¹Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe oppression,

¹Hoihlou taka thupukna bawlt leh dikou taka gelhmite tung a gik hi!

²to turn away the poor from judgment, and to take away the right from the afflicted of my people; that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

²Meithaite a gallak bang ua, a om theihna ding uleh, pa neiloute a thil uh lak sak banga a bawl theihna ding un, neizouloute vaihawmna diktat tangsak lou ding leh, ka mite laka gentheite muh ding mawngmawng laksak tum.

³And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the sudden destruction [which] shall come from far? To whom will ye flee for help, and where will ye leave your glory?

³Huchiin, gawtna ni a hongtun chiang leh gamla pi-a a kipan huihpi a hongtun chiangin, bang na hih ding ua oi? panpihna ngen dingin kua kiang ah na taita ding ua leh? na thupina uh koiah na nuseta ding ua oi?

⁴They can but crouch under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

⁴Hentate lakah a kun ding ua, thahte lakah a puk ding uh, hiaite lel a tan uh a hita ding hi. Huchi lawmlawma a hih inleng, a hehna lah a dai keia, a khut a lik lailai hi.

⁵Ah! the Assyrian! the rod of mine anger! and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

⁵Kisain Assuria mi, ka hehna khetbuk, ka lungkimlouhna chiang tawi!

⁶I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge; to take the spoil, and to seize the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

⁶Gallak la ding leh, thil lak sak la ding leh, kongzing buannawi banga ngap dingin amah jaw Pathian zahlou nam dou dingin ka sawl dinga, ka hehna mite sual dingin thu ka pe ding hi.

⁷But he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; for it is in his heart to extirpate and cut off nations not a few.

⁷Himahleh aman huchibang a tup ahi keia, huchibang jaw a lungsimin leng a ngaihtuah sam kei; nam tam petmaha tam hihsiat leh hihmanthat ahi, lungsima a neih jawk.

⁸For he saith, Are not my princes all kings?

⁸Ka mi liante tengteng kumpipa ahi vek kei ua hia?

⁹Is not Calno as Karkemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?

⁹Kalno khua Karkemis khua bang hita lou ahi maw? Hamath khua Arpad khua bang hita lou ahi maw? Samari khua Damaska khua bang hita lou ahi maw?

¹⁰As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, -- and their graven images exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

¹⁰Ka khutin milimte gam, Jerusalem khua leh Samari khua ate, sanga milim bawltawm hoih jaw neite leng, a zongkhe ta ngala.

¹¹-- shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her images?

¹¹Samari leh a milimte tunga ka hihtak bangin Jerusalem leh a milimte tungah ka hih kei dia hia?

¹²And it shall come to pass, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stoutness of heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

¹²Huchi a hih jiakin hichi ahi dinga; TOUPAN Zion tang leh Jerusalem kho sunga a nasep ding tengteng a sep khit hun chiangin Asuria kumpipa lungsim kiotsakna gah leh a mit kisathei thupina ka gawt sin hi.

¹³For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom, for I am intelligent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and, like a valiant man, I have brought down them that sit [on thrones];

¹³Aman, Ka khut hatnain ka hiht hi, ka pilna tohin; ka kizen ngala; chih chih gamgite khawng lah ka suana, a vaihawmna uh lah ka suta, laltutphaha tute lah mi hangsan hih bangin ka kai khia hi.

¹⁴and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples, and as one gathereth forsaken eggs, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.

¹⁴Ka khutin chi chih hausaknate lah vasa bu bangin a zong khiaa; min vasa tuia pi loihsansa a la uh bangin lei tengteng ka la khinvekta hi; ka jap hiam, kam ka hiam ham hiamhim hiam leng a om kei uhi, a chi vial ngala.

¹⁵-- Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? As if the rod should wield them that lift it up; as if the staff should lift up [him who is] not wood!

¹⁵Heipiin thil ehna dinga a zangmi a kisaktheihsan dia hia? Singatnain a atmi a nuaisiah dia hia? Khetbukin a dommite a lik zosop diam aw, chiangin sing lah hi lou a lik zomah bang phet ahi.

¹⁶Therefore shall the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness, and under his glory he shall kindle a burning, like the burning of a fire:

¹⁶Huaijiakin TOUPA, Sepaihte, TOUPAN, a mi thaute lakah gawnna a sawl dinga; a thupina nuaiah mei kuang lai lel bangin mei tohin a om ding.

¹⁷and the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briars in one day,

¹⁷Huan, Israelte vakna mei a honghi dinga, a Mi Siangthou mah uleng meikuang ahi ding; huaiin ni khat thuin loulingneite leh khaulingneite a kangsakin a hihmangthang ding.

¹⁸and it shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body; and they shall be as when a sick man fainteth.

¹⁸A gammang leh a lei hoih mun thupina leng, kha leh sa nasanin, a hihmang ding; huchiin, chiamtehna tawipen kia hun lai bang ahi ding.

¹⁹And the remainder of the trees of his forest shall be few: yea, a child might write them.

¹⁹A gammanga sing om sek laite naupang gelh tham pheta tawm a hita ding.

²⁰And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the remnant of Israel and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob shall no more again rely upon him that smote them; but they shall rely upon Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

²⁰Huan, huainiin hichi ahi dinga, Israelte omzek laite leh Jakob inkuanpihte laka a damlaiten amaute thatpa a muang nawnta kei ding ua; TOUPA Israelte Mi Singthou, chihtaktakin a muang zota ding uhi.

²¹The remnant shall return, the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty ùGod.

²¹A om zek lai. Jakob om zeklaite, Pathian hattak kiang ah a kik nawn ding uh.

²²For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, [only] a remnant of them shall return: the consumption determined shall overflow in righteousness.

²²Na mi Israelte tuipi piaunel zahin om mah le uh, a om zek laite kia a kik nawn sin ngal ua; diktatna luan letna suksiatna lah tung dinga vaihawmpuk ahi.

²³For a consumption, and [one] determined, will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, accomplish in the midst of all the land.

²³TOUPA, Sepaihte TOUPAN, tawpna, tawpna tung ngei dinga vaihawmpuk lah, lei tengteng laizangah a bawl sin ngala.

²⁴Therefore thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts: O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt:

²⁴Huaijiakin, TOUPA, Sepaihte TOUPAN, hichiin a chi, Ziona om ka mite aw, Aigupta gama a hih bang un khetbuk a nou honvuain achiang na tunguah lik mah leh, Asuria mi jaw kihta kei un.

²⁵for yet a very little while, and the indignation shall be accomplished, and mine anger, in their destruction.

²⁵Sawtlou chik nungin ka lungkimlouhna hongbei dia, ka hehna leng amaute hihmanthatna dia heiin a omta ding hi.

²⁶And Jehovah of hosts will stir up a scourge against him, according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and his rod [shall be] upon the sea, and he will lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

²⁶Ireb suangpia Midiante a thah lai bang un sepaihte tOUPAN amah sual dingin jepna a pei dinga; achiang lah tuipi tung lamah a om dinga Aigupta gama a pei bangin a pei ding hi.

²⁷And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck; and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. ...

²⁷Huai niin hi chi ahi dinga, puakgik na liangjanga kipana lakmangin a om dinga, a hakkol leng na ngawngnga kipana lakmangin a om lai ding hi; thau nilh jiakin hakkol lah hihsiatin a omta dinga, chiin.

²⁸He is come to Aiath, he hath passed through Migron; at Michmash he layeth up his baggage.

²⁸Rimon akipan Aiath khua a tungta Migron khuaah a pai suakta; Mikmas khuaah a van a koihta.

²⁹They are gone through the pass; they make their lodging at Geba: Ramah trembleth, Gibeah of Saul is fled.

²⁹Kuam ah a tumta uh; Geba khuaah a giakta uh; Ramah khuate a lingling ua; Saula, Gibeah khote a taimangta uhi.

³⁰Lift up thy voice, daughter of Gallim! Hearken, O Laish! -- Poor Anathoth!

³⁰Gallim kho tanu aw! na awin ngaihtakin kikou in; Laishah khua aw! ngaikhiain; Anathoth aw, hehpihhuai na lawmlawm chia!

³¹Madmenah is fugitive; the inhabitants of Gebim take to flight.

³¹Madmenah khote taimangin a omta uh; Gebim khuaa omte taimang tumin a kidelh luailuai uh.

³²Still a day of halting at Nob; he shaketh his hand [against] the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. ...

³²tuni mahmahin Nob khuaah a tam sin; Zion tanu tang, Jerusalem mual pawng a khut a sin khum hi.

³³Behold the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, shall lop the boughs with violence; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be brought low;

³³Ngai dih, TOUPA, sepahte TOUPAN, thil mulkimhuaitakin ahiangte a sat khe dinga, sang pipite lah phuk in a om dinga, a dawk tuamte leng gawi niamin a om ding.Sikin gamnuai sing sahte a phuk dinga, LEbanon sidar singte mi thupi pukin a puk juajua ding uh.

³⁴and he shall make clearings in the thickets of the forest with iron; and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

³⁴Sikin gamnuai sing sahte a phuk dinga, LEbanon sidar singte mi thupi pukin a puk juajua ding uh.