¹In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel, for nine years.

¹Juda Kumpipa Ahaz kum sawm leh kum nih a lal kumin Ela tapa Hosia Israelte tungah Samari khuaah a lal pana, kum kua a lal.

²And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not as the kings of Israel that had been before him.

²Huan, TOUPA mitmuhin thil hoih lou tak ahi seka, ahihhangin a maa Israel kumpipate bang jenin jaw ahih kei.

³Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant, and tendered him presents.

³Assuria kumpipa Salmaneserin a vasima, huchiin Hosia a sikha a honghi a, siah te a pe sek hi.

⁴But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and sent up no present to the king of Assyria as [he had done] from year to year. And the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.

⁴Huan, Assuria kumpipan Hosia in a guka a sawm thu a na theikhiaa; Aigupta kumpipa So kiangah mi a sawla, kum china a piak sek bangin lah Assuria kumpipa siah a peta ngal kei behlapa; huaijiakin Assuria kumpipan suangkulhah hensain a khumta hi.

⁵And the king of Assyria overran the whole land, and went up against Samaria, and besieged it three years.

⁵Huchiin Assuria kumpipan gam tengteng a tuan suak veka, Samari khuaah a hoh tou-a, kum thum a um hi.

⁶In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

⁶Hosia kum kua a lal kumin Assuria kumpipan Samari khua a laa, Israelte Assuria gamah a pi a, Hala gamah khawng, Gozan gama Habor luiah te khawng, Mediate khuaah khawng a omsaka.

⁷And so it was, because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods;

⁷Huchibanga a na omna uh a jiak Israel suanten Aigupta kumpipa Pharo khut akipan, Aigupta gam akipana pikhepa TOUPA a Pathian uh tunga thil a hihkhelh ua, pathian dangte a khawksak jawk ua.

⁸and they walked in the statutes of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

⁸TOUPAN Israel suante maa a nadelh khiaksa namte thuzoh leh Israel kumpipate pom thusehte banga a om louh jiak uh ahi.

⁹And the children of Israel did secretly against Jehovah their God things that were not right; and they built them high places in all their cities, from the watchmen's tower to the fortified city.

⁹Huan, Israel suanten TOUPA a Pathian uh tungah thil hoih lou tak a gukin a hih sek ua, a khuate tengteng uah galvilmite in sang akipana kulh nei kho phain mun sangte a bawl uh.

¹⁰And they set them up columns and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree;

¹⁰Tang sang tengah leh sing hing teng nuaiah suangphuhte phutin Aser te a bawl ua;

¹¹and there they burned incense on all the high places, as did the nations that Jehovah had carried away from before them, and they wrought wicked things to provoke Jehovah to anger;

¹¹Huai mun sang tengtengahte TOUPAN a ma ua a delh mangsa namte hih dan bangin gimlimte a hal sek uh; TOUPA hehna dingin thil gilou pipi a hih sek nalai uh;

¹²and they served idols, as to which Jehovah had said to them, Ye shall not do this thing.

¹²TOUPAN a kiang uah, Hichi bang hih kei un, a chih milimte na leng a sem sek uh.

¹³And Jehovah testified against Israel and against Judah, by all the prophets, all the seers, saying, Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments, my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through my servants the prophets.

¹³TOUPAN, Dan juih ding na pi leh pute uh ka piak leh ka sikha jawlneite zanga ka hontheihsak bang jelin, na omdan gilou uh lehngatsan unla, ka thupiakte leh ka thusehte pom un, chiin Israelte leh Judate jawlnei chih leh mutheimi chih zangin a theisak sek hi.

¹⁴But they would not hear, and hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, who did not believe in Jehovah their God.

¹⁴Huchipipiin leng a pom nuam kei ua, a pi leh pu uh, TOUPA a Pathian uh um nuam lou mite a paupeng sek bang un a paupeng uhi.

¹⁵And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant which he had made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he had testified unto them; and they followed vanity and became vain, and [went] after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.

¹⁵Huan, a thuseh te, a pi leh pute uh kianga a thukhun te, a kiang ua a thutheihsakte khawk a sa nuam kei ua; thil ginalou peuh a pom ua, bangmah lou phet a honghi uh: a tung thu ua TOUPAN, Amau bangin jaw hih kei un, a nachihsa, a kiang khawng ua namte hih dan a la tei uhi.

¹⁶And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of the heavens, and served Baal;

¹⁶Huan, TOUPA a Pathian uh thupiak tengetengte a lehngatsan ua, bawngnou lim sun nih a bawl ua, huan, Asera a bawl ua, vana om tengteng a bia ua, Baal na a sem gige uh.

¹⁷and they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

¹⁷Huan, a tapate uh leh a tanute uh meiah a lut sak ua, aisan te leh bum te bang a ching ua, TOUPA hehna dingin a mitmuhin thil hoih lou pipi hih dingin a kijuak uhi.

¹⁸Therefore Jehovah was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there remained but the tribe of Judah only.

¹⁸Huaijiakin TOUPA Israelte tungah heh petmahin a heha, a muhphak louhna ding ah a suan manga; Juda nam kia loungal a omta kei uh.

¹⁹Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they had made.

¹⁹Judaten leng TOUPA a Pathian uh thupiakte a jui kei ua, Israelte pom thusehte bangin a om jaw uh.

²⁰And Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel; and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

²⁰Huan, Israel suante himhim a deih ta keia, amau a hihgentheia, a muh phak louhnaah a suan mang masiah lok mite khut ah a pia hi.

²¹For Israel had rent [the kingdom] from the house of David; and they had made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king; and Jeroboam violently turned Israel from following Jehovah, and made them sin a great sin.

²¹Israelte lah David inkote a hihna uh a paih sakta ngala; huchiin Nebat tapa Jeroboam pen kumpipa din a nabawl ua; huan, Jeroboam in Israelten TOUPA a zuih uh a nahawl kawia, thil gilou thupi mahmah a hihsak hi.

²²And the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them:

²²Huan, Israel suanten Jeroboam thilhih khelh bangbang a hih tei ua; huaite a paisan kei uh;

²³until Jehovah had removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said through all his servants the prophets; and Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria, unto this day.

²³TOUPAN a jawlneite tengteng zanga a nagensa banga a phak louhna dia a suan mang ma siah. Huchiin Israelte bel amau gam akipan Assuria gamah a pi ua, tu tanin a om lai uhi.

²⁴And the king of Assyria brought [people] from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and made them dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in its cities.

²⁴Huan, Assuria kumpipan Babulon khuaa mite, Kuth khuaa mite, Ava khuaa mite, Hamath khuaa mite, Sepharvaim khuaa mite a thukhak khiaa, Samari gam khuate ah Israel suante mun a luah sak; huchiin Samari gam aluah ua, a khuate ah a om uhi.

²⁵And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not Jehovah; and Jehovah sent lions among them, which killed [some] of them.

²⁵Huchiin huai laia a om tung un hichi ahi a, TOUPA laudan a siam kei ua; huchiin TOUPAN a lak uah humpinelkaite a sawla, mi khenkhatte a kei uh.

²⁶And they spoke to the king of Assyria saying, The nations that thou hast removed and made to dwell in the cities of Samaria know not the manner of the god of the land; therefore he has sent lions among them, and behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the god of the land.

²⁶Huchiin Assuria kumpipa kiangah, Na kaih mang namte, Samari gam khuaa na lut sakten hiai lai gam Pathian biak dan a theikei uhi, huaijiakin a lak uah humpinelkaite a sawla; huan ngai dih, hiai gam Pathian biakdan a theih louh jiak un a pet sek uhi, chiin a gen ua.

²⁷And the king of Assyria commanded saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye have brought away from thence; and let them go and abide there, and let him teach them the manner of the god of the land.

²⁷Huchiin Assuria kumpipan, Huaia sala na pite uh laka mi siampu khat pi unla, hongom sam leh, huai gam Pathian biak dan sinsak leh, chiin thu a pia a.

²⁸Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and abode in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah.

²⁸Huchiin Samari gam akipana a pite uh laka siampu khat Bethel khuaah a vaoma, TOUPA laudansiam dan ding a sinsak.

²⁹And every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places that the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they dwelt.

²⁹Himahleh nam chihin amau pathian chiat a bawl ua, Samari miten mun sang a nabawl in uahte nam chihin amau omna khua chiatah a koih uhi.

³⁰And the people of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the people of Cuth made Nergal, and the people of Hamath made Ashima,

³⁰Babulon miten Sukkoth-benoth a bawl ua, huan, Kuthten Nergal a bawl ua, huan, Hamathten Asima a bawl ua,

³¹and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.

³¹Avaten Nibhaz leh Tartak a bawl uh, Huan Sepharvaim Sepharvaimte pathian Adrammelek leh Anammelek minin a tate uh a hal sek uhi.

³²So they feared Jehovah, and made to themselves from all classes of them priests of the high places, who offered [sacrifices] for them in the houses of the high places.

³²Huchiin TOUPA laudan a siam ua, a lak ua mi mun sang siampute a bawl ua, mun sang inte ah mi a thoih jel uhi.

³³They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods after the manner of the nations, whence they had been carried away.

³³TOUPA laudan a siam ua, a pi khiakna gam ua mite nam hih dan bangin amau pathiante na a sem sek uh.

³⁴To this day they do after their former customs: they fear not Jehovah, neither do they after their statutes or after their ordinances, nor after the law and commandment that Jehovah commanded the sons of Jacob, whom he named Israel.

³⁴Tumalama a hih dan uh bangin tutanin a hih lalai uhi; TOUPA laudan a siam kei ua, TOUPAN Jakob suan Israelte chi-a a chihte kiangah,

³⁵And Jehovah had made a covenant with them, and charged them saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow down yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;

³⁵Pathian dangte jaw laudan siam kei unla, amau chibai buk kei unla, a kiangah kithoih kei un;

³⁶but Jehovah alone, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched-out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.

³⁶TOUPA, thilhihtheihna thupi tak leh ban jak hiala Aigupta gam akipana nou honpi khepa amah laudan na siam jawk dinguh ahi, amah chibai na buk ding uh ahi a, amah kianga na kithoih ding uh ahi;

³⁷And the statutes and the ordinances and the law, and the commandment which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.

³⁷Huchiin thuseh te, vaihawm te, dan te, thupiakte a honna gelhsaksate khantawnin na pom thek ding uh ahi; pathian dangte laudan na siam ding uh ahi kei;

³⁸And ye shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you, neither shall ye fear other gods;

³⁸Huan, na kiang ua thu ka khunpen na mangngilh ding uh ahi kei; pathian dangte leng laudan na siam dinguh ahi sam kei;

³⁹but ye shall fear Jehovah your God, and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

³⁹TOUPA na Pathian ubel laudan na siam ding uh ahi; huchiin na melmate uh tengteng khuta kipan aman honhunkhe dinga, chi-a thu a khuna, amau adia TOUPA thupiakte, thuseh te, vaihawm te, dan bawlte, azuih tuan louh uh.

⁴⁰And they did not hearken, but did after their former customs.

⁴⁰Bangchi mahin leng a jui nuam tuankei ua, tumalama a hih danbang un a hih lailai uh.Huchiin huai namten TOUPA laudan a siam ua, a milim bawl tawmte uh na leng a sem lai uh; huchi mah-bangin a suante uh leh a suante uh suante tan un leng tutanin a pi leh pute uh hih bangin a hih lailai uhi.

⁴¹And these nations feared Jehovah, and served their graven images, both their children and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they, unto this day.

⁴¹Huchiin huai namten TOUPA laudan a siam ua, a milim bawl tawmte uh na leng a sem lai uh; huchi mah-bangin a suante uh leh a suante uh suante tan un leng tutanin a pi leh pute uh hih bangin a hih lailai uhi.