< Job 11 >

1 and to answer Zophar [the] Naamathite and to say
Naamathi Zophar loh a doo tih,
2 abundance word not to answer and if: surely no man lip: words to justify
“Ol cungkuem te a doo moenih a? Hlang he a hmuilai ngawn tah tang dae ta.
3 bluster your man be quiet and to mock and nothing be humiliated
Na olsai te hlang loh ngam vetih na tamdaeng vaengah a hmaithae mahpawt nim?
4 and to say pure teaching my and pure to be in/on/with eye your
Te vaengah, “Ka rhingtuknah he cil tih na mikhmuh ah a caih la ka om,” na ti.
5 and but who? to give: if only! god to speak: speak and to open lips his with you
Nang taengah aka thui la Pathen loh unim dawk a paek tih a hmuilai ong koinih.
6 and to tell to/for you secret wisdom for double to/for wisdom and to know for to forget to/for you god from iniquity: guilt your
Lungming cueihnah he rhaepnit a lo dongah cueihnah olhuep te nang taengah a thui pawn ko. Namah kathaesainah lamloh Pathen loh nang n'hnilh te ming.
7 search god to find if: surely no till limit Almighty to find
Pathen kah khenah na hmuh tih Tlungthang kah a khuetnah hil na hmuh a?
8 height heaven what? to work deep from hell: Sheol what? to know (Sheol h7585)
Vaan la a sang te metlam na saii eh? Saelkhui lakah a dung te metlam na ming eh? (Sheol h7585)
9 long from land: country/planet garment her and broad: wide from sea
A himbaidok loh diklai lakah a puet tih tuitunli lakah dangka ngai.
10 if to pass and to shut and to gather and who? to return: return him
A hil tih a tlaeng tih a tingtun sak phoeiah tah ulong anih a mael sak.
11 for he/she/it to know man vanity: false and to see: see evil: wickedness and not to understand
Amah loh a poeyoek hlang rhoek khaw a ming ngawn dae boethae a hmuh vaengah yakming pawh.
12 and man be hollow to encourage and colt wild donkey man to beget
Tedae tuihong hlang loh hloih koinih kohong marhang neh laak te hlang la a sak khaming.
13 if you(m. s.) to establish: prepare heart your and to spread to(wards) him palm your
Na lungbuei na cikngae tih a taengla na kut na phuel koinih,
14 if evil: wickedness in/on/with hand your to remove him and not to dwell in/on/with tent your injustice
Na kut dongkah boethae te na lakhla tak tih na dap ah dumlai na khueh pawt atah,
15 for then to lift: kindness face: kindness your from blemish and to be to pour: firm and not to fear
A lolhmaih kolla na maelhmai na ludoeng van bitni. Na om vaengah khaw tluektluek na long vetih na rhih om mahpawh.
16 for you(m. s.) trouble to forget like/as water to pass to remember
Nang ham tah thakthaenah te na hnilh vetih tui aka long voelh bangla na poek bitni.
17 and from midday to arise: establish lifetime/world gloom like/as morning to be
Na khosak khaw khothun lakah sae vetih, a hmuep khaw mincang bangla om ni.
18 and to trust for there hope and to search to/for security to lie down: sleep
Ngaiuepnah a om dongah na pangtung vetih ngaikhuek la na too phoeiah na yalh bitni.
19 and to stretch and nothing to tremble and to beg face of your many
Na kol vaengah na lakueng neh na maelhmai muep thae voel mahpawh.
20 and eye wicked to end: expend and refuge to perish from them and hope their exhalation soul: life
Tedae halang kah mik tah kha vetih thuhaelnah khaw amih lamloh bing ni, a ngaiuepnah khaw hinglu polpainah la om ni,” a ti nah.

< Job 11 >