¹Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

¹Babulon tanu nungak aw, hongsuk inla, leivuiah tuin; Kaldai tanu aw, laltutphah lou-ah leiah tuin: om nou leh nuamsa honchi nawn lou ding uhi.

²Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

²Buh gawijanna suangte la inla, tangbuang bawlin: nakikhuhna puan koih inla, na ten tual lem inla, na khe hong inla, luite ngap galkahin.

³Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.

³Na vuaktanna khuhlouin a om dinga, ahi, na zahmoh a dawk ding: phu ka la dinga, mi kuamah ka kithuahpih kei ding.

⁴As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

⁴A hontanpa, a min sepaihte Toupa ahi, Israelte Mi Siangthou.

⁵Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

⁵Kaldai tanu aw, dai didein tu inla, mial nuaiah lutin, Gam cih lalnu honchi ta kei ding uh hi.

⁶I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

⁶Ka mite tungah ka heha, ka goutan ka hihthanghuaia, na khutah ka honpia hi: nang a tunguah hehpihna himhim na langsak kei a; teklamte tungah nangawng na hakkol giktak na ngata hi.

⁷And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.

⁷Huan, Kei khantawnin lalnu dingin ka om ding, na chi a: huchiin huai thilte lah na lungsimin na ngaihtuah keia, a tawpna ding lah na theigige sam kei hi.

⁸Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

⁸Huchiin nang nuamtata om, awlmohneilou-a om, lungsima, Keimah ka hi, kei mah lou mi dang himhim a om kei uh, meithaiin ka tu kei dinga, tate tan thu lah ka thei sam kei ding, chinu, hiai theiin:

⁹But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.

⁹Hiai thil nih, tate tanna leh meithainain, ni khat thuin mitphiatkal louin a honpha ding ahi: na bumna zatna tamngialin, na kivenna tam kuam mahleh, huaite nakpitakin na tungah a hongtung ding hi.

¹⁰For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.

¹⁰Na gitlouhna muanga; Kuamahin honmuse kei uh, na chi vial ngala; na pilna leh na theihnain honhihsia hi: Keimah ka hi, kei lou midang himhim a om kei, na lungsimin na chibehlap hi.

¹¹Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.

¹¹Huaijiakin thil hoihlou na tungah a hongtung dinga; a ven dan na siam kei ding: vangtahnain a honbuak dinga; huai lah na hihmang theikei ding: siatna leng thakhatin na tungah hongtung guih dinga; huai na theikhol kei ding.

¹²Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

¹²Na kikauna leh bumna na zatna, naupang nou na hih akipana na kisukgimnate, dinpih tanla; na phattuampih theih ding phota, na zohpih theih ding phot leh.

¹³Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.

¹³Na lemtheih a tam mahmah jiakin na gimta hi: tuin van thutheite, aksi-enmite, kha tenga thugekholmite ding uhenla, na tunga thil hongtung dingte laka kipanin honhong le uh a ke.

¹⁴Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.

¹⁴Ngaiin, buhpawl bang lel ahi ding ua; meiin a kang ding; meikuang thilhihtheihna laka kipan a kihumbit kei ding uh: hihlumna ding meihol bang ahi kei dinga, awi ding mei bang lah ahi sam kei ding.Huchibangin na kihihgim nakna thilte nanga dingin a om ding uhi: na naupan nou akipana na laka sumsinmite amau lampi chiatah a vak mang ding ua; honhumbit ding kuamah himhim a om kei ding uh.

¹⁵Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

¹⁵Huchibangin na kihihgim nakna thilte nanga dingin a om ding uhi: na naupan nou akipana na laka sumsinmite amau lampi chiatah a vak mang ding ua; honhumbit ding kuamah himhim a om kei ding uh.