Lamentations 3
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)
1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.
1Kai tah a thinpom caitueng dongkah phacipphabaem aka hmu hlang ni.
2He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness and not in light.
2Kai te m'hmaithawn tih hmaisuep ah n'caeh sak vaengah vangnah om pawh.
3Surely against me He turneth His hand again and again all the day.
3Kai taengah a tloeng tangloeng tih khohnin yung ah a kut a hluem.
4My flesh and my skin hath He worn out; He hath broken my bones.
4Ka vin neh ka saa a hmawn sak tih ka rhuh a paep sak.
5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
5Kai he rhahalung n'suem thil tih sue neh bongboepnah te m'ven thil.
6He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
6Ka khosak he khosuen kah aka duek bangla khohmuep ah ka om.
7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot go forth; He hath made my chain heavy.
7Kai taengah khoep a biing tih ka rhohum loh n'nan he ka loeih pawh.
8Yea, when I cry and call for help, He shutteth out my prayer.
8Ka khue tih ka pang vaengah pataeng ka thangthuinah te a toeng.
9He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, He hath made my paths crooked.
9Lungrhaih neh ka longpuei a biing tih ka hawn a paihaeh sak.
10He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
10Kai taengah tah vom neh sathueng pataeng a huephael kah sathueng bangla amah rhongngol coeng.
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; He hath made me desolate.
11Ka longpuei ah m'phaelh sak tih kai n'soek dongah kai aka pong la n'khueh.
12He hath bent His bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
12A lii a phuk tih thaltang ham kutnoek la kai n'tai.
13He hath caused the arrows of His quiver to enter into my reins.
13Anih kah liva ca loh ka kuel khuila pawlh.
14I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
14Ka pilnam pum kah nueihbu neh khohnin yung ah amih kah rhotoeng la ka poeh.
15He hath filled me with bitterness, He hath sated me with wormwood.
15Ankhaa te kai ng'kum sak tih pantong neh kai m'hmilhmal sak.
16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, He hath made me to wallow in ashes.
16Ka no he lungcang neh a mawth tih hmaiphu khuiah kai m'vuei.
17And my soul is removed far off from peace, I forgot prosperity.
17Ka hinglu he ngaimongnah lamloh a hlahpham tih a then khaw ka hnilh.
18And I said: 'My strength is perished, and mine expectation from the LORD.'
18Te dongah kai kah hmailong neh BOEIPA lamkah ka ngaiuepnah khaw paltham coeng ka ti.
19Remember mine affliction and mine anguish, the wormwood and the gall.
19Kai kah phaiphabaem neh ka airhoeng khaw, ka pantong neh ka anrhat khaw poek lah.
20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
20A poek a poek vaengah ka khuikah ka hinglu tah tlayae la tlayae coeng.
21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
21He he ka ngaiuep dongah ni ka lungbuei he ka mael puei.
22Surely the LORD'S mercies are not consumed, surely His compassions fail not.
22BOEIPA kah sitlohnah tah bawt pawt tih a haidamnah khaw muei pawh.
23They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness.
23Mincang ah na uepomnah thai khaw ping.
24'The LORD is my portion', saith my soul; 'Therefore will I hope in Him.'
24Ka hinglu loh, “BOEIPA tah ka khoyo ni,” a ti dongah amah te ka ngaiuep van.
25The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him.
25BOEIPA tah amah aka lamtawn ham neh amah aka toem hinglu ham a then pah.
26It is good that a man should quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
26BOEIPA kah loeihnah dongah tah rhingoel ngolsut ham khaw then.
27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
27A camoe vaengah hnamkun a phueih te ni hlang ham khaw then.
28Let him sit alone and keep silence, because He hath laid it upon him.
28Amah soah a poeh bangla amah bueng khosa saeh lamtah kuemsuem saeh.
29Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
29A ka te laipi khuiah vuei saeh lamtah ngaiuepnah a om khaming.
30Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him, let him be filled full with reproach.
30Amah aka ngawn ham a kam duen pah saeh lamtah kokhahnah neh kum saeh.
31For the Lord will not cast off for ever.
31Ka Boeipa loh kumhal duela a hlahpham ngawn moenih.
32For though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.
32Pae sak bal mai cakhaw a sitlohnah dongkah sitlohnah a khawk vanbangla a haidam bitni.
33For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
33Hlang ca te a lungbuei a phaep pah tih a pae sak bal moenih.
34To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
34Khohmuen kah thongtla boeih te a kho hmuiah a phop ham,
35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
35Khohni kah mikhmuh ah hlang kah tiktamnah hnawt ham,
36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
36A tuituknah neh hlang a khun sak ham khaw ka Boeipa loh a hmuh ngaih moenih.
37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
37Ka Boeipa loh a uen pawt te om ni tila unim aka thui thai.
38Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil and good?
38A thae neh a then khaw Khohni ka lamloh thoeng pawt nim.
39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a strong man because of his sins?
39A tholhnah sokah a tholhnah yuvat ah balae tih tongpa hlang hing loh a kohuet mai eh.
40Let us search and try our ways, and return to the LORD.
40Mamih kah longpuei he phuelhthaih tih n'khe phoeiah BOEIPA taengla mael uh sih.
41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
41Mamih kah thinko neh kut he vaan kah Pathen taengah phuel uh sih.
42We have transgressed and have rebelled; Thou hast not pardoned.
42Kaimih kah boekoek neh nang kan koek uh te khodawk nan ngai uh moenih.
43Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; Thou hast slain unsparingly.
43Thintoek neh na cun uh vaengah kaimih nan hloem tih lungma ti kolla nan ngawn.
44Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
44Thangthuinah neh paan ham khaw namah te cingmai neh na cun uh.
45Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
45Kaimih he pilnam lakli ah yun-aek neh kawnhnawt la nan khueh.
46All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
46Ka thunkha boeih loh kaimih taengah a ka a ang uh.
47Terror and the pit are come upon us, desolation and destruction.
47Birhihnah neh rhom khaw kaimih taengah omdamnah neh pocinah la thoeng.
48Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water, for the breach of the daughter of my people.
48Ka pilnam nu kah a pocinah dongah ka mik he sokca tui la long.
49Mine eye is poured out, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
49Ka mik loh a hawk vetih a bawtnah om pawt hil kak mahpawh.
50Till the LORD look forth, and behold from heaven.
50A dan neh BOEIPA loh vaan lamkah a hmuh duela.
51Mine eye affected my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
51Ka khopuei tanu boeih kongah ka mik loh ka hinglu he a poelyoe.
52They have chased me sore like a bird, that are mine enemies without cause.
52Lunglilungla maila kai he ka thunkha rhoek loh vaa bangla m'mae khaw m'mae uh mai.
53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast stones upon me.
53Ka hingnah te tangrhom ah a det uh kai taengah lungto a omtoem thil.
54Waters flowed over my head; I said: 'I am cut off.'
54Ka lu he tui loh a et vaengah tah n'tuiphih muema ka ti.
55I called upon Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest dungeon.
55BOEIPA na ming te tangrhom laedil lamloh kang khue.
56Thou heardest my voice; hide not Thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.
56Ka hilhoemnah ham ka pang te hna na buem pawt dongah ka ol na yaak coeng.
57Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon Thee; Thou saidst: 'Fear not.'
57Namah kang khue khohnin ah na mop tih, “Rhih boeh,” na ti.
58O Lord, Thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; Thou hast redeemed my life.
58Ka hinglu kah tuituknah khaw ka Boeipa loh na rhoe tih ka hingnah na tlan.
59O LORD, Thou hast seen my wrong; judge Thou my cause.
59BOEIPA aw ka lolhmaihnah na hmuh cakhaw ka laitloeknah dongah n'tang sak lah.
60Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.
60Kai soah amih kah tawnlohnah boeih neh amih kah kopoek boeih te na hmuh.
61Thou hast heard their taunt, O LORD, and all their devices against me;
61BOEIPA aw kai soah amih kah kokhahnah neh amih kah kopoek boeih te na yaak coeng.
62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their muttering against me all the day.
62Khohnin yung ah a phungding ol neh kamah taengah kai m'pai thil uh.
63Behold Thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.
63A hoepnah neh a painah ah, amih kah hnaelnah ni ka paelki.
64Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
64BOEIPA aw, amih kut dongkah khoboe neh a tiing la amih te thuung lah.
65Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, Thy curse unto them.
65Amih te lungbuei kotalh la khueh lamtah na tapvoepnah te amih soah thoeng sak.
66Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.
66BOEIPA aw thintoek te na hloem dongah ni amih te vaan hmui lamloh na mitmoeng sak.
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