Ka La 4
1 Sana jong adeite khuta among joutai! Sana hoi pen jong amoljeng tai. Muntheng sunga um songmantam ho jeng, jong lam lhongp dunga athangsoh tai.
How gold has tarnished! Even pure gold has lost its shine! Jewels from the Temple have been scattered on every street corner.
2 Veuvin Jerusalem chate, Mipha chomtah tahsan hoitah tah sanga mantam jo hochu, Tun leibelho tobang'in aboltauvin ahi.
Look at how the precious people of Zion, worth their weight in gold, are now valued like cheap clay jars made by a potter!
3 Sialte jengin jong anoute avah jiuvin, ahinla kami Isrealten avah pouvin ahi. Neldi gamma vacha len “Vagonsang” hon achasenteu anahsah lou bangun ama hon jong a nahsah pouvin ahi.
Even jackals nurse their young at their breasts, but the women of my people have become cruel, like an ostrich in the desert.
4 Dangchahin achateu lhei jouse adanga abehden jouve. Achateu gilkelin an aholun, Ahin koiman pehding aneipoi.
The nursing babies are so thirsty that their tongues stick to the roof of their mouths. Little children beg for food, but nobody gives them anything.
5 An twitah tah ana neji ho chun tun lampi dunga khut don apang tauvin ahi. Phatkhatna vonhoi tahtah anavon ho chun tun thilnen kikholna munhoa neh ding aholun ahi.
Those who used to eat gourmet food now die starving in the streets. Those who dressed in fine clothes from their childhood now live in heaps of rubbish.
6 Kamite chonsetna hi Sodom mite chonset na sangin alenjon ahi. Hiche munna chun hetman louvin suhmangna nasatah anachun koimacha akithopi thei ana umpoiye.
Jerusalem's punishment is worse than sinful Sodom's, which was destroyed in a brief moment, without the help of human hands.
7 Ka lengteu jong phatkhat chun amel hoidanu chu bongnoi leh buhbang sangin ana bangjon, amai’u jong songmantam bangin ana vah'in ahi.
Her leaders were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were a healthier red than coral, and they shone like lapis lazuli.
8 Tunvang amelu jong meihol sangin avomjoi. Lampi dunga jong koiman ahedoh thei tapouve. Avunu jong agu uva abehdan gamin, thing go bangin, agon atah jenge.
But now they look blacker than soot; no one recognizes them in the street. Their skin has shrunk to their bones and is as dry as wood.
9 Chamjamma kithat hochu gelkella thiho sangin avangphajo ahitaove. Ajeh chu lou laiya neh aput tahlou jeh'in kelthohin amangthah jitaove.
Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who slowly waste away in agony because the fields produce no crops.
10 Masanga mi lainatpi theitah tah nute hon achateu chu neh dingin akihon gam tauve. Amahon gim hesoha konna hoi dohna dingin achateu chu ana nejengun ahi.
The hands of loving women have cooked their own children to eat during the destruction of Jerusalem.
11 Tunvang alunghanna a kon chun Pakai alungna chim tai. Alunghanna hoise tah chu abuhlhah ahitai. Jerusalema lunghanna mei ana kou dohin hichun khopi chu aleibul kiphuna gei chun ana hallha jeng’e.
The Lord has given full expression to his anger. He has poured out his fury. He has started a fire in Zion, and it has burned down her very foundations.
12 Leist lengte ahin - Vannoi mite koiman - Jerusalem kelkot sunga galmi alutthei ding chu ana tahsan pouve.
No king on earth—in fact nobody in all the world—thought that an enemy or attacker could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
13 Ahinlah a themgao ho chonsetna leh a thempu ho chonsetna jeh chun hiti hin anasohdoh tan ahi. Amaho chonset jeh'a themmona bei miho thisan kisoa, khopi kisuboh ahi.
But this happened because of the sins of her prophets and the wickedness of her priests, who shed the blood of the innocent right there in the city.
14 Amahohi lamlhongpi dunga ana vahle uvin mi thisana akisubohun koiman amaho atong kha ngam pouvin ahi.
They wandered like blind men through the streets, made unclean by this blood, so no one would touch their clothes.
15 Mipiten chemangun tin asamun aboh nahitauve, neitong khahihun atiuve. Amaho gamla tahin ajamun gamchom mite laha avahle uvin ahinlah koiman achensah nom pouvin ahi.
“Go away! You're unclean!” people would shout at them, “Go away, go away! Don't touch us!” So they ran away and wandered from country to country, but the people there told them, “You can't stay here!”
16 Pakai amatahin amaho hi apanpi nom tapouvin muchom chomma athethang gam’u ahitai. Mipihon jong thempuho hi anahsah tapouvin, alamkai hou jong jana anei tapouvin ahi.
The Lord himself has scattered them; he doesn't bother with them anymore. Nobody respects the priests, and nobody admires the leaders.
17 Eihon i-pankhompi houvin eihung huhdoh diuvin ingaichauvin, eikithopi theiloudiu nam mite kom jenga jong panpi ingaichauvin a phachom pon ahi.
We wore out our eyes pointlessly looking for help the whole time; we watched from our towers for a nation to come that couldn't save us.
18 Thiding kichat jeh'in lampi dunga jong kavah le ngam pouvin, amahthah ding nikhou jong ahung naitan, amah thah ding ihitauve.
The enemy tracked our every movement so we couldn't walk through our streets. Our end approached. Our time was up because our end had come.
19 Igalmiteu hi mulaopi sangin jong aleng hat jon, Molsang chung dunga jammang go jong leuhen eimudohdiu ahin, gamthip langa kisel jong leuhen hiche munna jong chu eina chan nahlai dingu ahiye.
Our pursuers were faster than eagles in the sky. They chased us across the mountains and ambushed us in the desert.
20 Eihon leiset nam pumpi jouse hoa konna eihuhdoh diuva ina monpiu Pakai thaonu i-engpau jeng jong, akiselna munna konin a mandoh tauvin ahi.
The king, the Lord's anointed, our country's “life-breath,” was trapped and captured by them. We had said about him, “Under his protection we will live among the nations.”
21 Vo! Edom mite Uz gamsunga hi nakipa theiju hinam? Ahin nangin jong Pakai lunghanna khonna konna hi na don tei ding ahi. Nang jeng jong na jukhamna munna sagoh keova naki koi ding ahi.
Celebrate and be happy while you can, people of Edom, you who live in the land of Uz, because this cup will be passed to you too. You will get drunk and strip yourself naked.
22 Vo khopi hoitah Jerusalem, naki engbolna nihko kichai ding ahitai, Naki engbolna gamma konna nahung kile vahding ahitai. Ahinlah Edom naki engbolna hi kipan bepseu ahinalaiye; Nachonsetna ho jouse hung kiphongdoh vahding ahi tai.
People of Zion, your punishment is coming to an end—he won't continue your exile for long. But he is going to punish your sins, people of Edom; he will reveal your sins.
