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

¹My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

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

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

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

³Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

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

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

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

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

⁶Ka thulimlouhna na kana, ka khelhna na nungdelha,

⁶That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

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

⁷Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

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

⁸Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

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

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

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

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

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

¹¹Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.

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

¹²Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

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

¹³And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.

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

¹⁴If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

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.

¹⁵If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

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

¹⁶For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

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

¹⁷Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

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

¹⁸Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

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

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

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

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

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.

²¹Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

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

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