groaning.
vaihni loe kana ka haam; ka nathaih nung parai pongah hang ai ah ka om thai ai.
3 O that I knew where I might find him! That I might go before his throne!
Anih hnukthaihaih ahmuen to ka panoek nahaeloe, anih anghnuthaih ahmuen ah ka caeh han!
4 I would order my 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 should know what he would answer me, And understand what he would say to me.
Anih mah kawbangmaw na pathim tih, tiah ka panoek, a thuih han ih lok doeh ka panoek.
6 Would he contend with me with his mighty power? No! he would have regard to me.
A thacakhaih hoiah kai hae na hmang tih maw? Na hmang mak ai; anih mah kai ih lok hae tahngai lat tih.
7 Then would an upright man contend with him, And I should be fully acquitted by my judge.
To ahmuen ah katoeng kami hoi lokthuihaih om tih, kai loe lokcaek kami khae hoiah ka loih poe tih boeh.
8 But, behold, I go eastward, and he is not there; And westward, but I cannot 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 north, where he worketh, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the south, and I cannot see him.
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 But he knoweth the way which is in my heart; When he trieth me, I shall come 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 feet have trodden in his steps; His way I have kept, and have not turned aside from it.
Ka khok mah a caehhaih khok tangkannawk to pazui, kam khraeng taak ai, anih ih loklam to ka pazui.
12 I have not neglected the precepts of his lips; Above my own law have I esteemed the words 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 But he is of one mind, and who can turn him? And what he desireth, that he doeth.
Toe poekhaih maeto ah kaom, Sithaw to mi mah maw pakhrai thai tih? Anih loe a koehhaih baktiah ni sak.
14 He performeth that which is appointed for me; And many such things are in his mind!
Anih loe kai han suek ih hmuen to a sak; anih loe to baktih poekhaih paroeai tawnh.
15 Therefore I am in terror on account of him; When I consider, I 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 For God maketh my heart faint; Yea, the Almighty terrifieth me;
Sithaw mah palungthin ang naemsak moe, Thacak Angraeng mah zithaih to ang paek;
17 Because I was not taken away before darkness came, And he hath not hidden darkness from mine eyes.
toe kai hae khoving hmaa ah va sut ai, ka hmaa ih khoving thung hoiah doeh paka ai.
