Job 35
1 After this, Eliu again spoke in this way:
Elihu mah,
2 Does it seem right to you in your thoughts, that you should say, “I am more just than God?”
hae lok loe toeng, tiah na poek maw? Sithaw pongah ka toeng kue, tiah na poek maw? tiah a naa.
3 For you said, “Having done what is right does not please you,” and, “How will it benefit you, if I sin?”
Nang mah, Tih amekhaih maw na hnu tih? Nang mah, Tih atho maw ka hak tih? Zaehaih ka sah ai pongah tih atho maw ka hak tih? tiah na thuih.
4 And so, I will respond to your words, and to your friends who are with you.
Nangmah hoi nam puinawk khaeah lok pathim han ka koeh.
5 Look up towards heaven and consider; also, think about the sky, which is higher than you.
Vannawk ho doeng ah loe, khenah, nang pongah kasang kue tamainawk ho khenah.
6 If you sin, how will it hurt him? And if your iniquities are multiplied, what will you do against him?
Na zae nahaeloe, na zaehaih mah kawbangmaw Sithaw raihaih paek? Na zaehaih pop parai nahaeloe, to zaehaih mah Sithaw kawbangmaw amrosak?
7 Furthermore, if you act justly, what will you give him, or what will he receive from your hand?
Katoeng kami ah na oh pongah, Anih hanah tih hmuen maw na paek boeh? To tih ai boeh loe na ban hoiah Anih mah tih hmuen maw talawk vai boeh?
8 Your impiety may hurt a man who is like you, though your justice may help the son of the man.
Na sak ih sethaih mah nang baktih kami to raihaih paek; na toenghaih mah loe kami capa han amekhaih ohsak.
9 Because of the multitude of false accusers, they will cry out; and they will lament because of the strong arm of the tyrants.
Paroeai pacaekthlaekhaih tongh naah, nihcae mah tahmenhaih hnik o, Thacak Sithaw ih ban pongah nihcae mah abomhaih to hnik o.
10 Yet he has not said: “Where is God, who made me, who has given songs in the night,
Toe mi mah doeh, Aqum ah laa paekkung, kai sahkung Sithaw loe naa ah maw oh;
11 who teaches us in addition to the beasts of the earth, and who educates us along with the birds of the air?”
long ih moinawk pong pop kue ah aicae patukkung, van ih tavaanawk pongah aicae palungha kue ah sahkung loe naa ah maw oh? tiah thui o ai.
12 There they will cry, and he will not heed them, because of the arrogance of the wicked.
Kasae kaminawk hoi amoek kaminawk lawkthuihaih lok Sithaw mah pathim pae ai.
13 Therefore, God does not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into each and every case.
Sithaw mah avang ai kaminawk tahmenhnikhaih lok to tahngai pae mak ai; Thacak Sithaw mah to baktih loknawk to tiah doeh sah pae mak ai.
14 And so, when you say, “He does not examine,” be judged before him, but wait for him.
Sithaw ka hnu ai, tiah na thuih cadoeh, anih hmaa ah lokcaekhaih to oh pongah, nang loe anih nuiah amha ah.
15 For, at the present time, he does not bring forth his fury, nor does he punish sin exceedingly.
Vaihi loe palung a phuihaih hoiah dan na paek mak ai; sakpazaehaih to pakuem khruek mak ai boeh, tiah a poek pongah,
16 Therefore, Job has opened his mouth in vain and has multiplied words without knowledge.
Job loe avang ai lok to thuih moe, panoekhaih tawn ai ah pop parai loknawk to a thuih, tiah a naa.
