Job 17
1 My spirit is consumed, and my days are over; the grave is ready for me.
Ka mueihla he pat tih ka khohnin loh khum coeng, kai hamla coeng tih phuel om coeng.
2 Surely there are mockers with me; my eye must always see their provocation.
Ka taengah a omsasaipat pai moenih a? Te dongah amih koek ham khaw ka mik ah rhaeh pai saeh.
3 Give now a pledge, be a guarantee for me with yourself; who else is there who will help me?
Kai kah rhikhang he namah hamla khueh laeh. Anih te ulong ka kut dongla a khoom eh?
4 For you, God, have kept their hearts from understanding; therefore, you will not exalt them over me.
Amih kah lungbuei te lungmingnah lamloh na khoem pah coeng. Te dongah na pomsang sak mahpawh.
5 He who denounces his friends for a reward, the eyes of his children will fail.
Khoyo la a hui a phoe vaengah a ca rhoek mik tah hma coeng.
6 But he has made me a byword of the people; they spit in my face.
Kai he pilnam kah a thuidoek la n'khueh tih maelhmai dongkah timthoeihnah la ka om.
7 My eye is also dim because of sorrow; all my body parts are as thin as shadows.
Ka mik he konoinah neh hmang coeng tih ka pumrho he khokhawn bangla boeih om.
8 Upright men will be stunned by this; the innocent man will stir himself up against godless men.
Te dongah aka thuem khaw a pong sak tih lailak taengah ommongsitoe a haenghang sak.
9 The righteous man will keep to his way; he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
Tedae aka dueng loh amah longpuei te a tuuk vetih a kut cim khaw a thaa sai ni.
10 But as for you all, come on now; I will not find a wise man among you.
Amih te boeih na mael sak uh coeng. Na pawk uh to cakhaw nangmih ah hlangcueih ka hmu mahpawh.
11 My days are past; my plans are shattered, and so are the desires of my heart.
Ka khohnin loh thok coeng. Ka thinko kah kohnek la ka poeknah mawth coeng.
12 These people, these mockers, change the night into day; light is near to darkness.
Khoyin te khothaih la a khueh tih, a hmuep tom te vangnah neh a yoei sak.
13 If the only home I hope for is Sheol; and if I have spread my couch in the darkness; (Sheol h7585)
Saelkhui te ka im bangla ka lamtawn tih, hmaisuep ah ka rhaenghmuen ka saelh. (Sheol h7585)
14 and if I have said to the pit, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'You are my mother or my sister,'
Vaam taengah, “A pa nang,” ka ti nah tih a rhit taengah, “A nu neh ka ngannu,” ka ti nah coeng.
15 where then is my hope? As for my hope, who can see any?
Te dongah menim ka ngaiuepnah tih ka ngaiuepnah he unim aka mae?
