Lamentations 4
1 Aleph. How is the gold become dim, the finest colour is changed, the stones of the sanctuary are scattered in the top of every street?
Sui teh kamlaw hoeh toe. Kahawi e sui teh a kâthung toe. Kathounge talung teh lamtakinnaw koe kâkahei lah ao.
2 Beth. The noble sons of Sion, and they that were clothed with the best gold: how are they esteemed as earthen vessels, the work of the potter’s hands?
Aphu kaawm e suikatang patetlah kaawm e Zion canaw hah, hlaamkabonaw ni kut hoi a bo e talai hlaam patetlah a pouk awh.
3 Ghimel. Even the sea monsters have drawn out the breast, they have given suck to their young: the daughter of my people is cruel, like the ostrich in the desert.
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.
4 Daleth. The tongue of the sucking child hath stuck to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the little ones have asked for bread, and there was none to break it unto them.
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.
5 He. They that were fed delicately have died in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung.
Kahawi poung e rawca kacatnaw teh, lamnaw dawk ao awh. Hnipaling kâkhu lahoi ka roung e naw ni, eitaboung lah a tawm awh.
6 Vau. And the iniquity of the daughter of my people is made greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, and hands took nothing in her.
Kaie ka miphun tangla ni a khang e teh, kut hoi thapatho laipalah, vaitahoi raphoe e Sodom khopui e yonnae hlak hoe a len.
7 Zain. Her Nazarites were whiter than snow, purer than milk, more ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire.
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.
8 Heth. Their face is now made blacker than coals, and they are not known in the streets: their skin hath stuck to their bones, it is withered, and is become like wood.
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.
9 Teth. It was better with them that were slain by the sword, than with them that died with hunger: for these pined away being consumed for want of the fruits of the earth.
Law dawk a pawhiknaw hai a pawk teh, a hrawnghrang lah ao teh, vonhlam hoi due e hlak tahloi hoi thei e hah ahawihnawn.
10 Jod. The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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.
11 Caph. The Lord hath accomplished his wrath, he hath poured out his fierce anger: and he hath kindled a fire in Sion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
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.
12 Lamed. The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world would not have believed, that the adversary and the enemy should enter in by the gates of Jerusalem.
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.
13 Mem. For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.
Khopui thung e tami kalannaw e thi a lawngnae teh profetnaw e yonnae hoi vaihmanaw kânginghoehnae kecu dawk doeh.
14 Nun. They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they were defiled with blood: and when they could not help walking in it, they held up their skirts.
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.
15 Samech. Depart you that are defiled, they cried out to them: Depart, get ye hence, touch not: for they quarrelled, and being removed, they said among the Gentiles: He will no more dwell among them.
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.
16 Phe. The face of the Lord hath divided them, he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, neither had they pity on the ancient.
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.
17 Ain. While we were yet standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively towards a nation that was not able to save.
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.
18 Sade. Our steps have slipped in the way of our streets, our end draweth near: our days are fulfilled, for our end is come.
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.
19 Coph. Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the air: they pursued us upon the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
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.
20 Res. The breath of our mouth, Christ the Lord, is taken in our sins: to whom we said: Under thy shadow we shall live among the Gentiles.
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.
21 Sin. Rejoice, and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Hus: to thee also shall the cup come, thou shalt be made drunk, and naked.
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.
22 Thau. Thy iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Sion, he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he visited thy iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he hath discovered thy sins. The Prayer of Jeremias the Prophet.
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.
