¹Mihing numei apan piang nite tawmchik ahia,

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

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

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

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

³And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

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

⁴Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

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

⁵Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

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

⁶Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

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

⁷For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

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

⁸Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

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

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

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

¹⁰But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

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

¹¹As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

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.

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

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

¹³O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

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

¹⁴If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

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

¹⁵Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁸And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.

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

¹⁹The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

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

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

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.

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

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

²²But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.