¹The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

¹Puakgik jawlnei Habakkukin a muh

²O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.

²Aw TOUPa, bangtan kei kikou dinga, nang honza lou ding? Hiam gamna thu-ah na kiangah ka kikou khia, nang na hondawng nuam kei.

³Why dost thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.

³Bang dinga thulimlouhna honmu sak a, ginatlouhna honensak na hia? lohna leh hiamgamna lah ka maah a om ngal ua: kilanna a oma, kinakna a hongom hi.

⁴Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.

⁴Huaijiakin dan a jia a ola, vaihawmna a kuan khe ngei kei: gilouten lah diktatte a umsuak vek ngal ua; huaijiakin vaihawmna pawt khia hekkawiin om hi.

⁵Behold ye among the nations, and look, and wonder marvellously; for I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.

⁵Namte lak en unla, thei unla, lamdangtakin lamdang sa un: na damsungte un nasep ka sem ngala, huaibel honhilh mahle uh na um nuam kei ding uhi.

⁶For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.

⁶Ngai un, Kaldaite ka bawl khia hi, huai nam heh leh man-gang; huaite, amaua hi lou tenna munte tang dingin, lei vailam kantain a pai uh.

⁷They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

⁷A mulkimhuai un a lauhuai ua; a vaihawmna uh leh a lalna uh amau ngeia kipanin a pawt khia hi.

⁸Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.

⁸A sakolte uleng gialbemte sangin a kinjaw ua, nitaklam ngiate sangin a lauhuai jaw uh; sakol tungtuangmite uh a kiphalh ua; ahi, a sakol tungtuanmite uh gamla pia kipana hongpai ahi uh; ne gai dinga kinoh muvanlai bangin a leng uh.

⁹They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.

⁹Hiamgam dingin a vek un a hong ua; suahlam huih bangin kilawp takin a maite uh dohsain a om; piaunel bangin salte a kaikhawm uhi.

¹⁰Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him; he derideth every stronghold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.

¹⁰A hi, aman kumpipate a nuihsana, amaha dingin lalte nuihzatna ahi uh; kulh muanhuai chiteng a nuihsanna; leivui a vuma, a lak jek jiakin.

¹¹Then shall he sweep by [as] a wind, and shall pass over, and be guilty, [even] he whose might is his god.

¹¹Huaichiangin huih bangin a leng dinga, atalek dinga, a moh dinga, huai amah hatna a pathian hi pa ngei.

¹²Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction.

¹²Aw TOUPA ka Pathian, ka Mi siangthou, khantawna kipan na hi ka hia? ka si kei ding uh, Aw TOUPA, vaihawmna adingin amah na hihkipta dingin amah na tungkheta hi.

¹³Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;

¹³Gilou muhna ding sanga nang mit chim jaw, hoihlouhna ensim theilou, bang dinga lepchiahtaka thil bawlte mu a, gilouin amah sanga diktat jaw mi a nawmvalh lai a dai mai maha;

¹⁴and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

¹⁴Mite tuipi ngasate bang, a tung ua vaihawmtu neilou, thil bokvakte banga bawl maimah na hia?

¹⁵He taketh up all of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth and is glad.

¹⁵Ngakuaiin a vek un a khaikhe tou a, a lenin amau a mana, amaute a ngasuahin a huai khawm hi; huai jiakin nuam a saa, a kipak.

¹⁶Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food plenteous.

¹⁶Huaijiakin a len adingin a kithoihna, a ngasuah adingin gimlim a hai; amaute jiaka a tan a hoiha, a sa a tm jiakinHuaijiakin a len a hih vuakin, anmte hihlum gige lou dingin a om peuhmah ding maw?

¹⁷Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually?

¹⁷Huaijiakin a len a hih vuakin, anmte hihlum gige lou dingin a om peuhmah ding maw?