¹Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, [even of] Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

¹Vuah nanung hunin TOUPA vuah ngen un, meipite bawlpa TOUPA mahmah, huchiin vuah phinte, gama loupa khat tek kiangah, amaute a pe ding.

²For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams, they comfort in vain: therefore they go their way like sheep, they are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.

²Milimten lah bangmahlou thu a gen un, aisanten juau a muta ngal ua; mang juauthei a gen ua, a thawnin a lungmuan uh; huaijiakin belamte bangin amau lampi ah a pai ua, hihgimin a om ua, belamchingmi a om louh jiakin.

³Mine anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the he-goats; for Jehovah of hosts hath visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his goodly horse in the battle.

³Belamchingmite tungah ka hehna a puakjaka, a heutute uh ka gawt ding; sepaihte TOUPAN lah Juda inkote, a belamte a vehta ngala, kidounaa sakol hoih bangin amau a bawl ding.

⁴From him shall come forth the corner-stone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.

⁴Amau akipanin aninga-suang a hongpai khe dia, amau akipan puanin khetphim amau akipan kidouna thalpeu, amau akipan vaihawmpa toh.

⁵And they shall be as mighty men, treading down [their enemies] in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

⁵Kidouna kongzingte a buannawa a melmate uh chil denin, mi hatte bangin a om ding ua; a kiang ua TOUPA a om jiakin a dou ding uh; huan sakolte tunga tuangte hihlungjinin a om ding uh.

⁶And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy upon them; and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am Jehovah their God, and I will hear them.

⁶Juda inkote ka hatsak dinga, Joseph inkote ka hondam dinga, amaute ka honla nawn ding, amau tungah lah chitna ka nei ngala; huchiin ka paihkhiak het louh bang a honghi ding uh; TOUPA a Pathian uh lah ka hi ngla, amau ka dawng ding hi.

⁷And [they of] Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine; yea, their children shall see it, and rejoice; their heart shall be glad in Jehovah.

⁷Huan Ephraim ate mi hatpa bangin a om ding ua, uain jiak bangin a lungtang uh a kipak ding hi; ahi, a tate un huai a mu ding ua, a kipak ding uh; TOUPa ah a lungtang uh a kipak ding hi.

⁸I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they have increased.

⁸Amau ka khutvan dinga, amau ka kaikhawm ding; amau lak ka tanta ngala; huan a napunkhitsa mah bang un a pung ding uh.

⁹And I will sow them among the peoples; and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and shall return.

⁹Huan namte lakah hawldalh mahleng; gam gamla ahte kei hontheigige ding uh; huchiin a tate uh toh Ka kiangah hongkik nawn ding uh.

¹⁰I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and [place] shall not be found for them.

¹⁰Aigupta gam akipan zong amau ka pi khe nawn dinga, Assuria akipan amau ka kaikhawm ding; Gilead leh Lebanon gamah amau ka pi lut ding; amau adinga mun a om louh dongin.

¹¹And he will pass through the sea of affliction, and will smite the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the Nile shall dry up; and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart.

¹¹Huchiin gimthuakna tuipi a pal tan ding ua, tuipia tuikihawtte khetin a omdingua, huchiin Nile thuknate tengteng a kang vek ding; huan Assuria kisaktheihna koihniamin a om dia, Aigupta lalchiang a paimang vengveng ding hi.Huan TOUPA ah amau ka hihhat dinga; a minin a vak tou un a vak suk ding uh, TOUPAN a chi.

¹²And I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith Jehovah.

¹²Huan TOUPA ah amau ka hihhat dinga; a minin a vak tou un a vak suk ding uh, TOUPAN a chi.