Job 23
1 Na Job el fahk,
And Job answers and says:
2 “Nga srakna torkaskas ac lain God; Nga tia ku in kutongya sasao luk.
“Also—today my complaint [is] bitter, My hand has been heavy because of my sighing.
3 Seyal nga ke etu lah nga ac konalak ya, Ac lah nga ac ut ya nu yen El muta we.
O that I had known—and I find Him, I come to His seat,
4 Nga lukun fahkang na nunak luk nu sel Ac takunang nufon ma nga pulakin mu pwaye sik.
I arrange the cause before Him, And fill my mouth [with] arguments.
5 Nga ke etu lah mea El ac fahk, Ac lah El ac topukyu fuka.
I know the words He answers me, And understand what He says to me.
6 Ya God El ac lainyu ke ku lal nufon? Mo, El ac porongo na ke nga ac kaskas uh.
Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts [it] in me.
7 In pacl sac El ac engan in lohng sramsram luk, mweyen nga inse pwayena nu sel; Na El ac fah akkalemye lah El tuleyula, ingela nwe tok.
There the upright reason with Him, And I escape from mine who is judging—forever.
8 “Nga tuh sokol kutulap, tuh El wangin we; Nga tia pacna konalak ke nga sokol roto ah.
Behold, I go forward—and He is not, And backward—and I do not perceive Him.
9 El tuh orekma na epang ac eir, Tuh nga tia pacna liyal we.
[To] the left in His working—and I do not see, He is covered [on] the right, and I do not behold.
10 Ne ouinge a God El etu nufon acn nga forfor we; El fin srikeyu, El ac konauk lah nga nasnasna.
For He has known the way with me, He has tried me—I go forth as gold.
11 Nga oaru na in fahsr ke inkanek ma El sulela nu sik uh, Ac tiana kuhfla liki.
My foot has laid hold on His step, I have kept His way, and do not turn aside,
12 Nga oru na ma El sapkin pacl nukewa; Nga fahsrna ke ma lungse lal ac tia lungse luk sifacna.
The command of His lips, and I do not depart. I have laid up above my allotted portion The sayings of His mouth.
13 “God El tiana ekyek. Wangin mwet ku in kifasulla, Ku tulokinilya liki ma El lungse oru uh.
And He [is] in one [mind], And who turns Him back? And His soul has desired—and He does [it].
14 El ac oralana ma El akou in oru nu sik; Ako se lal inge siena sin ma pus ma El ke oru nu sik uh.
For He completes my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.
15 Nga arulana rarrar ac sangeng ye mutal.
Therefore, I am troubled at His presence, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
16 God pa arulana akmunasyela nunak luk uh. El su Kulana El arulana aksangengyeyu.
And God has made my heart soft, And the Mighty has troubled me.
17 Finne lohsr uh kosrala mutuk, Nga tiana misla in fahk nunak luk uh.
For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.”
