Job 18

1 To naah Shud acaeng Bildad mah,

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

2 hae tiah na thuih ih loknawk hae natuek naah maw boeng tih? Kahoih ah pakuem ah, lok ka thuih o han vop.

How long will it be before all of you make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

3 Tipongah kaicae hae moisan baktih, kamthu baktiah na poek loe?

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

4 Palungphui moe, angmah hoi angmah ngan angsik, nang pongah, long hae anghuen tih maw? Thlung loe a ohhaih ahmuen hoiah angthui tih maw?

He tears himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for you? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

5 Ue, kasae kami ih hmaithaw loe dueh tih, kangqong anih ih hmai doeh aang mak ai.

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

6 Anih kahni im ih hmai to aang han ai ah, anih ih hmaithawk to paduek pae ving tih.

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

7 Anih thacakhaih khok tangkannawk loe tamcaek tih; angmah koeh ah khokhanhaih mah anih to amtimsak tih.

The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

8 Anih ih khok loe palok pongah aman moe, thaang to cawh.

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a snare.

9 Anih ih khok thaang pongah aman moe, loih thai ai ah asawt khing.

The animal trap shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

10 Anih hanah long thungah qumqaih pae moe, a caehhaih loklam ah thaang to patung pae.

The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

11 Zitthok hmuen mah caeh nakung kruekah anih to tasoehsak; a khok takan kruek anih hnukah bang pae.

Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

12 Anih loe zok amthlam pongah thazok, amrohaih mah anih to zing coek.

His strength shall be famished, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

13 To amrohaih mah a nganhin ahap to caak pae, calu duekhaih mah a thacakhaih to paaeh pae ving tih.

It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

14 Anih to kamongah ohhaih kahni imthung hoiah pathok ueloe, zitthok siangpahrang hmaa ah caeh haih tih.

His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

15 A ohhaih ahmuen ah anih ih hmuen tidoeh anghmat mak ai; a ohhaih ahmuen ah kaat hmai to haeh pae tih.

It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

16 Anih ih tangzuunnawk loe long thungah zaek o moe, a nui ih tanghangnawk doeh angqo o.

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

17 Anih panoekhaih loe long ah anghmat moe, prae thungah ahmin om ai boeh.

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

18 Aanghaih thung hoiah vinghaih thungah anih to haek boeh moe, long nui hoiah haek ving boeh.

He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

19 Anih loe angmah ih kaminawk salakah capa tawn ai, a caanawk ih caa patoeng doeh tawn mak ai, a imthung takoh ah mi doeh anghmat mak ai.

He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

20 Ni angyae bang ih kaminawk loe tasoeh o baktih toengah, niduem bangah kaom kaminawk doeh anih kawng pongah dawnrai o.

They that come after him shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

21 Kasae kami khosakhaih loe to tiah oh, Sithaw panoek ai kami ohhaih ahmuen doeh to tiah oh tangtang, tiah pathim pae.

Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knows not God.