¹And Job answered and said,

¹Huchiin Jobin a dawnga, hichiin a chi a:

²Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!

²Aw ka lungjinna kibuk peuhmah leh, huan ka tuahsiatna khaina ah kikoih khawm peuhmah leh:

³For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are vehement.

³Tuin tuipitea piaunel sangin a gikzo ding: huaijiakin ka thute leng a huham hi.

⁴For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of +God are arrayed against me.

⁴Thilbangkimhihthei thalte lah ka sungah a om ngala, gu huai akipana ka khain a dawn vek: Pathian mulkimhuainate kei dou dingin a kivual petmah uhi.

⁵Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder?

⁵Loupa a neih laiin gam sabengtung a ham hia? ahihkeileh a annekding tungah bawngtal a ham hia?

⁶Shall that which is insipid be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?

⁶Gim neilou chi tel louin a kine thei dia hia? ahihkeileh aktuida ah limna mawngmawng a om hia?

⁷What my soul refuseth to touch, that is as my loathsome food.

⁷Ka khain amaute a khoih nuam kei; kei dingin an kihhuai bang ahi uh.

⁸Oh that I might have my request, and that +God would grant my desire!

⁸Aw ka nget tang thei leng jaw; ka thil deih Pathianin honphal lejaw:

⁹And that it would please +God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!

⁹Kei honhihgawp dingin Pathian deihlam hi lai henla; a khut zanin, kei honsat khe mai leh:

¹⁰Then should I yet have comfort; and in the pain which spareth not I would rejoice that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

¹⁰Huchiin lungmuanna ka nei lai mai dia; ahi, dawmlou natna ah ka kipak ding: Mi Siangthou thute lah ka kitheihmohbawl ngal kei a.

¹¹What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?

¹¹Ka hatna bang ahia, ka ngak ding? huan ka beina bang ahia, ka kuhkal ding?

¹²Is my strength the strength of stones? is my flesh of brass?

¹²Ka hatna, suangte hatna hi hia? ahihkeileh ka sa dalsik hia?

¹³Is it not that there is no help in me, and soundness is driven away from me?

¹³Keiah panpihna a om het kei hilou hia, huan kei akipan theihsiamna hawlmangin?

¹⁴For him that is fainting kindness [is meet] from his friend; or he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

¹⁴Bah dia mansaa om kiangah a lawmin Siamna a etsak ding ahi kei mo; huchilou-in Bangkimhihthei kihtakna a tawpsan ahi kei ding mo.

¹⁵My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away,

¹⁵Luita bangin ka unaute a lepchiah uh; luita mangthang luanna bangin.

¹⁶Which are turbid by reason of the ice, in which the snow hideth itself:

¹⁶Huai tuh tuikhalin a voma; huai ah vuk a kisel.

¹⁷At the time they diminish, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place:

¹⁷A lum hun chiangin a tuimang ua, a sat chingin a mun ua kipan a mangthang uh.

¹⁸They wind about in the paths of their course, they go off into the waste and perish.

¹⁸Huai lampia khualzinte a pial ua, bangmah omlouhna munah a paitou ua, a mangthang uh.

¹⁹The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba counted on them:

¹⁹Tema khualzinten a zong ua, Seba pawlten a lamen uh.

²⁰They are ashamed at their hope; they come thither, and are confounded.

²⁰A kilamet hangun a zahlak uh; huai lamah avapai ua a hawmsuak uh.

²¹So now ye are nothing; ye see a terrible object and are afraid.

²¹Tuin lah bangmah na hi ngal kei ua; mulkimhuaina na mu ua, na lau uhi.

²²Did I say, Bring unto me, and make me a present from your substance?

²²Kei honpia un? ahihkeileh na neihlehlam ua kipanin kei adingin thilpiak lan un, ka chi hia?

²³Or, rescue me from the hand of the oppressor, and redeem me from the hand of the violent?

²³Ahihkeileh, nuaisiahhatmite khut ahipan hontan un, ka chi hia?

²⁴Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

²⁴Hon sinsakin, huan ka dai ding: ka lamhaihna theisiam dingin hon bawlin.

²⁵How forcible are right words! but what doth your upbraiding reprove?

²⁵Dikna thute hat hina mahmah e: Himahleh na miselnain bang a selphoua?

²⁶Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind.

²⁶Thute selphou dinga um na hi uh hia? Chimoh mi thugente huih bang ahi chih theiin.

²⁷Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and dig [a pit] for your friend.

²⁷A hi, paneiloute tungah ai na san ding ua, na lawm uh sumsinna vanin na bawl ding uh.

²⁸Now therefore if ye will, look upon me; and it shall be to your face if I lie.

²⁸Tuin huaijiakin hehpihtakin hon en un; na ma uah ka juau ka gen sin ngal kei a.

²⁹Return, I pray you, let there be no wrong; yea, return again, my righteousness shall be in it.

²⁹Kik nawn un ka honngen ahi, diklouhna om kei hen; ahi, kik nawn un, ka thu a dik ahi.Ka lei ah diklouhna a om hia? thil hoihlou ka leiin a theikak theikei dia hia?

³⁰Is there wrong in my tongue? cannot my taste discern mischievous things?

³⁰Ka lei ah diklouhna a om hia? thil hoihlou ka leiin a theikak theikei dia hia?