¹The word of Jehovah which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

¹Juda kumpipa, Amon tapa Josia damlaia, kusi tapa, Gedalia tapa, Amaria tapa, Hezekia tapa, Zephania kianga TOUPA thu hongtung

²I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.

²Leitunga kipan thil tengteng ka subei sipsip ding, TOUPAN a chi.

³I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.

³Mihing leh sa ka subei ding; vana tungleng vasate, tuipia ngasate, giloute toh kipalpuknate ka subei ding; huan leitunga kipanin mihing ka sat khe ding hi, TOUPAN a chi.

⁴And I will stretch out my hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, [and] the name of the Chemarim with the priests;

⁴Huan, Juda tung leh, Jerusalema tengte tengteng tungah ka khut ka lik ding; hiai muna kipanin Baal omlaite leh, milimbiak-hat siampute min ka sat khe ding;

⁵and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship, that swear to Jehovah and swear by Malcam;

⁵Intung khawnga van aksihonte biate; TOUPA kianga kuna kichiamte, Milkoma kichiamte;

⁶and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.

⁶Huan, TOUPA zuihna akipan lehheia omte, leh TOUPA zong loua, amah kan loute.

⁷Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord Jehovah; for the day of Jehovah is at hand: for Jehovah hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath consecrated his guests.

⁷TOUPA PATHIAN maah dai sisipin, TOUPA ni lah a naita ngala; TOUPAN lah kithoihna a bawlkhol khina, misapte a hihsiangthou khinta hi.

⁸And it shall come to pass in the day of Jehovah's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's sons, and all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.

⁸Huan T TOUPA kithoih ni chiangin hichi ahi dinga, lalte, leh kumpipa tapate leh, gamdang puana kijem huchibang tengteng ka gawt ding.

⁹And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master's house with violence and deceit.

⁹Huan huai ni chiangin, phual kana tawmte tengteng, hiamgamna leh khemnaa a pu uh in hihdimte, ka gawt ding.

¹⁰And in that day, saith Jehovah, there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.

¹⁰Huai ni chiangin Ngasa Kongpi akipan kah ging leh, Omna Nihna akipan chiauna leh, tangte akipana nakpi taka kiakna a om ding, TOUPAN a chi.

¹¹Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh; for all the people of Canaan are undone; all they that were laden with silver are cut off.

¹¹Chiau un, nou Maktes-a tengte, sumsin mite tengteng a omta kei ua; dangka teh te tengteng sat khiakin a om uhi.

¹²And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps; and I will punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil.

¹²Huai hun chiangin hichi a honghi dinga, khawnvaktein Jerusalem ka zong ding; mi tengdeta, a lungtang ua, TOUPA thil hoih a hih kei ding, gilou leng a hih sam kei ding, chite ka gawt ding.

¹³And their wealth shall become a spoil, and their houses a desolation: yea, they shall build houses, but shall not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine thereof.

¹³Huchiin a hauhna uh gallak a honghi dia, a inte uh a segawp ding; ahi, inte a lam ding ua, himahleh a luah kei ding uh; grephuante a bawl ding ua, himahleh huai a uain a dawn kei ding uh.

¹⁴The great day of Jehovah is near, it is near and hasteth greatly, [even] the voice of the day of Jehovah; the mighty man crieth there bitterly.

¹⁴TOUPA ni thupi a naia, a naia a kinoh mahmah, TOUPA ni aw mahmah; mi thilhihtheitak huai laiah a kap lawlaw.

¹⁵That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

¹⁵Huai ni thangpaihna ni ahi, lungjinna leh dahna ni, mialna leh lungkiakna ni, meipi leh khomial bikbek hi.

¹⁶a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.

¹⁶Pengkul leh gallauna ni, khopi daikaih siatna, a ninga insangte siat ni.

¹⁷And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Jehovah; and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung.

¹⁷Huan mite tungah dahna ka tun dinga, mittaw mite bangin a vak ding uh, TOUPa tunga thil a hihkhelh jiak un; huchiin a sisan uh leivui banga butkhiakin a om dinga, a sa uh eklei bangin.TOUPA thangpaihna ni chiangin a dangka uhiam a dangkaeng uhiamin amaute a tankhe theikei ding; himahleh a mullitna meiin gam pum pi a nebei dinga; hihbei ding a hih jiakin, ahi, beina mulkimhuai, gamsunga tengte tengteng.

¹⁸Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.

¹⁸TOUPA thangpaihna ni chiangin a dangka uhiam a dangkaeng uhiamin amaute a tankhe theikei ding; himahleh a mullitna meiin gam pum pi a nebei dinga; hihbei ding a hih jiakin, ahi, beina mulkimhuai, gamsunga tengte tengteng.