Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu answered,
Elihu mah,
2 “Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’
hae lok loe toeng, tiah na poek maw? Sithaw pongah ka toeng kue, tiah na poek maw? tiah a naa.
3 that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
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 I will answer you, and your companions with you.
Nangmah hoi nam puinawk khaeah lok pathim han ka koeh.
5 Look to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.
Vannawk ho doeng ah loe, khenah, nang pongah kasang kue tamainawk ho khenah.
6 If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
Na zae nahaeloe, na zaehaih mah kawbangmaw Sithaw raihaih paek? Na zaehaih pop parai nahaeloe, to zaehaih mah Sithaw kawbangmaw amrosak?
7 If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does 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 wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.
Na sak ih sethaih mah nang baktih kami to raihaih paek; na toenghaih mah loe kami capa han amekhaih ohsak.
9 “By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Paroeai pacaekthlaekhaih tongh naah, nihcae mah tahmenhaih hnik o, Thacak Sithaw ih ban pongah nihcae mah abomhaih to hnik o.
10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
Toe mi mah doeh, Aqum ah laa paekkung, kai sahkung Sithaw loe naa ah maw oh;
11 who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
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 cry, but no one answers, because of the pride of evil men.
Kasae kaminawk hoi amoek kaminawk lawkthuihaih lok Sithaw mah pathim pae ai.
13 Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.
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 How much less when you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you 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 But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance,
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 opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”
Job loe avang ai lok to thuih moe, panoekhaih tawn ai ah pop parai loknawk to a thuih, tiah a naa.
