Job 21
1 Then Job replied,
Chuphat in Job in asei kit in:
2 “Listen to what I say, all [three] of you; that is the only thing that you can do that will comfort me.
Kathusei hohi ipi ham ti naichan hin ngai uvin, hichu kilhamonna neipeh thei sun u chu ahi.
3 Be patient with me, and allow me to speak. Then, after I am finished speaking, you can continue to make fun of me.
Neithoh piuvin chule ken thu sei inge, keiman thu kasei jou teng leh nanghon nei nuisat pan kit nauvin nate.
4 “It is certainly not [RHQ] people against whom I am complaining, [but God] And it is certainly [RHQ] right for me to be impatient!
Pathen koma kiphin kahin, mihem ho koma ahipoi, kanga sot joulou nau ajeh hoitah kaneije.
5 Look at me! Does what you see not cause you to be appalled and to put your hands over your mouths [and say no more]?
Nei veuvin chule thipchet in um un, nakhut uvin nakam kisip cheh uvin,
6 When I think about [what has happened to me], I am frightened and my entire body shakes.
Ken ipi kasei ding ham tia kagel teng, kaki thing tuntun in katahsa akihot hot e.
7 “[But let me ask this: ] ‘Why do wicked people continue to live, and become prosperous, and not die until they are very old?’
Ipi dinga migiloute hi khang tou touva ateh gei uva khang uva chule thahat hiuvem?
8 They have their children around them, and they watch them while they [grow up and] start to live in their own houses, and they enjoy their grandchildren.
Chule amahohi achateu khantou leh a inchen uve dinga hing ahiuvin chule atuteu chunga akipah uve.
9 Wicked people live in their own houses without being afraid, and God does not punish [MTY] them.
A in hou jong kichat tijat na a konin a ongdoh un chule Pathen in agimbol poi.
10 Their bulls always mate with the cows successfully, and the cows give birth to calves and never miscarry.
Abongchal hou jong nou neilou vin aum pouvin, abongpi houvin nou aneiyun athollha jong aumpoi.
11 Wicked people send their young children outside [to play], and the children play [happily] like [SIM] lambs [in a pasture].
Kelngoite bangin achateu akichop le sah uvin, achapang hou chu akichom un chule alam lam uve.
12 Some children dance and sing, while others shake tambourines and play lyres, and they are happy when they hear people playing flutes.
Amahon semjang saigin leh selang dah toh lhonin la a asauvin, theile kimut gin in kipa golnop abol'uve.
13 Wicked people enjoy having good things all the time that they are alive, and they die quietly/peacefully and go down to the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
Amahon ahin nikho hou nopsah nan amangun, chuti chun lungmong tah in lhankhuh ajon ji tauve. (Sheol h7585)
14 While they are alive, they say to God, ‘Do not bother us; we do not want to know how you want us to conduct our lives!
Amahon chemangin nathil imacha kadei pouvin, nalam lhah jong kadei pouve tin PAthen koma aseijuve.
15 Why do you, Almighty God, think that we should serve you? (What advantage do we get if we pray to you?/It is useless for us to pray to you.) [RHQ]’
Hatchungnung kitipa chu koi hija chule ipi dinga athu kangai diu ham?
16 Think about it: Wicked people think that it is because of what they have done that they have become prosperous, but I do not understand why they think like that.
Amahon ahausat najouseu hi amaho thahat a kilam doh danin agel un, ahinlah hitobang lunggel na a chu keiman imacha bol ding kanei lou ding ahi.
17 (“How often does it happen that wicked people die [MET] before they are old?/Very seldom do wicked people die [MET] before they are old.) [RHQ] (Do they ever experience disasters?/They seldom experience disasters.) [RHQ] (Does God ever punish them because of being very angry with them?/God never punishes them because of being very angry with them.) [RHQ]
Ahijeng vang'in migilou thaomei jong akimumit peh khapoi. Amaho hin hahsatna anei khah uvem? Pathen in lunghang tah a lung genthei nahi amaho ana hoppeh khah em?
18 [He does not blow] them away like wind blows away straw; they are never carried off by a whirlwind.
Changpol banga amaho huijin amasang amutmang khah hitam? Huipi hat in changvai alhohmang banga alhoh mang khah hitam?
19 You say, ‘When people have committed sins, God waits and punishes their children because of those sins;’ but [I say that] God should punish those who sin, [not their children, ] in order that the sinners will know [that it is because of their own sins that they are being punished].
Aphai Pathen in achateu beh agimbol ding ahi tin nasei juvin ahinlah chonset bol pen pen vang chu agim bol ding ahi tin kaseije. Chutile ama thutanna chu ahet thei diu ahi.
20 I hope/wish that wicked people will experience themselves being destroyed, that they will experience being punished by an angry Almighty God.
Amanthah nau amahon amit tah uvin veu hen hatchungnung pa lunghanna thuhtah chu twidon in don uhen.
21 After wicked people are dead, they are not at all concerned [RHQ] about what happens to their families [MTY].
Ijeh inem itile ama athi nung teng le ainkoteu iti dingu ham ti angaito pouve.
22 “Since God judges [everyone, ] even those that are in heaven, (who can teach God anything?/certainly no one can teach God anything.) [RHQ]
Ahinlah koipen in Pathen chu ahil thei ding ham? Mithahat chung thu jeng jong atan ji ahi.
23 Some people die while they are very healthy, while they are peaceful, when they are not afraid of anything.
Mikhat chu hausa tah le lungmong tah hin boina beihel in athi jin ahi.
24 Their bodies are fat; their bones are strong.
Mithahat misalhing hole tahsa damthei ho lim chu ahi.
25 Other people die being very miserable; they have never experienced good things happening to them.
Mikhat kit chu nopsahna hepha louhel in vaichatna khonteh in athi jin ahi.
26 But both rich and poor people die and are buried, and maggots eat their bodies. [Everyone dies, so it is clear that dying is not always the punishment for being wicked].
Ahinlah ani honna chu leivui lah a kivui cheh ahi lhonin, ani lhonna than hon aneh cheh lhon ding ahi.
27 “Listen, I know what you [three] are thinking. I know the evil things that you plan to do to me.
Ven nangin ipi nagel kahen nangin kei douna a nathilgon kahen ahi.
28 You say, ‘What happened to the tents in which wicked people were living? The houses of evil rulers have been destroyed!’
Achonset jeh uva ain u mang hella migilou leh mihausatah thu neihin seipeh ding ahi.
29 But have you never inquired of people who travel much? Do you not believe their reports about what they have seen,
Ahinlah akimvella um hohi dong le chun amahon adihtah chu naseipeh dingu ahi.
30 that wicked people usually do not suffer at the time when there are great disasters; that wicked people are the ones who are rescued when God is angry [and punishes people] [MTY]?
Vangset phat laileh amaho chu aki hing hoijin chule manthah na a konna ajamdoh diu jong akiphal peh e.
31 There is no one [RHQ] who accuses wicked people, and there is no one who (pays them back/gives them the punishment that they deserve) for all the evil things that they have done.
Koima chan amaho hi lhangphong tah in aseise ngam pouvin ahiloule anatoh athilbol hou jeh in jong lethuhna akipe pouve.
32 The corpses of wicked people are carried to their graves, and people are put there to guard those graves.
Lhankhuh jonna amaho akiput tengu le alhan u chu mihon nidan kah khat bep bou anga peh jiuve.
33 A huge number [HYP] of people go to the grave site. Some go in front of the procession and some come behind. And the clods of dirt thrown on the graves of those wicked people who have died are like a nice blanket.
Lhanmol a chun mithi kivuina kin akimang in atahsa choldo dinga akilupsah namun a chun mihon ajanau apeuve, chule leiset in kicholdo na nomtah in apei.
34 “So how can you console me by talking nonsense? Every reply that you make is full of lies!”
Nanghon keihi iti dan a thu hom keuva nei lhamon diu ham? Nahil chet najouseu jong jou ahi.
