Job 7
1 Talaivan dawkvah tami hanelah thaw ka ru e thaw a onae tueng ouk ao nahoehmaw, a hninnaw hai kutkapânaw e hnin patetlah awm hoeh namaw.
Is there not a warfare to a mortal, upon earth? And, as the days of a hireling, are not his days?
2 Tâhlip dik ka doun e san patetlah, kutkapânaw ni kutphu hmu han a ngai hawi e patetlah.
As, a bondman, panteth for the shadow, and as, a hireling, longeth for his wage,
3 Bang hoeh e dawk thapa moikapap lah ka hno teh, khohmo runae naw hah kai hanelah ao toe.
So, have I been made to inherit months of calamity, and, nights of weariness, have been appointed me.
4 Ka i na koehoi, nâtuek maw ka thaw han. Karum heh baw nah lawiseh ka ti. Bangkongtetpawiteh, khodai totouh kamhmei kamlang hoi ka o.
As soon as I lie down, I say, When shall I arise? yet he lengtheneth out the evening, and I am wearied with tossings until the breeze of twilight.
5 Ka takthai teh, pâri hoi songnawng ni muen na kayo teh, ka vuen hai cupei teh koung a kâhnoum.
My flesh is clothed with worms and a coating of dust, My skin, hath hardened, and then run afresh:
6 Ka hninnaw teh, hnikawngnae yawngyen hlak hai a rang teh, ngaihawinae awm laipalah a loum.
My days, are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they are spent, without hope.
7 Ka hringnae teh kahlî doeh tie hah pahnim hanh, ka mit ni ahawinae bout hmawt mahoeh toe.
Remember thou, that, a wind, is my life, not again shall mine eye see blessing:
8 Na kahmawtnaw e mit ni bout na hmawt mahoeh toe. Na mit ka tak dawk a um navah, kaawm mahoeh toe.
Nor shall see me—the eye that used to behold me, Thine eyes, are upon me, and I am not.
9 Tâmai kâhin teh, a kahma e patetlah, duenae tangkom thung ka cet e ni bout ban mahoeh toe. (Sheol h7585)
A cloud faileth, and is gone, So, he that descendeth to hades, shall not come up: (Sheol h7585)
10 A im vah bout ban hoeh vaiteh, a onae hmuen ni ama teh panuek mahoeh toe.
He shall not return again to his house, and his own place shall be acquainted with him no more.
11 Hatdawkvah ka pahni ka cakuep mahoeh. Ka muitha rek na laihoi ka dei vaiteh, kakhat e ka hringnae hoi lai ka roe han.
I also, cannot restrain my mouth, —I must speak, in the anguish of my spirit, I must find utterance, in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Kai teh, talî lah maw ka tho. Nahoeh pawiteh, talî dawk e khorui lah maw ka tho teh, na karingkung hah na ta pouh.
Am, I, a sea, or a sea-monster, —That thou shouldst set over me a watch?
13 Ka ikhun ni ka ngai a mawng sak han. Ka yannae ikhun ni ka phuenangnae a roum sak han telah ka ti navah,
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall help to carry my complaint,
14 Tangmin mang lahoi na pakhi teh, kamnuenae lahoi kai na kalue sak.
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and, by visions, dost thou terrify me:
15 Ka hringnae ni ka lahuen a kara hoi duenae hah, ka takthai ni a ngaihnawn.
So that my soul chooseth strangling, Death, rather than [these] my bones!
16 Ka hringnae he ka hnueai teh, yungyoe ka hring mahoeh. Kama dueng na awm sak awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka hringnae teh a kahû lah doeh ao.
I am wasted away, Not, to times age-abiding, can I live, Let me alone, for, a breath, are my days.
17 Tami he banglamaw ao teh, hettelah na tawmrasang teh, a lathueng vah na lungthin pou na ta.
What is a mortal, that thou shouldst nurture him? Or that thou shouldst fix upon him thy mind?
18 Amon tangkuem na tho sin teh, nâtuek e atueng dawk hai pou na tanouk.
That thou shouldst inspect him morning by morning, moment by moment, shouldst test him?
19 Nâtuek hai na kamlang takhai laipalah, pou na khet vaiteh, ka tamtui ka padoun nahai ka madueng na tat hoeh.
How long wilt thou not look away from me? Wilt thou not let me alone, till I can swallow my spittle?
20 Yonnae ka tawn maw, oe taminaw ka ring e, nang lathueng vah bangmaw ka sak. Bangdawkmaw na hmaitung vah telah na o sak teh, kama hoi kama hnori lah na o sak.
I have sinned, What can I do for thee, thou watcher of men? Wherefore hast thou set me as thine object of attack, or have I become, unto thee, a burden?
21 Bangdawkmaw na kâ ka eknae hah na ngaithoum laipalah, ka payonpakainae hah na lat pouh hoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, vaiphu dawk ka i vaiteh, nama ni kai na tawng han, hatei kaawm mahoeh toe atipouh.
And why wilt thou not remove my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For, now, in the dust, should I lie down, and thou shouldst seek me diligently, and I should not be.
