¹Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,

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

²“Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

²Theihna bei thutea thuhilh hihmial hiai kua ahia?

³Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!

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

⁴“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

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

⁵Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?

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

⁶Whereupon were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

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

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

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

⁸“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth from the womb,

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

⁹when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,

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

¹⁰marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,

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

¹¹and said, ‘Here you may come, but no further. Here your proud waves shall be stayed?’

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

¹²“Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;

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

¹³that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

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

¹⁴It is changed as clay under the seal, and stands forth as a garment.

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

¹⁵From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.

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

¹⁶“Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

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

¹⁷Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

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

¹⁸Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.

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

¹⁹“What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,

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

²⁰that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?

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

²¹Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!

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

²²Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasures of the hail,

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

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

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

²⁴By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?

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

²⁵Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm;

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

²⁶To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man;

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

²⁷to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to spring forth?

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

²⁸Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?

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

²⁹Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?

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

³⁰The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.

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

³¹“Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

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

³²Can you lead forth the constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?

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

³³Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?

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

³⁴“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?

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

³⁵Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are?’

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

³⁶Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?

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

³⁷Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,

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

³⁸when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?

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

³⁹“Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

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

⁴⁰when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?

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?

⁴¹Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?

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