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Y-Êlihu Ƀuah Y-Yôp

¹“Ară anei hin, hmư̆ bĕ klei kâo blŭ, Ơ Y-Yôp;
leh anăn mđing knga kơ jih klei kâo lač.
²Nĕ anei, kâo ha ƀăng êgei;
êlah hlăm ƀăng êgei kâo dơ̆ng blŭ.
³Klei kâo blŭ hưn kơ ai tiê kâo kpă ênô,
leh anăn ya klei ƀăng kƀông kâo thâo, kâo blŭ hŏng klei sĭt.
⁴Mngăt Myang Aê Diê hrih kâo leh,
leh anăn êwa mơ̆ng Pô Mâo Jih Klei Myang brei klei hdĭp kơ kâo.
⁵Lŏ wĭt lač bĕ tơdah ih dưi;
blŭ bĕ bi djŏ pruê̆ ti anăp kâo, kăp mgang bĕ ih pô.
⁶Nĕ anei, ti anăp Aê Diê kâo jing msĕ si ih;
kâo msĕ mơh Aê Diê mjing hŏng klŏ lŭ.
⁷Nĕ anei, đăm ih krưp huĭ kơ kâo ôh;
kơhưm kâo amâo srăng bi ktrŏ ih ôh.

⁸Sĭt nik ih blŭ leh brei kâo hmư̆,
leh anăn kâo hmư̆ leh asăp ih blŭ.
⁹Ih lač, ‘Kâo jing doh, amâo mâo klei soh ôh;
Kâo jing êngeh, amâo mâo klei wê ôh hlăm kâo.
¹⁰Ƀiădah, Aê Diê duah klei hŏng kâo,
ñu yap kâo msĕ si roh ñu.
¹¹ Ñu bi hnuh jơ̆ng kâo,
leh anăn kăp dlăng jih êlan kâo nao.’

¹²Nĕ hlăm klei anăn, ih amâo jing djŏ ôh.
Kâo srăng lŏ wĭt lač kơ ih.
Aê Diê jing pô prŏng hĭn kơ mnuih.
¹³Si ngă ih bi tăng hŏng ñu,
leh anăn lač, ‘Ñu amâo srăng lŏ wĭt lač ôh sa mta kơ klei kâo blŭ’?
¹⁴Kyuadah Aê Diê blŭ lu bliư̆ lu êlan,
wăt tơdah mnuih amâo thâo săng ôh klei anăn dưn.
¹⁵ Hlăm klei êpei, hlăm klei bi ƀuh êjai mlam,
êjai mnuih pĭt snăk,
êjai diñu dôk đih pĭt ti jhưng diñu,
¹⁶hlăk anăn ñu pŏk knga phung mnuih,
leh anăn bi huĭ digơ̆ hŏng klei ñu brei răng,
¹⁷čiăng kơ ñu dưi bi weh đuĕ mnuih mơ̆ng klei digơ̆ čiăng ngă,
leh anăn bi luč hĕ klei mgao mơ̆ng mnuih;
¹⁸ñu mgang mngăt digơ̆ kơ Ƀăng Êlam,
klei hdĭp digơ̆ kơ klei rai tuč kyua đao gưm.

¹⁹Msĕ mơh Aê Diê mkra mnuih hŏng klei ruă duam,
leh anăn hŏng klei ruă klang nanao;
²⁰snăn digơ̆ bi êmut kơ mnơ̆ng ƀơ̆ng huă,
leh anăn amâo čiăng ƀơ̆ng ôh mnơ̆ng jăk.
²¹Asei mlei digơ̆ êwang tơl arăng amâo lŏ ƀuh kđeh digơ̆ ôh,
leh anăn knŏng klang kleh bi êdah.
²²Mngăt digơ̆ giăm truh kơ Ƀăng Êlam,
leh anăn klei hdĭp digơ̆ giăm kơ phung bi truh klei djiê.
²³Tơdah mâo sa čô dĭng buăl jăk dôk mbĭt hŏng gơ̆,
sa čô pô ti krah, sa čô hlăm sa êbâo,
čiăng hưn kơ mnuih ya jing djŏ kơ gơ̆;
²⁴leh anăn ñu pap kơ gơ̆ leh anăn lač,
‘Bi mtlaih bĕ gơ̆, đăm brei gơ̆ trŭn nao kơ Ƀăng Êlam ôh,
kâo mâo leh mnơ̆ng bi tui;
²⁵brei asei mlei gơ̆ lŏ jing mda;
brei gơ̆ lŏ wĭt jing msĕ si ênuk gơ̆ hlăk ai.’
²⁶Hlăk anăn mnuih wah lač kơ Aê Diê, leh anăn Aê Diê tŭ gơ̆,
gơ̆ mŭt ti anăp Aê Diê hŏng klei hơ̆k.
Aê Diê brei gơ̆ yăl dliê kơ mnuih klei gơ̆ mâo leh klei bi mtlaih,
²⁷leh anăn pô anăn mmuñ ti anăp arăng leh anăn lač,
‘Kâo ngă soh leh, leh anăn bi msoh kơ klei kpă,
leh anăn arăng amâo bi wĭt kơ kâo tui si klei năng ôh.
²⁸Aê Diê bi tui leh mngăt kâo amâo brei trŭn nao kơ Ƀăng Êlam ôh,
leh anăn klei hdĭp kâo srăng ƀuh klei mngač’.
²⁹Nĕ anei, Aê Diê ngă jih klei anăn,
lu bliư̆ hŏng sa čô mnuih,
³⁰čiăng ktŭng mă mngăt ñu mơ̆ng Ƀăng Êlam,
čiăng kơ ñu dưi ƀuh klei mngač kơ klei hdĭp.
³¹Mđing knga, Ơ Y-Yôp, dôk hmư̆ bĕ kâo;
dôk ñăt leh anăn kâo srăng blŭ.
³²Tơdah ih mâo klei čiăng lač, lŏ wĭt lač bĕ kơ kâo;
blŭ bĕ, kyuadah kâo čiăng bi êdah ih kpă.
³³Tơdah amâo djŏ snăn ôh, dôk hmư̆ bĕ kâo;
dôk ñăt bĕ, leh anăn kâo srăng mtô kơ ih klei knhâo.”

33

Elihu Contradicts Job

¹“But please, Job, hear my speech,
And listen to all my words.
²Now, I open my mouth;
My tongue speaks in my mouth.
³My words come from my upright heart;
My lips utter pure knowledge.
⁴⚓The Spirit of God has made me,
And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
⁵If you can answer me,
Set your words in order before me;
Take your stand.
⁶⚓Truly I am as your spokesman before God;
I also have been formed out of clay.
⁷⚓Surely no fear of me will terrify you,
Nor will my hand be heavy on you.
⁸“Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
And I have heard the sound of your words, saying,
⁹‘I⚓am pure, without transgression;
I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.
¹⁰Yet He finds occasions against me,
⚓He counts me as His enemy;
¹¹⚓He puts my feet in the stocks,
He watches all my paths.’
¹²“Look, in this you are not righteous.
I will answer you,
For God is greater than man.
¹³Why do you ⚓contend with Him?
For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.
¹⁴⚓For God may speak in one way, or in another,
Yet man does not perceive it.
¹⁵⚓In a dream, in a vision of the night,
When deep sleep falls upon men,
While slumbering on their beds,
¹⁶⚓Then He opens the ears of men,
And seals their instruction.
¹⁷In order to turn man from his deed,
And conceal pride from man,
¹⁸He keeps back his soul from the Pit,
And his life from perishing by the sword.
¹⁹“Man is also chastened with pain on his ⚓bed,
And with strong pain in many of his bones,
²⁰⚓So that his life abhors ⚓bread,
And his soul succulent food.
²¹His flesh wastes away from sight,
And his bones stick out which once were not seen.
²²Yes, his soul draws near the Pit,
And his life to the executioners.
²³“If there is a messenger for him,
A mediator, one among a thousand,
To show man His uprightness,
²⁴Then He is gracious to him, and says,
‘Deliver him from going down to the Pit;
I have found a ransom’;
²⁵His flesh shall be young like a child’s,
He shall return to the days of his youth.
²⁶He shall pray to God, and He will delight in him,
He shall see His face with joy,
For He restores to man His righteousness.
²⁷Then he looks at men and ⚓says,
‘I have sinned, and perverted what was right,
And it ⚓did not profit me.’
²⁸He will ⚓redeem his soul from going down to the Pit,
And his life shall see the light.
²⁹“Behold, God works all these things,
Twice, in fact, three times with a man,
³⁰⚓To bring back his soul from the Pit,
That he may be enlightened with the light of life.
³¹“Give ear, Job, listen to me;
Hold your peace, and I will speak.
³²If you have anything to say, answer me;
Speak, for I desire to justify you.
³³If not, ⚓listen to me;
Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”