Job 8
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Shuhi Bildad loh a doo tih,
2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
“He he me hil nim na thui ve? Na ka kah ol tah khohli bangla khuet coeng.
3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
Pathen loh tiktamnah he a khun sak tih Tlungthang loh duengnah te a khun sak mai a?
4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he hath cast them away for their transgression;
Na ca rhoek te anih taengah a tholh vaengah amih te amamih kah boekoek kut dongla a tueih.
5 If thou wouldest seek to God early, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Namah loh Pathen te na toem tih Tlungthang te na hloep mak atah,
6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Na cil tih na thuem koinih nang yueng la haenghang vetih na duengnah rhamtlim te n'thuung pataeng pawn ni.
7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
Na tongnah te a yiit om cakhaw na hmailong te muep rhoeng ni.
8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
Lamhma kah cadil taengah dawt laeh lamtah a napa rhoek khenah te soepsoei laeh.
9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon 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 Shall they not teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Amih te na thuinuet pawt tih a, nang taengah a thui vetih amih kah lungbuei lamloh olthui te a khueh eh?
11 Can the rush grow without mire? can the flag grow without water?
Nongtui pawt ah talik thawn tih tui om mueh ah capu rhoeng a?
12 While it is still green, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
Te te a duei pueng ah a hlaek pawt akhaw sulrham boeih hmai ah rhae coeng.
13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
Pathen aka hnilh boeih kah caehlong neh lailak kah ngaiuepnah tah bing tangloeng.
14 Whose confidence shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
A uepnah neh a pangtungnah bumba im te khaw bawtboeng.
15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
A im dongah hangdang dae pai thai pawh. Te te a kuel dae thoo pawh.
16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
Anih te khosae li ah thingsup tih a dum ah a dawn sai.
17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
A yung loh lungkuk dongah a ven tih lungto im te a hmuh.
18 If he shall be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
Te te a hmuen lamloh a phuk van vaengah, “Nang kam hmu moenih,” anih te a namnah.
19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
He he a longpuei kah omthennah coeng koinih laipi tloe lamloh a poe uh khaming.
20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evildoers:
Pathen loh cuemthuek hnawt ngawn pawt tih thaehuet kut te a moem moenih.
21 Till he shall fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
Na ka dongah nueihbu neh na hmui dongah tamlung bae.
22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
Na lunguet rhoek loh yahpohnah a bai uh vetih halang kah dap tah om mahpawh,” a ti.
