Joba 35
1 Elihu loh koep a doo tih,
And Elihu made answer and said,
2 “'Patheni lakah kamah duengnah ngai,’ na ti te tiktamnah la na poek a te?
Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,
3 'Ka tholhnah lamloh nang hamla balae a hmaiben tih balae a hoeikhang,’ na ti.
What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?
4 Namah neh na taengkah na hui rhoek kah olthui te ka thuung eh.
I will make answer to you and to your friends:
5 Vaan ke paelki lamtah hmu van lah. Nang lakah aka sang khomong ke dan lah.
Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.
6 Na tholh koinih amah te metlam a ben eh? Na boekoeknah pungtai koinih amah taengah balae a saii eh.
If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?
7 Na tang atah amah taengah balae na paek? Na kut lamloh balae a loh?
If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?
8 Nang bang, na halangnah khaw hlang ham tih na duengnah khaw hlang capa ham ni.
Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.
9 Hnaemtaeknah cungkuem hmuiah aka tlung bantha lamloh bombih hamla pang uh.
Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.
10 Tedae, “Kai aka saii tih khoyin ah laa aka pae Pathen te ta?
But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;
11 Diklai rhamsa lakah mamih n'cang puei tih vaan kah vaa lakah mamih n'cueih sak,’ a ti moenih.
Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?
12 Pang uh pahoi cakhaw boethae rhoek kah hoemdamnah hmai ah tah a doo moenih.
There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer.
13 Patheni loh a poeyoek la hnatun pawt tih Tlungthang long khaw a hmuhming moenih.
But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;
14 A hmuhming pawt tih na thui vaeng aisat, dumlai pataeng amah mikhmuh ah a pha dongah amah mah rhingda laeh.
How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.
15 Tedae a thintoek te cawh voel pawt oeh coeng tih halangnah te khaw ming voel pawh.
And now ...;
16 Job loh a honghi la a ka a ang tih mingnah om pawt ah a olthui yet,” a ti.
And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.
