1O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
1Benjamin tate aw, Jerusalem sung akipan na bitna ding un tai mang unla; Tekoa ah pengkul mut unla Bet-hakkorom ah theihsakna suaksak un. Mallam a kipanin siatna a hongkuan hi, hihsiatna thupi mahmah.
2I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
2Zion tanu melhoih tak leh nou tak ka hihmang ding.
3The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
3Belampute, a belam honte utoh a kiang a hongtung ding ua, a kim ah a puaninte uh a kaih khum ding ua, amau mun chiat ah a ke ding uh.
4Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
4Amah dou dingin kisa un, thou unla, sun lain I sual ding uh, ei adingin khawk hina e! ni a kihektaa, nitaklam limliap a nasauta.
5Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
5Thou unla, janin I sual mai ding uh! a in hoih hoih hihsia ni.
6For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
6Sepaihte TOUPAN hichiin a chi: A singte phuk unla, Jerusalem sualna dingin mualvum bawl un, khopi gawt ding pen hiai ahi, a sung ah nuaisiahna ngen ahi.
7As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
7Tuileh in tui a pawtsak bang main a gitlouhna a pawtsak sek, a sungah hiamgamna leh kilohna a om chih jak ahi, ka maah natna leh kiliamsaknate a om thek.
8Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
8Ka lungsimin a hontuamsan vengveng main aw, Jerusalem, pilvang ngialin, huchilouinjaw luahmi neilou gam dia honbawlin, ka honhih gawp kha ding hi.
9Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.
9Sepaihte TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Israel omsunte grep bangin lou siang vek unla, grep loumi bangin ahiangte van tuantuan un.
10To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
10A ngaihkhiak theihna ding un kua ka houpihin, kua ka theisak dia? Ngai in, bil lam zeksumlouh ahi ua, a ngaikhe theikei uh; ngai in, TOUPA thu amau adingin thil simmohhuai ahi a, kipahna mahmah a nei nawn kei uh.
11Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
11Huaijiakin TOUPA hehnain ka dima, kidek ka chimta; kholaka naupang tungah ka bungkhe dia; tangval omkhawmte tungah leng, a ji toh kitonin pasal leng lak ahi dinga, upate leh teksiate leng.
12And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.
12A inte uh mi dang kianga piak ahi dinga, a loumate uleh a jite utoh; huai gama tengte tungah lah ka khut ka lik sin ngala, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.
13For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
13A neupen a kipana a lianpen tannin leng mi chih lah huaihamna in a dim ngal ua; jawlneite leh siampute nasan leng, mi chih a juautat mahmah uhi.
14They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
14Ka mite liam, awlmohlou takin, A hoih ve, a hoih ve, chiin a thoih ua, a hoih het ngal kei a.
15Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
15Thil kihhuai a hih un leng a zum ua hia? zumlou hial, a zum het kei uh, a mai u leng a san sam kei: huaijiakin pukte lakah a puk tei ding ua: amaute ka gawt hun chiangin paihkhiakin a om ding uh, TOUPAN a chi.
16Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
16TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Lampite ah ding unla, en un, lampi hoih omna lampi luite tawn un, huaiah pai unla, na kha ua dingin khawlna na mu ding uh; amau bel, Huaiah ka pai kei ding uh a chi ua.
17Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
17Huan, noua dingin galvilmite ka sap dinga, Pengkul ging ngaikhia un, chiin: amau bel, Ka ngaikhe kei ding uh, a chi uhi.
18Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
18Huaijiakin, aw, namte aw, ngaikhia unla, aw, kikhawmkhawmte aw, a tung ua hongtung ding thei un.
19Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
19Aw, leitung, ngaikhiain, ngaiin, hiai mite tungah siatna ka hontun sin: a ngaihtuahna gahte uh; ka thute a ngaihkhiak loujiak un: ka dante lah a paikhe hithet ua.
20To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
20Bangdinga Sheba akipan begaw te, gamla pia kipan kawltute ka kiang hongtung nak ahia? Na halmang kithoihnate uh kipahpih tak ahi keia, na kithoihna te un lah a honkipak sak sam kei hi.
21Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
21Huaiziakin TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Hiai mite kiangah puknate ka koih dinga, huaiah pate a tapate utoh a puk khawm ding ua, inveng leh a lawm leng a mangthang ding uh.
22Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
22Huan, TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Ngai in, mallam gam akipan mite a hongpai uh, lei mun tawp akipan nam thupi mahmah a hongkuan khia hi.
23They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
23Thalpeu leh teipi a tawi ua, hiamgam mahmah, zahngaihna himhim neilou ahi uhi, a husa uh thupi ging honhon bang ahia; sakol tungte a tuang ua, mi chih galkapmi banga kivanin, aw, Zion tanu, nang a hongsual sin uhi.
24We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
24A minthanna uh I ja ua, I khutte a zo khinta, lunggimnain a honmanta, numei nauvei lunggimna bangbang.
25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
25Gam ah pai khe kei un, lampi ah leng pai sam kei un, huaiah lah melma namsau a om ngala, kilchih ah launa a om hi.
26O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
26Aw, ka mi, ka tanu, saiip puan teng inla, vut lakah totolhin; tapa tangkhat sun bangin sun inla, kap vongvong dih, hihsemi I tunguah a hong tung guih sin ngal ua.
27I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
27Ka mite laka chiamtehmi din leh zeetmi dingin ka honbawla, a omdan uh na theiha, na zeet theihna dingin.
28They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
28A vek un helhat, paupeng mahmah gensiat chinga vial vak, dal leh sik bang ahi uh, hoihlou piin a gamtang ua,
29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
29Pumin a jap huhu a, mei ah suan a zul beia, hihsingthou tupna a thawn lel ahi, mi giloute lah paih mang ahi ngal kei ua.Miten dankasik ek hoihlou a chi ding ua, TOUPAN amaute a pampaih jiakin.
30Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
30Miten dankasik ek hoihlou a chi ding ua, TOUPAN amaute a pampaih jiakin.