¹I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid?

¹Ka mit toh thukhun ka nabawlkhinta; bangchin nungak ka en theita dia oi?

²For what would have been [my] portion of +God from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from on high?

²Ahihleh tunglam Pathian akipanin ka tantuan bang a hita dia, tungsang Thilbangkimhihthei akipanin ka goutan?

³Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for the workers of iniquity?

³Mi dikloute tungah tuahsiatna a tung kei mo, gitlouh nasemte tungah siatna?

⁴Doth not he see my ways, and number all my steps?

⁴Aman ka lampite a mukhin keiin, ka kalsuante a sim vek kei ahia?

⁵If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit,

⁵Thujuau toh na oma, hua ka khe khem dinga nakinoh ahih leh;

⁶(Let me be weighed in an even balance, and +God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;)

⁶(Bukna diktak ah honbuk dih ua, Pathianin ka thutakna thei hen! )

⁷If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands;

⁷Ka kalsuan lampi akipan anapial hiam, ka lungtang-in ka mitte anajui hiam, huan ka khutte ah nin himhim anabelh hiam:

⁸Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out.

⁸Huchi anahihleh, chi tuh ning, midangin ne hen; ahi, ka loua piang bulkalh khiak hi hen.

⁹If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, so that I laid wait at my neighbour's door,

⁹Ka lungtang numei lama khema anaoma, huan ka innveng kongkhaka ka nangaktak leh:

¹⁰Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

¹⁰Huchi anahihtak leh ka jiin midan adingin an su henla, huan midangte amah tungah kun uhen.

¹¹For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity [to be judged by] the judges:

¹¹Huchibang gitlouhna hoih hetlou lah ahi ngala; ahi, vaihawmmite gawt ding thulimlouhna ngei,

¹²For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

¹²Siatna dinga kangbei leh, ka punna tengteng zungkalh ding mei hi ding lah ahi ngala.

¹³If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,

¹³Ka tunga phunna a neihlai ua, ka sikhapa hiam ka sikhanu hiam makhua namusita, nakhualsak lou ka hih leh;

¹⁴What then should I do when ùGod riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?

¹⁴Pathian a thohkhiak chiangin bang ka hihta dia? Thu a kan hun chiangin bangin ka dawngta dia?

¹⁵Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not One fashion us in the womb?

¹⁵Kei sula honbawlpan amah a bawl kei mo? Huan khatin a honbawl tuak ahi kei mo?

¹⁶If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

¹⁶Migentheite a lunggulh uh ka napiak louha, ahihkeileh a vuaksuak dinga meithai mitte ka naomsak leh;

¹⁷Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,

¹⁷Ahihkeileh kei kiain ka an ka naneka, huaia pabeiin ananek kei leh;

¹⁸(For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the [widow] from my mother's womb;)

¹⁸(Ii, ka tuailai akipanin pa bang ka hi, ka kiangah ana khanglianta; huan ka nu sul akipan amah pipa ka nahita hi: )

¹⁹If I have seen any perishing for want of clothing, or any needy without covering;

¹⁹Kuapeuh taksap jiaka mangthang hiam, ahihkeileh tasam khuhna neilou hiam ka namuh leh;

²⁰If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;

²⁰A kawngten kei a honna vualjawl louha, ka belam mula lumsaka ana om kei leh;

²¹If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the gate:

²¹Kongpia panpihna ka muh jiaka pabeite siatna dinga ka khut ka nalik leh;

²²[Then] let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone!

²²Huchi anahihleh, ka liang ka liangjang akipan kia henla, a guh akipan ka ban kitan hen.

²³For calamity from ùGod was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless.

²³Pathian akipan tuahsia lah keia dingin launa ahi ngala, A thupina lah ka tuak ngam ngal keia.

²⁴If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!

²⁴Dangkaeng lametpena ka nabawla, dangkaeng hoih kiangah, ka muanna na hi, ka nachihtaka;

²⁵If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

²⁵Ka hauhna thupi jiaka hiam, ka khutin tam a nalam jiaka ka nakipaha;

²⁶If I beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

²⁶A vak laia ni hiam, thupitaka pai pai kha hiam kana eta,

²⁷And my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:

²⁷Huchia ka lungtang aguka khema a oma, ka kamin ka khut anatawptak aleh:

²⁸This also would be an iniquity for the judge, for I should have denied the ùGod who is above.

²⁸Hiai leng thulimlouhna vaihawmmite gawt ding ahi: tunga Pathian kianga najuauta hi ding ka hih jiakin.

²⁹If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him;

²⁹Kei honmudah siatnaa ka nakipaha, ahihkeileh hoihlou a tunga a tun chianga ka nakipah uat aleh;

³⁰(Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;)

³⁰(Ka melma hamsiat ding leh a henna thum dingin ka kam ka nakhialsak kei);

³¹If the men of my tent said not, Who shall find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat? --

³¹Ka puaninaten, A ana kihihvah lou kua a oma, hon nachih kei ua leh;

³²The stranger did not lodge without; I opened my doors to the pathway.

³²(Kongzing ah mikhual ana giak ngei kei; khualzin adingin ka kongte ka nahongta)

³³If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

³³Adam banga ka angsunga ka thulimlouhna na sela, ka tatlekna na khuh ka hiha,

³⁴Because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door, ...

³⁴Ajiak, mi tampi launa thupitak ka neihjiak ahiha, sungte hon muhdaina launa jiak a huchia dai didea, popawt lou ka nahih leh-

³⁵Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!

³⁵Aw, kei honja mi nei leng maw: (Ngaiin, hiaiah ka min gelh a om hi. Thil bangkim hihtheiin hondawng hen; ) huan ka galin a gelh khiat matna nei leng maw:

³⁶Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me [as] a crown;

³⁶Chihtaktakin ka liang jangah ka po dinga; lallukhu bangin kei ah ka kan den ding hi.

³⁷I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I come near to him.

³⁷A kiangah ka kal suan zah ka phuang dinga; lal bangin ka kiang naiah ka hoh ding hi.

³⁸If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together;

³⁸Ka kam kei dema a kikoua, huaia lei lehsate a kah khawm uleh;

³⁹If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have tormented to death the souls of its owners:

³⁹Sum loua huai gahte ka nanektaka, ahihkeileh huaia a neite a hinna uh ka natansak aleh:Buh hilouin loulingneite, barli-buh hilouin loubualte pou jaw hen.

⁴⁰Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

⁴⁰Buh hilouin loulingneite, barli-buh hilouin loubualte pou jaw hen.