¹Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

¹Mihing numei apan piang nite tawmchik ahia,

²He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.

²Pak bangin hong dawn khiaa, a vuai nawn pah, limliap bangin a taia, a om gige kei.

³Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

³Huan mi huchibang tungah ma mit na hakin, nang toh vaihawmna ah kei non pi hia?

⁴Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!

⁴Thil nin akipanin kuan ahia thil siang la khe thei? Kuamahin.

⁵If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, [and] thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,

⁵A nite sehsa ahi chih theiin, na kiangah a khate simna a oma, a kan theilouh dingin a gamgite na septa hi;

⁶Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

⁶Amah en ken, a khawl theihna dingin, kiloh banga, a ni a hihkim matan.

⁷For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;

⁷Phuk paihin om mahleh, a hongsel nawn dinga, huaia ahiang nou a tawp kei ding, chih sing adin lametna lah a om ngala.

⁸Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,

⁸Huaia a zung lei ah upa mahleh, huaia a kungpi lei ah sita mahleh;

⁹Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.

⁹Himahleh tui gim jiakin a hongnou thak dia, singsuan bangin bawkte a honnei khe nawn ding hi.

¹⁰But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?

¹⁰Himahleh mihing a sia, a mang jel hi: ahi, mihingin kha a khaha, huan koiah a om a?

¹¹The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:

¹¹Tuipi akipan tuite a pai bangin, luipi bel a tula, a kang hi;

¹²So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.

¹²Huaimahbangin mihing a luma a thou kei hi: vante a om nawn louh matan, akhanglou kei ding uh, a ihmu uh leng a halhkhe sam kei ding uhi.

¹³Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me, --

¹³Aw Seol ah honna sel lechin aw, na thangpaihna aman masiah honna guk kep lechin, hun sehsa honna piain, kei hontheigige lechin aw;

¹⁴(If a man die, shall he live [again]?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come:

¹⁴Mi si leh, a hing nawn diam? ka galdouna leh nasepna ni tengteng ka ngak dinga, ka suahtakna a hongtun ma tanin.

¹⁵Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.

¹⁵Non na sam dia, huan ka hondawng ding hi: na khut nasep non lunggulh ding hi.

¹⁶For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

¹⁶Himahleh tuin ka kalsuante na sima: ka khelhna peuhmah na chiamteh hi.

¹⁷My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity.

¹⁷Ip sungah ka tatlekna bilhin a oma, huan ka thulimlouhna na gonggak hi.

¹⁸And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;

¹⁸Huan mual puk bangmahlou a honghi taktaka, a mun akipanin suangpi suanin a om hi;

¹⁹The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

¹⁹Tuiten suang a kiamsak ua; huaia dimletten leia leivui a tai mang uh; huan mihing lametna na hihsia hi.

²⁰Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him.

²⁰Khantawnin amah na zou a, a paia; a mel na lamdang saka, amah na sawl mang hi.

²¹His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not.

²¹A tapate zahin a om ua, aman a theikei; hihniamin a om ua, himahleh aman amau ahi chih a theikei.Himahleh a tunga a sain natna a neia, huan a sunga a khain a sun hi.

²²But his flesh hath pain for himself alone, and his soul mourneth for himself.

²²Himahleh a tunga a sain natna a neia, huan a sunga a khain a sun hi.