Lamentations 3
1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.
Kai tah a thinpom caitueng dongkah phacipphabaem aka hmu hlang ni.
2 He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness and not in light.
Kai te m'hmaithawn tih hmaisuep ah n'caeh sak vaengah vangnah om pawh.
3 Surely against me He turneth His hand again and again all the day.
Kai taengah a tloeng tangloeng tih khohnin yung ah a kut a hluem.
4 My flesh and my skin hath He worn out; He hath broken my bones.
Ka vin neh ka saa a hmawn sak tih ka rhuh a paep sak.
5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
Kai he rhahalung n'suem thil tih sue neh bongboepnah te m'ven thil.
6 He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Ka khosak he khosuen kah aka duek bangla khohmuep ah ka om.
7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot go forth; He hath made my chain heavy.
Kai taengah khoep a biing tih ka rhohum loh n'nan he ka loeih pawh.
8 Yea, when I cry and call for help, He shutteth out my prayer.
Ka khue tih ka pang vaengah pataeng ka thangthuinah te a toeng.
9 He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, He hath made my paths crooked.
Lungrhaih neh ka longpuei a biing tih ka hawn a paihaeh sak.
10 He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
Kai taengah tah vom neh sathueng pataeng a huephael kah sathueng bangla amah rhongngol coeng.
11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; He hath made me desolate.
Ka longpuei ah m'phaelh sak tih kai n'soek dongah kai aka pong la n'khueh.
12 He hath bent His bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
A lii a phuk tih thaltang ham kutnoek la kai n'tai.
13 He hath caused the arrows of His quiver to enter into my reins.
Anih kah liva ca loh ka kuel khuila pawlh.
14 I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
Ka pilnam pum kah nueihbu neh khohnin yung ah amih kah rhotoeng la ka poeh.
15 He hath filled me with bitterness, He hath sated me with wormwood.
Ankhaa te kai ng'kum sak tih pantong neh kai m'hmilhmal sak.
16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, He hath made me to wallow in ashes.
Ka no he lungcang neh a mawth tih hmaiphu khuiah kai m'vuei.
17 And my soul is removed far off from peace, I forgot prosperity.
Ka hinglu he ngaimongnah lamloh a hlahpham tih a then khaw ka hnilh.
18 And I said: 'My strength is perished, and mine expectation from the LORD.'
Te dongah kai kah hmailong neh BOEIPA lamkah ka ngaiuepnah khaw paltham coeng ka ti.
19 Remember mine affliction and mine anguish, the wormwood and the gall.
Kai kah phaiphabaem neh ka airhoeng khaw, ka pantong neh ka anrhat khaw poek lah.
20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
A poek a poek vaengah ka khuikah ka hinglu tah tlayae la tlayae coeng.
21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
He he ka ngaiuep dongah ni ka lungbuei he ka mael puei.
22 Surely the LORD'S mercies are not consumed, surely His compassions fail not.
BOEIPA kah sitlohnah tah bawt pawt tih a haidamnah khaw muei pawh.
23 They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness.
Mincang ah na uepomnah thai khaw ping.
24 'The LORD is my portion', saith my soul; 'Therefore will I hope in Him.'
Ka hinglu loh, “BOEIPA tah ka khoyo ni,” a ti dongah amah te ka ngaiuep van.
25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him.
BOEIPA tah amah aka lamtawn ham neh amah aka toem hinglu ham a then pah.
26 It is good that a man should quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
BOEIPA kah loeihnah dongah tah rhingoel ngolsut ham khaw then.
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
A camoe vaengah hnamkun a phueih te ni hlang ham khaw then.
28 Let him sit alone and keep silence, because He hath laid it upon him.
Amah soah a poeh bangla amah bueng khosa saeh lamtah kuemsuem saeh.
29 Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
A ka te laipi khuiah vuei saeh lamtah ngaiuepnah a om khaming.
30 Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him, let him be filled full with reproach.
Amah aka ngawn ham a kam duen pah saeh lamtah kokhahnah neh kum saeh.
31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever.
Ka Boeipa loh kumhal duela a hlahpham ngawn moenih.
32 For though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.
Pae sak bal mai cakhaw a sitlohnah dongkah sitlohnah a khawk vanbangla a haidam bitni.
33 For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
Hlang ca te a lungbuei a phaep pah tih a pae sak bal moenih.
34 To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
Khohmuen kah thongtla boeih te a kho hmuiah a phop ham,
35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
Khohni kah mikhmuh ah hlang kah tiktamnah hnawt ham,
36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
A tuituknah neh hlang a khun sak ham khaw ka Boeipa loh a hmuh ngaih moenih.
37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Ka Boeipa loh a uen pawt te om ni tila unim aka thui thai.
38 Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil and good?
A thae neh a then khaw Khohni ka lamloh thoeng pawt nim.
39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a strong man because of his sins?
A tholhnah sokah a tholhnah yuvat ah balae tih tongpa hlang hing loh a kohuet mai eh.
40 Let us search and try our ways, and return to the LORD.
Mamih kah longpuei he phuelhthaih tih n'khe phoeiah BOEIPA taengla mael uh sih.
41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
Mamih kah thinko neh kut he vaan kah Pathen taengah phuel uh sih.
42 We have transgressed and have rebelled; Thou hast not pardoned.
Kaimih kah boekoek neh nang kan koek uh te khodawk nan ngai uh moenih.
43 Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; Thou hast slain unsparingly.
Thintoek neh na cun uh vaengah kaimih nan hloem tih lungma ti kolla nan ngawn.
44 Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
Thangthuinah neh paan ham khaw namah te cingmai neh na cun uh.
45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
Kaimih he pilnam lakli ah yun-aek neh kawnhnawt la nan khueh.
46 All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
Ka thunkha boeih loh kaimih taengah a ka a ang uh.
47 Terror and the pit are come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Birhihnah neh rhom khaw kaimih taengah omdamnah neh pocinah la thoeng.
48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water, for the breach of the daughter of my people.
Ka pilnam nu kah a pocinah dongah ka mik he sokca tui la long.
49 Mine eye is poured out, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Ka mik loh a hawk vetih a bawtnah om pawt hil kak mahpawh.
50 Till the LORD look forth, and behold from heaven.
A dan neh BOEIPA loh vaan lamkah a hmuh duela.
51 Mine eye affected my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
Ka khopuei tanu boeih kongah ka mik loh ka hinglu he a poelyoe.
52 They have chased me sore like a bird, that are mine enemies without cause.
Lunglilungla maila kai he ka thunkha rhoek loh vaa bangla m'mae khaw m'mae uh mai.
53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast stones upon me.
Ka hingnah te tangrhom ah a det uh kai taengah lungto a omtoem thil.
54 Waters flowed over my head; I said: 'I am cut off.'
Ka lu he tui loh a et vaengah tah n'tuiphih muema ka ti.
55 I called upon Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest dungeon.
BOEIPA na ming te tangrhom laedil lamloh kang khue.
56 Thou heardest my voice; hide not Thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.
Ka hilhoemnah ham ka pang te hna na buem pawt dongah ka ol na yaak coeng.
57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon Thee; Thou saidst: 'Fear not.'
Namah kang khue khohnin ah na mop tih, “Rhih boeh,” na ti.
58 O Lord, Thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; Thou hast redeemed my life.
Ka hinglu kah tuituknah khaw ka Boeipa loh na rhoe tih ka hingnah na tlan.
59 O LORD, Thou hast seen my wrong; judge Thou my cause.
BOEIPA aw ka lolhmaihnah na hmuh cakhaw ka laitloeknah dongah n'tang sak lah.
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.
Kai soah amih kah tawnlohnah boeih neh amih kah kopoek boeih te na hmuh.
61 Thou hast heard their taunt, O LORD, and all their devices against me;
BOEIPA aw kai soah amih kah kokhahnah neh amih kah kopoek boeih te na yaak coeng.
62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their muttering against me all the day.
Khohnin yung ah a phungding ol neh kamah taengah kai m'pai thiluh.
63 Behold Thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.
A hoepnah neh a painah ah, amih kah hnaelnah ni ka paelki.
64 Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
BOEIPA aw, amih kut dongkah khoboe neh a tiing la amih te thuung lah.
65 Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, Thy curse unto them.
Amih te lungbuei kotalh la khueh lamtah na tapvoepnah te amih soah thoeng sak.
66 Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.
BOEIPA aw thintoek te na hloem dongah ni amih te vaan hmui lamloh na mitmoeng sak.
