¹Lei tungah mihing adin kidouna a om kei mo? huan a nite kilohmi nite bang ahi ka hia?

¹Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

²Lim deih mahmah sikha bangin, a loh lamen kilohmi bangin:

²As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

³Huaibangin bangmahlou khate nei dinga bawl ka hi, huan kei adingin jan chimhuaite seh ahi hi.

³So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

⁴Ka lup chiangin, Chikchiangin ka thou dia? ka chi a; himahleh jan a sawt hi; huan khatlam khatlamah ni suah matan kilumlehnain ka dim hi.

⁴When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

⁵Ka sa than leh leivui khalin a tuama; ka vun a kimata a puakkham thak hi.

⁵My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

⁶Ka nite siamganmi khohthei sangin a kin jawa, lametna beia zatbei ahi.

⁶My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

⁷Aw ka hinna huih ahi chih theigige in: ka mitin hoih a mu nawn kei ding hi.

⁷O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

⁸Kei honmu mitin honen thei nawn takei dinga; na mitte ka tugnah a om ding ua, himahleh ka omta kei ding hi.

⁸The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

⁹Meipi a mangthanga a omta kei bangin, huchiin kuapeuh Seola pai suk a hongpai tou nawnta kei uhi.

⁹As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

¹⁰A in ah a kik nawnta kei dinga, a munin amah a thei nawnta kei ding hi.

¹⁰He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

¹¹Huaijiakin ka kam ka khou kei dinga; ka lungsim gimnaah thu ka gen ding; ka kha haksatna ah ka phun ding hi.

¹¹Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

¹²Tuipi ka hi hia, a hihkeileh tuipiganhinglian, huchia kei na honchin nak?

¹²Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

¹³Ka lupnain honlungmuan dinga, ka tutna nemin ka phunna a jangkhaisak ding, ka chih chiangin;

¹³When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints;

¹⁴Huaichiangin mangtein na honlau saka, mengmuhnatein na honmulkimsak hi:

¹⁴Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

¹⁵Huchiin ka khain heklup leh sihna a tela, hiai ka guhte sangin.

¹⁵So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

¹⁶Ka hinna ka chimtaka; ka hing gige kei ding: honom sak maimai un; ka nite lah bangmahlou ahi ngala.

¹⁶I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

¹⁷Mihing bang ahi, amah na hihlet dinga, amah tunga na lungtang na koih dinga.

¹⁷What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

¹⁸Jingsang tenga amah na veh dinga, mitphiat chiha amah na ettel ding?

¹⁸And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

¹⁹Bangtan vei kei honlehngatsan lou ding na hia, bangtanvei ka chil ka nawmvalh matan honomsak maimai lou ding na hia?

¹⁹How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

²⁰Na khial hita leng, na tungah bang ka hiha, Aw mite chingpa nang? bangdia nang adia chiamtehna banga konkoih na hia, huchia keimaha dia puakgik ka hih maimah?Huan bangdia ka tatlekna ngaidam loua, ka thulimlohna la mang lou oi? Kei tuin leivuia lum ding ka hi a; kuhkaltakin na honzong dia, himahleh ka omta kei ding.

²⁰I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

²¹Huan bangdia ka tatlekna ngaidam loua, ka thulimlohna la mang lou oi? Kei tuin leivuia lum ding ka hi a; kuhkaltakin na honzong dia, himahleh ka omta kei ding.

²¹And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.