Job 8
1 To naah Shuh acaeng Bildah mah,
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, and said,
2 hae baktih hmuen kawngnawk hae vai nazetto maw na thuih han vop? Na pakha hoi tacawt loknawk loe nasetto maw takhi baktiah thacak vop tih?
How long will thou speak these things? And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind?
3 Sithaw loe katoeng ai ah lokcaek maw? Katoeng ah lokcaekhaih to Thacak Sithaw mah phrae ving tih maw?
Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
4 Na caanawk mah a nuiah hmuen sakpazae o pongah, a sakpazae o haih baktih toengah, anih mah nihcae to thuitaek;
If thy sons have sinned against him, and he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression,
5 toe Sithaw khaeah nang qoi moe, Thacak Sithaw khaeah tahmenhaih na hnik nahaeloe,
if thou would seek diligently to God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,
6 na ciim moe, na toeng nahaeloe, vaihi nang hanah angthawk ueloe, katoengah kho na sakhaih ahmuen to qoengsak tih.
if thou were pure and upright, surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7 Nam tong tangsuek naah thoengkae cadoeh, hnukkhuem ah loe lensawkhaih hoiah na qoeng tahang tih.
And though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end would greatly increase.
8 Kalaem tangcae atue to dueng ah, nam panawk mah tongh o ih hmuennawk to dueng ah loe poek ah;
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out
9 (aicae loe zangduem ah ni tapen o vop, to pongah tidoeh a panoek o ai, long nuiah aicae khosakhaih aninawk loe tahlip ah ni oh.)
(for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow).
10 Nihcae mah loe palung tang hoi patuk ueloe, na thuitaek o mak ai maw?
Shall they not teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11 Cakrungkung baktih akung loe tangnong om ai ahmuen ah amprawk thai maw? Tui taeng ih phroh loe tui om ai ah ampraek thai maw?
Can the rush grow up without mire? Can a reed grow without water?
12 To akung loe amprawk tahang naah, aqam hing suep pongah mi mah doeh aat ai; toe kalah qam pongah azaem zoi kue.
While it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withers before any other herb.
13 Sithaw pahnet kaminawk caehhaih loklam doeh to tiah oh; Sithaw tidoeh sah ai kami oephaih loe amro tih.
So are the paths of all who forget God. And the hope of the profane man shall perish,
14 Nihcae oephaih loklam loe amro tih, nihcae amhahaih loe bongpaha tazae baktiah ni om tih.
whose confidence shall break apart, and whose trust is a spider's web.
15 Anih loe angmah im ah amha, toe angdoe thai ai; a ban hoi patawnh, toe cak ai.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand. He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
16 To baktih kami loe ni bet naah hing suep moe, tanghang mah takha to khuk boih.
He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
17 A tangzun mah thlung to zaeng boih moe, thlung salakah tangzun sakhaih ahmuen to pakrong.
His roots are wrapped around the stone heap. He beholds the place of stones.
18 Toe kami mah a ohhaih ahmuen hoiah aphongh ving naah loe, a ohhaih ahmuen mah anih khaeah, Nang hae kang hnuh vai ai, tiah naa ueloe, angphat taak tih.
If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
19 Khenah, anih anghoehaih loklam loe to tiah oh; anih amprawkhaih ahmuen ah, kalah thingnawk to amprawk o lat tih.
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others shall spring.
20 Khenah, coek koi om ai kami to Sithaw mah haek ai; kasae hmuen sah kami doeh abomh ai:
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, nor will he uphold the evildoers.
21 anih mah na pakha to pahnuisak ueloe, na pahni to anghoehaih hoiah koisak tih.
He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.
22 Nang hnuma kaminawk to azatsak tih, kasae kami ohhaih im to anghma tih boeh, tiah a naa.
Those who hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
