< Job 22 >

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Teman tami Eliphaz ni a pathung teh,
2 Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?
Tami teh Cathut hanelah a cungkeinae a tawn thai han namaw, A lungkaang e hai ama hanelah doeh cungkeinae ao.
3 [Is it] any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or [is it] gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Tamikalan lah na onae hah, Athakasaipounge, a lungkahawi sak e lah ao han namaw Toun han awm laipalah na sak e na lamthung hah ahni hanelah a meknae ao han namaw
4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
Ama na taki kecu dawk maw na toun teh, lawkcengnae dawk na kâenkhai.
5 [Is] not thy wickedness great? and thy iniquities infinite?
Na hawihoehnae hah a len poung teh, pout laipalah na payonnae kecu dawk nahoehmaw.
6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for naught, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
A khuekhaw awm laipalah na hmaunawngha e hno hah na man pouh teh, caici lah kaawm e hnicu hah na la pouh.
7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withheld bread from the hungry.
Tha ka tawn e koe, nei hane tui hah na poe hoeh teh, von kahlamnaw hanelah vaiyei hah na pasoung pouh hoeh.
8 But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.
Hateiteh, tami athakaawme ni ram a coe teh, a thung vah bari kaawm e tami ni kho a sak awh.
9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Lahmainu hah kut caici lah na ceisak awh teh, manu ka tawn hoeh e naranaw e kut hah na khoe pouh awh.
10 Therefore snares [are] around thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Hatdawkvah na tengpam e karap ni na kalup teh, puennae ni rucatnae na poe awh.
11 Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Na hmu thai hoeh nahanelah, hmonae hoi tuikalen poung ni muen a khu awh.
12 [Is] not God in the hight of heaven? and behold the hight of the stars, how high they are!
Kalvan arasang nah koe, Cathut awm hoeh namaw Karasangpoung e âsinaw hah khenhaw! banghloimaw arasang.
13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Nang ni, Cathut ni bangmaw a panue, Hmonae hloilah lawk a ceng thai maw.
14 Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
A hmu thai hoeh nahanelah, katha poung e tâmai ni a ramuk teh, kalvan lathueng lah a kâhlai, telah na ti.
15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Tamikathoutnaw ni karawk e lam karuem dawk meng na cei han namaw
16 Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood!
Apimaw atueng kuep hoehnahlan vah la e lah kaawm niteh, apini a ung e maw tuikalen ni a la.
17 Who said to God, depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them!
Cathut koe, na cettakhai yawkaw, Athakasaipounge ni ahnimouh hanelah bangmaw a sak thai telah ati awh.
18 Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Hateiteh a imnaw hah hnokahawi hoi akawi sak. Hateiteh tamikathout e khokhangnae teh, kai koehoi kahlatpoung lah ao.
19 The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent deride them.
Tamikalan ni a hmu teh, a lunghawi. Yonnae ka tawn hoeh e ni dudamkungnaw hah a panuikhai awh.
20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
Ka tarannaw teh, raphoe katang lah ao teh, kacawie naw hah hmai ni a kak han.
21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: by this good shall come to thee.
Ama koe kâpanuek sak nateh, karoumcalah awm, haw hoi nang hanelah hnokahawi a tâco han.
22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
Pahren lahoi amae kâko hoi ka tâcawt e hringnae na cangkhai e hah dâw haw. Na lungthin thungvah amae lawk hah kahawicalah kuem.
23 If thou shalt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
Athakasaipounge, koevah na ban pawiteh, kangdout thai e lah o han. Na payonpakai e hah na im dawk hoi kahlatpoung lah na takhoe han.
24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
Nange sui teh, vaiphu dawk na ta han. Ophir sui hah sawkca thung e, sadinaw patetlah na pâtung han.
25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
Athakasaipounge teh, nange sui hoi aphu kaawm e ngun lah ao han.
26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.
Hottelah Athakasaipounge dawkvah na lunghawi han. Cathut koe lah na khet han toe.
27 Thou shalt make thy prayer to him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
Ama koe na ratoum vaiteh, na thai pouh han. Na lawkkam hah na kuep sak han.
28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
Hno buet touh na kâcai vaiteh, nama hanelah caksak lah ao han. Hot patetvanlah na lamthung dawk angnae ni a tue han.
29 When [men] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is] exaltation; and he shall save the humble person.
Na tâkhawng navah tawmrasang e lah na o han telah na ti han. Hottelah kârahnoum e hah ama ni a rungngang han.
30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thy hands.
Ka yon hoeh e hah a rungngang han. Na kut thoungnae hoi rungngang lah ao han, telah a ti.

< Job 22 >