Job 4
1 Then Eliphaz, from Teman, replied to Job. He said,
Teman mi Eliphaz chun Job chu adonbut in;
2 “Will you please let me say something to you? I am not [RHQ] able to remain silent [any longer].
Keiman thukhat seijinge, nangaida ding ham? Koiham thusei louva eikoi ding chu?
3 In the past, you have instructed/taught many people, and you have encouraged those who were weak.
Phat chesa ho ah nangin mitam tah natil khoujin, alhasam ho nana hatdohsah jin ahi.
4 By what you said, you have helped those who (needed spiritual help/almost quit trusting in God) [MET], and you have enabled them to become spiritually strong again [MET].
Alhu ding ho jong nangma thusei chun atilkhou jin ahi, akhup kithinghojong na tilkhou ji'e.
5 But now, when you experience disasters, you become discouraged. The disasters hit you, and you are stunned.
Ahinlah tua genthei nan nahin phah phat in lungthim nalhaso tai. Hiche hahsatnan nahin phah phat in kichat tijatnan nanei tai.
6 You revere God; (does that not cause you to trust [in him]?/that should cause you to trust [in him].) [RHQ] If you were guiltless, you would [RHQ] be confident that [God] would not [have allowed] these disasters [to] happen to you!
Na Pathen ginna chun tahsan detna napeh hilou ham? Nachon phatna chun kinepna napeh hilou ham?
7 Think about this: Do innocent people die [while they are still young] [RHQ]? Does God get rid of godly people [RHQ]? [No!]
Khongaijin lang chule ngaito temin, themona bei mi hithi ngaiji ham? Itih a milungtheng sel ho kisumang jiem?
8 What I have experienced is this: [Just as] [MET] farmers who plant bad [seeds] do not harvest good [crops], [just as those who start] trouble for others, later bring trouble on themselves.
Keithil hetna in vang hahsatna muchi tua kitu ho leh thilse bol hon thakhatna aga akilo cheh diu ahi.
9 They die when God angrily blows his breath on them, when he is very angry with them.
Pathen hu haikhumchun asemgo jiuvin, alung hanna husa ginna chu mang del jiu ahi.
10 [Even though wicked people may be very powerful like] young lions, [God] will get rid of them [MET].
Keipi akitumin chule sangah in mi angih in ahin keipi thahattah hajouse kisubong ding ahi.
11 [They will die like] fierce lions [that] starve to death when there are no animals that they can kill and eat, and [their children will be separated from each other like] young lions separate from each other [to find food].”
Sahing neh ding lhahsam jeh in keipi bahkai hang leiloijin kel athohjin chule keipi bahkai noute jong kithecheh diu ahi.
12 “I heard a message that someone came and whispered to me.
Hiche thutah hi guhthim chan kana benga mao hiuheu vin ei kisei peh e.
13 He spoke to me at night when I was having a bad dream that disturbed/frightened me while I was fast asleep.
Mihem aimut lhuh pet tah jan laijin imut sunoh phah in hiche gaova mang thilmuna hi kahenga ahunge.
14 It caused me to be afraid and tremble; it caused all my bones to shake.
Kichatnan eiphan chule kagu kachang ho akithinge.
15 A ghost glided past my face and caused the hair on [on the back of] my neck to stand straight up.
Thilha hun kamai ahin jap in chule akichaijin katimul ahungkithou sotsotne.
16 It stopped, but I could not see what form it had. But [I could sense that] there was some being in front of me, and it said in a quiet voice,
Thilha chu adingin ahinla kenla agongso kamuthei pon, agongso kamit teni masang kamaija agongso aum denne. Phat thip laitah chun hitia kisei o khat kajai.
17 ‘(Does God consider anyone to be righteous?/No human beings can be righteous in God’s sight!) [RHQ] (Their creator cannot consider them to be pure./Can their creator consider them to be pure?) [RHQ]
Thithei mihem hi mona beija Pathen anga umtheija, asempa masanga athenga umtheiding hinam?
18 God cannot be sure that his own angels [will always do what is right]; he declares that some of them have done what is wrong.
Pathen in avantil ho jeng jong atahsan louva, athupole ho angol naova apho jia ahile,
19 So he certainly cannot trust human beings who were made from dust and clay, who are crushed as easily as moths are crushed!
Nikhatna kisem mihem hi ichan gei tahsan na anei lhom ding ham? Amaho chu leivuija kisem bailam tah a suhchip thei mitthah tobangbep ahi.
20 People are sometimes well in the morning, but in the evening they are dead. They are gone forever and do not even know it (OR, and no one pays any attention to it).
Amaho chu jingkah langleh ahing jiuvin ahinlah nilhah langleh athijiuvin, amelchihna beijin athiji tauve.
21 They are like [MET] tents that collapse [suddenly]: They die [suddenly] before they become wise.’”
Aponbuh henna akibo lhuh teng leh apon buh u alhujin chule hetna lhasam in athiden ji tauve.
