Job 8
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
Shuhi Bildad loh a doo tih,
2 “How long will you say these things? How long will the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
“He he me hil nim na thui ve? Na ka kah ol tah khohli bangla khuet coeng.
3 Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
Pathen loh tiktamnah he a khun sak tih Tlungthang loh duengnah te a khun sak mai a?
4 Your children have sinned against him; we know this, for he gave them into the hand of their sins.
Na ca rhoek te anih taengah a tholh vaengah amih te amamih kah boekoek kut dongla a tueih.
5 But suppose you diligently sought God and presented your request to the Almighty.
Namah loh Pathen te na toem tih Tlungthang te na hloep mak atah,
6 If you are pure and upright, then he would surely stir himself on your behalf and restore you to your rightful place.
Na cil tih na thuem koinih nang yueng la haenghang vetih na duengnah rhamtlim te n'thuung pataeng pawn ni.
7 Even though your beginning was small, still your final condition would be much greater.
Na tongnah te a yiit om cakhaw na hmailong te muep rhoeng ni.
8 Please ask the former generations, and give your attention to what our ancestors learned.
Lamhma kah cadil taengah dawt laeh lamtah a napa rhoek khenah te soepsoei laeh.
9 (We were only born yesterday and know nothing because our days on earth are a shadow).
Mamih loh n'hlaem paek kah long khaw m'ming uh moenih, mamih kah khohnin diklai dongkah mueihlip banghui ni.
10 Will they not teach you and tell you? Will they not speak words from their hearts?
Amih te na thuinuet pawt tih a, nang taengah a thui vetih amih kah lungbuei lamloh olthui te a khueh eh?
11 Can papyrus grow without a marsh? Can reeds grow without water?
Nongtui pawt ah talik thawn tih tui om mueh ah capu rhoeng a?
12 While they are still green and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.
Te te a duei pueng ah a hlaek pawt akhaw sulrham boeih hmai ah rhae coeng.
13 So also are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless will perish.
Pathen aka hnilh boeih kah caehlong neh lailak kah ngaiuepnah tah bing tangloeng.
14 His confidence will break apart, and his trust is as weak as a spider's web.
A uepnah neh a pangtungnah bumba im te khaw bawtboeng.
15 He leans on his house, but it will not support him; he takes hold of it, but it does not stand.
A im dongah hangdang dae pai thai pawh. Te te a kuel dae thoo pawh.
16 Under the sun he is green, and his shoots go out over his entire garden.
Anih te khosae li ah thingsup tih a dum ah a dawn sai.
17 His roots are wrapped about the heaps of stone; they look for good places among the rocks.
A yung loh lungkuk dongah a ven tih lungto im te a hmuh.
18 But if this person is destroyed out of his place, then that place will deny him and say, 'I never saw you.'
Te te a hmuen lamloh a phuk van vaengah, “Nang kam hmu moenih,” anih te a namnah.
19 See, this is the “joy” of such a person's behavior; other plants will sprout out of the same soil in his place.
He he a longpuei kah omthennah coeng koinih laipi tloe lamloh a poe uh khaming.
20 See, God will not cast away an innocent man; neither will he take the hand of evildoers.
Pathen loh cuemthuek hnawt ngawn pawt tih thaehuet kut te a moem moenih.
21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.
Na ka dongah nueihbu neh na hmui dongah tamlung bae.
22 Those who hate you will be clothed with shame; the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
Na lunguet rhoek loh yahpohnah a bai uh vetih halang kah dap tah om mahpawh,” a ti.
