Lamentations 4
1 How is the gold become dim! [how] is the most pure gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out at 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 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Aphu kaawm e suikatang patetlah kaawm e Zion canaw hah, hlaamkabonaw ni kut hoi a bo e talai hlaam patetlah a pouk awh.
3 Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
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 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh 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 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills.
Kahawi poung e rawca kacatnaw teh, lamnaw dawk ao awh. Hnipaling kâkhu lahoi ka roung e naw ni, eitaboung lah a tawm awh.
6 For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid upon 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 Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of 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 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
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 They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.
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 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 The LORD hath accomplished his fury, he hath poured out his fierce anger; and he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which 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 The kings of the earth believed not, neither all the inhabitants of the world, that the adversary and the enemy should enter into 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 [It is] because of 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 They wander as blind men in the streets, that are polluted with blood, so that men cannot touch their garments.
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 Depart ye, they cried unto them, Unclean! depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn [here].
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 The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.
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 Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help; in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not 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 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is 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 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they chased us upon the mountains, they laid 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 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.
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 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz: the cup shall pass through unto thee also; thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself 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 The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
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.
