¹And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

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

²Can a man be profitable to ùGod? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.

²Mihing Pathian adingin a phatuam thei diam? Kuapeuh a pil amah mah adingin a phatuam ngeia.

³Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain [to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect?

³Na diktat, Thilbangkimhihthei adinga kipahna ahi himhim hia? ahihkeileh na lampite na hoihkim sak, amah dia punna hia?

⁴Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?

⁴Nang a honsalha, vaihawmnaa nang toh a lut, amah na kihtak jiak hia?

⁵Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?

⁵Na gitlouhna a lian kei maw? Na thulimlouhna ah leng tawpna a om sam kei hi.

⁶For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.

⁶Bangmahlou dingin na unau thuchiamte na lata ngala, huan vuaktangte a puansilh uh na suahsaka.

⁷Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

⁷Gim adin dawn dingin tui na pe kei a, huan gilkial adin tanghou na it hi.

⁸But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.

⁸Himahleh mi hat in gam a neia; mi deihthoh a sungah a teng hi.

⁹Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

⁹Khutvuakin meithaite na sawl manga, huan pabeite khutte hihtanin a om hi.

¹⁰Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

¹⁰Huaijiakin thangte na kim ah a om ua, huan lau guihnain nang honhihbuai hi.

¹¹Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.

¹¹Ahihkeileh khomial, na muh theihlouh, leh tui tampiin nang a honkhuh hi.

¹²Is not +God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!

¹²Van sangah Pathian a om ka hia? huan aksite sandan en in, sang hina tel uh e;

¹³And thou sayest, What doth ùGod know? will he judge through the dark cloud?

¹³Huan nang, Pathianin bang a theia? khomial bikbek lakah vai a hawm thei dia hia?

¹⁴Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.

¹⁴Amaha dingin meipi sahte, a muhlouhna din, khuhna ahi a; huan van kum sungah a vak ahi, na chi.

¹⁵Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?

¹⁵Mi giloute totsa lampi lui na kem ding hia?

¹⁶Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;

¹⁶A hun ma ua lak manga oma, a kingakna ua tuiluang banga butkhiak a omte:

¹⁷Who said unto ùGod, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?

¹⁷Pathian kianga, Hon pai mangsanin; huan eia dingin Thilbangkimhihtheiin bang a hih theia? chite.

¹⁸Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

¹⁸Himahleh a inte uh thil hoihin a dimsak ua: himahleh migiloute thugen kei akipan a gamla hi.

¹⁹The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:

¹⁹Mi diktatten a mu ua, a kipak ua; huan mihoihten amau a nuihsan ua,

²⁰Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?

²⁰Chihtaktakin ei dou dinga thoute sat khiakin a om ua, huan amaute laka omlai meiin a hulgaita, chiin.

²¹Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

²¹Tuin amah kimeltheihpih inla, muang takin omin: Huaiah hoih na kiangah a hongpai ding hi.

²²Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

²²A kam akipanin dan tuh sangin, ka honngen hi, huan na lungtang ah a thute khol khawmin.

²³If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,

²³Thilbangkimhihthei kianga na kik nawn leh, lam kipin na om ding hi; na puaninte akipana gamla pia diktatlouhna na koih mang leh.

²⁴And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,

²⁴Huan na gou leivui ah koih inla, huan luite suangte lakah Ophir dang kaeng;

²⁵Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;

²⁵Huchiin Thilbangkimhihthei na gou ahi dia, nanga dingin manpha dangka.

²⁶Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto +God:

²⁶Huchiin Thilbangkimhihthei ah na kipakin, Pathian kiangah na dak tou ding a hih jiakin.

²⁷Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;

²⁷Amah kiangah na thumna na gen dia, aman a honza ding.

²⁸And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.

²⁸Thil khat tungah thupukna bawlin thu na pe dia, huan nanga dia hihkipin a om ding hi; huan na lampite ah khovak a tang ding.

²⁹When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.

²⁹A honsawnpuk chiang un, Thoh touhna a om, na chi ding; huan mi niamkhiak aman a hondam ding hi.Amah a hoihlou nasan a suaktasak dinga: ahi, na khutte sianna jiakin amah suangtaksakin a om ding.

³⁰[Even] him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.

³⁰Amah a hoihlou nasan a suaktasak dinga: ahi, na khutte sianna jiakin amah suangtaksakin a om ding.