¹“Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

¹Ut quixye ajcuiß laj Elifaz re laj Job: —Jap âcue. Ani ta na tâsumênk âcue. Malaj ut tâpatzß âtenkßanquil re junak ángel.

²For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

²Lâat nacanau nak li incßaß useb xnaßleb, aß ajcuiß lix joskßil nacamsin reheb. Ut li ani nacakalin, aßan ajcuiß lix cakal naqßuehoc re chi osocß.

³I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

³Lâin ninqßue retal nak eb li incßaß useb xnaßleb nequeßoc chi biomocß. Abanan saß junpât nequeßsacheß ruheb ut na-osoß ajcuiß li cßaßru cuan reheb.

⁴His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

⁴Eb li ralal xcßajol mâ ani natenkßan reheb. Ut nak cuanqueb chiruheb laj rakol âtin, mâ ani na-oquen chirixeb ut mâ ani nacoloc reheb.

⁵whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.

⁵Ut li ru li racuîmkeb aß eb chic li teßtzßocâk nequeßtzacan re. Usta saß qßuix cuan, nequeßxsicß. Ut eb li teßchakik re, teßrêchani lix biomaleb.

⁶For affliction doesn’t come forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

⁶Li mâusilal mâcuaß saß chßochß na-el chak. Chi moco saß chßochß na-el chak li raylal.

⁷but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

⁷Aban li cuînk, aßan li naxbok raylal saß xbên xjunes rib joß nak napiscßoc ratzßum li xam.

⁸“But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,

⁸Cui ta lâin yôquin chi cßuluc re li raylal li yôcat chixcßulbal lâat, ac raj xinkßaxtesi cuib saß rukß li Dios. Ut tincanab raj saß rukß aßan li raylal li yôkin chixcßulbal.

⁹who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;

⁹Aßan kßaxal nim xcuanquil chixbânunquil li sachba chßôlej. Ut mâ ani nataßoc ru li cßaßak re ru naxbânu.

¹⁰who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;

¹⁰Aßan naqßuehoc re li hab ut naxtßakresi li acuîmk.

¹¹so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.

¹¹Ut naxqßueheb xcuanquil li mâcßaßeb xcuanquil. Ut eb li raheb xchßôl, naxqßue xsahil xchßôleb.

¹²He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.

¹²Aßan napoßoc ru li incßaß us nequeßxcßoxla xbânunquil li sêbeb xchßôl chixbânunquil li incßaß us. Mâcßaß nequeßxbânu xban nak aßan naxpoß ru li cßaßru nequeßxcßoxla xbânunquil.

¹³He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

¹³Ut aßan ajcuiß naqßuehoc reheb chi tßanecß saß li mâusilal li nequeßxbânu eb li sêbeb xchßôl chixbânunquil li mâusilal. Ut incßaß us na-el chiruheb li cßaßru nequeßxcßoxla xbânunquil.

¹⁴They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.

¹⁴Usta yôqueb chi bêc chi cutan, abanan chanchan saß kßojyîn yôqueb chi bêc chi incßaß nequeßxtau cßaßru teßxbânu.

¹⁵But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

¹⁵Abanan li Dios naxcoleb li mâcßaßeb xcuanquil, li yôqueb chi cßuluc raylal saß rukßeb li incßaß useb xnaßleb.

¹⁶So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

¹⁶Riqßuin li Dios nequeßyoßonin li incßaß nequeßxcuy xcolbaleb rib xjuneseb. Ut eb li incßaß useb xnaßleb mâcßaß chic naru nequeßxye.

¹⁷“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

¹⁷Us xak re li cuînk li nakßuseß xban li Dios. Joßcan nak mâtzßektâna lâ kßusbal li naxqßue li nimajcual Dios.

¹⁸For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.

¹⁸Cui li Dios naxqßue junak raylal saß kabên, aßan ajcuiß tâtenkßânk ke chixcuybal. Cui aßan naqßuehoc ke chi cßuluc raylal, aßan ajcuiß tâcßojobânk re li kachßôl.

¹⁹He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.

¹⁹Aßan junelic tatxcol chiru li raylal ut incßaß tixcanab chi numtâc saß âbên li raylal.

²⁰In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.

²⁰Nak yôk li cueßej, aßan tâcolok âcue chiru li câmc. Ut nak yôk li pletic, aßan tâcolok âcue re nak incßaß tateßxcamsi.

²¹You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

²¹Aßan tâcolok âcue re nak incßaß teßxye li incßaß us châcuix. Ut incßaß tatxucuak nak teßchâlk chixsachbal li cßaßru âcue.

²²At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth.

²²Usta tâchâlk li cueßej ut li chßaßajquilal saß âbên, incßaß tatxucuak xban nak incßaß tânumtâk saß âbên. Ut incßaß ajcuiß tatxucuak xbaneb li joskß aj xul.

²³For you shall be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.

²³Eb li pec li cuanqueb saß xyânkeb lâ cuacuîmk incßaß tateßxchßißchßißi. Ut eb li joskß aj xul sahakeb xchßôl âcuiqßuin.

²⁴You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.

²⁴Ut saß lâ cuochoch cuânk sahil chßôlej. Ut nak tatxic chirilbaleb lâ quetômk, tzßakalakeb nak tâtau.

²⁵You shall know also that your seed shall be great, Your offspring as the grass of the earth.

²⁵Nabalakeb âcualal âcßajol teßcuânk. Chanchanakeb xqßuial li pim saß cßalebâl.

²⁶You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

²⁶Tîxakat chic chi us nak tatcâmk. Moco tatcâmk ta chi toj mâjiß nacuulac xkßehil joß nak li trigo nakßanoß saß xkßehil.Lâo ac nakanau nak joßcan nacßulman. Qßue retal ut cßojob âchßôl xban nak relic chi yâl nak joßcan nacßulman, chan laj Elifaz.

²⁷Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good.”

²⁷Lâo ac nakanau nak joßcan nacßulman. Qßue retal ut cßojob âchßôl xban nak relic chi yâl nak joßcan nacßulman, chan laj Elifaz.