¹Now shalt thou gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us; they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

¹Aw sepaih hon tanu, tuin sepaih honin kikaikhawm inla: aman a hohumta ahi: Israelte vaihawmpa a biangah chiangin khen in.

²But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.

²Himahleh nang Bethlehem Ephratha, Juda gama sang tampi laka tel din neu tawk le chin leng, nanga kipanin Israelte vai hawmpa ding kei din a hongpawt ding; a hongpawtna sawtpi, tangali nite akipan ahi.

³Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she who travaileth hath brought forth: then the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

³Huaijiakin nauveimiin a suahsak ma tenin amau a lehngat san ding: huchiin a unau om sunte Israel suante kiangah a kik nawn ding.

⁴And he shall stand, and shall feed [his flock] in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God: and they shall abide; for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

⁴Amah a ding dinga, TOUPA a Pathian min thupina ngeiin: huan, amau a om nilouhta ding ua: amah leh lei tawp phain a thupi sin ta ngal a.

⁵And this [man] shall be [our] peace. When the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

⁵Huan, hiai mi kilepna ahi ding; Assuria mi gam ua a hong, i kumpipa uh inte a honsik hun chiangin, amah dou dingin belampu sagih leh mi thupi giat i kidok khe ding.

⁶And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our border.

⁶Assuria gam bel namsauin a hihse ding ua, Nimrod gam a lutnaah a hihse lai ding uh: huan, aman, i gam ua Assuria mi honga, i gam chiang uh a hongsik hunin, amah akipanin a hohhon khe ding.

⁷And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarry not for man, nor wait for the sons of men.

⁷Jakobte mi om sunte chi tampi lakah TOUPA akipana dai kia bang leh loupa tunga vuah ju bangin a om ding uh; huaiin mihing a ngak keia, mihing tapate a ngak sam kei hi.

⁸And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

⁸Jokobte mi om sunte namte lakah leh chi tampite lakah gamnuai sate laka humpinelkai bang leh belam hon laka humpinelkai lenlai bangin a om ding: aman, a pai suak peuhmah le, a sik den a, a bot nena, humbit ding leng kuamah a om kei uh.

⁹Let thy hand be lifted up above thine adversaries, and let all thine enemies be cut off.

⁹Na khut nang hon doute tungah likin om henla, na melma tengteng hihmanin om hen.

¹⁰And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy chariots:

¹⁰Huai ni chaingin hichi ahi dinga, TOUPAN a chi, nanga kipanin na sakolte ka hihmang dinga, na kangtalaite ka hihse ding:

¹¹and I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds.

¹¹Na khopite ka hihmang dinga, na kulh hat tengteng ka hihchim ding;

¹²And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no [more] soothsayers:

¹²Na khut akipan bumsiamnate ka hihmang dinga; aisansiamte ka hihmang dinga; aisansiamte na nei nawnta kei ding:

¹³and I will cut off thy graven images and thy pillars out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thy hands;

¹³Nang akipan na milim bawl tawmte leh na suang phuhte ka hihmang dinga; na khut suak thil na be nawnta kei ding.

¹⁴and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thy cities.

¹⁴Nang akipan na Aser te ka bot khe dinga; na khopite ka hihse ding.Huan, thu ngaikhe lou namte tungah hehna leh thangpaihnain phu lakna ka piching sak ding.

¹⁵And I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations which hearkened not.

¹⁵Huan, thu ngaikhe lou namte tungah hehna leh thangpaihnain phu lakna ka piching sak ding.