¹Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.

¹TOUPAN ka kiangah hichiin a chi a: Puanmalngat kawnggak lei inla, kawtsak louin tengin.

²So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.

²Huchiin TOUPA thu bangbang in kawnggak ka leia, ka tengta hi,

³And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,

³Huan, TOUPA thu ka kiangah a hongtung nawna,

⁴Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.

⁴Kawnggak na lei, huai na ten la inla, thou inla, Euphrates lui juan inla, huaia suang hengkalah selin, chiin.

⁵So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.

⁵Huchiin TOUPAN thu a honpiak banginka kuana, Euphrates lui chin ah ka selta a.

⁶And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.

⁶Huan, ni tampi nungin TOUPAN ka kiangah, Thou inla, Euphrates lui juan inla, kawnggak ka honselsak lakhia in, a chi a.

⁷Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

⁷Huchiin Euphrates lui lamah ka hohtaa, ka thaia, ka selna akipan kawnggak ka pholhkhiaa. Ngai dih, kawnggak a na ngotkhin veka; bang ding mahin leng a phatuamta kei hi.

⁸Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

⁸Huan, TOUPA thu ka kiangah a hongtunga:

⁹Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

⁹TOUPAN hichiin a chi: hichi mahbangin Juda kisathei pipi leh Jerusalem kiotsakna mahmahte ka hihse sin ahi.

¹⁰This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.

¹⁰Hiai nam gilou, ka thute ngaikhe nuam loua, amau lungsim paupeng juia pathian dangte nasem leh be dinga delh zomite kawnggak bangmah dinga phatuam lou bang ahi ding uh.

¹¹For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

¹¹Kawnggak mi kawnga a belh gige bangin Israel inko pumpi leh Juda inko pumpi ka mite leh ka minthanna leh ka kilawmna leh ka thupina a honghih theihna ding ua ka kianga belh gige dinga ka bawl lah ahi ngal ua; himahleh a limsak kei uh.

¹²Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?

¹²Huan, hiai thu a kiang ua na gen ding ahi: TOUPA Israel Pathianin hichiin a chi: Hiang chiteng uain-in a dim ding, chiin. Huan, amau na kiangah, Hiang chiteng uain-in a dim ding chih ka theih louh uh ahi maw? a chi ding uh.

¹³Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

¹³Huan, a kiang uah, TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Ngaiun, hiai gama teng tengteng, David tutphaha tu kumpipate, siampute, jawlneite leh Jerusalema teng tengtengte zukhamnain ka dimsak ding.

¹⁴And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

¹⁴Amau ka kiphusak dinga, pate a tate utoh, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi: amau ka hihman louhna khop dingin amau ka hehpihin ka hoihin ka lainat kei ding.

¹⁵Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.

¹⁵Ngaikhia unla, bil doh un; kisathei kei unla, TOUPAN thu a khahta hi.

¹⁶Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

¹⁶TOUPA na Pathian uh pahtawi unla, mialna a tunsak maa khomui tang tungate na khe uh a kipal main, vak na lamet lai tak un mial a suaksaka, mial bikbek dingin a bawl sin hi.

¹⁷But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is carried away captive.

¹⁷Ahihhangin na ngaihkhiak kei uleh na kisaktheihna uh jiakin mundaiah ka kap nilouh ding; ka khitui leng nakpi takin a luang gige ding, TOUPA belam hon sala kaih a hih jiak un.

¹⁸Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.

¹⁸Kumpipa leh a nu kiangah, Niam tut un, na lukhute ulah a keta ngala, na manglukhu thupi uh, chiin.

¹⁹The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.

¹⁹Sim khopite a bing khina, kuamah hon vual louhin; Juda tengteng sal dingin a tang ua, a vek khojang un a tang khin uhi.

²⁰Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

²⁰Na mit uh dak tou unla, mallam akipana hongkuan en un. Na belam hon neih koiah, huai na belam hon deihhuai tak?

²¹What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?

²¹Nangmahin lawm dia na bawlte na tunga a koih hun chiang un bangchin na chi dia? numei nauvei bang maiin na nasa ngial kei ding maw?

²²And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.

²²Bangjiakin ahia hiaite ka tunga a hongtun? chi sim na hih leh, na thulimlouhna jiakin ahi na nik lem a hiha na vuaktanna a kimuh.

²³Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

²³Ethiopia mi vomin a vun a hihlamdangin gialbemin a jia a sel thei ahia? Huchi ahihleh nou thil gilou hihhat sek ten leng thil hoih hih thei na ve uteh!

²⁴Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

²⁴Gamdai huihin buhsi a mutleng bang maiin amau ka dalhsak ding.

²⁵This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.

²⁵Hiai na tantuan, na tuam dia ka honsehsak ahi, na honmangngilha, juaua na kingak jiakin, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

²⁶Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.

²⁶Huchiin kei mahmahin na nik na mai khuh hial ka honlem sak dinga, na zumhuai a dawk ding.Gamlaka tangte a na angkawmnate, na huk kikou husate, na kiphalgai thupidante, huai na thilhih kihhuaite ka muta. Aw Jerusalem, na tung a gik hi: hihsiang na hih ma bangtan hi ding ahia?

²⁷I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?

²⁷Gamlaka tangte a na angkawmnate, na huk kikou husate, na kiphalgai thupidante, huai na thilhih kihhuaite ka muta. Aw Jerusalem, na tung a gik hi: hihsiang na hih ma bangtan hi ding ahia?