¹Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

¹TOUPA thu gen tuin ngaikhia un; Thou inla, tang lian maahte langin, tang neuten na aw ngaikhia uhen,

²Hear, O ye mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.

²Aw tang liante aw, TOUPA lanna ngaikhia unla, nou lei kingakna tawntungte aw, ngaikhia un: TOUPA a mite toh a kilang ua, Israelte a nem ding.

³O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

³Aw ka mite aw, na tunguah bang ka hihtaa ahia? bang lamin ahia kon hihgim? hon lang dih ua.

⁴For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

⁴Aigupta gam a kipanin nou ka honpi khiaa, sikha akipan nou ka hontan khiaa; na ma uah Mosi te, Aron te leh Miriam te ka honsawl hi.

⁵O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; [remember] from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of Jehovah.

⁵Aw ka mite aw, TOUPa thilhih diktat na theihtheihna ding un, Moab kumpipa Balak thu sawm leh Boer tapa Belamin a dawn dan, Sittim akipana Gilgal phaa thil omdan khong tuin theigige un.

⁶Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old?

⁶Bang toh ahia TOUPA maa ka hongpai dinga, Pathian tungnung maa ka kun ding? haltum thillat te, bawng nou kum khata upate toh a maah ka hongpai dia hia?

⁷will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, [or] with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

⁷TOUPA belamtal sang tampi hiam sathau lui singte hiamah a lungkim sin ahia? ka tatlekna jiakin ka ta chil ka piain, ka kha khelhna jiakin ka pumpi gah ka pe dia hia?

⁸He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

⁸Aw mihing, hoih nang a honensakta hi; TOUPAN nang a honphut bang ahia? dik taka hih leh hehpihna it leh na Pathian toh kiniamkhiak tak a vak khawm ahi kei maw?

⁹The voice of Jehovah crieth unto the city, and [the man of] wisdom will see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

⁹TOUPAN khopi a sam ahi, pilna nei min na min laudan a siam ding: khetbuk leh a bawlmi thei un.

¹⁰Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?

¹⁰Mi thulimlou in a thulimlouhna gou bawmte a omlaiin, tehna dolon kihhuai tak a om lailai hia?

¹¹Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

¹¹Bukna dik loute leh ip gik dan dohate toh siangthou ka hi sin ahia?

¹²For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

¹²Huailaia mi hausate lah hiamgamnain a dim ngal ua, buaia tengten juau a gen ua, a kam sung ua a lei uh khem hat ahi.

¹³Therefore I also have smitten thee with a grievous wound; I have made thee desolate because of thy sins.

¹³Huaijiakin ken leng nakpia hon limsakin ka honkhena; na khelhnate jiakin ka honhihgam ahi.

¹⁴Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy humiliation shall be in the midst of thee: and thou shalt put away, but shalt not save; and that which thou savest will I give up to the sword.

¹⁴Na ne dinga, himahleh na tai kei ding; na kiangah na daina a om ding a: na suan dinga, himahleh bit takin na nawn mang kei ding; na pai mangpihte namsau akipan ka lehngatsan ding.

¹⁵Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil; and the vintage, but shalt not drink the wine.

¹⁵Na ching dinga, himahleh na la kei ding: oliv gahte na chil dinga, himahleh a thau na nilh kei ding; grep chil mah le chin, a uain na dawn kei ding.Omri thusehte lah vom gige ahi ngala, Ahab inko thihih tengteng toh; amau lemthehte ah na pai uhi; huchiin mun gamgawpin ka honbawl sinta hi, a tunga tengte ding a om kei; ka hinnain theipi min masa a lunggulh hi.

¹⁶For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

¹⁶Omri thusehte lah vom gige ahi ngala, Ahab inko thihih tengteng toh; amau lemthehte ah na pai uhi; huchiin mun gamgawpin ka honbawl sinta hi, a tunga tengte ding a om kei; ka hinnain theipi min masa a lunggulh hi.