Job 17
1 My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is [ready] for me.
“Ka mueihla he pat tih ka khohnin loh khum coeng, kai hamla phuel om coeng.
2 Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.
Ka taengah a omsasaipat pai moenih a? Te dongah amih koek ham khaw ka mik ah rhaeh pai saeh.
3 Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
Kai kah rhikhang he namah hamla khueh laeh. Anih te ulong ka kut dongla a khoom eh?
4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
Amih kah lungbuei te lungmingnah lamloh na khoem pah coeng. Te dongah na pomsang sak mahpawh.
5 He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Khoyo la a hui a phoe vaengah a ca rhoek mik tah hma coeng.
6 But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
Kai he pilnam kah a thuidoek la n'khueh tih, maelhmai dongkah timthoihnah la ka om.
7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
Ka mik he konoinah neh hmang coeng tih ka pumrho he khokhawn bangla boeih om.
8 Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
Te dongah aka thuem khaw a pong sak tih lailak taengah ommongsitoe a haenghang sak.
9 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
Tedae aka dueng loh amah longpuei te a tuuk vetih, a kut cim khaw a thaa sai ni.
10 But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
Amih te boeih na mael sak uh coeng. Na pawk uh to cakhaw nangmih ah hlangcueih ka hmu mahpawh.
11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
Ka khohnin loh thok coeng. Ka thinko kah kohnek la ka poeknah mawth coeng.
12 They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness.
Khoyin te khothaih la a khueh tih, a hmuep tom te vangnah neh a yoei sak.
Saelkhui te ka im bangla ka lamtawn tih, hmaisuep ah ka rhaenghmuen ka saelh. (Sheol h7585)
14 If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister;
Vaam taengah, ‘A pa nang,’ ka ti nah tih a rhit taengah, ‘A nu neh ka ngannu,’ ka ti nah coeng.
15 Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
Te dongah menim ka ngaiuepnah tih, ka ngaiuepnah he unim aka mae?
