< Job 12 >

1 and to answer Job and to say
To naah Job mah,
2 truly for you(m. p.) people and with you to die wisdom
Nangcae loe kami ah na oh o pongah, palunghahaih hoiah nawnto na dueh o tih, tiah palunghaeng han om ai.
3 also to/for me heart like you not to fall: fall I from you and with who? nothing like these
Kai doeh nangcae baktiah poekhaih ka tawnh toeng; nangcae pongah ka hnaem kue ai; ue, mi maw hae baktih hmuennawk panoek ai ah kaom?
4 laughter to/for neighbor his to be to call: call to to/for god and to answer him laughter righteous unblemished: blameless
Sithaw ka kawk naah, anih mah ang pathimh; toe ka imtaeng kami mah ang pahnui thuih; katoeng kami hoi coek koi om ai kami loe pahnuithuihaih ah ni oh.
5 to/for disaster contempt to/for thought secure blow to/for to slip foot
Hmaiim baktiah khosak hoih kami mah raihaih katong amtimh tom kami to pahnuithuih.
6 to prosper tent to/for to ruin and security to/for to tremble God to/for which to come (in): bring god in/on/with hand his
Hmuenmae taek kaminawk ih kahni im loe qoeng tahang, Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk loe ngancuem o; Sithaw mah a ban hoiah angraenghaih to paek.
7 and but to ask please animal and to show you and bird [the] heaven and to tell to/for you
Toe vaihi moisannawk to dueng oh, nihcae mah na patuk tih; van ih tavaanawk to dueng oh, nihcae mah na thui o tih;
8 or to muse to/for land: soil and to show you and to recount to/for you fish [the] sea
to tih ai boeh loe long to dueng oh, anih mah na patuek ueloe, tuipui tanganawk mah na thui o tih.
9 who? not to know in/on/with all these for hand: power LORD to make: do this
Hae hmuennawk loe Angraeng mah ni a ban hoiah sak, tiah moisannawk mah mataeng doeh panoek o na ai maw?
10 which in/on/with hand: power his soul: life all alive and spirit: breath all flesh man
A sak ih hmuennawk boih ih hinghaih hoi kami anghahhaih takhi loe a ban ah ni oh.
11 not ear speech to test and palate food to perceive to/for him
Pakha mah caaknaek pataengh baktih toengah, naa mah loknawk to tanoek na ai maw?
12 in/on/with aged wisdom and length day: old understanding
Saning coeh kami loe palunghahaih hoiah koi; saning kasawk ah hing kami loe panoek thaihaih to tawnh.
13 with him wisdom and might to/for him counsel and understanding
Toe Sithaw loe palunghahaih hoi thacakhaih hoiah akoep; palunghahaih hoi panoek thaihaih doeh anih ih ni.
14 look! to overthrow and not to build to shut upon man and not to open
Khenah, anih mah phraek ih hmuen loe, mi mah doeh sah let thai ai boeh; anih mah pakhrak ih kami loe, mi mah doeh loisak thai ai boeh.
15 look! to restrain in/on/with water and to wither and to send: depart them and to overturn land: country/planet
Khenah, anih mah tui pakaa naah, tui to kaang; anih mah paongh naah, long loe tui hoiah koi.
16 with him strength and wisdom to/for him to go astray and to wander
Anih loe thacakhaih hoi palunghahaih hoiah koi; aling kami hoi aling kop kami doeh angmah ban ah ni oh.
17 to go: take to advise barefoot and to judge to be foolish
Anih mah kahoih poekhaih paek kaminawk to amrosak moe, lokcaek kaminawk to amthusak.
18 discipline: bonds king to open and to bind girdle in/on/with loin their
Anih mah siangpahrangnawk to takhoe moe, kazii hoiah zaeng.
19 to go: take priest barefoot and strong to pervert
Anih mah qaimanawk to takhoe moe, thacak kami to amtimsak.
20 to turn aside: remove lip: words to/for be faithful and taste old: elder to take: take
Anih mah oepthok kahoih poekhaih paek kaminawk ih pahni to tamuep pae moe, kacoehtanawk khopoek thaihaih to lak pae ving.
21 to pour: pour contempt upon noble and belt channel to slacken
Anih mah angraengnawk to azatpawsak moe, thacak kaminawk to thazoksak.
22 to reveal: reveal deep from darkness and to come out: produce to/for light shadow
Anih mah khoving thung hoiah kathuk hmuennawk to amtuengsak moe, duekhaih tahlip to aanghaih thungah zaeh.
23 to grow great to/for nation and to perish them to spread to/for nation and to lead them
Prae kaminawk to lensak moe, amrosak let; praenawk to kaawksak moe, tamcaeksak let.
24 to turn aside: remove heart head: leader people [the] land: country/planet and to go astray them in/on/with formlessness not way: road
Long zaehoikungnawk ih palunghahaih to a lak pae ving moe, loklam om ai praezaek ah amhetsak.
25 to feel darkness and not light and to go astray them like/as drunken
Nihcae loe aanghaih kaom ai khoving thungah pathoep hoiah avah o moe, mu paqui kami baktiah ahnuk ahmaa amtimh hoiah lam caeh o.

< Job 12 >