Job 11
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
To naah Namaat acaeng Zophar mah,
2 “Should not such a multitude of words be answered? Should this man, so full of talk, be believed?
pop parai loknawk hae pathim han ai boeh maw? Lokthui thaih kami to a zaehaih thung hoiah loisak han oh maw?
3 Should your boasting make others remain silent? When you mock, will no one make you feel ashamed?
Lok nam laihaih mah minawk lokpae ai ah anghgaisak duem thai tih maw? Kami na pahnui thuih naah, nang azatpaw han thuitaek kami om mak ai maw?
4 For you say to God, 'My beliefs are pure, I am blameless in your eyes.'
Nang mah, Ka thuih ih lok loe toeng, Sithaw hmaa ah ka ciim, tiah na thuih.
5 But, oh, that God would speak and open his lips against you;
Toe Sithaw mah lokthui nasoe loe, na pahni to paong pae nasoe,
6 that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For he is great in understanding. Know then that God demands from you less than your iniquity deserves.
Anih mah panoek karai alet hnetto palunghahaih amtuengsak nasoe; to tiah ni na sakpazaehaih baktiah na tongh han ih hmuen pong tamsi ah Sithaw mah dan ang paek, tiah na panoek tih.
7 Can you understand God by searching for him? Can you comprehend the Almighty perfectly?
Kathuk Sithaw ih hmuen to na hnuk thai maw? Thacak Sithaw akoephaih na panoek thai maw?
8 The matter is as high as heaven; what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol; what can you know? (Sheol h7585)
Vannawk pongah kasang, timaw na sah thai tih? Hell pongah kathuk kue, timaw na panoek thai tih? (Sheol h7585)
9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and wider than the sea.
To kathuk hmuennawk tahhaih loe long pongah sawk kue moe, tuipui pongah doeh kawk kue.
10 If he passes through and shuts anyone up, if he calls anyone to judgment, then who can stop him?
Sithaw mah naeh maw, thong pakhrak maw, to tih ai boeh loe lok maw na caek nahaeloe, mi mah maw pakaa thai tih?
11 For he knows false people; when he sees iniquity, does he not notice it?
Sithaw loe tidoeh avang ai kami to panoek; sakpazae ih hmuen doeh a hnuk; to tiah nahaeloe anih mah to hmuen to poek ai ah om tih maw?
12 But foolish people have no understanding; they will get it when a wild donkey gives birth to a man.
Toe taw ih laa hrang to kami baktiah tapen naah ni, tidoeh avang ai kami loe palungha thai vop tih.
13 But suppose that you had set your heart right and had reached out with your hands toward God;
Toe palungthin nam khraih moe, angmah khaeah ban na payangh pacoengah,
14 suppose that iniquity were in your hand, but that then you put it far away from you, and did not let unrighteousness live in your tents.
na ban ah sakpazaehaih om cadoeh, to zaehaih to na vah ving moe, na ohhaih kahni im ah sethaih na omsak ai nahaeloe,
15 Then you would certainly lift up your face without a sign of shame; indeed, you would be steadfast and would not fear.
coek koi om ai ah na mikhmai amtueng tih; ue, zithaih om ai ah, kacakah nang doe tih:
16 You would forget your misery; you would remember it only like waters that have flowed away.
raihaih to na pahnet ueloe, kalaem tangcae tui baktiah ni na poek tih boeh.
17 Your life would be brighter than the noonday; though there were darkness, it would become like the morning.
Na hinghaih loe athun ih ni aengh pongah aang kue tih; vaihi kaving ah na oh cadoeh, akhawnbang baktiah aang tih.
18 You would be secure because there is hope; indeed, you would find safety about you and would take your rest in safety.
Oephaih oh pongah, monghaih hoiah na om tih; ue, angmah na khenzawn ueloe, ngancuem ah nang hak tih boeh.
19 Also you would lie down in rest, and none would make you afraid; indeed, many would seek your favor.
Nang song naah, mi mah doeh zithaih na paek mak ai; ue, kami paroeai mah na ven o tih.
20 But the eyes of wicked people will fail; they will have no way to flee; their only hope will be a last gasp of life.”
Toe kasae kami ih mik loe thazok tih, loih o mak ai; nihcae oephaih doeh dueh ving tih, tiah a naa.
