Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
To naah Job mah,
2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
vaihni loe kana ka haam; ka nathaih nung parai pongah hang ai ah ka om thai ai.
3 O that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
Anih hnukthaihaih ahmuen to ka panoek nahaeloe, anih anghnuthaih ahmuen ah ka caeh han!
4 I would set my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
A hmaa ah kaimah kawng to ka thuih moe, pakha hoiah lok ka thuih han.
5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
Anih mah kawbangmaw na pathim tih, tiah ka panoek, a thuih han ih lok doeh ka panoek.
6 Would he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
A thacakhaih hoiah kai hae na hmang tih maw? Na hmang mak ai; anih mah kai ih lok hae tahngai lat tih.
7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
To ahmuen ah katoeng kami hoi lokthuihaih om tih, kai loe lokcaek kami khae hoiah ka loih poe tih boeh.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
Khenah, kai loe hmabangah ka caeh, toe anih loe to ahmuen ah om ai; hnukbangah kang nawn cadoeh, anih to ka panoek thai ai;
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
a toksakhaih banqoi bangah ka caeh, toe anih to ka hnu thai ai; bantang bangah kang qoi naah doeh, anih to ka hnu thai ai.
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Toe ka caehhaih loklam to ang panoek pae; anih mah kai ang tanoek pacoengah loe, sui baktiah ka om tih boeh.
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
Ka khok mah a caehhaih khok tangkannawk to pazui, kam khraeng taak ai, anih ih loklam to ka pazui.
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
A pahni hoi paek ih lok to ka caeh taak ai; ni thokkruek kangaih caaknaek pongah doeh anih mah thuih ih loknawk to ni ka palung kue.
13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
Toe poekhaih maeto ah kaom, Sithaw to mi mah maw pakhrai thai tih? Anih loe a koehhaih baktiah ni sak.
14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
Anih loe kai han suek ih hmuen to a sak; anih loe to baktih poekhaih paroeai tawnh.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
To pongah a hmaa ah loe zithaih hoiah ni ka oh; to baktih hmuen to ka poek naah, anih to ka zit.
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
Sithaw mah palungthin ang naemsak moe, Thacak Angraeng mah zithaih to ang paek;
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
toe kai hae khoving hmaa ah va sut ai, ka hmaa ih khoving thung hoiah doeh paka ai.
