Rhaengsae 5
1 BOEIPA aw poek lamtah kaimih taengkah aka thoeng te paelki laeh. Paelki lamtah kaimih sokah kokhahnah he hmu lah.
Lord, please remember what's happened to us. Look at us and see how we've been humiliated!
2 Kaimih kah rho te hlanglak taengla, ka im te kholong taengla pawk coeng.
The land we used to own has been handed over to strangers, our houses have been given to foreigners.
3 Cadah la ka om uh tih nuhmai bangla ka manu napa a om moenih.
We have lost our fathers, and our mothers are widows.
4 Kamamih tui ha tangka neh ka ok uh tih kamamih kah thing ha a phu daengah ha pawk.
The water we drink we have to pay for; our firewood comes at a price.
5 Ka rhawn ah n'hloem uh vaengah ka kohnue uh pawt bangla kaimih he n'duem sak pawh.
Like animals we're driven along with harnesses around our necks; we're worn out but don't find any rest.
6 Buh ka cung uh ham khaw Egypt neh Assyria taengah kut ka duen uh.
We allied ourselves with Egypt and Assyria so we could have plenty of food.
7 A pa rhoek khaw tholh uh tih kaimih taengah a om voel moenih. Tedae kaimih loh amih kathaesainah te ka phueih uh.
Our forefathers sinned and they're gone, but we're being punished for their sins.
8 Sal rhoekkaimih soah n'taemrhai uh tih amih kut lamkah aka bawt om pawh.
Servants of our conqueror rule over us; no one can save us from their power.
9 Khosoek cunghang hmai ah ka hinglu nen ni ka buh ka dang uh.
We take our lives in our hands when we look for food, because of the armed raiders in the desert.
10 Khokha rhamling hmai ah ka vin khaw hmaiulh bangla tloo coeng.
Our skin is hot like an oven because of the fever caused by hunger.
11 Zion kah huta rhoek neh Judah khopuei kah oila rhoek khaw a tholh puei uh.
They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah.
12 Amih kut neh mangpa rhoek a kuiok sak tih patong rhoek kah maelhmai khaw hiin uh pawh.
Princes have been hung up by their hands; they show elders no respect.
13 Tongpang rhoek loh phaklung a phueih uh tih camoe rhoek te thingpum dongah paloe uh.
Young men are forced to work at hand-mills; boys stagger under bundles of wood.
14 Vongka lamkah patong rhoek neh, tongpang rhoek khaw a rhotoeng lamloh kangkuen uh.
The elders have abandoned their places at the city gate; the young men have given up playing their music.
15 Kaimih lungbuei kah omthennah he kangkuen coeng tih kaimih kah lamnah khaw nguekcoinah la poeh.
There's no more happiness for us; our dancing has turned into mourning.
16 Kamih lu kah rhuisam khaw yulh coeng. Anunae ka tholh uh khaw kaimih ham coeng ni.
The crown has fallen from our head. What a disaster has come upon us because we have sinned!
17 Te dongah ko kaimih lungbuei he pumthim hainak la coeng. He dongah kaimih kah maelhmai khaw hmuep.
Because of all this, we're sick at heart; because of all these things, we can hardly look;
18 Zion tlang aka pong te a soah maetang ni a pongpa coeng.
Because of Mount Zion, which has been abandoned, and where only foxes roam.
19 BOEIPA namah tah kumhal duela na om tih, na ngolkhoel khaw cadilcahma phoeikah cadilcahma duela cak.
But you, Lord, live forever! You rule for all generations!
20 Balae tih a yoeyah la kaimih nan hnilh? Kaimih nan hnoo khaw khohnin loh sen.
So why have you forgotten us for such a long time? Why have you abandoned us for so many years?
21 BOEIPA aw kaimih he namah taengah m'mael sak laeh. Ka mael uh van daengah ni hlamat kah bangla kaimih kah khohnin thai neh ka mael uh eh.
Bring us back to you, Lord, so we can be with you again. Please remake our lives like they used to be.
22 Kaimih taengah a nah la na thintoek tih kaimih he nan hnawt nan hnawt mai.
Or have you have completely rejected us? Are you still really furious with us?
