¹And Job answered and said,

¹Huan Jobin a dawnga, hichiin a chi a:

²Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with ùGod?

²Chihtaktakin huchi ahi chih ka thei hi: himahleh Pathian lakah mihing bangchiin a dik thei dia?

³If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.

³Amah kisel pih a utlam a hihleh, sang khata khat amah a dawng theikei ding hi.

⁴He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?

⁴Amah lungtangin a pila, hatnain a thilhihthei ahi: amah douin kua a kikhauhsakin, a lohchingta a oi?

⁵Who removeth mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger;

⁵Mualte a suana, a theikei ua, heha amaute a lumleh laiin.

⁶Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble;

⁶A mun akipanin lei a singa, huan huaia khuamte aling uh.

⁷Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars;

⁷Ni thu a piaa, huan a suak kei; aksite a bilhkhum ngiungeu hi.

⁸Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;

⁸Amah kian vante a phalhkhiaa, tuipi kihawt tungah a pai hi.

⁹Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;

⁹Aman Jangkhua, Zuheisuktun leh Siguk leh simlam aksi tamna munte a bawl hi.

¹⁰Who doeth great things past finding out, and wonders without number.

¹⁰Aman sui theih vuallouh thil thupite a hiha; ahi, sim zohlouh thillamdangte.

¹¹Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.

¹¹Ngaiin, ka kiangah a paia, amah ka mu kei: a pai lailaia, himahleh amah ka mu kei hi.

¹²Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?

¹²Ngaiin, samat a mana, amah kuan a kham thei dia? Bang hih na hia? kuan a kiangah a chi dia.

¹³+God withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him:

¹³Pathianin a hehna a lakik kei ding; Rahab panpihmite amah nuaiah a kun petmah uhi.

¹⁴How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words [to strive] with him?

¹⁴Bangchipheta tawm jawin amah ka dawngin, amah toh ngaihtuah dingin ka thute ka telkhe dia?

¹⁵Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.

¹⁵Amah, diktatta zongleng, ka dawng kei ding hi; ka gal kiangah thilngetna ka bawl ding.

¹⁶If I had called, and he had answered me, I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice, --

¹⁶Samta leng la, huan honna dawngta leh; himahleh ka aw a ngaikhia chih ka um kei ding hi.

¹⁷He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

¹⁷Huihpiin aman a honkitamsaka, a san omlouin ka liamnate a pungsak hi.

¹⁸He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.

¹⁸Ka nak a honphal keia, himahleh thangpaihnain a hondimsak hi.

¹⁹Be it a question of strength, lo, [he is] strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?

¹⁹Hatna thu gen leng, ngaiin, Amah a hat hi: huan vaihawmna thu, kuan hun a pe dia?

²⁰If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.

²⁰Diktatta zongleng, ka kamin a honmohpaih hi: hoihkim ta zongleng, hoihlouin a hontelsak ding hi.

²¹Were I perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

²¹Hoih kim mahleng, ka kilimsak kei; ka hinna ka musit.

²²It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

²²Khat ahi veka; huaijiakin, Hoihkim leh gilou a hihse tuak, ka chi

²³If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.

²³Jepnain thakhatin hihlum leh, mi hoih thuakna a nuihsan ding hi.

²⁴The earth is given over into the hand of the wicked [man]; he covereth the faces of its judges. If not, who then is it?

²⁴Lei mi gilou khuta piakin a om: huaia vaihawmmite maitangte a tuama; amah ahihkeileh, kua a hita dia?

²⁵And my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.

²⁵Tuin ka nite laitaipihmi sangin a kinjaw: a tai mang ua, hoih a mu kei uh.

²⁶They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.

²⁶Long kinte bangin a pai mang uhi: muvanlai samat tunga ngumkiak bangin.

²⁷If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my [sad] countenance, and brighten up,

²⁷Ka phunna ka mang ngilh dia, ka mel lungkham ka pai dia, ka kipak ding, chi leng.

²⁸I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

²⁸Ka lungkhamna tengteng ka laua, hoih non sa kei ding chih ka thei hi.

²⁹Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?

²⁹Mohpaihin ka om dia; ahihleh bangdia a thawna semgim ka hia?

³⁰If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,

³⁰Vuk tuiin kisilin, ka khutte huchitakin siangsak ngeitak leng;

³¹Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.

³¹Hinapiin guam sungah na honpai lut thou dia, huan keimah puanten a hon kih ding uh.

³²For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.

³²Kei bangin, amah lah mihing ahi keia, amah ka dawn theihna dingin, vaihawmnaa ka hoh khawm theihna ding un.

³³There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.

³³Ka kikal uah kou gel honmat theihna dingin, thulaigenmi a om kei hi.

³⁴Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,

³⁴Kei akipanin achiang la meng henla a kihtakhuainain kei honlausak kei hen:Huaichiangin thu ka gen dia, amah ka lau kei ding: keimah ah lah huchibang ka hi ngal kei a.

³⁵[Then] I will speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

³⁵Huaichiangin thu ka gen dia, amah ka lau kei ding: keimah ah lah huchibang ka hi ngal kei a.