¹If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.

¹Aw Israel, na hongkik leh, ka kiangah ngei na hongkik ding ahi, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi. Na kihhuaina te ka mitmuh louha na koih manga, chih taktaka, thugel diktak zanga diktak taka;

²And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

²TOUPA a hina a hin laiteng, chia na kichiam leh, namte amah ah nuamsa a kichi ding ua, amah a suangta ding uh;

³For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

³Juda mite leh Jerusalem kiangah TOUPA Pathianin hichiin a chi hi: Na lei sit uh let unla, ling lakate chi theh kei un.

⁴Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

⁴Nou Jud agama mi leh Jerusalema tengte aw, TOUPA adingin na zek uh sum unla, na lungtang zek uh sum un, huchilouin jaw na thil gilou hihte uh jiakin, ka hehna mei bangin a pawtkhe dinga, kuamah phelh theihlouhin a kang kha ding hi.

⁵Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.

⁵Juda gamah hilh unla, Jerusalem ah phuang un, Gam pumpi ah pengkul mut unla, ngaih takin kikou un. Hongkikhawm unla, kulhnei khopite ah I lut ding uh, chi un;

⁶Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

⁶Zion lam ah puanjak khai unla, bitna zongin tai unla, zeol kei un, mallam a kipanthil hoihlou ka hon tungsak sin, nakpia siatna.

⁷The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

⁷Gammang nuai ningkitel akipanin humpineilkai a pawt hi, namte hihse ding; a mun akipan a pawtta, a hongpai lellel hi, nagam hihse ding leh na khopite tengmi neilou khopa sungawp dingin.

⁸For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

⁸Huaijiak takin saiip puan teng unla, kap unla, mau vongvong un; I lak ua kipanin TOUPA hehna thupi mahmah lah a kikai khe ngal kei a.

⁹And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

⁹Huai ni chiangin hichi a honghi ding, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi: kumpipa lungtang a lungke khin dinga, heutute lungtang leng; siamputen gen ding a theikei ding ua, jawlneiten lamdang a sa mahmah ding uh.

¹⁰Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.

¹⁰Huan ken bel, Ah, Toupa Pathian, hiai mite leh Jerusalem nakpi taka khem nei ve, Muanna na nei ding uh, na chi a, namsauin hinna a sun zo ta hi, ka chi a.

¹¹At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,

¹¹Huai hun chiangin hiai mite leh Jerusalem kiangah, Gamdai tang giau velvul akipan huih sa, Ka tanu, ka mite japsiang ding hi lou; siangsak ding hi sam lou;

¹²Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.

¹²Huih hat lua, ka thuin a hongtung sin ahi: tuin leng a tung thu uh ngaihtuahpa kei ka hi, chih ahi ding.

¹³Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.

¹³Ngai dih, a hongpai tou ding, meipi bangin, a kangtalai pingpei bangmaite; a sakolte muvanlai sangin a hatjaw uh, I tung gik na e! Buluha om I hive ua.

¹⁴O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

¹⁴Aw Jerusalem, thulimlouhnaa kipan na lungtang silsiang inla, hotdama na om theihna dingin; bangtan ahia na ngaihtuahna gilou na pai ding?

¹⁵For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.

¹⁵Dan gam akipan aw a hongpawt khiaa, Ephraim tang a kipanin thil hoihlou a phuang hi.

¹⁶Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.

¹⁶Namte hilh unla, Jerusalem ah phuang un, ngai dih, gam gamla pia kipan sualmite a hongtung uh, Juda khopite tungah a aw uh a suah uhi.

¹⁷As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.

¹⁷Louma vengmite bang main a kimvel in a um ua, ka tunga a hel jiak un chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

¹⁸Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

¹⁸Na omdan leh na thilhihten, hiaite na tungah a tun ahi, hiai na siatna ding ahi, a na mahmaha na lungtang sun ei ve.

¹⁹My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

¹⁹Ka lung a na, ka lung a na, ka lungtang mahmah ah a na, ka sungah ka lungtang a buaikhin ta, ka om maimai theikei, aw ka hinna, pengkul ging, kidouna heiha na jak jiakin.

²⁰Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.

²⁰Siatna tungah siatna a tungta, gam pumpi lohin a om ta, ka puaninte a hihse guih ua, ka puanjakte leng mitphiat kal louin.

²¹How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

²¹Bangtan ahia kidouna puanjak ka muh dinga, pengkul ging ka jak ding?

²²For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

²²Ka mite a hai mahmah ua, lah a thei ngal kei ua, naupang hai tak, theihna neilou bang mai ahi uah, thil gilou hih a siam ua, thil hoih hihdan bel a siam kei uh.

²³I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

²³Leitung ka et leh, ngai dih, segawp leh vuakin a oma; vanten leng vakna a neikei uh.

²⁴I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

²⁴Tangte ka et leh, ngaiin, a ling uh, mual tengteng leng a tang jualjual uh.

²⁵I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

²⁵Ka et leh, ngai in, mihing a om kei ua, tungleng vasate tengteng leng a leng mang khinta uh.

²⁶I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.

²⁶Ka et leh, ngai in, louma hoihte gamdai a suak khina, khopi tengteng leng a chim khin, TOUPA leh a heh mahmahna maah.

²⁷For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

²⁷TOUPAN hichiin a chi hi: Gam pumpi a segawp dinga, himahleh ka hihtawp tawntung kei ding.

²⁸For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

²⁸Huaijiakin leiin a sun dinga, tunglam vante leng a mial ding: thu ka gentaa, ka tumta hi, ka kisik keia, ka lunghei sin sam kei.

²⁹The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.

²⁹Sakol tunga tuang leh thalpeu zangmite husa ah, khopi pumpi a taikek ua, gammang ah a lut ua, kho chih a nusia ua, luahmi khat lel leng om louin.

³⁰And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.

³⁰Huan, nang, loha na om hun chiangin bangchiin na hih dia? Puan san-au a kijemin, kivatna dangkaeng a kivanin, na mitte nuh za mahlechin, na kihihlawm thawn lel ahi, na tangvalten a honmusit thouthou ding ua, na hinna lak a tum uhi.Numei nauvei kikou husa bang ka jaa, ta chil neinu na thauk lai, Zion tanu nak huhu ging, a khutte jaka, Ka tung gik hina mai e! tualthatmite maah ka hinna a bah khinta, chi.

³¹For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.

³¹Numei nauvei kikou husa bang ka jaa, ta chil neinu na thauk lai, Zion tanu nak huhu ging, a khutte jaka, Ka tung gik hina mai e! tualthatmite maah ka hinna a bah khinta, chi.