Joba 14

1 Huta kah a sak hlang he a khohnin toi tih khoponah khaw hah.

For a mortal born of a woman [is] short lived, and full of wrath.

2 Rhaipai bangla phuelh tih a oh uh. Khokhawn bangla yong tih pai voel pawh.

Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue.

3 Te soah ngawn tah na mik tueng tih kai he na taengkah laitloeknah dongla na khuen.

Hast thou not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before thee?

4 Rhalawt lamloh a cuem la aka khueh te unim? Pakhat pataeng om pawh.

For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;

5 A khohnin neh a hla taenah khaw namah taengah hangdang. A oltlueh te a oltlueh bangla na saii tih poe thai pawh.

if even his life should be [but] one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: thou hast appointed [him] for a time, and he shall by no means exceed [it].

6 Anih lamloh vawl mangthong lamtah amah hnin at kutloh bangla a ngaingaih hil toeng saeh.

Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, [though] as a hireling.

7 Thing ham tah a vung akhaw ngaiuepnah om pueng. Te dongah koep mikhing vetih a dawn khaw ngoeng mahpawh.

For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, [that] it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.

8 Diklai khuiah a yung patong mai tih laipi khuiah a ngo duek cakhaw,

For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;

9 tui bo ah duei vetih thinghloe bangla a pae cawn ni.

it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted.

10 Tedae hlang tah duek tih rhaa uh coeng. Hlang he a pal phoeiah tah melam a om.

But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.

11 Tuitunli lamkah tui khaw khawk dae tuiva loh a khah vaengah tah kak.

For the sea wastes in [length of] time, and a river fails and is dried up.

12 Hlang khaw yalh tih thoo voel pawh. Vaan a om pawt due khaw haenghang pawh. Amih te ih kung lamloh haenghang uh mahpawh.

And man that has lain down [in death] shall certainly not rise again till the heaven be dissolved, and they shall not awake from their sleep.

13 Unim saelkhui ah a paek lah ve? Kai he nan khoem lah vetih na thintoek a mael duela kai nan thuh lah mako. Kai hamla oltlueh na khueh vetih kai nan poek mako. (Sheol h7585)

For oh that thou hadst kept me in the grave, and hadst hidden me until thy wrath should cease, and thou shouldest set me a time in which thou wouldest remember me! (Sheol h7585)

14 Hlang he duek koinih hing venim? Kamah kah caempuei hnin boeih he ka thovaelnah a pawk hil ka lamtawn bitni.

For if a man should die, shall he live [again], having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?

15 Nan khue vaengah kai loh nang te ka doo bitni. Na kut dongkah bibi dongah na moo bitni.

Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: but do not thou reject the work of thine hands.

16 Ka khokan he na tae pawn vetih ka tholhnah khaw na dawn mahpawh.

But thou hast numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape thee?

17 Ka boekoek hnocun khuiah catui a hnah thil tih kai kathaesainah na dah thil bitni.

An thou hast sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.

18 Tedae Tlang khaw cungku tih moelh. Lungpang pataeng a hmuen lamloh thoeih.

And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place.

19 Lungto khaw tui loh a hoh tih a kongnawt loh diklai laipi a yo. Te dongah hlanghing kah ngaiuepnah na pal sak.

The waters wear the stones, and waters falling headlong [overflow] a heap of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man.

20 Anih te a yoeyah la na khulae tih a hmai a tal la a van daengah anih te na tueih.

Thou drivest him to an end, and he is gone: thou settest thy face against him, and sendest him away;

21 A ca rhoek a thangpom uh dae a ming moenih. Muei uh cakhaw amih a yakming moenih.

and though his children be multiplied, he knows [it] not; and if they be few, he is not aware.

22 Tedae a pumsa tah a taengah tih thak a khoeih tih a hinglu khaw amah hamla nguekcoi,” a ti.

But his flesh is in pain, and his soul mourns.