Job 35
1 Then Elihu also said this:
Elihu loh koep a doo tih,
2 “[Job, ] do you think that what you said is right/correct? You say, ‘God knows that I am innocent,’
“‘Pathen lakah kamah duengnah ngai,’ na ti te tiktamnah la na poek a te?
3 and you say [to God], ‘What good have I received for not sinning? What benefit have I received from that?’ [DOU, RHQ]
‘Ka tholhnah lamloh nang hamla balae a hmaiben tih balae a hoeikhang,’ na ti.
4 [Well, ] I will answer you, and I will answer your three friends, too.
Namah neh na taengkah na hui rhoek kah olthui te ka thuung eh.
5 “[Job], look up at the sky; look at the clouds that are high above you and realize [that God is far above everything].
Vaan ke paelki lamtah hmu van lah. Nang lakah aka sang khomong ke dan lah.
6 If you have sinned, that does not [RHQ] harm God at all. If many times you do things that are wrong, that certainly does not [RHQ] affect him [DOU].
Na tholh koinih amah te metlam a ben eh? Na boekoeknah pungtai koinih amah taengah balae a saii eh.
7 And if you are righteous, does that help God? No, he is not benefited by anything that you do [DOU].
Na tang atah amah taengah balae na paek? Na kut lamloh balae a loh?
8 It is other people who suffer because of the wicked things that you do, but by doing good things for people, you help them.
Nang bang, na halangnah khaw hlang ham tih na duengnah khaw hlang capa ham ni.
9 “People cry out because of the many things that people do to others to (oppress them/treat them cruelly); they call for help because of the things that powerful people do [MTY] to them.
Hnaemtaeknah cungkuem hmuiah aka tlung bantha lamloh bomnah bih hamla pang uh.
10 But (no one/none of them) calls out [to God], saying ‘Why does God, my creator, [not help me]? He [should] enable me to sing [joyful] songs, [instead of very sad songs, ] during the night.
Tedae, “Kai aka saii tih khoyin ah laa aka pae Pathen te ta?
11 He [should be able to] teach us more than all the wild animals do; he [should] enable us to become wiser than [all] the birds are!’
Diklai rhamsa lakah mamih n'cang puei tih vaan kah vaa lakah mamih n'cueih sak,’ a ti moenih.
12 People cry out [for help], but God does not answer them, because those who cry out are proud and evil people.
Pang uh pahoi cakhaw boethae rhoek kah hoemdamnah hmai ah tah a doo moenih.
13 It is useless for them to cry out, because God, the Almighty One, does not pay any attention to what they say.
Pathen loh a poeyoek la hnatun pawt tih Tlungthang long khaw a hmuhming moenih.
14 So, when you complain that you cannot see God, and you tell him that you are waiting for him [to decide whether or not you should be punished for what you have done], God will not listen to you, either!
A hmuhming pawt tih na thui vaeng aisat, dumlai pataeng amah mikhmuh ah a pha dongah amah mah rhingda laeh.
15 Furthermore, [you say that] because he does not pay attention when people commit sins, he does not become angry and punish them.
Tedae a thintoek te cawh voel pawt oeh coeng tih halangnah te khaw ming voel pawh.
16 You say things that are useless; you say a lot of things without knowing [what you are talking about].”
Job loh a honghi la a ka a ang tih mingnah om pawt ah a olthui yet,” a ti.
