¹The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through, so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

¹Tuipi gamdai puakgik, Sim gama pingpei a pai suak bangin gamdai akipanin, gam lauhuai pi a kipanin a hong hi.

²A grievous vision is declared unto me: the treacherous dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, Elam! besiege, Media! All the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

²Kilakna thukhauh tak ka kiangah theihsak a hita; lepchiahtaka hihmun lepchiahtakin a hih a, lokmiin a lok hi, Elamte aw, pai tou un, Mediate aw, um un; a thumna tengteng uh ka daisakta hi.

³Therefore are my loins filled with pain; anguish hath taken hold upon me, as the anguish of a woman in travail: I am bowed down so as not to hear, I am dismayed so as not to see.

³Huaijiakin ka kawng natna thupitakin a dima, numei nauvei natna banga natnain a honmanta; bila za theilou khopin na ka thuaka; khomu theilou khopin ka mang a bang hi.

⁴My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me.

⁴Ka lungtang a ha huaihuaia, thil mulkimhuai takin a honhihlaua; nitak ninem ka ngaklah sek kei dingin linna a honsuakta.

⁵Prepare the table, appoint the watch; eat, drink: arise, ye princes, anoint the shield.

⁵Dohkan lah a bawlkhol ua, galvengmi lah a vengsak ua, a ne ua, a dawn ua; mi liante aw, thou unla, lum tuh thau nuh un.

⁶For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

⁶TOUPAN ka kiangah hichiin a gen hi, Kuan inla, galvengmi vengsakin, aman a thil muh gen hen;

⁷And he saw chariots, horsemen by pairs, a chariot with asses, a chariot with camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed.

⁷Huan, Sepaih a pawlte, sakol tung tuang a kopkopa paite sabengtung pawl te, sangawngsau pawlte, a muh chiangin pilvangtakin a ngaikhe kilkel ding, chiin.

⁸And he cried [as] a lion, Lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights.

⁸Huan, amah humpinelkai bangin a kikou a; TOUPA aw, sunin galven buk tungah ka ding seka, han khua khuain ka venna ah lah non omsak gige a;

⁹-- And behold, there cometh a chariot of men; horsemen by pairs. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

⁹Ngaiin, hiai laiah mihing pawl, sakol tung tuang a kopkopa pai a hong uh, chiin. Huan, amah mahin Babulon khua a pukta, a pukta, a milim pathian bawl tawmte tengteng uh leiah hihkhap janin a omta, chiin, a dawng hi.

¹⁰O my threshing, and the corn of my floor! What I have heard of Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

¹⁰Aw ka buh vuaksa, ka phuala buh; sepaihte TOUPA, Israelte Pathian akipana ka jak na kiang ua pulak ka hi.

¹¹The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

¹¹dumah puak gik. Min Seir tang akipanin a honsam ua, Galvengpa jan bangchi a hitaa? Galvengpa, jan bangchi a hitaa? chiin

¹²The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire; return, come.

¹²Galvengpan, Jingsang hi ding a hita, jan leng; na dot nop uleh dong un; kihei nawn unla, hongpai un, a chi hi.

¹³The burden against Arabia. In the forest of Arabia shall ye lodge, [ye] caravans of Dedanites.

¹³Arabia gam tunga puakgik, Dedante khualzin pawl chihte aw, Arabia gama gamnuaiah na gik ding uh.

¹⁴Bring ye water to meet the thirsty! The inhabitants of the land of Tema come forth with their bread for him that fleeth.

¹⁴Dangtak kiangah tui a hon tawi ding ua, Tema gama omten a an un taimangte a na dawn uh.

¹⁵For they flee from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

¹⁵Amau lah namsaute akipan, temsau dohsa akipan leh, thalpeu laisaa kipan leh, kidouna thupi tak akipan taimang ahi ngal ua.

¹⁶For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Within a year, according to the years of a hired servant, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

¹⁶TOUPAN lah hichiin ka kiangah a chi ngala, Kilohmi kum sima kum khat sungin Kedarte thupina tengteng a mang khin dinga,Thalkapmi, Kedar suante laka mi hattak omsunte, tawmchik ahi ding uh; TOUPA Israelte Pathianin, huai lah a genta ngala chiin.

¹⁷and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, shall be diminished: for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken.

¹⁷Thalkapmi, Kedar suante laka mi hattak omsunte, tawmchik ahi ding uh; TOUPA Israelte Pathianin, huai lah a genta ngala chiin.