Job 38
1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Hottelah BAWIPA ni Job hah bongparui thung hoi a pathung teh,
2 Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Panuenae laipalah e lawk hoi, khokhangnae kahmawtsakkung teh apimaw.
3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Atuvah tongpatang lah namahoima kârakueng haw, lawk na pacei vaiteh na pathung haw.
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Talai ka kamtawng nah nâmaw na o, na thai panuek pawiteh na dei pouh haw.
5 Who hath laid the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Apinimaw bangnuenae a panue thai, na panue thai na maw. Apinimaw bangnuenae a rui hah a lathueng lah a payang.
6 Upon what are the foundations of it fastened? or who laid its corner stone;
Apinimaw adu hah a ung teh bang ni maw adu hah a casak.
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Tempalo âsinaw hah cungtalah la a sak awh navah, Cathut e capanaw teh lunghawi hoi hram awh hoeh maw.
8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb?
Talînaw teh thun thung hoi a tâco navah, apinimaw tho a khan sin.
9 When I made a cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,
A hnicu hanelah tâmai ka sak pouh teh, a kâkhu hanelah hni lah katha poung e hmonae,
10 And broke up for it my decreed [place], and set bars and doors,
a langri ka khuen pouh teh, tho tarennae ka hruek pouh.
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.
Hi totouh na tho vaiteh, a hloilah na tapuet mahoeh. Hivah na kâoupnae hoi tuicapa hah pout naseh telah ka ti.
12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and] caused the day-spring to know its place;
Talai a pout totouh a kuet teh, tamikathoutnaw peng a tâco thai nahanelah.
13 That it might take hold of the ends of earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
Na tâco tahma hoi amom heh kâ na poe teh, a tâconae hmuen na panue sak boimaw.
14 It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment.
Mitnoutnae rahim vah talai patetlah meilam a sin teh, hnicu patetlah a kangdue sak.
15 And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken.
Tamikathoutnaw koehoi angnae hah a la pouh teh, a dâw e kut hah a khoe pouh.
16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
Tuipui a tâconae dawk a kâen boimaw. Adungnae bangnue hanelah koung na rip toung maw.
17 Have the gates of death been opened to thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shades of death?
Duenae takhang hah nang koe a kamnue sak toung maw. Nahoeh pawiteh, duenae tâhlip takhang hai na hmu boimaw.
18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
Talai akawnae naw heh be na panue maw. Hetnaw pueng he na panuek pawiteh, na dei pouh haw.
19 Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] its place,
Nâ lah maw angnae, khosaknae lamthung ao. Hmonae a hmuen hai nâ lah maw ao.
20 That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] its house?
Hot teh khori dawk na hrawi thai teh, a lamthung hah na panue thai nahanelah.
21 Knowest thou [it], because thou wast then born? or [because] the number of thy days [is] great?
Hatnae tueng dawk na tâco teh, nange hnin hah apap poung dawkvah, hot teh na panue ngoun vaiyaw.
22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
Tadamtui pâtungnae hmuen koe na kâen toung maw. Roun kamtungnae hmuen te na hmu thoung maw.
23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
Rucatnae atueng hanelah ka ta e hoi tarankâtuk nahane hnin hanelah ka ta e doeh.
24 By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
Nâ lae lamthung hoi maw angnae ni pheng a tue teh, talai van vah kanîtholah kahlînaw a kâkahei.
25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
Tui ka poum e a lawngnae ravo hoi, keitat lamthung hah apinimaw a sak.
26 To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is]; [on] the wilderness in which [there is] no man;
Apihai a ohoehnae ram hoi apihai a ohoehnae kahrawngum dawk khorak sak hane hoi,
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground]; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
King ka di e talai ni kanaw e phovai a dawnnaw tâco sak hanelah, ka poum e khotui a lawngnae lamthung, khoparit hoi sumpapalik lamthung apinimaw a kamawng sak.
28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of the dew?
Khotui ni a na pa a tawn maw. Tadamtui ka bawt e hah apinimaw a khe.
29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
Apie von dawk hoi maw tui kamkak a tâco. Kalvan hoi ka bawt e tadamtui hah apini a khe e na maw.
30 The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
Tui hah talung patetlah a te sak teh, tui adungnae hai be kamkak.
31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Baritca hah na pâkhueng thai teh, kangduetaphai rui hah na rathap thai maw.
32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in its season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with its sons?
Mazzaroth hah amae tueng nah na tâco sak thai maw. Latum teh a canaw hoi na ceikhai thai maw.
33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set its dominion on the earth?
Kalvan e caksak e naw hah na panue teh, talai heh na uk sak thai maw.
34 Canst thou lift thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Kho pueng hoi ka sak e ni na ramuk thai nahanelah, tâmai totouh na lawk na cai sak thai maw.
35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say to thee, Here we [are]?
Sumpapalik e hah nang koe a tho teh, hivah ka o telah nang koe dei hanelah na patoun thai maw.
36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Apinimaw pouknae dawk lungangnae a poe. Apinimaw lungthin hah panuethainae a poe.
37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
Apinimaw lungangnae hoi tâmai a touk thai han. Apinimaw kalvan e tuium rabawk thai han.
38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
Vaiphu hah a te sak teh, tangdong dawk buet touh lah a kâbet toteh,
39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
a kâkhu dawk hoi a pawp teh, kei hanlah a pawp lahun nah,
40 When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Sendek hane rawca tawng pouh hane sendektancanaw kaboumlah paca thai maw.
41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry to God, they wander for want of food.
Vongacanaw vonhlam hoi a kâva teh, Cathut koe a hram awh toteh, apinimaw rawca a poe.
