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1 Phatkhat mi ana dimsetna Jerusalem khopi chu tunvang kho gem a sodoh tai. Chitin namtin laha ana minthang khopi chu tunvang meithai a sodoh tan ahi. Vannoi leiset lengnu dinmun ana lo chu tunvang soh dinmun alo jotai.
How hath she sat alone, The city abounding with people! She hath been as a widow, The mighty among nations! Princes among provinces, She hath become tributary!
2 Jan khovah vah'in mitlhi long chutchut in akap in ana ngailu cheng holah a jong alhamon ding aum tapouvin aloi agol chengse la aheodah leh adou gal in apang gam tauvin ahi.
She weepeth sore in the night, And her tear [is] on her cheeks, There is no comforter for her out of all her lovers, All her friends dealt treacherously by her, They have been to her for enemies.
3 Galhingin Judah akai taovin soh channa leh engbolna athoh tan ahi. Gam dang nammite laha achengun kicholdona mun amujou pouvin ahi. Agalmite uvin a umkimvel’un jamdoh thei louvin akoichah tauve.
Removed hath Judah because of affliction, And because of the abundance of her service; She hath dwelt among nations, She hath not found rest, All her pursuers have overtaken her between the straits.
4 Jerusalem lampiho akhul lhatan koi macha Pathen houna kin bol dingin ahung doh tapouvin, khopi kotpihola donlouvin aumgamtan athempu hou akhoisa gam tauvin anungah khangthah teu akhankho diu gelnan akap gam tauve.
The ways of Zion are mourning, Without any coming at the appointed time, All her gates are desolate, her priests sigh, Her virgins are afflicted — and she hath bitterness.
5 A sugenthei houhi a Pakaiyun apang un ajalou teuchu akhantou tul tul jengun ahi. Pakaiyin achonset jih uva Jerusalem chu aengbol uva achateo galhinga kiman a gamla tah’a kikaimang gamu ahitauve.
Her adversaries have become chief, Her enemies have been at ease, For Jehovah hath afflicted her, For the abundance of her transgressions, Her infants have gone captive before the adversary.
6 Jerusalem khopi, ahoinale aloupina chu amang thah ahi tai. Alamkaiteu jong neh ding ham hing mu joulou sakhigol toh abang gam tauvin, agalmiteo masanga jam doh nading tha jong anei jou tapouve.
And go out from the daughter of Zion doth all her honour, Her princes have been as harts — They have not found pasture, And they go powerless before a pursuer.
7 Lung lengvaija Jerusalem avale laitahin, tumasanga aphatlai nikho agel doh’e. Tunla agalmite khutnoija aum tan koimacha apanhu ding aum tapoi. Agalmiteuvin ajep lhu’uvin alhu ho chu aveuvin anuisat’un ahi.
Remembered hath Jerusalem [In] the days of her affliction and her mournings, all her desirable things that were from the days of old, In the falling of her people into the hand of an adversary, And she hath no helper; Seen her have adversaries, They have laughed at her cessation.
8 Achonset behseh jeh'in Jerusalem ponse bangin paimangin aumtan. Tumasanga anagel thupi hon, tuhin anoisetauve, ajehchu aponu kiho-lhah peha jumle jachat thoha um ahitaove. Hijeh chun hahdoh ngamlou hella khoisa jing jenga um ahitai.
A sin hath Jerusalem sinned, Therefore impure she hath become, All who honoured her have esteemed her lightly, For they have seen her nakedness, Yea, she herself hath sighed and turneth backward.
9 Amaho hin a khonung diu kigel phah louhelin jonthanhoina in akisuhboh uve. Amaho a kemsuh jing tauvin, a lhamon diu aphong ding diu koima aum tapoi. Pakai ka hahsetnao nei vetpeh un tin akap tauve.
Her uncleanness [is] in her skirts, She hath not remembered her latter end, And she cometh down wonderfully, There is no comforter for her. See, O Jehovah, mine affliction, For exerted himself hath an enemy.
10 Galmiten ajokhophelun anei jouseu akichom tauve. Pakaiyin a Hou-in sunga lut dia anaphallou nam dangte chun ahouin sungu asuh boh pehu chu amudoh tauvin ahi.
His hand spread out hath an adversary On all her desirable things, For she hath seen — Nations have entered her sanctuary, Concerning which Thou didst command, 'They do not come into the assembly to thee.'
11 Amiteu nehding hollin apeng jen jun tauvin, a hinjouna diuvin anei agouvu ajohdohun, vo Pakai neihin veuvin e-chan geija thet le kidah’a ka um’u hitam tin akap tauve.
All her people are sighing — seeking bread, They have given their desirable things For food to refresh the body; See, O Jehovah, and behold attentively, For I have been lightly esteemed.
12 Vo chele vahle, hilang hin hopa ho hiche thilsoh hi ija na gellou u-ham? Pathenin ka chunguva alunghan abuhlhah nale eibol gimnau hi vetem uvin.
[Is it] nothing to you, all ye passing by the way? Look attentively, and see, If there is any pain like my pain, That He is rolling to me? Whom Jehovah hath afflicted In the day of the fierceness of His anger.
13 Aman vanna konin meikong ahin sep lhan kagu kachang’u ahalgo tai. Aman ka lampi uva thang a kamin eile hoitauve. Aman eichom thengselun nilhum lhumin hahsatna eithoh sahun ahi.
From above He hath sent fire into my bone, And it subdueth it, He hath spread a net for my feet, He hath turned me backward, He hath made me desolate — all the day sick.
14 Ka chonsetnao khaovin eikanun sohchanna nam kolin eihenun ahi. Pakaiyin katha’u eisuh ngoi pehun kagal miteu komah eipedohun akhutuva chatmon ka um taove.
Bound hath been the yoke of my transgressions by His hand, They are wrapped together, They have gone up on my neck, He hath caused my power to stumble, The Lord hath given me into hands, I am not able to rise.
15 Pakaiyin kalah'uva um kami hatteu thaneina asulhan kakhang thahteo suhmangna dingin galmite amangchan ahi, Pakaiyin lengpithei chilna akisuhchip bangin akhopi hoitah chu a suchip tan ahi.
Trodden down all my mighty ones hath the Lord in my midst, He proclaimed against me an appointed time, To destroy my young men, A wine-press hath the Lord trodden, To the virgin daughter of Judah.
16 Hicheho jouse jeh'in kakapin kamitlhi kamaija alonglha jenjung jingin ahinlah koima eilhamon ding le eitilhembi ding aum pon ahi. Galmiten eijou khup del tauvin, kakhang thahte’u khonung ding jong abing tan ahi.
For these I am weeping, My eye, my eye, is running down with waters, For, far from me hath been a comforter, Refreshing my soul, My sons have been desolate, For mighty hath been an enemy.
17 Jerusalemin panpi ngaiyin akhut alhang dohin ahinlah apanpi ding amu joupoi. Pakaiyin Ami Isrealte chunga, aheng akom ho chu agalmi asohdoh pehhan! Ama ho hi ponse banga paimanga um ahitai.
Spread forth hath Zion her hands, There is no comforter for her, Jehovah hath charged concerning Jacob, His neighbours [are] his adversaries, Jerusalem hath become impure among them.
18 Jerusalemin aseiyin Pakai hi adih’e, ajeh chu keiman ama dounan na kana tong’e, chitin namtinin ka thusei hi neingai pehun, ka thoh gimna hi neihet pehun, ka chanute’u leh ka chapate’u khol gamla taha galhingin eikaimang peh tauve.
Righteous is Jehovah, For His mouth I have provoked. Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and see my pain, My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity.
19 Keiman kaloi kagolte koma kithopina kathumin amahonla eingai peh pouve. Ka themputeu leh ka lamkaiteu khopi sung’a kelin athi gam tauve, ahinkhou kihuhdohna ding aholun amu jou pove.
I called for my lovers, they — they have deceived me, My priests and my elders in the city have expired; When they have sought food for themselves, Then they give back their soul.
20 Pakai kalung lengvaina neivetpehin, ka chonset jeh'in ka lungthim ahesoh’e, kholai dung’a kitha tona aumin insung lang’a thilong aki jam’e.
See, O Jehovah, for distress [is] to me, My bowels have been troubled, Turned hath been my heart in my midst, For I have greatly provoked, From without bereaved hath the sword, In the house [it is] as death.
21 Ka lung gim ka khoisatna mitam tahin eijah pehin ahinlah koima chan eihung lhamon pon ahi. Ka galmiten kathoh gimna ajah phatun Pakai nangin neibolnao hi akipa piuvin ahi. Oh Pakai keiho thoh tobang banga amaho nathohsah dinga naseipihnao nikhochu lhunsah loiyin.
They have heard that I have sighed, There is no comforter for me, All my enemies have heard of my calamity, They have rejoiced that Thou hast done [it], Thou hast brought in the day Thou hast called, And they are like to me.
22 Pakai ka chonsetnao jeh'a nei engbol bangu chun amahon eibolsetnao hi venlang amahojong engbolin. Ka lengvainao hi atamvalin ka lungthim sung’u asuna lheh jeng’e.
Come in doth all their evil before Thee, And one is doing to them as Thou hast done to me, For all my transgressions, For many [are] my sighs, and my heart [is] sick!
