¹Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.

¹Sisan suah hat khopi a tung a gik hi; juau leh kilohnain a dim khina; a sa keih uh tatlak lou ahi.

²The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses, and bounding chariots,

²Jepna van gingte, kangtalai khe sin gingte, sakol tawm te, kangtalai tai guapguap te toh;

³the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, and the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies; they stumble upon their bodies;-

³Sakol tung tuang mi sakola tuangte, namsau te zolzolte, teipi te zualzual te toh; mi thah om lemlum te, luang om jiajua te toh; luangij bei chih mahmah a neikei; a luangte uh a sui ua:

⁴because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favored harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

⁴Huai tuh, kijuak mel hoih, bunsiamnu, a angkawmna jiaka nam juaka, a bum hatna jiaka inkuan juaknu angkawmna thupi mahmah jiaka hongawm ahi.

⁵Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will uncover thy skirts upon thy face; and I will show the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

⁵Sepaihte TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Ngaiin, ka hondou ahi; na mai lamah na puan ka lem dinga; na vuaktanna namte kiangah leh na zahlakna kumpipa gamte kiangah ka ensak ding.

⁶And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock.

⁶Nin kihhuai mahmahin ka hontheh dinga, zumhuai mahmahin ka honbawl dinga, muhnop adingin ka hon koih ding.

⁷And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

⁷Huan, hichi ahi dinga, nang honmu peuhmahnanga kipan a taimang ding ua, Ninevi khua a hongse gawp ta hi:

⁸Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, [and] her wall was of the sea?

⁸Luite kikala om No-amon, a kima tuiin a um, a kulh dinga tuipi zanga a kulh bang dinga tuipi neisangin na hoih jaw ahia?

⁹Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

⁹Ethipia leh Aigupta a hatna ahi a, huai bel tawp hun chih hei lou ahi; Put leh Lubim bel nang panpihte ahi uh.

¹⁰Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity; her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

¹⁰Huchi pipiin leng lak mangin a om a, salin a tang a: kongzing teng tawpah a naupang neute a paih nen sak uh: a mi thahte adingin ai a san ua, a mi liante tengteng khainianga gak ahi uh.

¹¹Thou also shalt be drunken; thou shalt be hid; thou also shalt seek a stronghold because of the enemy.

¹¹Nang leng na kham sam dinga, selin na om ding; melma jiakin kulh kip na zong lai ding hi.

¹²All thy fortresses shall be [like] fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

¹²Na kulh tengteng theipi kung, gah min masa pu bang ahi ding ua: a lin peuhmah uleh nemi kamah a ke lut jel uh.

¹³Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women; the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire hath devoured thy bars.

¹³Ngaiin, na sunga na mipite numei ahi ua; na melmate din an kongpi a kihong heihou: na kikalhna sik tawnte meiin a kang tun ahi.

¹⁴Draw thee water for the siege; strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar; make strong the brickkiln.

¹⁴Umkimvela na om sung adingin tui tawi inla, ka kulhte hihkipin: tungman omnaah hoh inla, suangmatna chil inla, lei hal takna thuk hihkipin.

¹⁵There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the canker-worm: make thyself many as the canker-worm; make thyself many as the locust.

¹⁵Huailaiah meiin a hongkang tum dinga, namsauin a honsat lum dinga, singnget bangin a honhih mang thang ding. Singnget bangin kitamsak inla, khaukhup bangin kihihtamin.

¹⁶Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away.

¹⁶Na sumsinmite van aksi sanga tamin na khang saka: singngetin a hihsiaa, a leng mang mai sek.

¹⁷Thy princes are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which encamp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

¹⁷Lallukhu khu na mite lah khaukhup bang ahi ua, na sepaihte kho dam nia gawla khaupe hon bok khawm bang ahi uh, ahihhangin ni a hongsuaka, a leng mang ua, a omna mun himhim uh theih ahi kei.

¹⁸Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; thy nobles are at rest; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and there is none to gather them.

¹⁸AW ASSURIA kumpipa, na belam chingmite a lusu uhi: na mi liante a khawl ua: na kipite tangte khawngah a dalh khin ua, pi kahwmmi kuamah a om kei uh.NA natna damna sing a om kei; na liamna a thupi mahmah hi: na husa zapeuhin khut a honbet khum ua; na gitlouhnain a tup gige louh kua a oma?

¹⁹There is no assuaging of thy hurt: thy wound is grievous: all that hear the report of thee clap their hands over thee; for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?

¹⁹NA natna damna sing a om kei; na liamna a thupi mahmah hi: na husa zapeuhin khut a honbet khum ua; na gitlouhnain a tup gige louh kua a oma?