¹Huchiin pingpei akipanin TOUPAN job a dawnga, hichiin a chi a:

¹Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

²Theihna bei thutea thuhilh hihmial hiai kua ahia?

²Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

³Kipasalsakin tuin na kawng gakin; Hondong ding ka hi, ka kianga na gen ding ahi.

³Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

⁴Lei kingaknate ka koih laiin nang koiah na oma? Phuangin, theihsiamna nei na hih leh.

⁴Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

⁵Huaia tehnate kua bawl ahi, thei na hih leh! ahihkeileh a tunga tehna khau kua zan ahia?

⁵Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

⁶A nuai suangphumte kua phum ahia, ahihkeileh huai a ninga suang kua koih ahia;

⁶Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

⁷Jingsang aksiten la a sak khawm ua, Pathian tapate tengteng kipah jiaka a kikou lai un?

⁷When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

⁸Ahihkeileh kuan kongkhaktein tuipite a khak binga, gil akipan hongpawt khia banga, a hongpuahkhiak laiin.

⁸Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

⁹Huaia puansilh meipi leh, khomial bikbek, huaia dinga tuamna puan ka bawla,

⁹When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

¹⁰Huaia dinga ka thupiak bawla, kalhnate leh kongkhakte koiha,

¹⁰And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

¹¹Hiaitan na hongpai ding, himahleh a ban hilouin, ka chiha; huan hiailaiah a kiuangsak na tuikihotte lettangin a om ding uh, ka chih laiin?

¹¹And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

¹²Na nite a kipat nungsiah jingsang thu na piain, phalvak a mun thei dingin na bawlta hia;

¹²Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

¹³Huchia lei tawpnate a mat theiha, huai akipana gilou sinkhiak a hihtheihna dingin?

¹³That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

¹⁴Chiamtehna nuaia tungmanlei bangin mel a kikhenga; huan puansilh bangin thil tengteng ze neiin a dingkhia hi:

¹⁴It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

¹⁵Huan gilou akipana a khovak uh lettang sak ahia, a ban liksang uh a kitan hi.

¹⁵And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

¹⁶Tuipi nakte sungah na lut ta hia? Ahihkeileh tuithuk tawpna ah na paita hia?

¹⁶Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

¹⁷Sihna kongpite na kiangah taklatin a omta hia? Ahihkeileh sihna limliap kongpite na muta hia?

¹⁷Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

¹⁸Lei zatdan na thei siamte hia? Phuang in, huai na theih vek leh.

¹⁸Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

¹⁹Khovak tenna zotna lampi koiah a oma, huan khomial omna mun koisan ahia;

¹⁹Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

²⁰Huchia huai a gamgi tana na tonpi theiha, huchia huai a in tana lampite na theihna dingin?

²⁰That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

²¹Thei mah niteh maw, huailaia piangta lah hi ding china? Hhuan na nite tamdan lah thupi mahmah hi dia!

²¹Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

²²Vuk koihkhawmna ah na lut ngeita hia, ahihkeileh gial koihkawm na muta hia.

²²Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

²³Buaina hun adia ka sit, kidou leh kisat nia dia?

²³Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

²⁴Bang lampi ah ahia khovak a kikhen a, ahihkeileh leitunga suahlam huih a dalhjak?

²⁴By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

²⁵Kuan ahia tui tampi luanna dinga tuilam khuak, ahihkeileh kekkia adia lampi;

²⁵Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

²⁶Mihing om louhna mun gam tunga vuah zusak dingin; mihing om louhna, gamdai tungah;

²⁶To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

²⁷Lei kisia leh segawpsa lungkimsak ding; loupa hing nou khangkhesak ding?

²⁷To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

²⁸Vuahin pa a nei hia? Ahihkeileh daitui takte kua suan ahia?

²⁸Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

²⁹Kua gil akipana tuikhal hongpai ahia? Huan van daituikhal ngou, kua suahsak ahia?

²⁹Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

³⁰Suang bangin tuite a taka, tuithuk maite a khal hi.

³⁰The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

³¹Siguk khaute na khihkhawm thei hia, ahihkeileh zuheisuktun khaute na phel thei hia?

³¹Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

³²Amah hunbi ah Aksilamvaka chiamtehnate na pikhe thei hia? Ahihkeileh Jangkhua leh tate na pi thei hia?

³²Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

³³Van thusehte na thei hia? Huai lalna lei ah na dingkhesak thei diam?

³³Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

³⁴Nang tui tampiin a khuh theihna dingin meipite kiangah na aw na suahkhe thei diam?

³⁴Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

³⁵A pai theihna ding un khophiate na sawl khe thei hia?

³⁵Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?

³⁶Sunggil lamah pilna kuan a koiha? Ahihkeileh lungsim kiangah kuan theihsiamna a pia a?

³⁶Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

³⁷Pilnain kuan meipite a sim thei dia? Ahihkeileh kuan van tuithawlte a bo khe thei dia.

³⁷Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

³⁸A lompia leivui a luana, a sakte a kimat khawm ngiungeu lai un?

³⁸When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

³⁹Humpinelkai adingin samat na betsak ding hia? Ahihkeileh humpinelkai noute gilkial na hihdam ding hia?

³⁹Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

⁴⁰A kua ua a boh ua, buk dinga a bukna mun ua a om nilouh lai un?Vaak ading a an kuan a pia a? A noute Pathian kianga kikou a ann duh mana a vakvak lai un?

⁴⁰When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

⁴¹Vaak ading a an kuan a pia a? A noute Pathian kianga kikou a ann duh mana a vakvak lai un?

⁴¹Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.