¹“My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct, And the grave is ready for me.

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

²Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.

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

³“Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?

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

⁴For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore you shall not exalt them.

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

⁵He who denounces his 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.

⁶“But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.

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

⁷My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. 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. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

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

⁹Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

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

¹⁰But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a 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 plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.

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

¹²They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

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

¹³If I look for Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,

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

¹⁴If I have said to corruption, ‘You are 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;

¹⁵where then is my hope? as for 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?

¹⁶Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. , or descend together into the dust?”

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