Job 19
1 Job ni a pathung teh,
Then Job answered and said,
2 Atueng nâsittouh maw ka hringnae he runae na poe awh teh, lawk hoi kai na raphoe awh han.
How long will ye vex my soul, and destroy me with words? only know that the Lord has dealt with me thus.
3 Vai hra totouh na pathoe awh e ka tak dawkvah na payon awh nakunghai na kayak awh hoeh.
Ye speak against me; ye do not feel for me, but bear hard upon me.
4 Ka payon katang pawiteh, ka payonnae teh kai dawk pou ao han.
Yea verily, I have erred in truth, (but the error abides with myself) in having spoken words which it was not right [to speak]; and my words err, and are unreasonable.
5 Kai na taranlahoi na kâoup awh teh, kai kayanae heh kai na tarannae lah na hno awh pawiteh,
But alas! for ye magnify yourselves against me, and insult me with reproach.
6 kai dawkvah Cathut a payon tie hoi, a tamlawk hoi na ramuk tie hah panuek awh.
Know then that it is the Lord that has troubled [me], and has raised his bulwark against me.
7 Payonnae kong dawkvah ka hram pawiteh, na thai pouh mahoeh. Puenghoi ka hram nakunghai lannae hah awm hoeh.
Behold, I laugh at reproach; I will not speak: [or] I will cry out, but [there is] nowhere judgment.
8 Ka tapuet thai hoeh nahanlah ama ni ka lamthung hah a pâbing. Ka lamthung dawk hmonae hah a ta.
I am fenced round about, and can by no means escape: he has set darkness before my face.
9 Ka bawilennae hah na rading pouh teh, ka lû dawk e bawilukhung hah na la pouh.
And he has stripped me of my glory, and has taken the crown from my head.
10 Avoivang hoi vekvek na phi te ka kahma toe. Ka ngaihawinae teh, thingkung patetlah na phawk pouh.
He has torn me around about, and I am gone: and he has cut off my hope like a tree.
11 Kai na taranlahoi a lungkhueknae hah a kâan sak teh, a taran buet touh e patetlah na touksin.
And he has dreadfully handled me in anger, and has counted me for an enemy.
12 A ransahu hah a kamkhueng awh teh, kai na taran lahoi lamthung a rasoun awh, ka lukkareirim tengpam petkâkalup lah na ven awh.
His troops also came upon me with one accord, liars in wait compassed my ways.
13 Ka hmaunawnghanaw hah ahla nah koelah na puen pouh teh, ka panue e naw hah tamitavan lah koung ao awh.
My brethren have stood aloof from me; they have recognized strangers [rather] than me: and my friends have become pitiless.
14 Ka imthungnaw hai ka hmawt thai hoeh toe. Ka huikahawinaw ni koung na pahnim awh toe.
My nearest of kin have not acknowledged me, and they that knew my name, have forgotten me.
15 Ka im dawk kho kasaknaw, ka sannunaw ni imyin lah na pouk awh. Ahnimae mithmu vah imyin lah ka o.
[As for] my household, and my maid-servants, I was a stranger before them.
16 Ka sannaw hah ka kaw eiteh, na pato awh hoeh toe. Lawkkanem hoi pasawt a ngai toe.
I called my servant, and he hearkened not; and my mouth intreated [him].
17 Ka hringnae teh ka yu hanelah a hnueai e lah ao teh, rei ka tâcawt e hmaunawnghanaw hanelah ngai ka tho e la awm hoeh toe.
And I besought my wife, and earnestly intreated the sons of my concubines.
18 Camoca ni patenghai na dudam awh. Ka thaw navah kai taranlahoi lawk a dei awh.
But they rejected me for ever; whenever I rise up, they speak against me.
19 Ka huiko kamyawng pueng ni na panuet awh. Ka lungpataw e naw ni hai kai tarankung lah koung ao awh.
They that saw me abhorred me: the very persons whom I had loved, rose up against me.
20 Ka vuen hoi ka tak hai ka hru dawk rapkâbet. Kahâhli duengdoeh kaawm toe.
My flesh is corrupt under my skin, and my bones are held in [my] teeth.
21 Oe, nangmouh ka huinaw, na pahren awh haw, na pahren awh haw, bangkongtetpawiteh Cathut e kut hoi na hem e la ka o toe.
Pity me, pity me, O friends; for it is the hand of the Lord that has touched me.
22 Bang kecu dawk maw Cathut na rektap e patetlah kai hah na rektap awh. Ka takthai dawk ka khangnae he na khout sak awh hoeh rah maw.
Wherefore do ye persecute me as also the Lord [does], and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23 Oe, ka lawknaw he ca lah ka thun pawiteh, cauknaw dawk pakhum boipawiteh,
For oh that my words were written, and that they were recorded in a book forever,
24 thutnae sum hoi, talung dawk thut e a yungyoe hanelah awm pawiteh,
with an iron pen and lead, or graven in the rocks!
25 kai na karatangkung teh a hring tie hah ka panue. A hnuktengpoung nah talai van bout a kangdue han.
For I know that he is eternal who is about to deliver me,
26 Ka vuen heh raphoe hnukkhu hoi, ka takthai hoi Cathut hah ka hmu han tie hah ka panue.
[and] to raise up upon the earth my skin that endures these [sufferings]: for these things have been accomplished to me of the Lord;
27 Kai kama roeroe ni ka hmu vaiteh, ayâ alouk ni a hmu dueng laipalah, kai ni kamae mit hoi roeroe ka hmu han. Banghloimaw ka thung e ka lungthin ni a rabui.
which I am conscious of in myself, which mine eye has seen, and not another, but all have been fulfilled to me in [my] bosom.
28 Hno coungnae a kung teh, kai dawkvah hmu awh eiteh, bangtelamaw, ahni teh rektap han, na tet awh boipawiteh,
But if ye shall also say, What shall we say before him, and [so] find the root of the matter in him?
29 Namamouh ni tahloi teh taket awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, lungkhueknae ni tahloi hoi reknae hah tâco sak. Lawkcengnae ao tie hah panuethai nahan telah ati.
Do ye also beware of deceit: for wrath will come upon transgressors; and then shall they know where their substance is.
