¹They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.

¹Min ji ma henla, amah paisanin pasal dang nei leh, aman a na nei nawn diam? A gamin nit loh hial sin lou ding hai? Chih a om. Nang bel tangval tampi kiangah na huk manga, huchipin ka kiangah na hongkik nawn ding maw? Chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

²Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

²Tang giau viauvuau lamah na mitte lengtou sak inla, enin, a honluppih louhna mun koiah? Gamdaia Arabia mi bang maiin amau ngakin lampi geiahte na tu nilouh sek, na huknate leh na thulimlouhnatein gam na hihnin khinta.

³Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

³Huaijiakin vuah zuksak ahi keia, vuah nanung leng a zu sam kei; mihuk tal puakin na pua, na zum nuam het kei hi.

⁴Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

⁴Ka pa, ka tuailaia honpipa na hi, chiin, tua kipanin na sam kei ding maw?

⁵Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.

⁵Na heh tawntung sin ahia? A tawp phain hia a uk sin? Dai in, huchibangin na pau ngeia, himahleh a gilou thei bang penin thil na hih hi.

⁶The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

⁶Huai lou leng Josia lal laiin TOUPAN ka kiangah hichiin a chi a: Nungkin hat Israel thilhih na mu hia? Tang sang chiha kuan toua, singbawk chih nuaitea a hukna thil a hihte?

⁷And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

⁷Huan ken bel hiai thil tengteng a hih nungin ka kiangah a hongkik nawn ding, ka chi a; himahleh a hong kik tuan kei; huan, a sanggamnu, khemhat Judain a mu samta hi.

⁸And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

⁸Huan, aman nungkin hat Israel a angkawm jiaka ka maka, makna lai ka piak a muhin leng a sanggamnu, khemhat Judain a lau tuan kei, huchih naksangin a vahoha, hukna thil a va hih ta hi.

⁹And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

⁹Huan a huk mawkmawk zenhouh jiakin gam a hihnin khintaa; sing bul, suang bul kiangah ang kawmta hi.

¹⁰And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.

¹⁰Huchipiin leng a sanggamnu, khemhat Juda lungtang taka ka kianga hongkik louin a khem lelin ahongkika, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

¹¹And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

¹¹Huan TOUPAN ka kiang ah hichiin a chi a: Nungkik hat Israelin a sanggamnu, khemhat Juda sangin diktat jawin a kihih langa.

¹²Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.

¹²Kuan inla, hiai thu mallam ah vaphuangin; Nungkin hat Israel hongkikin, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi; Heh mel puin ka hon en kei dinga, zahngai thai tak ka hi ngala, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi, ka heh tawntung kei ding hi.

¹³Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.

¹³TOUPA na Pathian tunga na helnate, singbawk nuaia pautuam mite kianga na kiphalgaina te, ka paukam suak na manlouhnatea na thulimlouhna ah thupah tawiin, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

¹⁴Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

¹⁴Aw nungkin hat tate aw, hongkik un, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi. Nou honhonpa lah ka hi ngala, na lak ua kipan khopia mi khat, inkuana mi nih ka honla dinga, Zion ah ka honpi ding hi.

¹⁵And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

¹⁵Ka lungtuak lamtak belamchingte ka honpe dinga, amau theihna leh theihsiamnatein nou a honvak ding uh.

¹⁶And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.

¹⁶Huan na hongtam ua, gama na hongpun hun chiang un, huai ni chiangin amau, TOUPA thukhun bawm, a chi ngei nawn kei ding uh; a lungsim uah a lut kei dinga, theih leng a theigige sam kei ding uh; a khelah nawn kei ding ua, a bawl nawn sam kei ding uh.

¹⁷At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

¹⁷Huai nungin Jerusamem bel TOUPA mangtutphah a chi ding ua, huaiah nam tengteng TOUPA minin Jerusalem ah a hongpai khawm ding uh: a lungtang gilou khauhna uh bangin a paita kei ding uh.

¹⁸In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

¹⁸Huai ni chiangin Juda inkote Israel inkote toh a om khawm ding ua, mallam gam a kipanin, na pipute uh kianga gouluah dinga ka piak gamah, a hongpawt khe ding uh.

¹⁹But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

¹⁹Ken bel, Nam tampite laka gouluah ding hoih pen, gam nuam tak mai honpiain, tate laka honkoih ka utdan! Ka pa, chia non sapa, non zuihna akipan na pial mang kei ding chih ka na um a.

²⁰Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.

²⁰Ji khem hatin a pasal a angkawm san bangin, Aw Israel inkote aw, honna khem neita ve ua, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

²¹A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

²¹Tang giau velvul tuagah husa a om hi, Israel tate kap leh thil ngen husa, TOUPA Pathian a mangngilh ua, a omdan uh a hihgawp jiak un.

²²Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

²²A nungkin hat tate aw, hongkik unla, na nungkin seknate uh ka hihdam ding hi: endih, na kiangah ka hongpai uhi, nang lah TOUPA ka Pathian uh na hi ngala.

²³Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

²³Tangte a phatuam keia, tang tunga husa chiak vengvungte. Israel hotdamna jaw TOUPA i Pathian mahmah ah ahi a om.

²⁴For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

²⁴Himahleh huai thil kihhuai mahmahin i tuailai a kipan in piputen tha a sukbeina uh a ne beita hi; a belam honte uh, a gan honte uh, a tanute uh, a tapate uh tanin.Zumin lum ni eleh, i zahlaknain honkhuh heh; TOUPA i Pathian tungah thil i hihkhial ua, ei leh I piputen i tuailai akipan tuni tannin TOUPA I Pathian paukam i man louh ziak in.

²⁵We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.

²⁵Zumin lum ni eleh, i zahlaknain honkhuh heh; TOUPA i Pathian tungah thil i hihkhial ua, ei leh I piputen i tuailai akipan tuni tannin TOUPA I Pathian paukam i man louh ziak in.