¹Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

¹Aw TOUPA, na kianga ka phun in leng, nang jaw na dik nilouhlouha; himahleh ka vuina thu pen ka gen himhim sin. Bangchiin ahia mi thulimloute lam a lamzan sek nak? Bang chiin ahia khemhat peuhmah nuamsaa a om nak uh?

²Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

²Amau na phuta, ahi, zung a kaita ua, a khang ua, ahi, gah a suahta uhi: a muk uah na naia, a sunggil uah lah na gamla ngala.

³But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

³Aw TOUPA, kei bel na hontheia, na honmua, nang lamah ka lungtang na entel seka, amaute belam goh ding bang maiin kaikhia inla, a gohna ni ding uh sep in.

⁴How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

⁴Gamin bangtan ahia a sun dinga, gam pumpi antehlouhingte a vuai ding uh? a tengmite thulimlouhna jiakin gamsate a mang khin ua, vasate leng; I hun nanung uh a mu kei ding uh a chih jiak un.

⁵If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

⁵Khea a pai mite na kitaitehpiha, nang a honbah khit sak uleh bangchiin ahia sakolte na kitaitehpih theih ding? muanna gamah bit takin om lechin leng, Jordan gam gammang ah bangchiin ahia na hih ding?

⁶For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.

⁶Na unaute, na pa inkuante ngeiin, amau mahmahin nang a honkhemta ngal ua; amau nang hondelhin ngaihtakin a hon sam ua, thu hoihtak gen mahle uh taksang himhim ken.

⁷I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

⁷Ka inlehlou paisanin ka gouluah ding ka pai mangta; ka hinnain a it mahmahnu, a melma kiangah ka peta.

⁸Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

⁸Ka gouluah ding gamnuai humpinelkai bang a honghita, ka siatna dingin a aw a suaha, huaijiakin ka mudah ahi.

⁹Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.

⁹Ka gouluah ding keia dingin sasial ne vasa gial ahi hia? sasial ne vasaten a kimvelin a sual ua hia? gamsa teng vakaikhawm unla, nekbei dingin honpi un.

¹⁰Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

¹⁰Belamchingmi tampiin ka grephuan a hihsia ua, ka tan a sik den ua, ka tantuan nuam mahmah mai gamdai gamsegawp a suaksakta uh.

¹¹They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

¹¹Gamsia in a bawlta ua, a segawpa, ka kiangah a vui hi, a gam pumpi a segawpa, himahleh kuamahin a donsak kei.

¹²The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.

¹²Gamdaia tang giau tengtengte ah, hihsemite a hongtungta ua, gam tawp khatlam a kipan leh khatlam phain TOUPA namsauin lah a nebeita ngala, muanna nei himhim a omta kei uh.

¹³They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

¹³Buh chi a tuh ua, ling a la ua, a kihihgim gawp ua, punna lah a om tuan kei, TOUPA heh mahmah jiakin gah na suahte uh na zumpih ding uh.

¹⁴Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

¹⁴Ka mi Israel kianga gouluah dinga ka piak khoihsemi, ka inveng giloute tengteng tungtangah TOUPAN hichibangin a chi: Ngai un, a gam ua kipan ka botkhe dinga, a lak ua kipan Juda inkote ka phawi khe ding.

¹⁵And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

¹⁵Huan, hichi ahi dinga, ka bohkhiak nungin amau ka hehpih nawn dinga, mi chih gouluah ding leh mi chih amah gam mahah ka honpi ding.

¹⁶And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.

¹⁶Huan, hichi ahi dinga, Baal kianga ka mite kichiam a sinsak mah bang un, ka mina, TOUPA a hin-a a hin sung, chia kichiam a kisin ua, ka mite omdan ngentel taka a sin uleh ka mite lakah ka dingkhe sak ding.Ahihhangin a ngaihkhiak kei ua leh huai nam a bohin ka botkhe dinga, ka hihse ding, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

¹⁷But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.

¹⁷Ahihhangin a ngaihkhiak kei ua leh huai nam a bohin ka botkhe dinga, ka hihse ding, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.