Job 23
1 And Job answered and said,
To naah Job mah,
2 Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
vaihni loe kana ka haam; ka nathaih nung parai pongah hang ai ah ka om thai ai.
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!
Anih hnukthaihaih ahmuen to ka panoek nahaeloe, anih anghnuthaih ahmuen ah ka caeh han!
4 I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;
A hmaa ah kaimah kawng to ka thuih moe, pakha hoiah lok ka thuih han.
5 I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
Anih mah kawbangmaw na pathim tih, tiah ka panoek, a thuih han ih lok doeh ka panoek.
6 Would he plead against me with [his] great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
A thacakhaih hoiah kai hae na hmang tih maw? Na hmang mak ai; anih mah kai ih lok hae tahngai lat tih.
7 There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.
To ahmuen ah katoeng kami hoi lokthuihaih om tih, kai loe lokcaek kami khae hoiah ka loih poe tih boeh.
8 Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;
Khenah, kai loe hmabangah ka caeh, toe anih loe to ahmuen ah om ai; hnukbangah kang nawn cadoeh, anih to ka panoek thai ai;
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold [him] not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see [him] not.
a toksakhaih banqoi bangah ka caeh, toe anih to ka hnu thai ai; bantang bangah kang qoi naah doeh, anih to ka hnu thai ai.
10 But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.
Toe ka caehhaih loklam to ang panoek pae; anih mah kai ang tanoek pacoengah loe, sui baktiah ka om tih boeh.
11 My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.
Ka khok mah a caehhaih khok tangkannawk to pazui, kam khraeng taak ai, anih ih loklam to ka pazui.
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.
A pahni hoi paek ih lok to ka caeh taak ai; ni thokkruek kangaih caaknaek pongah doeh anih mah thuih ih loknawk to ni ka palung kue.
13 But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.
Toe poekhaih maeto ah kaom, Sithaw to mi mah maw pakhrai thai tih? Anih loe a koehhaih baktiah ni sak.
14 For he will perform [what] is appointed for me; and many such things are with him.
Anih loe kai han suek ih hmuen to a sak; anih loe to baktih poekhaih paroeai tawnh.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I am afraid of him.
To pongah a hmaa ah loe zithaih hoiah ni ka oh; to baktih hmuen to ka poek naah, anih to ka zit.
16 For God hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me;
Sithaw mah palungthin ang naemsak moe, Thacak Angraeng mah zithaih to ang paek;
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.
toe kai hae khoving hmaa ah va sut ai, ka hmaa ih khoving thung hoiah doeh paka ai.
