¹And behold, there came a man of God from Judah, by the word of Jehovah, to Bethel; and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

¹Huan, ngaiin Juda gam akipan in Pathian mi khat, Toupa thu in Bethel ah a honga: huan, Jeroboam bel maitam chinah gimlim hal ding in ana dinga.

²And he cried against the altar by the word of Jehovah, and said, O altar, altar! thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burned upon thee.

²Huan, Toupa thuin matam a kikou khuma, maitam aw, maitam, Toupan hichiin a chi, ngaiin, David inkote lakah tapa a min Josia a hong piang dinga, na tunga gimlim hal sekpa, mun sang siampute na tunga kithoihna dingin a honlan dinga, na tungah mihing guhte a honhal ding uh chiin, achia.

³And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign that Jehovah hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

³Huan, huai ni mahin chiamtehna a pia a, hiai toupan chiamtehna ding a chih ahi: ngaiin, maitam a hong khangkham dinga, a tunga meivute a hong bo vek ding, chih, chiin.

⁴And it came to pass when the king heard the word of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam stretched forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand which he stretched out against him dried up, so that he could not bring it back again to him.

⁴Huan, hichi ahia, Pathian miin Bethel a maitam a kikou khum thu kumpipan a jakin, Jeroboam in, Man uh, chiin maitam akipan in a khut in a sawk a. Huan, mat tuma a sawkna khut a zota a, huchiin a khut a kaikik nawn theita kei.

⁵And the altar was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of Jehovah.

⁵Pathian miin Toupa thua chiamtehna dinga a gen bangin maitam leng a khanga, maitam a meivute leng a bo vek.

⁶And the king answered and said to the man of God, Intreat now Jehovah thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me again. And the man of God intreated Jehovah, and the king's hand was restored to him again, and became as before.

⁶Huan, Kumpipan a dawnga, Pathian mi kiangah, ka khut a hongdam nawn theihna dingin Toupa na Pathian hehpihna ngen inla, hon thumsak dih ve, achia. Huan, Pathian miin Toupa kiangah a ngena, huan, Kumpipa khut a hongdam nawna, a malam bangmah in hong om nawnta a.

⁷And the king said to the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a present.

⁷Huchiin, Kumpipan Pathian mi kiangah, ka in lamah ka kiangah pongpai inla, hongkhawl tawldam tadih ve, huan, kipahman ka honpe ding hi, achia.

⁸And the man of God said to the king, If thou wilt give me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place;

⁸Huan, Pathian miin kumpipa kiangah, na in kimkhat zah zong honpe sin mahle chiin, na kiangah ka hongpai tuan kei ding, hiai laiah tanghou ka nein tui himhim ka dawn sam kei ding:

⁹for so was it charged me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way that thou shalt go.

⁹Tanghou va nein tui himhim leng vadawn kenla, na vahohna lampi ah leng kik nawn ken, chia Toupa thua sawl ka hi, achia.

¹⁰So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he had come to Bethel.

¹⁰Huchiin lampi dangah a paia, Bethela a hongkuana lampi ah a paita kei hi.

¹¹Now there dwelt a certain old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words that he had spoken to the king, them they told also to their father.

¹¹Bethel khuaah jawlnei putek khat a oma; a tapa khatin huai nia Bethela Pathian mi thilhih tengteng a hilh vek a: kumpipa kianga a thu gente leng a pa uh a hilh lai ua.

¹²And their father said to them, Which way went he? for his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah.

¹²Huan, a pa un a kiang uah, koilam lampi a tawna? A chi a. A tapaten Juda gam akipana hongpai Pathian mi pai nawna lampi a kawkmuh uh.

¹³And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass; and he rode thereon,

¹³Huchiin a tapate kiangah, sabengtung honbawl sak dih uh, a chi a. Huchiin sabengtung a bawl sak ua; huchiin a tuangta.

¹⁴and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under a terebinth; and he said to him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.

¹⁴Huan, Pathian mi a delhtaa, toso sing nuaia a tu a vamua: a kiangah, nang na hi maw Juda gam akipana hong Pathian mi? a chi a. Huan, aman, Hi e, a chi a.

¹⁵And he said to him, Come home with me, and eat bread.

¹⁵Huchiin aman a kiangah, ka in lamah ka kiangah hong inla, tanghou hongne dih ve, a chi a.

¹⁶And he said, I cannot return with thee, nor go in with thee; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place.

¹⁶Huan, aman, nang toh kik nawn thei kahi kei, na kianga hong thei leng ka hi sam kei: hiai laiah na kiangah thanghou ka nein tui himhim leng ka dawn sam kei ding:

¹⁷For it was said to me by the word of Jehovah, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou wentest.

¹⁷Tanghou vanein, tui himhim leng vadawn ken la, na vahohna lampi ah leng kik nawn ken, chia Toupa thua hilh lah ka hi ngal a, a chi a.

¹⁸And he said to him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spoke to me by the word of Jehovah saying, Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water. He lied unto him.

¹⁸Huan, aman a kiangah, kei leng nang bang maha jawlnei ka hi vo oi; angelin Toupa thuin, tanghoute nea tuite dawn dingin na in lamah pi kik nawnin, chiin a honhoupih hi, a chi a. Himahleh a kiangah juau a gen ahi.

¹⁹Then he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.

¹⁹Huchiin a kiangah a kik nawna, a inah tanghoute a nein tui te a dawnta hi.

²⁰And it came to pass as they sat at the table, that the word of Jehovah came to the prophet that brought him back;

²⁰Huan, hichi ahi a, dohkan a um lai un a pi kiknawnpa jawlnei kiangah Toupa thu a hongtunga:

²¹and he cried to the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the word of Jehovah, and hast not kept the commandment that Jehovah thy God commanded thee,

²¹Juda gama kipana hongpai Pathian mi kiangah, TOUPAN hichiin a chi, Toupa thu gen na man louha, Toupa na Pathianin thu a honpiak na pom louh jiak leh,

²²but camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to thee, Eat no bread and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come to the sepulchre of thy fathers.

²²Na vakik nawna, tanghou vanein tui himhim leng va dawm ken, a chihna mun mahmaha tanghou na neka, tui te na dawn jiakin na luang na pute hana koih ahi tei kei ding, chiin a gen kheta hi.

²³And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled the ass for him, for the prophet that he had brought back;

²³Huan, hichi ahia, tanghou te a neka, tuite a dawn zohin, jawlnei a pi kik nawnpa sabengtung a bawl saka.

²⁴and he departed. And a lion met him by the way and slew him; and his corpse was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it; the lion also stood by the corpse.

²⁴Huan, a pai taa lam kalah humpinelkai toh a kituak ua, ana keita hi: huan, a luang lampiah lumlehin a oma, sabengtung a kiangah a dinga, humpinelkai leng luang chin mahah a ding thek.

²⁵And behold, men passed by, and saw the corpse cast in the way and the lion standing by the corpse; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

²⁵Huan, ngaiin, mi ava hoh ua, lampia luang lumleha om leh, luang china humpinelkai ding thek a vamu ua: jawlnei putek pi omna khuaah a va gen uh.

²⁶And the prophet that brought him back from the way heard [of it] and said, It is the man of God who was disobedient to the word of Jehovah; therefore Jehovah has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him and slain him, according to the word of Jehovah which he spoke to him.

²⁶Huan, lam kal akipan vapi kik nawnpa jawlneiin huai thu a najak takin, Pathian mi, Toupa thu gen mang nuam loupa ei ve: huchiin TOUPAN a kianga a gen, a thu bangbanga TOUPAN humpinelkai kianga pia a, a nahama, a nakeilumta ahi ve, a chi a.

²⁷And he spoke to his sons saying, Saddle me the ass; and they saddled it.

²⁷Huan, a tapate kiangah, sabengtung honbawlsak dih uh, chiin a gen a. Huan, a bawl sak ua.

²⁸And he went and found his corpse cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the corpse: the lion had not eaten the corpse, nor torn the ass.

²⁸Huan, a kuantaa, a luang lampia lumleha na om leh, sabengtung leh humpinelkai a luang china na ding thek a vamu a: humpinelkaiin luang a nane nai keia, sabengtung leng a nahihkeh kei.

²⁹And the prophet took up the corpse of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back; and the old prophet came into the city, to mourn and to bury him.

²⁹Huan, jawlneiin Pathian mi luang a doma, sabengtung tungah a koiha, a kikpihtaa: huchiin jawlnei putek omna khuaah sun ding leh vui dingin a la luta hi.

³⁰And he laid his corpse in his own sepulchre; and they mourned over him [saying], Alas, my brother!

³⁰Huan, a luang amah hanah a siala; huchiin, ka unaupa khawk hina mahmah e! chiin a kah uh.

³¹And it came to pass after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons saying, When I am dead, bury me in the sepulchre in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.

³¹Huan, hichi ahia, a vui khit nungin a tapate kiangah, ka sih chiangin Pathian mi vuina hanah honvui sam u: a guh chin ah ka guhte honkoih un.

³²For the word that he cried by the word of Jehovah against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places that are in the cities of Samaria, shall certainly come to pass.

³²Pathian thua Bethela maitam leh, Samari gam khopitea mun sang in tengteng a kikoukhumna thu hongtung ngeingei ding lah ahi ngala, chiin a gen a.

³³After this thing Jeroboam turned not from his evil way, but made again from all classes of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became [one] of the priests of the high places.

³³Huai thil zohin Jeroboamin a omdan dik lou a tawpsan tuan keia, vantang laka mi mun sang siampu dingin a bawl siampute a om theihna dingun a deihdeih a hihtuam jel hi.Huai thil Jeroboam inkuan khelhna amau ingamsaktu leh khovel akipan hihmagthang geihtu a honghi ta.

³⁴And by this thing there was sin on the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

³⁴Huai thil Jeroboam inkuan khelhna amau ingamsaktu leh khovel akipan hihmagthang geihtu a honghi ta.