Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu continued, saying,
Elihu mah,
2 “Do you think this is just when you say, 'My right before God'?
hae lok loe toeng, tiah na poek maw? Sithaw pongah ka toeng kue, tiah na poek maw? tiah a naa.
3 For you ask, 'What use is it to me?' and, 'Would I be better off if I had sinned?'
Nang mah, Tih amekhaih maw na hnu tih? Nang mah, Tih atho maw ka hak tih? Zaehaih ka sah ai pongah tih atho maw ka hak tih? tiah na thuih.
4 I will answer you, both you and your friends.
Nangmah hoi nam puinawk khaeah lok pathim han ka koeh.
5 Look up at the sky, and see it; see the sky, which is higher than you.
Vannawk ho doeng ah loe, khenah, nang pongah kasang kue tamainawk ho khenah.
6 If you have sinned, what harm do you do to God? If your transgressions pile up high, what do you do to him?
Na zae nahaeloe, na zaehaih mah kawbangmaw Sithaw raihaih paek? Na zaehaih pop parai nahaeloe, to zaehaih mah Sithaw kawbangmaw amrosak?
7 If you are righteous, what can you give to him? What will he receive from your hand?
Katoeng kami ah na oh pongah, Anih hanah tih hmuen maw na paek boeh? To tih ai boeh loe na ban hoiah Anih mah tih hmuen maw talawk vai boeh?
8 Your wickedness may hurt a man, as you are a man, and your righteousness might benefit another son of man.
Na sak ih sethaih mah nang baktih kami to raihaih paek; na toenghaih mah loe kami capa han amekhaih ohsak.
9 Because of many acts of oppression, people cry out; they call for help from the arms of mighty men.
Paroeai pacaekthlaekhaih tongh naah, nihcae mah tahmenhaih hnik o, Thacak Sithaw ih ban pongah nihcae mah abomhaih to hnik o.
10 But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
Toe mi mah doeh, Aqum ah laa paekkung, kai sahkung Sithaw loe naa ah maw oh;
11 who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth, and who makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
long ih moinawk pong pop kue ah aicae patukkung, van ih tavaanawk pongah aicae palungha kue ah sahkung loe naa ah maw oh? tiah thui o ai.
12 There they cry out, but God gives no answer because of the pride of evil men.
Kasae kaminawk hoi amoek kaminawk lawkthuihaih lok Sithaw mah pathim pae ai.
13 God will certainly not hear a foolish cry; the Almighty will pay no attention to it.
Sithaw mah avang ai kaminawk tahmenhnikhaih lok to tahngai pae mak ai; Thacak Sithaw mah to baktih loknawk to tiah doeh sah pae mak ai.
14 How much less will he answer you if you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him, and that you are waiting for him!
Sithaw ka hnu ai, tiah na thuih cadoeh, anih hmaa ah lokcaekhaih to oh pongah, nang loe anih nuiah amha ah.
15 Now you say that his anger does not punish, and he does not take even a litte notice of transgression.
Vaihi loe palung a phuihaih hoiah dan na paek mak ai; sakpazaehaih to pakuem khruek mak ai boeh, tiah a poek pongah,
16 So Job opens his mouth only to speak foolishness; he piles up words without knowledge.”
Job loe avang ai lok to thuih moe, panoekhaih tawn ai ah pop parai loknawk to a thuih, tiah a naa.
