¹Then Job answered,

¹Huan Jonin a dawnga, hichiin a chi a:

²“Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.

²Ka thugen hoihtakin ngaikhia unla, hiai na khamuanna thu uh hihen.

³Allow me, and I also will speak; After I have spoken, mock on.

³Honthuak teitei unla, ka hon-gen ding a, ka gen khit chiangin nuihsan na nu teh.

⁴As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?

⁴Kei phunna mihing tungah ahi ahia? Bangdia kuhkalloua omlou ding ka hia?

⁵Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.

⁵Honen unla, lamdang sa unla, khutin na kam uh hum un.

⁶When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.

⁶Ka ngaihtuahin ka lung a donga, linnain ka sa a man nak.

⁷“Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?

⁷Bangjiakin ahia migilou a hina, tekkuna a dama, a hong thupikhiak?

⁸Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes.

⁸A suante uh a kiang uah a mitmuh uah a hihkipa, a gil ua gahte a mai ma uah.

⁹Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

⁹A inleloute uh lauhuai lakah a bita, Pathian chiang a tunguah a ke kei hi.

¹⁰Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.

¹⁰A bawngtal un chi a khah a, a juau ngeikei, a bawngpi un nou a nei a, a nou a siat ngeikei.

¹¹They send forth their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.

¹¹Ganhon bangin a taneute uh a pawtsak ua, a tate uh a lam uh.

¹²They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

¹²A pekging uleh kaihging toh kituakin la a sa ua, a tamngai ging uah a kipak uh.

¹³They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. .

¹³A nite uh lamzangtakin a zang ua, lungmuangin Seol ah a paisuk uh.

¹⁴They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways.

¹⁴Huan, Pathian kiangah, Honpaisan in, na lampite theih ka kilawp kei uh.

¹⁵What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’

¹⁵Bangkimhihthei banga a hih, a na ka sep ding uh, A kianga ka thum un punna banga ka muh ding uh? a chi uh.

¹⁶Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

¹⁶Ngaiin; a lamzanna uh a khut ua om ahi kei ahia? Migilou lemtheihna kei akipana gamlapia om ahi.

¹⁷“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?

¹⁷Migilou meisel bangzah vei tak a mita, vangtahna a tung ua a tuna, a thangpaihnaa Pathianin lungkhamna a piak chiat?

¹⁸How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?

¹⁸Bangzah vei ahia buhpawl huih mut bang a hihua, buhsi huihpi mutmang bang a hih uh?

¹⁹You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’ Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.

¹⁹Pathianin gitlouhnate a tate uh adingin a kholkhawm, na chi ua, amau tungah tungsak le ake, a theihsiam nadingun.

²⁰Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

²⁰Amau mit ngeiin a siatna uh mu uhenla, Bangkimhihthei thangpaihna dawn uhen.

²¹For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

²¹Aman nungin a in uh amau adin banga ahih, a kha zah uh hihtawp a hih nungin?

²²“Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?

²²Kuan ahia Pathian theihna sinsak ding? aman lah sangpia omte vai a hawmsak ngala.

²³One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

²³A lutlaiin mi a si a, nuamsa leh bittaka om in.

²⁴His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened.

²⁴A sa thauin a dima, a guhngekte leng nawnnain a dim hi.

²⁵Another dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.

²⁵Midang lungkhamtakin a si a, hoihna himhim chiam ngei louin.

²⁶They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.

²⁶Vutlak ah kibangin a lum ua, thanin a pumtuam hi.

²⁷“Behold, I know your thoughts, the devices with which you would wrong me.

²⁷Ngaiin, na ngaihtuahte uh ka thei, dikloupia ka tunga na sawmte uh.

²⁸For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’

²⁸Koiah ahia kumpi in a om, migilou tenna puanin koiah a om a? na chi uh.

²⁹Haven’t you asked wayfaring men? Don’t you know their evidences,

²⁹Zinzin mite na dong ngeikei ua hia? A gente uh na pom kei ua hia?

³⁰that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

³⁰Migilou tuh vangtah niin hawiin a om a, thangpaih niin amah hotkhiakin a om, chih.

³¹Who shall declare his way to his face? Who shall repay him what he has done?

³¹Kua ahia a maitang a a lampi pulak dinga, kua ahia a thilhih banga amah din ding?

³²Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men shall keep watch over the tomb.

³²Han lama puak ahih laiin, a han ven ahi.

³³The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. All men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.

³³Luiguama leitangte amah adin a nuama; mi tengteng in a nung a jui ua, amah maa napaite simsenglouh ahi uh.Bangchiin thumumal omlou piin hon khamuan ding na hia? Na dawnnate uah juauthu loungal bangmah a om kei hi.

³⁴So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?”

³⁴Bangchiin thumumal omlou piin hon khamuan ding na hia? Na dawnnate uah juauthu loungal bangmah a om kei hi.