¹And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

¹Huchiin Bildad Sua miin a dawnga, hichiin a chi a:

²How long wilt thou speak these things? and the words of thy mouth be a strong wind?

²Bangtan hiai thilte gen ding na hia? huan bangtan na kama thute huih hat bang ding ahi ua?

³Doth ùGod pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?

³Pathianin vaihawmna a hekkawi ahia? ahihkeileh Thilbang-kimhih theiin dikna a hekkawi ahia?

⁴If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression.

⁴Na tate a tunga a khelh ua, hua a tatlekna uh khuta amaute a pikhiak a leh:

⁵If thou seek earnestly unto ùGod, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,

⁵Pathian lam kuhkaltaka na zona, hua Thilbangkimhihthei kianga na thilnget na bawl leh;

⁶If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;

⁶Na siangthoua na dik leh; nang jiakin tuin ka khanglou mahmah dia, huan na diktatna omna a lohching sak ding hi.

⁷And though thy beginning was small, yet thine end shall be very great.

⁷Huan na kipatna neu mahleh, ahihhangin na tawpna na nunglam nakpiin a khang ding hi.

⁸For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers;

⁸Huai jiakin ka honngen ahi, hun masa thu kan inla, a pipute un a na zonkhiak uh lamah kisuk in:

⁹For we are [but] of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.

⁹(Ei lah jana lel i hi ua, bangmah i theikei uh, leitungah i nite uh lah limliap ahi a: )

¹⁰Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

¹⁰Amauten nang a honsinsak un, a honhilh un, a lungtang ua kipanin thute a gen kei ding ua hia?

¹¹Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water?

¹¹Buannawi louin phaipek a khang khe thei ahia? tui louin loupa a khangthei ahia?

¹²Whilst it is yet in its greenness [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] grass.

¹²Hinga a oma, sat puk louh a hihlaiin, loupa dangte main a vuai nak hi.

¹³So are the paths of all that forget ùGod; and the profane man's hope shall perish,

¹³Huaibangmahin Pathian manghilhte tengteng lampi ahi; huan pathianlimsaklou mi lametna a mangthang ding:

¹⁴Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web.

¹⁴A muanna a kitam dinga, a kingakna maimomlen ahi hi.

¹⁵He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure.

¹⁵A intung a ngai dia, himahleh a ding kei ding: huaiah a lenchinten dia, himahleh a pangsawt kei ding hi.

¹⁶He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden;

¹⁶Ni suah main a hinga, huan a selte a huan tuamin a meng khia uh.

¹⁷His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones.

¹⁷A zungte leivum kimah a jam ua, suangte omna mun ah a hing hi.

¹⁸If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee!

¹⁸A mun akipan lakmang hi leh, huchiin amah a kitheihmohbawl dinga, Ka honmu ngeikei, chiin.

¹⁹Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the dust shall others grow.

¹⁹Ngaiin, hiai a lampi kipahna ahia, huan lei akipanin adangte a hongsuak ding uh.

²⁰Behold, ùGod will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand.

²⁰Ngaiin, Pathianin mi hoihkim a paikhe kei ding, gilouhihmite leng a tungding sam kei ding hi.

²¹Whilst he would fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with shouting,

²¹Na kam nuihin a hondimsak lai lai dia, na mukte kikounain.Nang honmudahte zumnain akhuh dinga; huan gilou puanin omta kei ding hi.

²²They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked be no more.

²²Nang honmudahte zumnain akhuh dinga; huan gilou puanin omta kei ding hi.