Lamentations 4
1 How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.
Sana jong adeite khuta among joutai! Sana hoi pen jong amoljeng tai. Muntheng sunga um songmantam ho jeng, jong lam lhongp dunga athangsoh tai.
2 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!
Veuvin Jerusalem chate, Mipha chomtah tahsan hoitah tah sanga mantam jo hochu, Tun leibelho tobang'in aboltauvin ahi.
3 Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.
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.
4 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.
Dangchahin achateu lhei jouse adanga abehden jouve. Achateu gilkelin an aholun, Ahin koiman pehding aneipoi.
5 Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.
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.
6 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.
Kamite chonsetna hi Sodom mite chonset na sangin alenjon ahi. Hiche munna chun hetman louvin suhmangna nasatah anachun koimacha akithopi thei ana umpoiye.
7 Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.
Ka lengteu jong phatkhat chun amel hoidanu chu bongnoi leh buhbang sangin ana bangjon, amai’u jong songmantam bangin ana vah'in ahi.
8 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.
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.
9 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.
Chamjamma kithat hochu gelkella thiho sangin avangphajo ahitaove. Ajeh chu lou laiya neh aput tahlou jeh'in kelthohin amangthah jitaove.
10 The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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.
11 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.
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.
12 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.
Leist lengte ahin - Vannoi mite koiman - Jerusalem kelkot sunga galmi alutthei ding chu ana tahsan pouve.
13 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.
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.
14 They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.
Amahohi lamlhongpi dunga ana vahle uvin mi thisana akisubohun koiman amaho atong kha ngam pouvin ahi.
15 “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.”
Mipiten chemangun tin asamun aboh nahitauve, neitong khahihun atiuve. Amaho gamla tahin ajamun gamchom mite laha avahle uvin ahinlah koiman achensah nom pouvin ahi.
16 The presence of the LORD has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are shown no honor; the elders find no favor.
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.
17 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.
Eihon i-pankhompi houvin eihung huhdoh diuvin ingaichauvin, eikithopi theiloudiu nam mite kom jenga jong panpi ingaichauvin a phachom pon ahi.
18 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!
Thiding kichat jeh'in lampi dunga jong kavah le ngam pouvin, amahthah ding nikhou jong ahung naitan, amah thah ding ihitauve.
19 Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
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.
20 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.”
Eihon leiset nam pumpi jouse hoa konna eihuhdoh diuva ina monpiu Pakai thaonu i-engpau jeng jong, akiselna munna konin a mandoh tauvin ahi.
21 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.
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.
22 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.
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.
