Lamentations 3
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.
1Kai loe anih palungphuihaih quiboeng hoiah patang ka khang boeh.
2He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness and not in light.
2Anih mah khodai ai, khoving thungah ang hoih.
3Surely against me He turneth His hand again and again all the day.
3Anih mah ang thuitaek; athun qui vaihi hoi vaihi a ban hoiah ang thuitaek.
4My flesh and my skin hath He worn out; He hath broken my bones.
4Anih mah ka ngan hoi ahin ang hmawnsak; ka huhnawk doeh angkhaehsak.
5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
5Kai tuk hanah misatuh kaminawk to pakhueng moe, kakhaa hoi karai hmuen hoiah ang takui khoep.
6He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
6Canghnii ah kadueh kami baktiah, khoving thungah ang suek.
7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot go forth; He hath made my chain heavy.
7Sipae hoi ang takui khoep pongah, ka loih thai ai; kazit sumqui hoiah ang pathlet.
8Yea, when I cry and call for help, He shutteth out my prayer.
8Ka hangh moe, lawk ka thuih naah doeh, lawk ka thuihaih to ang pakaa pae ving.
9He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, He hath made my paths crooked.
9Ka caehhaih loklam to thlung hoiah ang pakaa pae khoep moe, kang koih loklam to ang pazuisak.
10He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
10Anih loe kai hanah, moi angang taqom baktih, amtueng ai ahmuen ah kaom kaipui baktiah oh.
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; He hath made me desolate.
11Anih mah kai loklam amkhraengsak moe, ang taprawt pet pacoengah, kai hae amrosak.
12He hath bent His bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
12Anih mah kalii anueng moe, kai to palaa kahhaih ahmuen ah ang suek.
13He hath caused the arrows of His quiver to enter into my reins.
13Kalii tabu thung ih anih ih palaanawk mah ka kaeng ah cop.
14I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
14Kai loe kaimah ih kaminawk mah pahnui thuih han ih ni ka oh sut boeh; ni thokkruek laasak thuih hanah ka oh.
15He hath filled me with bitterness, He hath sated me with wormwood.
15Anih mah kakhaa tui hoiah ang bawh moe, kakhaa ahmuet hoiah ang paquisak.
16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, He hath made me to wallow in ashes.
16Anih mah thlung hoiah ka ha angkhaehsak moe, maiphu hoiah ang phumh.
17And my soul is removed far off from peace, I forgot prosperity.
17Monghaih hoi kangthla ah ka hinghaih pakhra na suek ving boeh pongah, khosak hoihaih to ka pahnet boeh.
18And I said: 'My strength is perished, and mine expectation from the LORD.'
18To pongah Angraeng khae ih thacakhaih hoi oephaih to om ai boeh, tiah ka thuih.
19Remember mine affliction and mine anguish, the wormwood and the gall.
19Patangkhanghaih hoi raihaih, kakhaa tui hoi kakhaa ahmuet doeh ka pahnet ai vop.
20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
20To baktih hmuennawk to ka hinghaih pakhra mah panoek poe moe, ka thung ah angam sut boeh.
21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
21Palung thungah ka poek poe pongah oephaih ka tawnh.
22Surely the LORD'S mercies are not consumed, surely His compassions fail not.
22Angraeng amlunghaih loe boeng thai ai, anih mah palungnathaih tawn ai nahaeloe, aicae loe amro tih boeh.
23They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness.
23Akhawnbang kruek tahmenhaih kangtha a hnuk o; na oep thohhaih loe paroeai len.
24'The LORD is my portion', saith my soul; 'Therefore will I hope in Him.'
24Angraeng loe kai ih taham ah oh, tiah ka hinghaih pakhra mah thuih pongah, anih to ka zing han.
25The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him.
25Angraeng hoihhaih loe anih oephaih tawn kami, hinghaih pakhra hoi anih pakrong kaminawk khaeah oh.
26It is good that a man should quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
26Kami loe Angraeng pahlonghaih to oep moe, zing han hoih.
27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
27Kami loe thendoeng nathuem ah tok karai sak han hoih.
28Let him sit alone and keep silence, because He hath laid it upon him.
28Anih nuiah hmuen to amtik boeh pongah, angmabueng anghnut moe, anghngai duem han oh.
29Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
29Oephaih om tih hmang tiah poek nahaeloe, a mikhmai to maiphu pongah akuep nasoe.
30Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him, let him be filled full with reproach.
30Anih tabaeng kami khaeah tangbaeng patueng pae nasoe loe, ahmin sethaih hoiah koi nasoe.
31For the Lord will not cast off for ever.
31Sithaw mah aicae dungzan khoek to vaa mak ai;
32For though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.
32anih mah palungsethaih phaksak, toe paroeai pop anih palungnathaih hoi amlunghaih to amtuengsak let tih.
33For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
33Anih loe kaminawk nuiah palungsethaih hoi amtanghaih phaksak han koeh ai.
34To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
34Long ah thongkrah kaminawk boih khok hoiah cawh moe,
35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
35sang koek Sithaw hmaa ah kami mah toenghaih baktiah hnuk han koi hmuen lak pae ving pacoengah,
36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
36kami mah hnuk han koi hmuen sungsak ving hanah Angraeng mah koeh ai.
37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
37Angraeng lokpaekhaih om ai ah, mi mah maw a thuih ih lok baktiah angcoengsak thaih?
38Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil and good?
38Sang koek Sithaw ih pakha thung hoiah na ai maw kahoih hoi kasae hmuen to angzo hmaek?
39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a strong man because of his sins?
39Kami mah a zaehaih pongah danpaek naah, tipongah kahing kami loe laisaep khing loe?
40Let us search and try our ways, and return to the LORD.
40To tiah oh pongah loe a caeh o haih loklam hae pakrong tanoek si loe, Angraeng khaeah amlaem o let si.
41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
41Vannawk ranui ah kaom Sithaw khaeah, ban a payangh o moe, lawk a thuih o naah, poekhaih palungthin doeh anih khaeah paek o si.
42We have transgressed and have rebelled; Thou hast not pardoned.
42Ka zae o moe, na lok kang aek o moeng boeh; kaicae zaehaih to nang tahmen ai vop.
43Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; Thou hast slain unsparingly.
43Palung na phuihaih hoiah nang kraeng khoep moe, nang pacaekthlaek boeh; tahmenhaih tawn ai ah, nang hum boeh.
44Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
44Lawk ka thuih o haih nang khaeah phak han ai ah, nangmah hoi nangmah tamai hoi nang yaw khoep boeh.
45Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
45Kaminawk salakah anghnoeng baktih, panuet thok hmuen baktiah nang ohsak boeh.
46All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
46Kaicae ih misa boih mah, pakha ang angh o thuih.
47Terror and the pit are come upon us, desolation and destruction.
47Kaicae nui ah zithaih, amtimhaih, amrohaih hoi anghmat angtaahaih to phak boeh.
48Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water, for the breach of the daughter of my people.
48Kai kami ih canunawk amro o boeh pongah, ka mik hoiah vapui tui to long.
49Mine eye is poured out, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
49Ka mikkhraetui loe kang ai ah long tih, anghak mak ai,
50Till the LORD look forth, and behold from heaven.
50Angraeng mah hnu ai karoek to van hoiah dan tathuk.
51Mine eye affected my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
51Ka vangpui thung ih canunawk boih pongah, ka mik mah palung ang setsak.
52They have chased me sore like a bird, that are mine enemies without cause.
52Takung om ai ah ka misanawk mah tavaa baktiah ang mee o.
53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast stones upon me.
53Tangqom thungah ka hinghaih ang boeng o sak moe, ka nuiah thlung ang vah o thuih.
54Waters flowed over my head; I said: 'I am cut off.'
54Tui mah ka lu uem naah, ka duek boeh, tiah ka poek.
55I called upon Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest dungeon.
55Aw Angraeng, tangqom thung hoiah na hmin to kang kawk.
56Thou heardest my voice; hide not Thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.
56Ka lok nang thaih pae; ka hamhaih hoi abomhaih kang hnik naah, na naa tamuep ving hmah.
57Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon Thee; Thou saidst: 'Fear not.'
57Nang kang kawk naah, kai nang hnai thuih moe, zii hmah, tiah nang naa.
58O Lord, Thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; Thou hast redeemed my life.
58Aw Angraeng, ka hing thai hanah tok na sak moe, ka hinghaih pakhra to nang pahlong boeh.
59O LORD, Thou hast seen my wrong; judge Thou my cause.
59Aw Angraeng, ka sakpazaehaih na hnuk boeh; toenghaih hoiah kai lok na caek ah.
60Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.
60Nihcae mah misa ah ang suekhaih hoi a poek o ih hmuen to na hnuk boih boeh.
61Thou hast heard their taunt, O LORD, and all their devices against me;
61Aw Angraeng, nihcae kasaethuihaih hoi poekhaihnawk to na thaih boeh.
62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their muttering against me all the day.
62Athun qui kai patoem kaminawk hoi kai misa angthawk thuih kaminawk mah thuih ih lok to na thaih boeh.
63Behold Thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.
63Nihcae anghnuthaih hoi angthawkhaih to khenah; kai loe nihcae laasak thuih han ih ni ka oh sut boeh.
64Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
64Aw Angraeng, angmacae ban mah sak ih hmuen baktih toengah, nihcae khaeah pathok pae let ah.
65Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, Thy curse unto them.
65Nihcae han qahhaih palungthin to paek ah loe, nihcae to tangoeng thuih ah.
66Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.
66Palungphuihaih hoiah nihcae to pacaekthlaek hanah, maeto doeh anghmat ai ah Angraeng ih van tlim ah kaom hmuennawk to amrosak boih ah.
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