1Mas Yauj teb tias,
2“Au, kuv xav muab kuv tej kev ntxhov siab luj,
thiab muab kuv tej kev txom nyem huvsi
tso rau saum rab teev.
3Mas yuav hnyav dua tej xuab zeb hauv hiavtxwv,
vim li no kuv tej lus thiaj tawm ua kub lug.
4Vim tus uas muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus⚓
rab xub chob kuv,
kuv tus plig haus tej kua xub tshuaj,
txojkev ntshai uas tuaj ntawm Vajtswv
npaj txhij tuaj tawm tsam kuv.
5Nees luav qus yuav quaj
rau thaum nws muaj zaub noj lov?
Txiv nyuj yuav nqov
rau saum nws pawg zaub lov?
6Yuav noj zaub tsuag tsis rau ntsev tau lov?
Thiab txiv thwj ywg cov kua mis⚓ qab li cas?
7Tej yam ntawd kuv lub siab tsis xav kov kiag li,
txhua yam zaub mov ntawd kuv dhuav tag.
8“Au, kuv xav tau raws li kuv thov,
thiab xav kom Vajtswv pub
raws li uas kuv lub siab ntshaw.
9thiab xav tias Vajtswv txaus siab muab kuv zuaj,
thiab tsis txhob nkaum tes rau
qhov uas muab kuv txiav pov tseg.
10Qhov no yuav nplij tau kuv lub siab,
txawm yog kuv mob tsis tu li
los kuv yuav zoo siab kawg,
rau qhov kuv tsis tau kwv tawv
tus uas Dawb huv tej lus.
11Kuv muaj zog li cas es kuv yuav tsum tos?
Thiab kuv qhov kawg yog dabtsi
es kuv yuav tsum ua siab ntev thev?
12Kuv lub zog zoo li tej pob zeb lov,
kuv tej nqaij yog nqaij tooj liab lov?
13Kuv tus kheej pab tsis tau kuv,
txhua txojkev pab khiav ntawm kuv lawm.
14“Leejtwg tav txojkev hlub ntawm tus kwvluag,f
kuj yog tso qhov uas hwm thiab ntshai
tus uas muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkause tseg.
15Kuv cov kwvtij pheej ntxeev ntxias
yam li lub hav dej,
yam li lub hav dej uas qhuav zuj zus,
16uas tsaus nti vim yog dej nkoog khov
thiab tej daus xib daus npu npog txheej saud.
17Thaum tshav ntuj kub kuj yaj tag,
thaum tshav ntuj kub heev
kuj ploj tag ntawm lub chaw lawm.
18Cov tub lag tub luam uas taug kev
kuj tig lug ntawm lawv txojkev,
lawv mus rau tej ntuj nrag teb do
thiab puam tsuaj tag.
19Cov neeg uas taug kev
ntawm Thema tuaj nrhiav,
cov tub lag tub luam uas taug kev
ntawm lub moos Senpa muaj chaw vam.
20Lawv plam vim yog lawv vam ntsoov,
lawv tuaj txog qhov ntawd
mas lawv nyuaj siab heev.
21Nimno nej zoo ib yam li ntawd rau kuv,
nej pom kuv tej kev txom nyem mas nej ntshai.
22Kuv puas tau hais tias,
‘Thov pub mentsis tshav ntuj rau kuv,’
lossis ‘Thov nej li nyiaj rau kuv
coj mus xiab luag,’
23lossis ‘Thov cawm kuv dim
hauv yeeb ncuab txhais tes,’
lossis ‘Thov txhiv kuv dim
hauv tus uas quab yuam kuv txhais tes,’ lov?
24“Qhia kuv maj, kuv thiaj nyob twjywm,
thov qhia rau kuv to taub kuv ua txhaum qhov twg.
25Lo lus hais ncaj muaj hwjchim heev,
tiamsis nej lo lus ntuas yog ntuas dabtsi?
26Nej xav tias nej qhuab ntuas kuv tej lus
thiab saib tus uas tsis muaj chaw vam tej lus
zoo li cua xwb lov?
27Nej yeej yuav rho ntawv
thiaj tau tus menyuam ntsuag uas tsis muaj txiv,
thiab yuav muab nej tus kwvluag
ntaus nqe muag los sav.
28“Nimno thov nej tsa muag ntsia kuv,
rau qhov tsis yog kuv tab meeg dag nej.
29Thov nej xav dua tshiab tsis txhob ua tsis ncaj.
Thov ntxeev dua siab, kuv tseem ua raug cai.
30Kuv tus nplaig hais ib yam dabtsi tsis ncaj lov?
Kuv tus nplaig tsis txawj sim paub
kev txom nyem lov?
6
Job: My Complaint Is Just
1Then Job answered and said:
2“Oh, that my grief were fully weighed,
And my calamity laid with it on the scales!
3For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea—
Therefore my words have been rash.
4⚓For the arrows of the Almighty are within me;
My spirit drinks in their poison;
⚓The terrors of God are arrayed ⚓against me.
5Does the ⚓wild donkey bray when it has grass,
Or does the ox low over its fodder?
6Can flavorless food be eaten without salt?
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7My soul refuses to touch them;
They are as loathsome food to me.
8“Oh, that I might have my request,
That God would grant me the thing that I long for!
9That it would please God to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and ⚓cut me off!
10Then I would still have comfort;
Though in anguish I would exult,
He will not spare;
For ⚓I have not concealed the words of ⚓the Holy One.
11“What strength do I have, that I should hope?
And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
12Is my strength the strength of stones?
Or is my flesh bronze?
13Is my help not within me?
And is success driven from me?
14“To⚓ him who is afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friend,
Even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15⚓My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook,
⚓Like the streams of the brooks that pass away,
16Which are dark because of the ice,
And into which the snow vanishes.
17When it is warm, they cease to flow;
When it is hot, they vanish from their place.
18The paths of their way turn aside,
They go nowhere and perish.
19The caravans of ⚓Tema look,
The travelers of ⚓Sheba hope for them.
20They are ⚓disappointed because they were confident;
They come there and are confused.
21For now ⚓you are nothing,
You see terror and ⚓are afraid.
22Did I ever say, ‘Bring something to me’?
Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth’?
23Or, ‘Deliver me from the enemy’s hand’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of oppressors’?
24“Teach me, and I will hold my tongue;
Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25How forceful are right words!
But what does your arguing prove?
26Do you intend to rebuke my words,
And the speeches of a desperate one, which are as wind?
27Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless,
And you ⚓undermine your friend.
28Now therefore, be pleased to look at me;
For I would never lie to your face.
29⚓Yield now, let there be no injustice!
Yes, concede, my ⚓righteousness still stands!
30Is there injustice on my tongue?
Cannot my taste discern the unsavory?