¹The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

¹Babulon kho puak gik Amoz tapa Isaiin a muh thu.

²Lift up a banner upon a bare mountain, raise the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.

²Mi liante kongpitea a lut theihna ding un tang mai velvul ah chiamtehna tak khia unla, ngaih takin amau sam unla, khutin hihdingdan hilh un.

³I have commanded my hallowed ones, I have also called my mighty men for mine anger, them that rejoice in my highness.

³Kei mahmahin ka mi sehte thu ka peta, ahi, ka mi hat tak, ka mi kinuamsakte, ka hehna tangtung sak dingin ka samta hi.

⁴The noise of a multitude on the mountains, as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations assembled together: Jehovah of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.

⁴Tua! tanga mipi husa, mipi a tamatam husa bang mahmah! Tua! nam chih gama mi om khawmte chiak vengvung husa! sepaihte TOUPAN gal sual dinga sepaihte kaikhawm eive.

⁵They come from a far country, from the end of the heavens -- Jehovah, and the weapons of his indignation -- to destroy the whole land.

⁵Amaute, TOUPa leh a lungkumlouhna vanzat, gam gamlapi akipan, kawlmong tawpna mahmah akipanin gam tengteng hihse dingin a hong pai uhi.

⁶Howl, for the day of Jehovah is at hand; it cometh as destruction from the Almighty.

⁶Mau tuaituai un; TOUPA ni lah a naita ngala, Bangkimhihtheia kipan a siatna a hongtung bangin a hongtung sin hi.

⁷Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt,

⁷Huaijiakin khut tengteng a hat kei ding a, mihing lungtang chiteng leng a zulmang ding:

⁸and they shall be terrified: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them, they shall writhe as a woman that travaileth; they shall be amazed one at another, their faces shall be as flames.

⁸Huan, a lau ding ua; damlouhna leh lungkumlouhnaten amaute a man dinga; numei nauvei bangmaiin a chi uh a na ding; lamdang kisa tuahin a om chiat ding uh; a melte uh meikuang mel bang ahi ding.

⁹Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the earth desolate; and he will destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

⁹Ngaiin, gam hihse ding leh huailaia mikhialte a sunga kipata hihmangthang dingin TOUPA ni thupitakin, thangpaihna leh hehna thupi tak toh, a hongtung sin hi.

¹⁰For the stars of the heavens and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

¹⁰Van aksite leh aksimunkipte un a vakna uh a suaksak kei ding ua; ni lah a suah laiin mialsakin a om dinga, khain leng a vakna a vaksak sinta kei ahi.

¹¹And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will make the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will bring low the haughtiness of the violent.

¹¹Huan, khovel a gitlouhna jiakin ka gawt ding a, mi gilousaloute a thulimlouhna jiak un ka gawt sam ding. Huan, mi kisathei paukhauh lah ka tawpsak dinga, mi kihtakhuai kisaktheinna lah ka niamsak lai ding hi.

¹²I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even man than the gold of Ophir.

¹²Mi tuh dangkaeng siangthou sanga leng hak jawin ka bawl dinga, mihing mahmah lah Ophir dangkaeng siangthou sanga leng hak jawin ka bawl ding.

¹³Therefore I will make the heavens to shake, and the earth shall be removed out of her place, at the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

¹³Huchiin tunga van ka kisingsak dinga, sepaihte TOUPA hehna jiakin, a hehna ni thupi tak niin, lei leng a omna mun kisuan thamin linsakin a om ding.

¹⁴And it shall be as with a chased roe, and as with a flock that no man gathereth together; every one shall turn to his own people, and every one flee into his own land.

¹⁴Huan, hichi ahi dinga, sakhi delh ek bang leh belam kuamah hawlkhawm louh dingin mi chih amau chipihte lam chiat a nga ding ua, mi chih amau gam lam chiatah a taimang ding uh.

¹⁵All that are found shall be thrust through; and every one that is in league [with them] shall fall by the sword.

¹⁵Muha om peuhmah dawt pailetin a om dinga, huan, mata om peuhmah namsaua sat paihin a om ding.

¹⁶And their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes, their houses shall be rifled, and their women ravished.

¹⁶A naungekte uleng a mit muh un jan dimdem khopa lei satnaa zatin a om ding uh; a inte uh lohin a om dia, a jite uh leng mawksual tuakin a om ding uh.

¹⁷Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who do not regard silver, and as for gold, they have no delight in it.

¹⁷Ngaiin, Mediate amau sual dingin ka tokthou dinga, huaiten dangka a limsak kei ding ua, dangkaeng leng a kipahpih kei ding uh.

¹⁸And [their] bows shall dash the young men to pieces, and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb: their eye shall not spare children.

¹⁸A thalpeute un tangvalte a ansak dinga; mi gila gah hehpihna himhim a neikei ding uh; a mit un naupangte a hawi kei ding uh.

¹⁹And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

¹⁹Huan, Babulon, gam chih thupina, Kaldaite kisaktheihpih thil hoihtak, Pathianin Sodom leh Gomorra a sukman lai bangin a om ding uh.

²⁰It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in, even to generation and generation; nor shall Arabian pitch tent there, nor shepherds make fold there.

²⁰Chikchiang inleng huailaiah mi a om nawnta kei ding uh, suan om lai siah inleng a sunga om a om sam kei ding; Arab miten lah huailaiah a puaninte uh a kai sam kei ding ua; belam chingten lah huailaiah a belam honte uh a kualsak sam kei ding uh.

²¹But beasts of the desert shall lie there, and their houses shall be full of owls; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there.

²¹Gamdaia gam sate huailaiah a om ding ua; a inte uh thil hing ngui mahmahtein a dim dinga; vasangawngsaute huailaiah a teng ding ua, sathakte huailaiah a mawl leklek a ding uh.Huan, ngaite a insangte uah a ham ding ua, sihalte leng a inpi nuam mahmahte uah a ham ding uh; huan, a gawt hun ding a tung sinta a, a nite leng a suksauin a om kei ding hi.

²²And jackals shall cry to one another in their palaces, and wild dogs in the pleasant castles. And her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

²²Huan, ngaite a insangte uah a ham ding ua, sihalte leng a inpi nuam mahmahte uah a ham ding uh; huan, a gawt hun ding a tung sinta a, a nite leng a suksauin a om kei ding hi.