¹And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.

¹Tuin, nou siampute aw, hiai thupiak noua ding ahi.

²If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

²Ka min pahtawi dinga, na ngaihkhiak kei ua, lungtanga na koih uleh, huchiin na tunguah hamsia ka hongtungsak dinga, na vualjawlnate uh ka hamsiat khum ding, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi, ahi, lungtanga na koih louh jiak un, ka hamsiat khinta hi.

³Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and ye shall be taken away with it.

³Ngai un, nou jiakin na chi tuh ka sal dinga, na mai uah ek ka theh thang dinga, na kithoihna ek ngei uh; huchiin huai toh lak mangin na om ding uh.

⁴And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant may be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.

⁴Huan, hiai thupiak, Levi toh ka thukhun a om theihna dingin, na kiang uah ka honsawlta chih na thei ding uh, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi.

⁵My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name.

⁵Hinna leh lungmuanna ka thukhun amah toh a om hi, a kihtak theihna dingin a kiangah a maute ka peta a, kei a honkihta a, ka min a zahtak mahmah hi.

⁶The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.

⁶Thudik dan a kam sungah a oma, diktatlouhna a mukha a kimu kei hi; lungmuannaleh tannaah ka thu a juia, gitlouhnaa kipanin tampi a kihei mang sak hi.

⁷For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.

⁷Siampu mukten theihna a kem un, a kamah dan thu a zong ding uh ahi hima; amah lah sepaihte TOUPA sawltak ahi ngala.

⁸But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.

⁸Himahleh lampi akipana pialsakin na om ua; tampi danah na kisui puk sak uh; Levi thukhun na suseta uhi, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi.

⁹Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.

⁹Huaijiakin, ka lampite na zuih louh dungjuiun, dana mite deihsak tuam na neih jawk jiakun, ken leng mipite tengteng maah zahpihhuai leh daiin ka hon bawlta hi.

¹⁰Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

¹⁰I vek un pa khat i neikei ua hia? Pathian khatin honsiam ka hia? bangdia lepchiah taka mi chihin a unau siatna dinga hih i hi ua, i pipute uh thukhun hihninin?

¹¹Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of Jehovah which he loveth, and hath married the daughter of a foreign god.

¹¹Judain lepchiahtak in a hihtaa, Israel ah leh Jerusalem ah kihhuai hihin a om hi, Judain Pathian munsiangthou a it, a hihnintaa, theihlouh pathian tanu a kitenpihta ngala,

¹²Jehovah will cut off, to the man that doeth this, him that waketh and him that answereth, out of the tents of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto Jehovah of hosts.

¹²TOUPAN hiai thil hihpa, sinsakpa leh sinsaka ompa, Jakob puanin akipan leh, sepaihte TOUPA laka thillat lanpa a sat khe ding hi.

¹³And this again ye do: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, neither receiveth it with good will at your hand.

¹³Huan, hiai na hih nawn uh; TOUPA maitam khitui, kah leh thumnain na khuh ua, thillat a limsak nawn louha, na khut ua kipana deihsakna toh san leng a san nawn louh tan phain.

¹⁴Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

¹⁴Hinapi in lah, Bangdingin? a chi ua. Na tuailai ji, lepchiahtaka na bawl, na kithuahpihnu hiin, na thukhun ji hinapiin, amah leh nang kikalah TOUPA theihpihpa a hihkhit tak jiakin.

¹⁵And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

¹⁵Pathianin nih tuh sa khatin honbawl kei mo? Khatin na kha honbawlsakin, a hingsak kei mo? Bangachia khat? pathianlimsak chi a zong ahi. Huaijiakin hih kei uhen.

¹⁶For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

¹⁶Koih mang ka ut louh jiakin, TOUPA Israel Pathianin a chi, hiamgamnaa a puansilh khuh amah mipa, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi; huaijiakin, lepchiahtaka hihlou dingin, na kha thu uah pilvang un.Na thu un TOUPA na hihgimta uh, koiah ka honhihgim ua eita? na chi lai ua, Michih gilou hih TOUPA mitmuhin a hoiha, huan huaite ah amah a kipak hi, na chihna uah, ahihkeileh vaihawmna Pathian kaw om ahia? na chihna uah

¹⁷Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?

¹⁷Na thu un TOUPA na hihgimta uh, koiah ka honhihgim ua eita? na chi lai ua, Michih gilou hih TOUPA mitmuhin a hoiha, huan huaite ah amah a kipak hi, na chihna uah, ahihkeileh vaihawmna Pathian kaw om ahia? na chihna uah