Khuinae 4
1 Sui teh kamlaw hoeh toe. Kahawi e sui teh a kâthung toe. Kathounge talung teh lamtakinnaw koe kâkahei lah ao.
How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.
2 Aphu kaawm e suikatang patetlah kaawm e Zion canaw hah, hlaamkabonaw ni kut hoi a bo e talai hlaam patetlah a pouk awh.
How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!
3 Kahrawnguinaw ni patenghai a canaw hah sanu a pânei teh, a khetyawt. Hatei ka taminaw canunaw teh, kahrawng kaawm e kalauk tava patetlah kamatheng e lah ao awh.
Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.
4 Sanu ka net e camo ni sanu a kahran dawkvah, a lai hah adangka dawk rapkâbet lah ao. Camonaw ni vaiyei a hei awh nakunghai, ka poe hane tami awm hoeh.
The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
5 Kahawi poung e rawca kacatnaw teh, lamnaw dawk ao awh. Hnipaling kâkhu lahoi ka roung e naw ni, eitaboung lah a tawm awh.
Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.
6 Kaie ka miphun tangla ni a khang e teh, kut hoi thapatho laipalah, vaitahoi raphoe e Sodom khopui e yonnae hlak hoe a len.
The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her.
7 Ahnie bawinaw teh, tadamtui hlak a thoung teh, sanutui hlak hai a pangaw. Ahnimae a tak teh, sapphire talung hlak a paling. Ahnimae a meihawinae teh, sapphire talung hoi a kâvan.
Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.
8 Atuteh ahnimae a meihawinae teh, hmaisaei hlak a tamang teh, lam dawk nout thai hoeh toe. A vuennaw hai a hru dawk rapkâbet teh thing patetlah a ke toe.
But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
9 Law dawk a pawhiknaw hai a pawk teh, a hrawnghrang lah ao teh, vonhlam hoi due e hlak tahloi hoi thei e hah ahawihnawn.
Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.
10 Pahrennae ka tawn e napuinaw e kutnaw nihai, amamae camonaw hah a thueng awh. Ka miphun canu tanglanaw ni a rawknae tueng nah, ahnimouh hanelah camonaw teh rawca lah a kangcoung.
The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 BAWIPA ni mae a lungkhueknae a kuep sak toe. Puenghoi a lungkhueknae a rabawksin toe. Zion khopui hah hmai a sawi teh, hote kho teh adu totouh a kak sak.
The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.
12 Tarannaw ni Jerusalem khopui thung a kâen thai nah doeh tie hah, talai van kaawm e siangpahrangnaw hoi talai van kho ka sak e pueng ni hai yuem awh hoeh toe.
The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
13 Khopui thung e tami kalannaw e thi a lawngnae teh profetnaw e yonnae hoi vaihmanaw kânginghoehnae kecu dawk doeh.
But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.
14 Ahnimouh teh lamnaw dawk mit ka ang hoeh e patetlah a cei awh teh, thi hoi kâkaawk dawkvah, lamnaw dawkvah ahnimae khohnanaw teh apinihai kâbet ngai hoeh.
They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.
15 Tami pueng ni ahnimouh teh cet awh, cet awh, kâbet awh hanh. Kathounghoehe nangmanaw ahlanae koe cet awh telah a hram awh. Ram thung bout awm awh hanh leih ati awh dawkvah, ahnimouh teh hmuen tangkuem a cei awh.
“Go away! Unclean!” men shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” So they fled and wandered. Among the nations it was said, “They can stay here no longer.”
16 BAWIPA ni ahnimanaw teh kâkapeksak. Ahnimouh teh bout khen hoeh toe. Vaihmanaw e hmalah barilawa poe hoeh toe. Kacuenaw hai ngaikhainae awm laipalah ao awh.
The presence of the LORD has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are shown no honor; the elders find no favor.
17 Maimouh teh bout na kabawm hane apimaw telah ngaihawi hoi ka mit hai amom toe. Maimouh ni ka rungngang thai hoeh e ram hah ayawmyin ring awh.
All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.
18 Ahnimouh ni maimouh ceinae lam dawk, khokhnuk a dawn teh na pâlei awh. Maimae a poutnae teh a hnai toe. Maimae a hninnaw teh abaw han toe. Mamouh teh sungnae tueng lah pha awh toe.
They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!
19 Mamouh hnuk lahoi na kapâleinaw teh, kalvan e mataw hlak hai hoe karang e lah ao awh. Ahnimouh ni maimanaw hah mon lah na pâlei awh teh, kahrawngum vah na pawp awh.
Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
20 Maimae kâha lah kaawm e, BAWIPA ni satui a awi e tami ni, ahnimae rawknae tangkom dawk man e lah o awh toe. Maimouh teh ramnaw dawk e a lungui ahnie thungup rahim vah khosak han toe ati awh.
The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”
21 Uz ram dawk kaawm e Edom canu lunghawi hoi konawm haw. Manang teh nang koe a pha han doeh. Na parui vaiteh, caici lah na o han toe.
So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
22 Oe Zion canu nange yonnae teh, a pout toe. Nang teh bout na pâlei mahoeh. Oe Edom canu na sak e na yonnae dawk reknae na khang vaiteh, na yonnae a pâphue han.
O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.
