Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
Job loh a doo tih,
2 “Even today my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy because of my groaning.
Tihnin ah khaw boekoek bangla ka kohuetnah loh ka kut he ka hueinah neh a nan.
3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him! Oh, that I might come to his place!
U loh n'khueh khaw ka ming vetih amah te ka hmuh phoeiah amah kah hmuenmol la ka pha lah mako?
4 I would lay my case in order before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
A mikhmuh ah laitloeknah ka khueng lah vetih ka ka ah toelthamnah ka paem lah mako.
5 I would learn the words with which he would answer me and would understand what he would say to me.
Olthui te ka ming tih kai n'doo vaengkah kai hamla a thui te ka yakming lah mako.
6 Would he argue against me in the greatness of his power? No, he would pay attention to me.
Thadueng cungkuem neh kai n'ho saeh a? Amah loh kai taengah khueh het mahpawt a?
7 There the upright person might argue with him. In this way I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
Aka thuem te a hmaiah a tluung pahoi lah vetih kai he laitloek khui lamloh a yoeyah la ka loeih mako.
8 See, I go eastward, but he is not there, and westward, but I cannot perceive him.
Khothoeng la ka caeh mai akhaw amah a om moenih. A hnuk ah khaw anih te ka yakming moenih.
9 To the north, where he is at work, but I cannot see him, and to the south, where he hides himself so that I cannot see him.
Banvoei ah a saii vaengah ka hmuh moenih. Bantang la a mael vaengah ka hmuh moenih.
10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come out like gold.
Tedae longpuei a ming dongah kai he ka taengah n'noemcai tih sui bangla ka thoeng.
11 My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept to his way and turned not aside.
A khokan te ka khopha loh a vai. A longpuei te ka ngaithuen tih ka phael moenih.
12 I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
A hmuilai kah olpaek khaw ka hlong pawt tih ka buhvae lakah a ka lamkah ol ni ka khoem.
13 But he is one of a kind, who can turn him back? What he desires, he does.
Tedae amah tah pakhat la om tih ulong anih a mael thil thai? Te dongah a hinglu kah a ngaih bangla a saii.
14 For he carries out his decree against me; there are many like them.
Ka oltlueh te a thuung tih te bang te amah taengah yet.
15 Therefore, I am terrified in his presence; when I think about him, I am afraid of him.
Te dongah a mikhmuh lamloh ka let coeng. Ka yakming dongah amah te ka rhih.
16 For God has made my heart weak; the Almighty has terrified me.
Pathen loh kai lungbuei a phoena sak tih tlungthang loh kai n'let sak.
17 I have not been brought to an end by darkness, because of the thick darkness that covers the gloom of my face.
Tedae a hmuep kah maelhmai loh m'biit pawt tih ka maelhmai te a khohmuep loh a dah moenih.
