Rhaengsae 5
1 BOEIPA aw poek lamtah kaimih taengkah aka thoeng te paelki laeh. Paelki lamtah kaimih sokah kokhahnah he hmu lah.
Remember, O Jehovah, what hath befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.
2 Kaimih kah rho te hlanglak taengla, ka im te kholong taengla pawk coeng.
Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
3 Cadah la ka om uh tih nuhmai bangla ka manu napa a om moenih.
Orphans we have been — without a father, our mothers [are] as widows.
4 Kamamih tui ha tangka neh ka ok uh tih kamamih kah thing ha a phu daengah ha pawk.
Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.
5 Ka rhawn ah n'hloem uh vaengah ka kohnue uh pawt bangla kaimih he n'duem sak pawh.
For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured — there hath been no rest for us.
6 Buh ka cung uh ham khaw Egypt neh Assyria taengah kut ka duen uh.
[To] Egypt we have given a hand, [To] Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
7 A pa rhoek khaw tholh uh tih kaimih taengah a om voel moenih. Tedae kaimih loh amih kathaesainah te ka phueih uh.
Our fathers have sinned — they are not, We their iniquities have borne.
8 Sal rhoekkaimih soah n'taemrhai uh tih amih kut lamkah aka bawt om pawh.
Servants have ruled over us, A deliverer there is none from their hand.
9 Khosoek cunghang hmai ah ka hinglu nen ni ka buh ka dang uh.
With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Khokha rhamling hmai ah ka vin khaw hmaiulh bangla tloo coeng.
Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.
11 Zion kah huta rhoek neh Judah khopuei kah oila rhoek khaw a tholh puei uh.
Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins — in cities of Judah.
12 Amih kut neh mangpa rhoek a kuiok sak tih patong rhoek kah maelhmai khaw hiin uh pawh.
Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.
13 Tongpang rhoek loh phaklung a phueih uh tih camoe rhoek te thingpum dongah paloe uh.
Young men to grind they have taken, And youths with wood have stumbled.
14 Vongka lamkah patong rhoek neh, tongpang rhoek khaw a rhotoeng lamloh kangkuen uh.
The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.
15 Kaimih lungbuei kah omthennah he kangkuen coeng tih kaimih kah lamnah khaw nguekcoinah la poeh.
Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.
16 Kamih lu kah rhuisam khaw yulh coeng. Anunae ka tholh uh khaw kaimih ham coeng ni.
Fallen hath the crown [from] our head, Woe [is] now to us, for we have sinned.
17 Te dongah ko kaimih lungbuei he pumthim hainak la coeng. He dongah kaimih kah maelhmai khaw hmuep.
For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.
18 Zion tlang aka pong te a soah maetang ni a pongpa coeng.
For the mount of Zion — that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.
19 BOEIPA namah tah kumhal duela na om tih, na ngolkhoel khaw cadilcahma phoeikah cadilcahma duela cak.
Thou, O Jehovah, to the age remainest, Thy throne to generation and generation.
20 Balae tih a yoeyah la kaimih nan hnilh? Kaimih nan hnoo khaw khohnin loh sen.
Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!
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.
Turn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.
22 Kaimih taengah a nah la na thintoek tih kaimih he nan hnawt nan hnawt mai.
For hast Thou utterly rejected us? Thou hast been wroth against us — exceedingly?
