Job 34
1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
Elihu mah,
2 Hear my words, O ye wise [men]; and give ear to me, ye that have knowledge.
nangcae palungha kaminawk, ka lok hae tahngai oh; panoekhaih tawn kaminawk, naa patueng oh.
3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth food.
Pakha mah caaknaek pataengh baktih toengah, naa mah ni lok to khingh.
4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what [is] good.
Toenghaih to qoi o si; aimacae han kahoih hmuen to panoek o si.
5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
Job mah, Kai loe ka toeng, ka toenghaih Sithaw mah ang lak pae ving boeh.
6 Should I lie against my right? my wound [is] incurable without transgression.
Kai loe ka toeng, toe amsawnlok thui kami ah ka oh, sakpazaehaih ka tawn ai, toe kahoih thai ai nathaih hoiah ka oh, tiah thuih.
7 What man [is] like Job, [who] drinketh up scorning like water?
Job hoi anghmong kami mi maw kaom, kasaethuihaih to tui baktih kanae mi maw kaom?
8 Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
Anih loe kahoih ai hmuen sah kaminawk hoiah amyok moe, kasae kaminawk hoiah angkom.
9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
Sithaw nuiah anghoehaih mah kami han amekhaih tidoeh paek ai, tiah Job mah thuih.
10 Therefore hearken to me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, [that he should do] wickedness; and [from] the Almighty, [that he should commit] iniquity.
To pongah panoekhaih tawn kaminawk, ka lok hae tahngai oh; Sithaw loe hmuen kasae sah mak ai, Thacak Angraeng loe hmuen sakpazaehaih roe tawn mak ai.
11 For the work of a man he shall render to him, and cause every man to find according to [his] ways.
Kami mah sak ih hmuen baktih toengah Sithaw mah pathok, angmah ih tuinuen baktih toengah, a nuiah phaksak.
12 Yes, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
Ue, Sithaw loe natuek naa ah doeh kasae hmuen to sah mak ai; Thacak Angraeng loe toenghaih to paqoi ving mak ai.
13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
Mi mah maw anih to long khenzawnkung hoi long boih ukkung ah suek?
14 If he should set his heart upon man, [if] he should gather to himself his spirit and his breath;
Kami nuiah Sithaw palungphui moe, angmah ih Muithla hoi a hinghaih takhi to la ving nahaeloe,
15 All flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.
kaminawk loe nawnto anghma o boih tih, kami loe maiphu ah amlaem let tih.
16 If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
Vaihi panoekhaih na tawnh nahaeloe, khopoek ah; ka thuih ih lok hae tahngai ah.
17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
Toenghaih hnuma kami mah uk thai tih maw? Thacak toenghaih hoi lokcaekkung to kasae thui thai tih maw?
18 [Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] wicked? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly?
Siangpahrang khaeah, Nang loe tidoeh avang ai, angraengnawk khaeah, Nangcae loe kahoih ai kami ni, tiah thui thai tih maw?
19 [How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands.
Toe anih loe angraengnawk ih mikhmai to khen ai, amtang kaminawk pongah loe angraeng kaminawk ni mikhmai paek kue, tiah om ai; nihcae loe Sithaw mah ni sak boih.
20 In a moment they shall die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
Nihcae loe nawnetta ah duek o; kaminawk loe qum taning ah tasoeh o moe, laemh o boih; thacak kaminawk doeh kami ih ban hoi na ai ah laemh o boih.
21 For his eyes [are] upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
Sithaw mah loe kami caehhaih loklam to khet moe, a khok tangkannawk doeh hnuk boih.
22 [There is] no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Zaehaih sah kaminawk anghawk ving thaihaih khoving hoi duekhaih tahlip to om ai.
23 For he will not lay upon man more [than right]; that he should enter into judgment with God.
Lokcaek hanah kami mah Sithaw hmaa ah caeh naah, anih mah kami lokcaekhaih ani to khaeh han angai ai.
24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
Lokduenghaih om ai ah thacak kaminawk to a vah phaeng moe, nihcae zuengah kalah kaminawk to a suek.
25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth [them] in the night, so that they are destroyed.
Nihcae mah sak ih hmuennawk to anih mah panoek boih pongah, khovingsak moe, amrosak boih.
26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
Nihcae loe angmacae sethaih baktih toengah minawk hmaa ah danpaek,
27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
nihcae loe Sithaw to caeh o taak moe, anih ih loklamnawk to tiah doeh poek o ai;
28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
to tiah sak o pongah amtang kaminawk qahhaih lok to Angraeng hmaa ah phak moe, pacaekthlaek kaminawk hanghaih lok to anih mah thaih.
29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only:
Toe Sithaw mah anghngai taak duem nahaeloe, mi mah maw raihaih paek thai tih, a mikhmai hawk ving nahaeloe, mi kawbaktih kami hoi prae kaminawk mah maw, anih to hnu thai tih?
30 That the hypocrite may not reign, lest the people should be ensnared.
To tiah kaminawk thaang pongah amansak han ai ah, Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk to danpaek.
31 Surely it is meet to be said to God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:
Kami maeto mah Sithaw khaeah, Kai loe thuitaekhaih ka tongh boeh pongah, ka zae let mak ai boeh;
32 [That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
ka hnu ai ih hmuen to na patuk ah; zaekhaih ka sakpazae boeh nahaeloe, zaehaih ka sah let mak ai boeh, tiah thuih han om ai maw.
33 [Should it be] according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou shalt refuse, or whether thou shalt choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
To hmuen loe na poekhaih baktiah maw om tih? Kai na ai ni, na pahnawt cadoeh, na qoih cadoeh, Sithaw mah pathok let tih, to pongah na panoek ih baktiah thui ah.
34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken to me.
Panoekhaih tawn kaminawk mah kai han na thui o nasoe loe, palungha kaminawk mah ka lok hae tahngai o nasoe.
35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words [were] without wisdom.
Job loe panoekhaih tawn ai ah lok to thuih; a thuih ih loknawk loe palunghahaih om ai.
36 My desire [is that] Job may be tried to the end, because of [his] answers for wicked men.
Job loe panoekhaih tawn ai kaminawk baktiah lokthuih pongah, anih to boeng khoek to tanoek han ka koeh.
37 For he addeth rebellion to his sin, he clappeth [his hands] among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
Zaehaih sak khue na ai ah lokaekhaih doeh oh, aicae salakah ban to tabaeng moe, pop parai Sithaw kasae thuihaih lok to a thuih, tiah a naa.
