¹The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

¹mi diktat a mang jel ua, kuamahin a lungsim un a ngaihtuah kei nak uh, Pathian limsakmite leng lak mangin a om jel ua, mi diktat thil hoihlou hongtung ding akipan lak mang ahi nak uh chih kuamahin a ngaihtuah sam kei uhi.

²He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

²Lungmuannaah a lut jel ua; a lupna uahte a lum tawldam jel uh, diktaka pai peuhmahte.

³But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.

³Ahihhangin nou bumsiamnu tapa, angkawm leh kijuak suante aw, hiaiah honnaih un.

⁴Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood.

⁴Nuihza bawlna dia na zat jel uh kua eita? kua na maiphen khum ua, na leikhat khum ua? Tatlekna ta, juautheihna suante na hi kei u maw?

⁵Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?

⁵Nou tosaw laka, singbuk nuai tenga milimte toh kithoha suangpi kawllak nuaia guam sung khawnga naupang that jelte.

⁶Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?

⁶Lui guam suang mam lakah na tantuan a oma; huaite, huaite ngei ngei na tantuan ahi: huaite adingin dawn thillat na sunga, thil piak na lan hi. Huai thilah hihlungkimin ka om ding hia?

⁷Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

⁷Tang sang zou mahmah tungah na lupna na koiha: huailai mahmah kithoihna lam dingin na hohtou jel.

⁸Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.

⁸Huan, kongkhakte leh kong biang liahte ah na theihgigena na tunga: kei din hi louin midang din na kisuaha, na hoh tou ngala; na lupna na keka, a kiang uah thu na khunga; a lupna uh lah na muhnaah na it hi.

⁹And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.

⁹Huan, sathau toh kumpipa kiangah na hoha, na gimlimte lah na bawl thupi diakdiaka, na palaite gamlapiah na sawla, sheol pha hialin na niamsak hi.

¹⁰Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.

¹⁰Na paina lampi sau jiakin na gima; ahihhangin, Lametna himhim a om kei, na chi ngal keia: na hatna halhsakna na mu-a: huaijiakin na bahta kei hi.

¹¹And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?

¹¹Kua na kihtain na lau, juau na gen naka, kei non theih tak louha, na lungsima na ngaihtuah tak louh mai? Sawtpi ka dai dide kei maw? Kihtak leng non kihtak louh.

¹²I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

¹²Na diktatna leh na thilhihte ka gen ding; bangmah lah na lohtak kei dia.

¹³When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;

¹³Na kikou chiangin na lak khawmten honhumbit uheh; ahihhangin huihin amau a la dinga, huin a mut vek ding: kei honmuangin bel gam a nei dinga, ka tang siangthou a luah ding.

¹⁴And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

¹⁴Huan, aman, Sung vum un, sung vum un, lampi bawl un, ka mite lampi bawl un, ka mite lampi akipan pukna ding pai un, a chi ding.

¹⁵For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

¹⁵Mi tungnung, tawisang, khantawna om, a min Siangthouin hichiin a chi ngala: Kei mun tungnung leh siangthou-ah ka oma, mi thunuailutte lungsim hihhalh ding leh kisik tuntunte lungtang hihhalh dingin mi lungsima kisik tuntuna thunuailut tak kiangah leng ka om hi.

¹⁶For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

¹⁶Khantawnin ka dou sin ngal keia, ka heh gige sin sam kei hi: huchikeileh mi lungsim ka maah a bah dinga, hinna ka bawlte leng a bah ding uh.

¹⁷For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

¹⁷A huaihama a thulimlouhna jiakin ka heha, ka sata, ka mai ka huma, ka heh ahi: amah lah a lungtang omdan ngeingeiin paupeng takin a om jel hi.

¹⁸I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

¹⁸A omdante ka mu-a, amah ka damsak ding: ka pi dinga, amah leh a sunpihmite kiangah lungmuanna ka pe nawn ding.

¹⁹I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.

¹⁹Ken muk gah ka bawl; Lemna, lemna, gamla pi-a om kiangah leh nai chika om kiangah om hen, Toupan a chi, amah ka damsak ding.

²⁰But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

²⁰Mi thulimloute bel tuipi kihawt gige bang ahi uh; a om kinken thei ngel keia, a tuiten lah nin leh buannawi a vik khe jel, chiin.Ka Pathianin, Mi thulimloute adingin muanna himhim a om kei, a chi.

²¹There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

²¹Ka Pathianin, Mi thulimloute adingin muanna himhim a om kei, a chi.