< Lamentations 3 >
1 I [the] great man to see: see affliction in/on/with tribe: staff fury his
Kai tah a thinpom caitueng dongkah phacipphabaem aka hmu hlang ni.
2 [obj] me to lead and to go: take darkness and not light
Kai te m'hmaithawn tih hmaisuep ah n'caeh sak vaengah vangnah om pawh.
3 surely in/on/with me to return: return to overturn hand his all [the] day
Kai taengah a tloeng tangloeng tih khohnin yung ah a kut a hluem.
4 to become old flesh my and skin my to break bone my
Ka vin neh ka saa a hmawn sak tih ka rhuh a paep sak.
5 to build upon me and to surround poison and hardship
Kai he rhahalung n'suem thil tih sue neh bongboepnah te m'ven thil.
6 in/on/with darkness to dwell me like/as to die forever: antiquity
Ka khosak he khosuen kah aka duek bangla khohmuep ah ka om.
7 to wall up/off about/through/for me and not to come out: come to honor: heavy bronze my
Kai taengah khoep a biing tih ka rhohum loh n'nan he ka loeih pawh.
8 also for to cry out and to cry to stopper prayer my
Ka khue tih ka pang vaengah pataeng ka thangthuinah te a toeng.
9 to wall up/off way: road my in/on/with cutting path my to twist
Lungrhaih neh ka longpuei a biing tih ka hawn a paihaeh sak.
10 bear to ambush he/she/it to/for me (lion *Q(K)*) in/on/with hiding
Kai taengah tah vom neh sathueng pataeng a huephael kah sathueng bangla amah rhongngol coeng.
11 way: journey my to turn aside: turn aside and to tear me to set: make me devastated
Ka longpuei ah m'phaelh sak tih kai n'soek dongah kai aka pong la n'khueh.
12 to tread (bow his *L(abh)*) and to stand me like/as guardhouse to/for arrow
A lii a phuk tih thaltang ham kutnoek la kai n'tai.
13 to come (in): bring in/on/with kidney my son: type of quiver his
Anih kah liva ca loh ka kuel khuila pawlh.
14 to be laughter to/for all people my music their all [the] day
Ka pilnam pum kah nueihbu neh khohnin yung ah amih kah rhotoeng la ka poeh.
15 to satisfy me in/on/with bitterness to quench me wormwood
Ankhaa te kai ng'kum sak tih pantong neh kai m'hmilhmal sak.
16 and to break in/on/with gravel tooth my to cower me in/on/with ashes
Ka no he lungcang neh a mawth tih hmaiphu khuiah kai m'vuei.
17 and to reject from peace soul my to forget welfare
Ka hinglu he ngaimongnah lamloh a hlahpham tih a then khaw ka hnilh.
18 and to say to perish perpetuity my and hope my from LORD
Te dongah kai kah hmailong neh BOEIPA lamkah ka ngaiuepnah khaw paltham coeng ka ti.
19 to remember affliction my and wandering my wormwood and poison
Kai kah phaiphabaem neh ka airhoeng khaw, ka pantong neh ka anrhat khaw poek lah.
20 to remember to remember (and to sink *Q(K)*) upon me soul my
A poek a poek vaengah ka khuikah ka hinglu tah tlayae la tlayae coeng.
21 this to return: recall to(wards) heart my upon so to wait: hope
He he ka ngaiuep dongah ni ka lungbuei he ka mael puei.
22 kindness LORD for not to finish for not to end: finish compassion his
BOEIPA kah sitlohnah tah bawt pawt tih a haidamnah khaw muei pawh.
23 new to/for morning many faithfulness your
Mincang ah na uepomnah thai khaw ping.
24 portion my LORD to say soul my upon so to wait: hope to/for him
Ka hinglu loh, “BOEIPA tah ka khoyo ni,” a ti dongah amah te ka ngaiuep van.
25 pleasant LORD (to/for to await him *Q(K)*) to/for soul to seek him
BOEIPA tah amah aka lamtawn ham neh amah aka toem hinglu ham a then pah.
26 pleasant and waiting and silence to/for deliverance: salvation LORD
BOEIPA kah loeihnah dongah tah rhingoel ngolsut ham khaw then.
27 pleasant to/for great man for to lift: bear yoke in/on/with youth his
A camoe vaengah hnamkun a phueih te ni hlang ham khaw then.
28 to dwell isolation and to silence: silent for to lift upon him
Amah soah a poeh bangla amah bueng khosa saeh lamtah kuemsuem saeh.
29 to give: put in/on/with dust lip his perhaps there hope
A ka te laipi khuiah vuei saeh lamtah ngaiuepnah a om khaming.
30 to give: give to/for to smite him jaw to satisfy in/on/with reproach
Amah aka ngawn ham a kam duen pah saeh lamtah kokhahnah neh kum saeh.
31 for not to reject to/for forever: enduring Lord
Ka Boeipa loh kumhal duela a hlahpham ngawn moenih.
32 that if: except if: except to suffer and to have compassion like/as abundance (kindness his *Q(K)*)
Pae sak bal mai cakhaw a sitlohnah dongkah sitlohnah a khawk vanbangla a haidam bitni.
33 for not to afflict from heart his and to suffer (son: child *L(abh)*) man
Hlang ca te a lungbuei a phaep pah tih a pae sak bal moenih.
34 to/for to crush underneath: under foot his all prisoner land: country/planet
Khohmuen kah thongtla boeih te a kho hmuiah a phop ham,
35 to/for to stretch justice great man before face Most High
Khohni kah mikhmuh ah hlang kah tiktamnah hnawt ham,
36 to/for to pervert man in/on/with strife his Lord not to see: select
A tuituknah neh hlang a khun sak ham khaw ka Boeipa loh a hmuh ngaih moenih.
37 who? this to say and to be Lord not to command
Ka Boeipa loh a uen pawt te om ni tila unim aka thui thai.
38 from lip Most High not to come out: come [the] distress: harm and [the] pleasant
A thae neh a then khaw Khohni ka lamloh thoeng pawt nim.
39 what? to complain man alive great man upon (sin his *Q(K)*)
A tholhnah sokah a tholhnah yuvat ah balae tih tongpa hlang hing loh a kohuet mai eh.
40 to search way: conduct our and to search and to return: return till LORD
Mamih kah longpuei he phuelhthaih tih n'khe phoeiah BOEIPA taengla mael uh sih.
41 to lift: trust heart our to(wards) palm to(wards) God in/on/with heaven
Mamih kah thinko neh kut he vaan kah Pathen taengah phuel uh sih.
42 we to transgress and to rebel you(m. s.) not to forgive
Kaimih kah boekoek neh nang kan koek uh te khodawk nan ngai uh moenih.
43 to cover in/on/with face: anger and to pursue us to kill not to spare
Thintoek neh na cun uh vaengah kaimih nan hloem tih lungma ti kolla nan ngawn.
44 to cover in/on/with cloud to/for you from to pass prayer
Thangthuinah neh paan ham khaw namah te cingmai neh na cun uh.
45 offscouring and refuse to set: make us in/on/with entrails: among [the] people
Kaimih he pilnam lakli ah yun-aek neh kawnhnawt la nan khueh.
46 to open upon us lip their all enemy our
Ka thunkha boeih loh kaimih taengah a ka a ang uh.
47 dread and pit to be to/for us [the] devastation and [the] breaking
Birhihnah neh rhom khaw kaimih taengah omdamnah neh pocinah la thoeng.
48 stream water to go down eye my upon breaking daughter people my
Ka pilnam nu kah a pocinah dongah ka mik he sokca tui la long.
49 eye my to pour and not to cease from nothing cessation
Ka mik loh a hawk vetih a bawtnah om pawt hil kak mahpawh.
50 till to look and to see: see LORD from heaven
A dan neh BOEIPA loh vaan lamkah a hmuh duela.
51 eye my to abuse to/for soul: myself my from all daughter city my
Ka khopuei tanu boeih kongah ka mik loh ka hinglu he a poelyoe.
52 to hunt to hunt me like/as bird enemy my for nothing
Lunglilungla maila kai he ka thunkha rhoek loh vaa bangla m'mae khaw m'mae uh mai.
53 to destroy in/on/with pit life my and to give thanks stone in/on/with me
Ka hingnah te tangrhom ah a det uh kai taengah lungto a omtoem thil.
54 to flow water upon head my to say to cut
Ka lu he tui loh a et vaengah tah n'tuiphih muema ka ti.
55 to call: call to name your LORD from pit lower
BOEIPA na ming te tangrhom laedil lamloh kang khue.
56 voice my to hear: hear not to conceal ear your to/for relief my to/for cry my
Ka hilhoemnah ham ka pang te hna na buem pawt dongah ka ol na yaak coeng.
57 to present: come in/on/with day to call: call to you to say not to fear
Namah kang khue khohnin ah na mop tih, “Rhih boeh,” na ti.
58 to contend Lord strife soul: myself my to redeem: redeem life my
Ka hinglu kah tuituknah khaw ka Boeipa loh na rhoe tih ka hingnah na tlan.
59 to see: see LORD oppression my to judge [emph?] justice my
BOEIPA aw ka lolhmaihnah na hmuh cakhaw ka laitloeknah dongah n'tang sak lah.
60 to see: see all vengeance their all plot their to/for me
Kai soah amih kah tawnlohnah boeih neh amih kah kopoek boeih te na hmuh.
61 to hear: hear reproach their LORD all plot their upon me
BOEIPA aw kai soah amih kah kokhahnah neh amih kah kopoek boeih te na yaak coeng.
62 lips to arise: attack me and meditation their upon me all [the] day
Khohnin yung ah a phungding ol neh kamah taengah kai m'pai thiluh.
63 seat their and rising their to look [emph?] I mocking their
A hoepnah neh a painah ah, amih kah hnaelnah ni ka paelki.
64 to return: pay to/for them recompense LORD like/as deed: work hand their
BOEIPA aw, amih kut dongkah khoboe neh a tiing la amih te thuung lah.
65 to give: give to/for them covering heart curse your to/for them
Amih te lungbuei kotalh la khueh lamtah na tapvoepnah te amih soah thoeng sak.
66 to pursue in/on/with face: anger and to destroy them from underneath: under heaven LORD
BOEIPA aw thintoek te na hloem dongah ni amih te vaan hmui lamloh na mitmoeng sak.