¹My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are mine.

¹Ka lungsim hihgawpin a oma, ka nite a bei, kei dingin han mansain a om hi.

²Are there not mockers around me? and doth [not] mine eye abide in their provocation?

²Ka kiangah musitmite a om taktak ua, a hehna uah ka mit a omgige hi.

³Lay down now [a pledge], be thou surety for me with thyself: who is he that striketh hands with me?

³Tuin thuchiam honpia in, nangmahmah toh kei adingin mohkhu honghi in; kei toh khutte beng ding kua a oma?

⁴For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding; therefore thou wilt not exalt [them].

⁴Theihsiamna akipan a lungtang uh na sel ngala: huai jiakin amau na hihlian kei ding hi.

⁵He that betrayeth friends for a prey -- even the eyes of his children shall fail.

⁵Kuapeuh matdinga a lawmte heka, a neihlehlam tan tummi, a tate nangawn nit a juausuak ding hi.

⁶And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.

⁶Mite houlimna dingin a honbawl laia; huan tangpi kih ka honghita hi.

⁷And mine eye is dim by reason of grief, and all my members are as a shadow.

⁷Lungkhamna jiakin ka mit leng a miala, huan ka hiangte tengteng limliap bang ahi.

⁸Upright men [shall be] astonished at this, and the innocent shall be stirred up against the ungodly;

⁸Mi dikten hiaiah lamdang a sa ding ua, huan mihoih pathianlimsakloute dou dingin a kitokthou ding.

⁹But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength.

⁹Himahleh mi diktat a lampi ah a pang zouzou dia, huan kuapeuh khut siangneite a hat semsem ding uhi.

¹⁰But as for you all, pray come on again; and I shall not find one wise man among you.

¹⁰Himahleh hongkik un, na vek un, huan tuin hong un: huchiin na lak uah mi pil ka mu kei ding.

¹¹My days are past, my purposes are broken off, the cherished thoughts of my heart.

¹¹Ka nite a beita, ka thiltupte a se gawpta hi, ka lungtang ngaihtuahte nasanin.

¹²They change the night into day; the light [they imagine] near in presence of the darkness.

¹²Jan sunin a kheng ua: khovakin khomial a naih, a chi uh.

¹³If I wait, Sheol is my house; I spread my bed in the darkness:

¹³Seol ka in bangin en leng; khomial ah ka tutnanem phahta leng;

¹⁴I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister!

¹⁴Siatna kiangah, Ka pa na hi, chi leng; tangtel kiangah, ka nu leh ka sanggamnu na hi, chi leng;

¹⁵And where is then my hope? yea, my hope, who shall see it?

¹⁵Huchi hileh ka lametna koia om ahia? Huan lamet nei hileng kuan honmusak dia?Seol mundai ah te paisukin leivui ah ka kik khawm ding ua adiam?

¹⁶It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, when [our] rest shall be together in the dust.

¹⁶Seol mundai ah te paisukin leivui ah ka kik khawm ding ua adiam?