¹The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

¹Damaska kho puak gik, Ngaiin, Damaska hi khopi hi nawn lou dinga lakmang a hita, huchiin in chim khawm lel a hita ding hi.

²The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks; and they shall lie down and there shall be none to make them afraid.

²Aroer khote taisanin a omta; belam honte omna ding ahi mai ding, huaite lah a om ngei ding ua, kuamahin a lausak kei ding uh.

³The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith Jehovah of hosts.

³Ephraim akipanin kulhpi a mang dinga, Damaska akipan gam a mang ding, Suria gama om sunte leng a mang ding uh; Israel suante thupina bang lelin a om ding uh, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi hi.

⁴And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall become lean.

⁴Huai ni chiangin hichi ahi dinga, Jakob thupina hihgawnin a om dinga, a sa thauna leng a honggawngta ding hi.

⁵And it shall be as when the reaper gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; yea, it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

⁵Huchiin buh lapan buh a laka, a vuite a lak bang mai ahi dinga, ahi, Rephaim guamah min buh maihkhakte a tom bang mai uh ahi ding hi.

⁶And a gleaning shall be left in it, as at the shaking of an olive-tree: two, three berries above, in the tree-top; four, five in its fruitful boughs, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel.

⁶himahleh, oliv sing sin khita a jikpi sangpen dawna gah nihtou thumtou hiam, singgah mahmah hiang saupentea litou ngathou hiam a om sek bangin, huaiah maihkhak top ding a om laiding, Toupa Pathian in a chi hi.

⁷In that day shall man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have regard to the Holy One of Israel.

⁷Huai ni chiangin min a Bawlpa uh lam a enta ding ua, a mitte un Israelte Mi Siangthou a zahtakta ding uh.

⁸And he will not look to the altars, the work of his hands, nor have regard to what his fingers have made, neither the Asherahs nor the sun-images.

⁸Maitam, amau khut suak lamte khawng a en nawnta kei ding ua, amau khuta bawl Asherim hiam, gimlim maitamte hiam a zahtakta kei ding uhi.

⁹In that day shall his strong cities be as the forsaken tract in the woodland, and the mountain-top which they forsook before the children of Israel; and there shall be desolation.

⁹Huai ni chiangin a kho kip takte uh gammang leh tang vuma mun taisan sa, Israel maa a taisan sa bang uh, ahi ding; huchiin mun loih ahita ding hi.

¹⁰For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength; therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plantations, and shalt set them with foreign slips:

¹⁰Nang honhondampa Pathian na mangngilha, na hatna Suangpi lah na theigige ngal keia; huaijiakin kung kilawm taktakte na suan seka, a sungah hiang tuamte na vut tang niaunuau seka:

¹¹in the day of thy planting wilt thou make [them] to grow, and on the morrow wilt thou make thy seed to flourish; [but] the harvest will flee in the day of taking possession, and the sorrow will be incurable.

¹¹Na suan niin na khang sak a, jingsangin thil chi lah na paksak seka; ahihhangin gah loh lah lungngaihna leh natna thupi tak niin a mang sek hi.

¹²Ha! a tumult of many peoples! they make a noise as the noise of the seas; -- and the rushing of nations! they rush as the rushing of mighty waters.

¹²A, mipi tampi ging nuanua, tuipite ging nuanua banga ging nuanuate leh nam chih ging hawhaw, tui thupitakte ging hawhaw banga ging hawhawte tel o!

¹³The nations rush as the rushing of many waters; but he will rebuke them, and they shall flee far away, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a whirling [of dust] before the whirlwind:

¹³Nam chih lah tuipi tam pi ging hawhaw bangin a ging hawhaw ding ua; himahleh aman a taihilh dinga, huchiin gamla pi-ah a taimang ding ua, tanga buhsi huih mut bang leh leivui huihpi mut leng lunglung bang in delhin a om ding uh.Nitaklamin, ngaiin, thil mulkimhuai tak a om a; huan, khovak main lah a om nawn kei uh. Huailah gallaka honlak sakmite tan ahi a, hon guksakmite tuam leng ahi hi.

¹⁴behold, at eventide, trouble; before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

¹⁴Nitaklamin, ngaiin, thil mulkimhuai tak a om a; huan, khovak main lah a om nawn kei uh. Huailah gallaka honlak sakmite tan ahi a, hon guksakmite tuam leng ahi hi.