¹Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?

¹Suangpia gam sathakten a suahsak hun uh na thei hia? ahihkeileh nou a neih lai uh na chiamteh thei hia?

²Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

²A chinsak zah khate na sim thei hia? Ahihkeileh a suahsak hun na thei hia?

³They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains;

³A kun ua, a tate uh a suang uh, a lungkhamnate uh a pai khia uhi.

⁴Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and return not unto them.

⁴A tate uh deihhuai takin a om ua, gamlak ah a khang lian ua; a kuankhia ua, a hongkik nawn kei uh.

⁵Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,

⁵Kuan gam sabengtung a khah khiaa? Ahihkeileh kuan gam sabengtung honte a phel a?

⁶Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?

⁶Loupa gam a inin ka bawla, huan chi gam a tenna munin;

⁷He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;

⁷Khopi buai nuanua a musita, hawlmi kikounate leng a za sam kei hi.

⁸The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

⁸Mual dungte a gantatna mun ahia, huan thilhing chiteng a zong hi.

⁹Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib?

⁹Na na sem gingin gam bawngtal a lungkim diam? Ahihkeileh na anpiakna kiangah a omgige diam?

¹⁰Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

¹⁰Leilehna ah khauin gam bawngtal na khih thei diam? Ahihkeileh na nungah guamte a toktam diam?

¹¹Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

¹¹A hatna a thupi jiakin, amah na muang diam? Ahihkeileh a kiangah na sepgimna na khiat diam?

¹²Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?

¹²Na chi in a hontuta, na buhphuala buh a kaihkhawm theihna dingin amah na muang diam?

¹³The wing of the ostrich beats joyously -- But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?

¹³Ostrik-va kha kisathei takin a kijapa; himahleh a khavengte leh a multe a migi hia?

¹⁴For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,

¹⁴A tuite lah leitungah a nusiaa, leivui ah a lumsaka,

¹⁵And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.

¹⁵Khein a sikkham thei chih a mangngilha, ahihkeileh gamsain a sikgawp thei chih.

¹⁶She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.

¹⁶Amaha hi lou bangin, a noute siatna dingin a khauha: a sep gimna bangmahlou hita zongleh, a lau kei hi:

¹⁷For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.

¹⁷Pathian in pilna a ngolhsak jiakin, theihsiamna leng a pe sam kei hi.

¹⁸What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

¹⁸Tungsang lama a kitawi sang chiangin, sakol leh a tungtuangmi a nuihsan.

¹⁹Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

¹⁹Sakol a hatna na piak hia? Mul nemin a ngawng na tuam hia?

²⁰Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.

²⁰Khaukhup bangin na tawmsak hia? A hamna thupi a lauhuai ve.

²¹He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host.

²¹Guam ah lei a tuana, a hatna ah a kipaka: mi kigalvante tuak dingin a pai khia.

²²He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.

²²Lauhuai a nuihsana, a lungdong keia; namsau leng a nungngat sam kei hi.

²³The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.

²³Amah ah thalbawm a ging lenglenga, teipi tezelzel leh chiangzum.

²⁴He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet:

²⁴Kihtakhuaina leh hehnain lei a nawmvalha; Pengkul aw ahi chih leng a um sam kei hi.

²⁵At the noise of the trumpets he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

²⁵Pengkul a gin tengin, Hah; a chi a, huan kidouna, heutute vanpiging leh kikou, gamlapi apan a thei.

²⁶Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, [and] stretch his wings toward the south?

²⁶Na pilnain mu sangpi a lengsakin, a khate simlamah a phalh hia?

²⁷Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high?

²⁷Nang thupiakin muvanlai a tunglen in, tungsang ah a bu a sep hia?

²⁸He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:

²⁸Suangpi tungah a tenga, huailaiah giahna a neia, suangpi hengte ah leh kulh muanhuaite ah.

²⁹From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;

²⁹Huai akipanin matding a mu a; a miten gamla ah a mu hi.A nouten leng sisan a tep bei ua: huan thah omna mun ah, huailaiah a om hi.

³⁰And his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he.

³⁰A nouten leng sisan a tep bei ua: huan thah omna mun ah, huailaiah a om hi.