Rhaengsae 4
1 Sui te bahoeng muhut, sui then khaw tho uh, lungto cim khaw tollong tom kah taphung ah a hawk uh.
How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! The hallowed stones are cast forth at the head of every street.
2 Zion ca rhoek loh suicilh neh lung vang a thuek te balae tih aka picai kut dongkah a bibi tuitang paikaek bangla a poek uh.
The noble sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
3 Pongui long pataeng rhangsuk a pumcum tih a ca a khut. Ka pilnam tanu tah kalaukva khuiah khosoek kah kalaukva bangla muen.
The very jackals reach forth the breast; they suckle their young; But the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches of the desert.
4 Tuihalh ah cahni kah a lai te a dang la kap tih camoe rhoek loh buh a hoe dae amih aka pae om pawh.
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst; Young children ask for bread, and no man breaketh it for them.
5 Buhmong laka ca rhoek tollong ah pong hlampai dongah aka tangnah rhoek loh natva ni a kop uh.
Those that fed on dainties are desolate in the streets; Those that have been brought up in scarlet embrace the dunghill.
6 Sodom kah tholhnah lakah ka pilnam nu kathaesainah he rhoeng. Mikhaptok ah mael tih anih te kut long khaw a sambai moenih.
The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of Sodom, Which was overthrown in a moment, though no hands came against her.
7 A hlangcoelh rhoek te vuelsong lakah cil tih suktui lakah bok. A rhuhrhong te lungvang lakah, a pumrho te sapphire lakah thimyum.
Her princes were purer than snow, whiter than milk; More ruddy than coral was their body; Their visage was of sapphire.
8 A suisak te amhmol lakah hmuep tih tollong ah hmat uh voel pawh. A vin a rhuh dongah ben uh tih thing koh bangla om.
Now darker than a coal is their countenance; they are not known in the streets. Their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is become dry, like wood.
9 Khokha dongah rhok lakah cunghang dongkah rhok la om te then. Amih te khohmuen thaih loh a thun tih cae uh.
More fortunate are the slain by the sword than the slain by famine; For these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
10 Lungma nu rhoek kut loh a ca a thong uh tih ka pilnam canu kah pocinah dongah amih kah a caak la poeh uh.
The hands of tender-hearted women cooked their own children; They were their food, in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 BOEIPA loh a kosi a sah tih a thintoek thinsa te a kingling. Zion ah hmai a hlup tih a khoengim a hlawp.
Jehovah hath spent upon them his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger; He hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured its foundations.
12 Jerusalem vongka longah rhal neh thunkha a kun te diklai manghai neh lunglai dongkah khosa boeih boeih loh tangnah uh pawh.
The kings of the earth believed not, nor all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary would enter, and the enemy, within the gates of Jerusalem.
13 A tonghma rhoek kah tholhnah neh a khosoih rhoek kathaesainah loh a khui ah hlangdueng kah thii a hawk sak.
It was on account of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, Who shed in the midst of her the blood of the righteous.
14 Tollong ah mikdael la vikvuek uh tih a pueinak te ben thai pawt ham thii neh nok uh.
They stumbled like blind men through the streets, polluted with blood, So that men could not touch their garments.
15 Amih rhalawt rhoek te, Nong uh, nong, nong uh lamtah ben uh boeh,” tila a o uh. Yong khonghak tih a poengdoe uh vaengah, “Namtom taengkah bakuep ham khoengvoep uh boeh,” a ti uh.
“Depart! unclean!” men cried to them. “Depart, depart, touch not!” As they fled, they stumbled; men said among the nations, “They shall dwell there no more.”
16 BOEIPA mikhmuh ah amih a taekyak te amih paelki ham a khoep moenih. Khosoih rhoek kah maelhmai khaw dan uh pawt tih patong neh hamca rhoek khaw rhen uh pawh.
The anger of Jehovah hath scattered them; he will no more care for them; They paid no regard to the priests, they had no compassion for the elders.
17 Amih a khoengvoep bangla kamih khaw ka n'khoengvoep uh. Kaimih kah bomnah ham khaw kaimih mik ni a kha. Aka daem sak pawh namtom te kaimih kah rhaltawt lamloh n'rhaltawt thil khaw a honghi ni.
Still did our eyes fail, looking for help in vain; On our watch-tower did we watch for a nation that could not save us.
18 Kaimih kah toltung ah pongpa ham kaimih kah kholaeh a thuih uh. Kaimih kah a bawtnah loh ha tawn uh tih kaimih kah khohnin a cup coeng dongah kaimih kah a bawknah ha pawk coeng.
They laid snares for our steps, so that we could not go in our streets; Our end is near; our days are accomplished, yea, our end is come!
19 Kaimih aka hloem rhoek te vaan kahatha lakah kapyang la om uh. Kaimih he tlang ah n'hlak tih khosoek ah khaw kaimih n'rhongngol thiluh.
Swifter were our pursuers than the eagles of heaven; They chased us upon the mountains; they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
20 BOEIPA loh a koelh kaimih hnarhong lamkah hil pataeng amih kah rhomhmop ah man. Te te namtom taengah khaw, “A hlipkhup ah n'hing uh bitni,” n'ti uh dae ta.
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits, Under whose shadow we said that we should live among the nations.
21 Uz Kho kah khosa, khosa Edom nu rhoek ngaingaih uh lamtah kohoe sakuh. Nang te khaw boengloeng loh m'paan tih na rhuihmil neh na yan uh bitni.
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz! Yet to thee also shall the cup come! thou shalt be drunken, and shalt expose thy nakedness.
22 Zion nu nang kathaesainah tah bawt tih nang poelyoe ham koei voel mahpawh. Edom nu nang kathaesainah khaw a cawh vetih na tholhnah te a phoe ni.
Thy punishment is at an end, O daughter of Zion! no more will he carry thee into captivity; But thine iniquity will he punish, O daughter of Edom! he will uncover thy sins.
