¹Huchiin Jobin a dawnga, hichiin a chi a:

¹Then Job answered and said,

²Tuni mahmahin ka phunna helhuai ahi: ka thuakna ka mauna sangin a gikjaw hi.

²Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

³Aw amah ka muhna mun thei lengla, a tutna mahmah ah hoh thei leng aw!

³Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

⁴A maah ka thu ka bawlhoih dia, thugentein ka kam dimsak ding hi veng.

⁴I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

⁵A honna dawnna ding thute ka thei dia, huan bang ahia ka kianga a gen ding ka theisiam ding.

⁵I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

⁶A thilhihtheihna letnain kei a honsel diam? Ii; himahleh kei a honlimsak ding hi.

⁶Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

⁷Huailaiah mi dikin amah thu a sutpih thei dia; huchiin ka vaihawmmi akipan suahtaksakin ka om tawntungta ding hi.

⁷There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

⁸Ngaiin, mailam juanin ka paia, himahleh huailaiah a om kei; huan nunglam juanin, himahleh amah ka mu kei hi.

⁸Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

⁹Veilam pangah, na sep laiin, himahleh amah ka mu theikeia: taklam pangah a bu, amah ka muh theihlouhna dingin.

⁹On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

¹⁰Hiamhleh ka zuih lampi a thei a; a hon zeet laiin, dangkaeng bangin ka honsuakkhe ding hi.

¹⁰But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

¹¹Ka khein a kalsuante a len kipa; a lampi ka juita, ka pial kei.

¹¹My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

¹²A mukte thupiak akipan ka pai kik keia, a kama thute a kiphamoh ka an sangin ka kholkhawm jaw hi.

¹²Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

¹³Himahleh amah lungsim khek lou ahia, amah kuan a hei thei dia? a khain a deih, huai mah a hih jel hi.

¹³But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

¹⁴Kei dia sehsa a hih ngala: huan thil huchibang tampi a kiangah a om hi.

¹⁴For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

¹⁵Huaijiakin a omna ah ka buaia; ka ngaihtuah chiangin amah ka lau hi.

¹⁵Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

¹⁶Pathianin lah ka lungtang a bahsakta ngala, huan Thilbangkimhihtheiin a honhihbuaita hi.Khomial main satkhiakin ka om ngal keia, ka maia kipan khomial sah leng a khuh sam kei hi.

¹⁶For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

¹⁷Khomial main satkhiakin ka om ngal keia, ka maia kipan khomial sah leng a khuh sam kei hi.

¹⁷Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.