Job 7
1 Talaivan dawkvah tami hanelah thaw ka ru e thaw a onae tueng ouk ao nahoehmaw, a hninnaw hai kutkapânaw e hnin patetlah awm hoeh namaw.
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
2 Tâhlip dik ka doun e san patetlah, kutkapânaw ni kutphu hmu han a ngai hawi e patetlah.
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
3 Bang hoeh e dawk thapa moikapap lah ka hno teh, khohmo runae naw hah kai hanelah ao toe.
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4 Ka i na koehoi, nâtuek maw ka thaw han. Karum heh baw nah lawiseh ka ti. Bangkongtetpawiteh, khodai totouh kamhmei kamlang hoi ka o.
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
5 Ka takthai teh, pâri hoi songnawng ni muen na kayo teh, ka vuen hai cupei teh koung a kâhnoum.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
6 Ka hninnaw teh, hnikawngnae yawngyen hlak hai a rang teh, ngaihawinae awm laipalah a loum.
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7 Ka hringnae teh kahlî doeh tie hah pahnim hanh, ka mit ni ahawinae bout hmawt mahoeh toe.
O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
8 Na kahmawtnaw e mit ni bout na hmawt mahoeh toe. Na mit ka tak dawk a um navah, kaawm mahoeh toe.
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
9 Tâmai kâhin teh, a kahma e patetlah, duenae tangkom thung ka cet e ni bout ban mahoeh toe. (Sheol h7585)
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. (Sheol h7585)
10 A im vah bout ban hoeh vaiteh, a onae hmuen ni ama teh panuek mahoeh toe.
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
11 Hatdawkvah ka pahni ka cakuep mahoeh. Ka muitha rek na laihoi ka dei vaiteh, kakhat e ka hringnae hoi lai ka roe han.
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Kai teh, talî lah maw ka tho. Nahoeh pawiteh, talî dawk e khorui lah maw ka tho teh, na karingkung hah na ta pouh.
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
13 Ka ikhun ni ka ngai a mawng sak han. Ka yannae ikhun ni ka phuenangnae a roum sak han telah ka ti navah,
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
14 Tangmin mang lahoi na pakhi teh, kamnuenae lahoi kai na kalue sak.
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
15 Ka hringnae ni ka lahuen a kara hoi duenae hah, ka takthai ni a ngaihnawn.
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
16 Ka hringnae he ka hnueai teh, yungyoe ka hring mahoeh. Kama dueng na awm sak awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka hringnae teh a kahû lah doeh ao.
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
17 Tami he banglamaw ao teh, hettelah na tawmrasang teh, a lathueng vah na lungthin pou na ta.
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
18 Amon tangkuem na tho sin teh, nâtuek e atueng dawk hai pou na tanouk.
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
19 Nâtuek hai na kamlang takhai laipalah, pou na khet vaiteh, ka tamtui ka padoun nahai ka madueng na tat hoeh.
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
20 Yonnae ka tawn maw, oe taminaw ka ring e, nang lathueng vah bangmaw ka sak. Bangdawkmaw na hmaitung vah telah na o sak teh, kama hoi kama hnori lah na o sak.
I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
21 Bangdawkmaw na kâ ka eknae hah na ngaithoum laipalah, ka payonpakainae hah na lat pouh hoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, vaiphu dawk ka i vaiteh, nama ni kai na tawng han, hatei kaawm mahoeh toe atipouh.
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
