Lamentations 5
1 Remember, LORD, what has come on us. Look, and see our reproach.
Aw Angraeng, kaicae nuiah kapha hmuen to poek ah; ka tongh o ih kasae thuihaih hae khen ah loe, poek ah.
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Kaicae ih qawk loe minawk ban ah phak boih boeh, kaicae ih imnawk doeh prae kalah kaminawk ban ah phak boih boeh.
3 We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are as widows.
Kaicae loe naqah hoi ampa tawn ai kami ah ni ka oh o boeh, kam nonawk doeh lamhmai ah oh o boeh.
4 We must pay for water to drink. Our wood is sold to us.
Naek hanah tui to ka qan o moe, tik hanah thing to ka qan o boeh.
5 Our pursuers are on our necks. We are weary, and have no rest.
Kaicae loe anghak ai ah tok ka sak o, hmuen phawh loiah kaicae ih tahnong loe kong thai ai boeh.
6 We have given our hands to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
Caaknaek khawt buh ka hak o thai hanah, Izip hoi Assyria kaminawk khaeah kang paek o.
7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more. We have borne their iniquities.
Kaicae ampanawk loe zae o moe, om o ai boeh; nihcae zaehaih to ka zok o boeh.
8 Servants rule over us. There is no one to deliver us out of their hand.
Misongnawk mah kaicae to uk boeh, nihcae ban thung hoi loisak kami to om ai.
9 We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
Zit kaom praezaek ih sumsen pongah, kaicae loe duekhaih hoi hinghaih salakah takaw to ka pakrong o.
10 Our skin is black like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.
Zok amthlam loiah kaicae ih nganhin doeh omthuh baktiah amnum boeh.
11 They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah.
Nihcae mah Zion ih nongpatanawk hoi Judah ih tanglanawk to zae o haih.
12 Princes were hanged up by their hands. The faces of elders were not honoured.
Angraengnawk to angmacae ban hoiah bangh o moe, kacoehtanawk to azat thok ah a sak o.
13 The young men carry millstones. The children stumbled under loads of wood.
Cang kaeh hanah thendoengnawk to naeh o, nawktanawk to thing aput o sak.
14 The elders have ceased from the gate, and the young men from their music.
To khongkha thungah kacoehtanawk akun o sak ai, thendoengnawk doeh katoeng kruek o ai boeh.
15 The joy of our heart has ceased. Our dance is turned into mourning.
Palung anghoehaih azaem ving boeh pongah, hnawhaih doeh palungsethaih ah angcoeng lat boeh.
16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Kaicae lu ih angraeng lumuek loe krak ving boeh; ka zae o boeh pongah khosak ka bing o boeh!
17 For this our heart is faint. For these things our eyes are dim:
To pongah kaicae ih palungthin loe zai sut boeh; hae hmuennawk pongah kaicae ih mik amtueng ai boeh.
18 for the mountain of Zion, which is desolate. The foxes walk on it.
Kami angqai krangah kaom, Zion mae loe tasuinawk mah paqaih o haih boeh.
19 You, LORD, remain forever. Your throne is from generation to generation.
Aw Angraeng, nang loe dungzan ah na cak poe; na angraeng tangkhang loe adung boih khoek to cak poe.
20 Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?
Tipongah kaicae nang pahnet poe moe, atue kasawk ah nang pahnawt ving loe?
21 Turn us to yourself, LORD, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old.
Aw Angraeng, kaicae hae nangmah khaeah amlaemsak ah; to tih nahaeloe kam laem o let tih; kaicae ih atuenawk loe canghnii ih atue baktiah omsak let ah.
22 But you have utterly rejected us. You are very angry against us.
Toe kaicae hae nang pahnawt zuep ai moe, palung nang phui thuih hmoek ai nahaeloe, na pathawk let rae ah.
