Lamentations 3
1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Kai teh nama e lungkhueknae dawk reithai rucatnae ka kâhmo e tami lah ka o.
2 Me hath he led, and brought into darkness, and not into light.
Kai hah na pâlei teh angnae dawk laipalah hmonae dawk na cei sak.
3 Surely against me hath he turned again and again his hand all the day.
Atangcalah, kai hah hnin touh thung a kut hoiyah na pakhuppathan.
4 My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.
Ka tak hoi ka vuennaw a hmawn sak teh, ka hrunaw hah a khoe.
5 He hath built against me, and encompassed [me] with gall and toil.
Kai koe lah na rakhan teh reithai rucatnae hoi na kalup.
6 He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.
Ka dout tangcoungnaw patetlah a hmonae thung na o sak.
7 He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Na paung teh karipoung e rui hoi kahlout thai hoeh nahanlah na katek.
8 Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Hramki hoi ka ka teh, pahrennae ka kâhei nakunghai, ka ratoumnae hah na coe pouh hoeh.
9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Ka lamthung hai talung a e hoi na khan pouh. Ka lamthung a longkawi sak.
10 He is unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.
Kai na ka pawm e tavom patetlah kâhronae dawk kaawm e sendek patetlah na o sak.
11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
Ka lamthung na phen sak teh, kai hah thawkthawk na raboung. Kângue han awm laipalah na o sak.
12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Ahnie licung a sawn teh, pala hoi ka hanelah a nue e patetlah na ta.
13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
Ahnie palacung teh ka kuen thung a kâen sak.
14 I am become a derision to all my people; their song all the day.
Kai teh ka taminaw e hmalah hnin touh thung dudamnae hoi la lah na sak awh hanelah ka o toe.
15 He hath sated me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood.
Na min ni kakhat e kung hoi na kawi sak teh, lungkhueknae hoi na phum.
16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
Ka hâ teh talung kate e hoi a khoe. Hraba hoi muen a ramuk.
17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I have forgotten prosperity.
Ka lungthin muitha teh roumnae thung hoi na takhoe toung dawkvah, bawinae tie teh ka pahnim toe.
18 And I said, My strength is perished, and my hope in Jehovah.
Ka ngaihawinae hoi ka lentoenae teh, BAWIPA ama koehoi a kahma toe telah ka ti.
19 Remember thou mine affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
Kaie reithai rucat ka khangnae, lungkhueknae hoi kakhat e naw na pahnim pouh hanh.
20 My soul hath [them] constantly in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
Ka hringnae ni hote hnonaw hah pahnim hoeh niteh, ka thungvah pou ao. Kaie lungthin muitha hah tha ayoun sak.
21 — This I recall to heart, therefore have I hope.
Hettelah ka lungthin bout na pouk sak nah ka ngaihawinae bout ka tawn.
22 It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not;
Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA mae pahren lungmanae hoi ngaithoumnae teh nâtuek hai a poutnae ao hoeh dawkvah, maimouh teh rawk laipalah o awh.
23 they are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Amom tangkuem a tha lah pahren lungmanae na pang sak. Nama e yuemkamcunae teh a lenpoung.
24 Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
BAWIPA teh kai hanelah doeh ao. Hatdawkvah, ka lungthin muitha ni ama teh a ngaihawi.
25 Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
BAWIPA teh ama ka tawng e hoi ama kâuepnaw hanelah, ahawinae a sak pouh.
26 It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah.
BAWIPA e rungngangnae duem ka ring e teh, kahawi e hno doeh.
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth:
Nawsai nah kahnam phu hanelah ao.
28 He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence, because he hath laid it upon him;
Cathut ni a van kahnam a toung dawkvah, amadueng a tahung vaiteh, duem awm naseh.
29 he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope;
Hote hmuen koe ngaihawinae ao thai dawkvah, amae a pahni teh vaiphu dawk hrueng naseh.
30 he giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him; he is filled full with reproach.
Ka tambei e tami hah hmaibei vang rek patueng pouh, a minhmai mathout naseh.
31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever;
Bangkongtetpawiteh, Bawipa ni a yungyoe na pahnawt mahoeh.
32 but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses:
Ama ni lung na mathoe sak nakunghai, a lentoe lungmanae hoi bout na pahren han doeh.
33 for he doth not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, taminaw lungmathoe sak e hoi rucatnae pha sak hanelah ngai hoeh.
34 To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
Talai dawkvah, thongkabawtnaw khok rahim coungroe e hai thoseh,
35 to turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
A lathueng Poung Cathut hmalah tami e lannae pahnawtnae hai thoseh,
36 to wrong a man in his cause, — will not the Lord see it?
Kayanae lahoi ayâ sungsaknae hai thoseh, Bawipa ni a ngai e nahoeh.
37 Who is he that saith, and there cometh to pass, what the Lord hath not commanded?
Bawipa ni kâpoenae awm laipalah, tami ni dei e hah coung thai han namaw.
38 Out of the mouth of the Most High doth not there proceed evil and good?
A lathueng Poung e Cathut e pahni dawk hoi yawhawinae yawthoenae teh ka tho e doeh.
39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Ama e yon dawk reknae a khang e hah tami ni bangkongmaw a phuenang awh vaw.
40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.
Maimae lamthungnaw hah maimouh ni tanouknae hoi tawng awh sei. BAWIPA koe lah bout kamlang awh sei.
41 Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens.
Kalvan kaawm e Cathut koe maimae lungthin hoi kutnaw dâw awh sei.
42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
Kaimanaw ni ka payon teh na taran awh toe. Nama ni kayonnae na ngaithoum hoeh.
43 Thou hast covered thyself with anger, and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not spared.
Nama e lungkhueknae dawk minhmai na kamlang takhai teh, kaimouh koe lungmanae awm laipalah na thei toe.
44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that prayer should not pass through.
Kaimae ratoumnae teh nama koe a cei thai hoeh nahanelah, tâmai hoi na ramuk pouh toe.
45 Thou hast made us the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
Nama ni kaimanaw teh miphunnaw e rahak vah, kakhin e hoi panuettho e eitaboung lah na o sak.
46 All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.
Tarannaw ni kaimouh koe lah a pahni a ang awh.
47 Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and ruin.
Kaimouh koe takinae hoi karap teh a pha toe.
48 Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin of the daughter of my people.
Kaie tami tanglanaw a rawk dawkvah, ka mit teh palang tui patetlah a lawng.
49 Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Ka mitphi teh palang tui ka lawng e patetlah poutnae awm laipalah a lawng.
50 till Jehovah look down and behold from the heavens.
BAWIPA ni kalvan hoi a khetcathuk teh a hmu.
51 Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
Ka khopui thung e canu tanglanaw abuemlae kecu dawk, ka mit ni ka lungthin dawk a pataw sak.
52 They that are mine enemies without cause have chased me sore like a bird.
Bang hoeh e dawk ka tarannaw ni, tava patetlah na pâyuep awh.
53 They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.
Ahnimouh ni ka hringo tangkom dawk na pabo teh, talungnaw hoi na ratet sin awh.
54 Waters streamed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
Ka lû dawk hoi tui ni muen na licung teh, ka due han toe telah ka pouk.
55 I called upon thy name, Jehovah, out of the lowest pit.
Oe BAWIPA, kai ni tangkom thung hoi nama e na min teh ka kaw.
56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.
Kaie ka kâheinae lawk na thai teh ka ka navah, na hnâpakeng laipalah awm hanh.
57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.
Kai ni nama na kawnae hnin nah ka teng na tho teh, taket hanh na ti pouh.
58 Lord, thou hast pleaded the cause of my soul, thou hast redeemed my life.
Oe BAWIPA nama ni ka lungthin na rungngang pouh teh, ka hringnae na ratang.
59 Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
Oe BAWIPA nama ni kapayonnaw na hmu toe. Kai hanlah lawk na ceng pouh haw.
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance, all their imaginations against me.
Nama ni kai ka tak dawk thoe ka sak e taminaw e kahawihoehe pouknae hah na hmu pouh.
61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, all their imaginations against me;
Oe BAWIPA kai ka tak dawk thoe ka sak e pathoenae hoi khokhannae pueng teh, nama ni na thai.
62 the lips of those that rise up against me and their meditation against me all the day.
Ka tarannaw ni a dei e hoi a pouk e naw pueng teh, hnin touh thung a sak awh.
63 Behold thou their sitting down and their rising up: I am their song.
Ahnimae tahungnae kangduenae hah khenhaw! Kai teh ahnimouh e pathoe hanelah ka o.
64 Render unto them a recompence, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands;
Oe BAWIPA amamae kut hoi a sak e pueng dawk aphu teh bout poe haw.
65 give them obduracy of heart, thy curse unto them;
Ahnimae lungthin patak sak nateh, nama e thoebonae ahnimae lathueng phat naseh.
66 pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.
BAWIPA e kalvan rahim hoi na lungkhueknae hoi ahnimanaw teh be raphoe haw.
