Khuinae 4
1 Sui teh kamlaw hoeh toe. Kahawi e sui teh a kâthung toe. Kathounge talung teh lamtakinnaw koe kâkahei lah ao.
How is the gold become dim, Changed the best — the pure gold? Poured out are stones of the sanctuary At the head of all out-places.
2 Aphu kaawm e suikatang patetlah kaawm e Zion canaw hah, hlaamkabonaw ni kut hoi a bo e talai hlaam patetlah a pouk awh.
The precious sons of Zion, Who are comparable with fine gold, How have they been reckoned earthen bottles, Work of the hands of a potter.
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 dragons have drawn out the breast, They have suckled their young ones, The daughter of my people is become cruel, Like the ostriches in a 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.
Cleaved hath the tongue of a suckling unto his palate with thirst, Infants asked bread, a dealer out they have none.
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 eating of dainties have been desolate in out-places, Those supported on scarlet have embraced dunghills.
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.
And greater is the iniquity of the daughter of my people, Than the sin of Sodom, That was overturned as [in] a moment, And no hands were stayed on 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.
Purer were her Nazarites than snow, Whiter than milk, ruddier of body than rubies, Of sapphire their form.
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.
Darker than blackness hath been their visage, They have not been known in out-places, Cleaved hath their skin unto their bone, It hath withered — it hath been as wood.
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.
Better have been the pierced of a sword Than the pierced of famine, For these flow away, pierced through, Without the increase of the field.
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 merciful women have boiled their own children, They have been for food to them, 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.
Completed hath Jehovah His fury, He hath poured out the fierceness of His anger, And he kindleth a fire in Zion, And it devoureth 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.
Believe not did the kings of earth, And any of the inhabitants of the world, That come would an adversary and enemy Into the gates of Jerusalem.
13 Khopui thung e tami kalannaw e thi a lawngnae teh profetnaw e yonnae hoi vaihmanaw kânginghoehnae kecu dawk doeh.
Because of the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous,
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 have wandered naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without [any] being able to touch their clothing,
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.
'Turn aside — unclean,' they called to them, 'Turn aside, turn aside, touch not,' For they fled — yea, they have wandered, They have said among nations: 'They do not add to sojourn.'
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 face of Jehovah hath divided them, He doth not add to behold them, The face of priests they have not lifted up, Elders they have not favoured.
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.
While we exist — consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation [that] saveth not.
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 have hunted our steps from going in our broad-places, Near hath been our end, fulfilled our days, For come hath our end.
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.
Swifter have been our pursuers, Than the eagles of the heavens, On the mountains they have burned [after] us, In the wilderness they have laid wait for us.
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 breath of our nostrils — the anointed of Jehovah, Hath been captured in their pits, of whom we said: 'In his shadow we do live among 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.
Joy and rejoice, O daughter of Edom, Dwelling in the land of Uz, Even unto thee pass over doth a cup, Thou art drunk, and makest thyself naked.
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.
Completed [is] thy iniquity, daughter of Zion, He doth not add to remove thee, He hath inspected thy iniquity, O daughter of Edom, He hath removed [thee] because of thy sins!
