¹And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

¹Huchiin Elipha Teman miin a dawng a, hichiin a chi a:

²Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,

²Mi pilin theihna bangmahlou toh dawnna a bawlin, suahlam huihin a gilpi a dimsak sak diam?

³Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?

³Houlimna phatuamlou toh thu a ngaihtuahin, ahihkeileh hoih a hih theihna louh dinga thugente a ngaihtuah diam?

⁴Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before ùGod.

⁴A hi, launa na hihmanga, huan Pathian maa kipiakzohna na dal lai hi.

⁵For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.

⁵Na thulimlouhnain lah na kam a sinsaka, zekhemhat mi lei na tel ngal a.

⁶Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.

⁶Nang mahmah kamin nang siamlouh ahontang saka, kei hilouin; ahi, nang demin nangmah mukte mahmahin a hontheihpih hi.

⁷Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?

⁷A piang mihing masapen na hi ahia? ahihkeileh tangte maa lakkhiaka om na hi maw?

⁸Hast thou listened in the secret council of +God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?

⁸Pathian thuhilh guk na za ta hia? huan pilna na kikoih hoih hia?

⁹What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?

⁹Ka theih louh uh bang na theia? koua omlou bang na theisiama?

¹⁰Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.

¹⁰Ka lak uah samkang leh mi upa mahmah a om tuaktuak, na pa sanga nakpia upajawte.

¹¹Are the consolations of ùGod too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?

¹¹Pathian nepnate leh siamtaka honhilh thute nang adia neu lua uhia?

¹²Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?

¹²Bangdia na lungtangin nang honpi mang ahia? Bang dia na mitte phia ahia?

¹³That thou turnest thy spirit against ùGod, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?

¹³Huchia Pathian dema na lungsim na heia, na kam akipana huchibang thute na pawtkhiak sak.

¹⁴What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

¹⁴Mihing bang ahia, a sian ding? numei apan piang amah kua ahia a diktat ding?

¹⁵Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:

¹⁵Ngaiin, a mi siangthoute ah muanna a koih keia: ahi, a mitmuhin vante a siang kei uhi.

¹⁶How much less the abominable and corrupt, -- man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water!

¹⁶Mi kihhuai leh sia, mi thulimlouhna tui banga dawn, nak sian keina semin chia:

¹⁷I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;

¹⁷Ka honensak ding, honja in; huan ka muhsa ka phuang ding:

¹⁸Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;

¹⁸(Huai tuh mi pilten a pipute ua kipan na gen ua, a im kei uh;

¹⁹Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

¹⁹Amau kiangah kia gam tuh piakin a oma, huan mikhual kuamah a lak uah a pai kei uh: )

²⁰All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.

²⁰Mi gilouin a damsung ni tengin natna a thuaka, nuaisiahhatmi adia khawlkhawm kumte zah mahmah.

²¹The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.

²¹Launa ging a bil ah a oma; hauhlaiin lokmi a tungah a hongpai ding hi:

²²He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.

²²Khomial akipan a hongkik ding chih a um keia, huan namsaua ngakin a om hi.

²³He wandereth abroad for bread, -- where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

²³Tanghou zongin a tamvaka, Koia om ahia? chiin. Khomial ni a kiang chinah mansain a om chih a theikei hi.

²⁴Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.

²⁴Dahna leh haksatnain amah a lausaka; kumpipa galdou dia mansa bangin, amah a zou uhi.

²⁵For he hath stretched out his hand against ùGod, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:

²⁵Pathian dou dinga a khut a likkhiak jiakin, Thilbangkimhihthei dou dinga kisathei taka a oma,

²⁶He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;

²⁶A lum, a tuamna sahtaknei toh amah doua a tai teitei jiakin;

²⁷For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks.

²⁷A thaua a maitang a khuha, a gila thau a kholkhawma,

²⁸And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.

²⁸Khopi tulsaa a tena, kuamah ten tuak louhna inte, segawp ngiingei dingte a luah jiakin;

²⁹He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.

²⁹A hau kei dinga, a neihlehlam a om gige kei dinga; amah leiah zung a kai kei ding;

³⁰He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

³⁰Khomial akipan a suakta kei dinga, meikuangin a selnoute a kangkeu dinga, a paklunlaite huchin a mut mang ding.

³¹Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;

³¹Amah kikhemin, banglou ah muang kei hen: bangmahlou lah a thukna hi ding ahi ngala.

³²It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.

³²A hun main hihzohin a om dia, huan ahiang nou kei ding hi.

³³He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.

³³Grepgui bangin a gah min lou a singpulh dia, oliv bangin a pak a pai khe ding.

³⁴For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

³⁴Pathianlimsaklou kithuahpihna lah hut ding ahia, golhna puaninte lah meiin kangmang ding ahi ngala.Siatna a pai ua, thulimlouhna a suakkhe sak uh, huan a lungtang un khemna a opkeuh uh.

³⁵They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

³⁵Siatna a pai ua, thulimlouhna a suakkhe sak uh, huan a lungtang un khemna a opkeuh uh.