Job 14
1 “We humans are very frail. We live only a short time, and we experience a lot of trouble.
Nongpata mah tapen ih kami loe nawnetta hing nathung raihaih hoiah koi.
2 We disappear quickly, like flowers that grow from the ground quickly and then wither and die [SIM]. We are like shadows that disappear [when the sun stops shining].
Anih loe apawk baktiah ampha tahang moe, azaem roep; tahlip baktiah cawnh, cak poe ai.
3 [Yahweh, ] why do you keep watching me [to see if I am doing something that is wrong] [RHQ]? Are you wanting to take me to court to judge me?
To baktih hmuen pongah mik na padai moe, lokcaekhaih hmaa ah nang caeh haih han maw?
4 People are sinners from the time when they are born; who can cause them to be sinless? No one [RHQ]!
Mi mah maw kaciim ai thung hoiah kaciim hmuen to sin thai tih? Mi mah doeh sin thai mak ai.
5 You have decided how long our lives will be. You have decided how many months we will live, and we cannot live more months than the (limit/number of months) that you have decided.
Kami ih aninawk to kroek moe, khrah nazetto maw oh pae vop, tiah na panoek pae pongah, anih mah poeng thai han ai ah ramri to na sak pae.
6 So please stop examining us, and allow us to be alone, until/while we finish our time [here on earth], like a man finishes his work [at the end of the day].
Toksak han tlai ih kami baktiah, angmah ih aninawk boeng khoek to, angmah koeh ah oh hanah, anih to angqoi taak ah.
7 If someone cuts a tree down, we hope that it will sprout again and grow new branches.
Thing loe pakhruk cadoeh, tadok tacawt let ueloe, tanghang kangtha tacawt let tih, tiah oep han oh.
8 Its roots in the ground may be very old, and its stump may decay,
Long thung ih tangzuun loe mitong boeh pongah, long ah akung dueh cadoeh,
9 but if some water falls on it, it may bud/sprout and send up shoots like a young plant.
tui hmui hoiah tadok let ueloe, thingkung kanawk baktiah tanghang tacawt let tih.
10 But when we people lose all our strength and die, we stop breathing and then we are gone [forever].
Toe kami loe duek moe, qong ving; ue, a hinghaih boeng pacoengah loe naa ah maw om vop tih?
11 Just like water evaporates from the ocean, or like a riverbed dries up,
Tuipui tui loe anghmat moe, vacong tui doeh kaang king baktih toengah,
12 people [lie down and die and] do not get up again. Until the heavens disappear, people who die [EUP] do not wake up, and no one can wake them up.
kami loe angsong moe, angthawk let ai boeh; vannawk anghmaa ai karoek to anglawt mak ai, a iihhaih ahmuen hoi angthawk mak ai boeh.
13 [“Yahweh, ] I wish that you would put me safely in the place of the dead and forget about me until you are no longer angry with me. I wish that you would decide how much time I would spend there, and then remember [that] I [am there]. (Sheol h7585)
Aw taprong thungah na hawk ah, palung na phuihaih dip ai karoek to, tamquta hoi na hawk ah! Kai pahnet han ai ah, ka oh han ih atue to na khaek pae ah. (Sheol h7585)
14 When we humans die, we will certainly not live again [RHQ]. If [I knew that] we would live again, I would wait patiently, and I would wait for you to release me [from my sufferings].
Kami loe duek pacoengah hing let tih maw? Karai toksakhaih aninawk loe sawk parai cadoeh, kam khraihaih atue pha ai karoek to ka zing han.
15 You would call me, and I would answer. You would be eager to see me, one of the creatures that you had made.
Nang kawk naah, kang pathim pae han; na ban hoi sak ih hmuen to na koeh.
16 You would take care of [MET] me, instead of watching me to see if I would sin.
Vaihi loe ka khok tangkannawk to na kroek moe, ka zaehaih to na khen ai boeh.
17 [It is as though the record of] my sins would be sealed in a small bag, and you would cover them up.
Ka sakpazaehaih loe pasah thungah catui ka daeng boeh moe, ka zaehaih nang kraeng pae hmoek boeh.
18 “But, just like mountains crumble and rocks fall down from a cliff,
Tanim thaih mae loe anghmat boeh moe, lungsong doeh a ohhaih ahmuen hoiah angthuih ving boeh.
19 and just like water slowly wears away the stones, and just like floods wash away soil, [you eventually destroy us]; you do not allow us to continue to (hope/confidently expect) [that we will keep on living].
Tuinawk mah thlung to maawtsak moe, tui tha mah long to takhawh baktih toengah, kami oephaih to nam rosak.
20 You always defeat us, and then we die [EUP]. You cause our faces to look ugly after we die, and you send us away.
Kami to na pazawk poe, anih loe anghmat ving boeh; anih ih mikhmai to nam khraisak moe, kalah bangah na patoeh ving.
21 [When we die] we do not know if our sons will grow up and [do things that will cause them to] be honored. And if they become disgraced, we do not see that, [either].
A capanawk mah pakoehhaih hnu o cadoeh, anih mah panoek ai boeh; nihcae atlim ah krah o cadoeh, anih mah panoek pae ai boeh.
22 We will feel our own pains; we will not feel anything else; we will be sorry for ourselves, not for anyone else.”
Toe anih ih ngan to naa ueloe, a hinghaih palungsae tih, tiah a naa.
