Ka La 5
1 Pakai ka chunguva thilsoh ho hi hingeldoh temin, ven ichan geija vetset ka chan’u hitam?
Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us; consider, and see our reproach.
2 Ka goulo diu chengse hi namchom miho achang tauvin, Ka in ka lou jouseu la gamchom miho’a ahitai.
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
3 Keiho hi nunei lou panei lou kahi tauvin, kanuteu jong meithai ahi gam tauve.
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
4 Ka dondiu twi jeng jong kakichoh thu diuvin aumdoh tan, Ti ding thing jeng jong kakichoh thudiu ahitai.
Our water have we to drink for money, our wood cometh unto us for a price.
5 Eihin nungdelteuvin eihin phah pai dingu ahitan, Keiho ka haisam tauvin, ahinlah kingahna ding mun ka neipouve.
Our pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we have no rest.
6 Neh leh chah ning lhinga kanei jouseu, Ka kihinso jou nadiuvin Egypt leh Asssyria khutna ka kipelut tauvin ahi.
We have given the hand to Egypt, [and] to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Kapu kapateu ana chonseuvin ahinlah amaho athi gamtauve, Hijeh chun amaho chan ding thoh gimna leh engbolna hi keiho chunga achu tan ahi.
Our fathers have sinned, [and] they are not; and we bear their iniquities.
8 Ka sohteu chu tun keiho Pakaiyin apang gamtauvin, ahinlah koima eihuhdoh diu aum pon ahi.
Bondmen rule over us: there is no deliverer out of their hand.
9 Gamsun’a pum hatin vai ahop jeh'in thiding kicha pum pumin anneh kakiholun ahi.
We have to get our bread at the risk of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Kel khoh jeh'in ka vousou tapkonga changlhah kikang bangin avom gam tai.
Our skin gloweth like an oven, because of the burning heat of the famine.
11 Kagal miteuvin Jerusalema numei ho Judah khosunga nungah khang dong ho kichep nan anei gamtauve.
They have ravished the women in Zion, the maids in the cities of Judah.
12 Ka lengteu jong akhutpiuvin akhaisangun, Ka lamkaiteu jong noise tahin ei bolpeh tauvin ahi.
Princes were hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders were not honoured.
13 Gollhang ho chu sumhei goi dingin akaimangun, chuleh pasal chapang ho chu tiding thing aputsahnauva a lonlele jeng tauvin ahi.
The young men have borne the mill, and the youths have stumbled under the wood.
14 Lamkai ho khopi kelkot ngahin apang tapouve. Khangthahten lam leh la sah abol tapouvin ahi.
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
15 Kana lam nao chu lung khamna asohdoh tan, Ka lungsunguva kipana abeitai.
The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
16 Ka luchang uva konin ka lallukhuhu alhamang gam tai. Ka chonset jeh'un ka chung uva sapsetna achu tai.
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, for we have sinned!
17 Hijeh hin kalungu alhalhop tan chuleh kamit uvah mitlhi adimtan ahi.
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,
18 Ajehchu Jerusalem hi akeosehin aki jam tan, Sialten lhat nan anei tauve.
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: foxes walk over it.
19 Ahinlah Pakai nangma abang na hi jing jeng e, nalal touna chu akhang khangin aum jing e.
Thou, Jehovah, dwellest for ever; thy throne is from generation to generation.
20 Ipi dinga nei suhmil jing nahlaiyu ham? Ipi dinga donlou dai louva neikoi nahlaiyu ham?
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?
21 O Pakai neikiledohsah kitnun lang nangma komma nei puilut kittauvin! Ka kipanao masa chu neipe kittaovin!
Turn thou us unto thee, Jehovah, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
22 Ahilou leh neipui doh mong mong diu hitam? Ole Ka chunguva nalung hangjing nalai ham?
Or is it that thou hast utterly rejected us? Wouldest thou be exceeding wroth against us?
