¹Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.

¹Ngai in, ka sawltak ka honsawl, aman ka maah lampi a bawlkhol dinga huan TOUPA, na zon uh, a biakin ah thakhatin a hongpai ding; na kipahna uh, thukhun sawltak, ngai un, a hong hi, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi.

²But who can abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap:

²Ahihhangin a hongpaina ni kuan a thuakzou thei dia? a honglat chiangin kua a ding dia? Amah lah hihsiangthou mi mei, leh sahbon bang ahi ngala.

³and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah offerings in righteousness.

³Huchiin dangka hihsiangthoumi leh siangsakmi bangin a tu dinga Levi tapate a hihsiang dinga, dangkaeng leh dangka bangin amau a khuahsiang ding, huchiin diktatnain TOUPA kiangah thillatte a lan ding uhi.

⁴Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.

⁴Huaichiangin Juda leh Jerusalem thillat, ni dang lai bang leh tanga kumte bangin TOUPA adingin a nuamta ding hi.

⁵And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner [from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

⁵Huan, vaihawmnaah na kiangah ka hongdinga; aisanmite kalhin, angkawmte kalhin, juaua kichiamte kalhin theihpihpa kin ka hi ding, a loh thua migoih nuaisiahte, meithai, nubeipabei, a thuneihna a kipan mikhual kai-heipa, kei hon kihtalou kalhin, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi.

⁶For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

⁶Kei TOUPA lah ka zulhzau ngal keia; huaijiakin Jakob tapate aw, halbeiin na om kei uh.

⁷From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return?

⁷Na pipute uh damlaia kipan ka thusehte na kilehhei san ua, na jui kei uh. Ka kiangah hongkik unla, na kiang uah ka hongkik ding, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi. Himahleh nou, Koiah i kik ding ua? na chi ua.

⁸Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

⁸Min Pathian a lok diam? hinapiin lah non lok uh. Himahleh nou, Koiah kon lok ua eita? na chi ua. Sawm a khatte ah leh thillatah.

⁹Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation.

⁹Hamsiatnaa hamsiat na hi uh; hiai nam pumpi mahmahin, kei no lok jiak un.

¹⁰Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough [to receive it].

¹⁰Ka in sunga an a hongom theihna dingin koihkhomna in ah sawmakhat a vekin honla lut un, huan huaiin kei honentel un, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi, a koihna ding dantan kiching om lou khopin van tohlette kon hongin, vualjawlna kon buakkhe kei na hiam.

¹¹And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts.

¹¹Huan negaimi pen nou jiakin ka sal dinga, na lei gahte uh a suse kei ding; na grepgui u leng lou ah a hun tun main a gah a kesak kei ding hi, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi.

¹²And all nations shall call you happy; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts.

¹²Huchiin nam tengtengin nang nuamsa a honchi ding ua; gam kipahhuai na hih ding jiak un, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi.

¹³Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?

¹³Kei dema na thut uh a khauh hi. TOUPAN a chi, Nou, koiah nang demin thu ka gen ua eita? na chi ua.

¹⁴Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?

¹⁴Pathian nasep a thawn ahi; a thupiak i zuih ua, suna puan silha sepaihte TOUPA maa i om uh bang a phatuama? na chi uh.

¹⁵And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.

¹⁵Huchiin tuin kisatheite nuamsa i chi ua; ahi; a gitlouhna nasemte tungdingin a om uh; ahi; Pathian a khem ua hotkhiakin a om uhi.

¹⁶Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.

¹⁶TOUPA kihtate a kihoupih ua; huchiin TOUPAN a ngaikhiaa, a jaa, a maah theihgigena laibu a kigelha, TOUPA kihtaa, a min ngaihtuahte a dingin.

¹⁷And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, [even] mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

¹⁷Huan, amau keia ka hi ding ua, gou lamdang tak ka bawl ni chiangin, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi; huchiin amau ka hawi dia, min a nasem amah tapa a hawi bangin.Huai hun chiangin na hong kihei ding ua, diktatte leh giloute, PAthian nasem leh amah nasem lou na khen ding uhi.

¹⁸Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

¹⁸Huai hun chiangin na hong kihei ding ua, diktatte leh giloute, PAthian nasem leh amah nasem lou na khen ding uhi.