¹Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear mine utterances, and hearken to all my words.

¹Akoi abang hileh, Job, ka honngen hi, thugen ja inla ka thugen tengteng ngaikhiain.

²Behold now, I have opened my mouth, my tongue speaketh in my palate,

²Ngaiin, tuni, ka kam ka kaa, ka kamin ka pau hi.

³My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall utter knowledge purely.

³Ka thuten ka lungtang dikna a genkhe ding uh; huan ka mukten a theih ngei uh chihtaktakin a gen ding uhi.

⁴The Spirit of ùGod hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

⁴Pathian Khain a honbawla huan Thil bangkim hihthei huin hinna a honpai hi.

⁵If thou canst, answer me; array [thy words] before me: take thy stand.

⁵Na theih leh, hondawng in; ka maah na thute a kizomzomin koihin, na panna ah ding in.

⁶Behold, before ùGod I am as thou; I also am formed out of the clay.

⁶Ngaiin, nang bangin Pathian lamah ka om hi: kei leng tungmana bawl ka hi.

⁷Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, nor my burden be heavy upon thee.

⁷Ngaiin, ka lauhuainain nang a honlausak kei ding, ka hahkatna leng na tungah a gik kei ding hi.

⁸Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of [thy] words: --

⁸Chihtaktakin ka jakin na pautaa, huan na thute ging ka zata hi.

⁹I am clean without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me;

⁹Ka siang hi, tatlekna bei; ka hoiha, kei ah thulimlouhna leng a om kei, chiin:

¹⁰Lo, he findeth occasions of hostility against me, he counteth me for his enemy;

¹⁰Ngaiin, kei demna ding a jiak a mua melmain a honsimta hi;

¹¹He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

¹¹Ka khete kol a bunsaka, ka lampite tengteng achiamteh hi.

¹²Behold, I will answer thee in this, thou art not right; for +God is greater than man.

¹²Ngaiin, ka hondawng ding, hiai na diklouhna ah; mihing sangin lah Pathian a lianzo ngala.

¹³Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

¹³Bangdia amah dou na hia, Ka thute a bangmahmah lah a dawng kei ding, chiin?

¹⁴For ùGod speaketh once, and twice, -- [and man] perceiveth it not --

¹⁴Pathianin lah khatvei a gena, ahi, nihvei, mihingin limsak kei mahleh.

¹⁵In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

¹⁵Jana mang ah, mengmuhna ah, mite tunga ihmut kip a kiak laiin, lupna tunga ihmut laite in;

¹⁶Then he openeth men's ears, and sealeth their instruction,

¹⁶Huailaiin mite bilte a honga, vaunatein amau a hihlaua,

¹⁷That he may withdraw man [from his] work, and hide pride from man.

¹⁷Huchia a thiltup akipana mihing a lakkika, mihing a kipana kisaktheihna a satkhiak theihna dingin;

¹⁸He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from passing away by the sword.

¹⁸Aman kokhuk akipan a kha a kep kik saka, namsaua kipan a hinna.

¹⁹He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and with constant strife in his bones;

¹⁹A lupna tungah natnaa sawiin leng a om, huan a guhtea kinakna omgige tohin:

²⁰And his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty food;

²⁰Huchiin a hinnain tanghou a kiha, huan a khain an lim.

²¹His flesh is consumed away from view, and his bones that were not seen stick out;

²¹Asa a tum manga, huchiin muh theihin a om kei; huan a kimulou a guhte hongdawk khia uh.

²²And his soul draweth near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

²²A hi, a kha kokhuk kiangah a hong naia, huan a hinna hihsemite kiangah.

²³If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his duty;

²³A kianga angel, kamlet, sang khat laka khat, mihing kianga amah adia dik bang ahia chih etsakding a om leh;

²⁴Then he will be gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

²⁴Huchia amah adinga chingtheia, Kokhuka pai sukna akipan amahsuaktasak un, tatna ka muta,

²⁵His flesh shall be fresher than in childhood; he shall return to the days of his youth.

²⁵A sa naupanga sangin nou jaw hen; a tuailai nite lamah kik nawnta hen, chi angel.

²⁶He shall pray unto +God, and he will receive him with favour; and he shall see his face with shoutings, and he will render unto man his righteousness.

²⁶Pathian kiangah a thuma, huan amah dingin deihsak theihin a om hi; huchiin nuamna toh a mai a mua: huan a diktatna a kiangah a pe nawn hi.

²⁷He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;

²⁷Mite maah la asa a, Ka khialta a, a dik kana hekkawia thukin ka om kei!

²⁸He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light.

²⁸Kokhuk sunga paisukna akipan ka kha a tanta a, huan ka hinna vakna a muta ding hi, achia.

²⁹Lo, all these [things] worketh ùGod twice, thrice, with man,

²⁹Ngaiin, hiai thilte tengteng Pathianin, mihing lak ah hihna, nihvei, ahi thumvei.

³⁰To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

³⁰Kokhuk akipan a kha pi kik dingin, huchia mihing vaknaa hihvaka a om theihna dingin.

³¹Mark well, Job, hearken unto me; be silent, and I will speak.

³¹Chiamteh hoihin, Aw Job, honngaikhia in: dai inla, thu ka gen ding.

³²If thou hast anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify thee.

³²Gending mahmah na neih leh, hon dawng in: Pau in, siam hontansak lah ka ut ngala.Na neih kei leh, kei honngaikhia in: dai inla pilna ka honsinsak ding hi.

³³If not, hearken thou unto me; be silent, and I will teach thee wisdom.

³³Na neih kei leh, kei honngaikhia in: dai inla pilna ka honsinsak ding hi.