< Job 4 >

1 Then responded Eliphaz the Temanite, and said: —
Te vaengah Temani hoel Eliphaz loh a doo.
2 If one attempt a word unto thee, wilt thou be impatient? But, to restrain speech, who, can endure?
Te vaengah nang te ol neh n'noemcai saeh, na ngak aya? Tedae olthui te kuemsuem ham unim aka noeng eh?
3 Lo! thou hast admonished many, and, slack hands, hast thou been wont to uphold:
Muep na toel tih kut kha rhoek khaw na talong coeng te.
4 Him that was stumbling, have thy words raised up, and, sinking knees, hast thou strengthened.
Aka paloe rhoek te na olthui loh a thoh tih khuklu aka khun khaw na caang sak.
5 But, now, it cometh upon thee, and thou despairest, It smiteth even thee, and thou art dismayed.
Tedae namah taengla ha loe tih na ngak coeng, namah te m'ben tih na let coeng.
6 Is not, thy reverence, thy confidence? And is not, thy hope, the very integrity of thy ways?
Na hinyahnah, na ueppangnah, na ngaiuepnah, na longpuei kah thincaknah khaw om pawt nim?
7 Remember, I pray thee, who, being innocent, hath perished, or when, the upright, have been cut off.
Poek van laeh, ommongsitoe he paltham nim? Aka thuem rhoek te melam a thup?
8 So far as I have seen, They who plow for iniquity and sow misery, reap the same:
Ka hmuh vanbangla boethae aka thoe tih aka soem khaw amah long ni thakthaenah a ah.
9 By the blast of GOD, they perish, And, by the breath of his nostrils, are they consumed:
Pathen kah hiil dongah milh uh tih a thintoek khohli dongah khap uh coeng.
10 [Notwithstanding] the roaring of the lion, and the noise of the howling lion, yet, the teeth of the fierce lions, are broken:
Sathueng khaw kawknah neh sathuengca khaw a ol neh om dae sathuengca khaw a no tloong.
11 The strong lion perishing for lack of prey, Even the whelps of the lioness, are scattered.
Maeh a mueh lamloh sathueng te milh tih sathuengnu ca rhoek khaw pam uh.
12 But, unto me, something was brought by stealth, —and mine ear caught a whispering of the same:
Ka taengah ol a huen tih a olduem loh kai hna a lat sak.
13 When there were thoughts, from visions of the night, —When deep sleep falleth upon men,
Hlang he khoyin olphong lamkah pomnah khuiah a ih muelh vaengah.
14 Dread, came upon me, and trembling, The multitude of my bones, it put in dread:
birhihnah loh kai m'mah tih thuennah neh ka rhuh boeih a rhih sak.
15 Then, a spirit, over my face, floated along, The hair of my flesh bristled-up:
Mueihla loh ka maelhmai a pah vaengah ka mul ka saa poenghu.
16 It stood still, but I could not distinguish its appearance, I looked, but there was no form before mine eyes, —A whispering voice, I heard: —
A pai vaengah khaw a mueimae ka hmat moenih. A muei tah ka mikhmuh ah om tih bidip ol a yaak.
17 Shall, mortal man, be more just than GOD? Or a man be more pure than, his Maker?
Pathen lakah hlanghing he tang tih anih aka saii lakah ah hlang caihcil ngai a?
18 Lo! in his own servants, he trusteth not, and, his own messengers, he chargeth with error:
A sal rhoek soah tangnah pawt tih a puencawn te a lolh la a khueh atah,
19 How much more the dwellers in houses of clay, which, in the dust, have their foundation, which are crushed sooner than a moth:
Laipi neh lai im dongah kho aka sa aisat te bungbo hmai ah a khoengim pop coeng.
20 Betwixt morning and evening, are they broken in pieces, With none to save, they utterly perish:
Mincang lamloh hlaem duela a phop te a yoeyah la a milh khaw mingpha pawh.
21 Is not their tent-rope within them, torn away? They die, disrobed of wisdom!
Amih lamkah a a hlangrhuel a phil pah vaengah a duek uh moenih a? Te dongah cueihnah neh a om moenih a?

< Job 4 >