¹My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

¹Ka khain ka hinna a chimtaka; ka utdandanin ka phun ding hi: ka kha thangpaihnain ka gen ding.

²I will say unto +God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou strivest with me.

²Pathian kiangah, Honmohpaih ken; bangdia honkinakpih na hia hontheisak in, ka chi ding hi.

³Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

³Na nuaisiah nang adia hoih ahi maw, na khutte thilhih na muhsita, giloute thugen tunga na maitai?

⁴Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

⁴Sa mitte nei na hi hia, ahihkeileh mihing muh banga mu na hi hia?

⁵Are thy days as the days of a mortal? are thy years as a man's days,

⁵Na nite mihing nite bang hia, ahihkeileh na kumte mihing kumte bang,

⁶That thou searchest after mine iniquity, and inquirest into my sin;

⁶Ka thulimlouhna na kana, ka khelhna na nungdelha,

⁷Since thou knowest that I am not wicked, and that there is none that delivereth out of thy hand?

⁷Ka gilou kei chih na theih nakpia, na khuta kipan hon suaktasak ding a omlouh?

⁸Thy hands have bound me together and made me as one, round about; yet dost thou swallow me up!

⁸Na khutten a honsek un a honbawl kimvel sipsipa; tun kiheiin non hihse dia hia?

⁹Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as clay, and wilt bring me into dust again.

⁹Theigige in, ka honngen ahi, tungman banga na honmek dan; leivui hontun nawn ding na hi hia?

¹⁰Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

¹⁰Nawitui bangin na honsung khiain, nawituidat bangin na hontok kei maw?

¹¹Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews;

¹¹Vun leh sain na hontuama, guhte leh thagui-tein na honphan khawm hi.

¹²Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy care hath preserved my spirit;

¹²Hinna leh deihsakna na honphala, huan na kepnain ka lungsim a hawi hi.

¹³And these things didst thou hide in thy heart; I know that this was with thee.

¹³Himahleh hiai thilte na lungtang sungah na sela; hiai bel na tup ahi chih ka thei hi:

¹⁴If I sinned, thou wouldest mark me, and thou wouldest not acquit me of mine iniquity.

¹⁴Thil ka hihkhelh leh, huchiin non chiamteha, huan ka thulimlouhna akipan na honkhah kei ding hi.

¹⁵If I were wicked, woe unto me! and righteous, I will not lift up my head, being [so] full of shame, and beholding mine affliction; --

¹⁵Ka gitlouh leh, ka tung a gik hi; ka diktat leh, huchiin leng ka lutang ka sangsak kei ding, zahlaknaa dim ngalin leh ka gimthuakna enin.

¹⁶And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me.

¹⁶Huan ka lutang a kiletsak leh, humpinelkai bangin nang non benga: huan ka tunga na lamdandan na hon ensak nawn hi.

¹⁷Thou renewest thy witnesses before me and increasest thy displeasure against me; successions [of evil] and a time of toil are with me.

¹⁷Kei kalh na palaite na thaksaka, ka tunga na hehna na khangsaka; hondou ding sepaih hon thak non sawl hi.

¹⁸And wherefore didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? I had expired, and no eye had seen me.

¹⁸Bangdia sul akipan kei honlakhia na hia oi leh? na si taleng, kuamah muh main.

¹⁹I should be as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

¹⁹Omlou mahbang bangta ding hiinga; sul akipana hana puaka omta ding hi inga.

²⁰Are not my days few? cease then and let me alone, that I may revive a little,

²⁰Ka nite a tom kei maw? huchi ahihleh, tawpin, honom sak maimaiin, huchia neukhaa ka lungmuan theihna dingin.

²¹Before I go, and never to return, -- to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

²¹Ka kik nawn louhna akipana ka pai main, khomialna gam leh sihna limliap gam mahmah ah:Mialna mahbanga, mialna sahna gama: sihna limliap gam, dan himhim omlouhna, khovak khomial banga a omna mun ah.

²²A land of gloom, as darkness itself; of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as thick darkness.

²²Mialna mahbanga, mialna sahna gama: sihna limliap gam, dan himhim omlouhna, khovak khomial banga a omna mun ah.