¹For behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

¹Ngai dih ua, TOUPA, Sepaihte TOUPAN, Jerusalem kiang akipan leh Juda kianga kipan a muanpi u leh a muanpen uh a muanpi uh an teng teng leh a muanpi uh tui tengteng, a laksak san lai ahi;

²the mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the diviner and the elder,

²Mi hat leh kidousiamte toh; vaihawmmi leh jawlneimi leh, aisansiam leh, upate toh;

³the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the clever among artificers, and the one versed in enchantments.

³Sawmnga heutu leh, mi zahtakhuai leh, lemtheimi leh, khutsiam leh jawlaisiam te toh.

⁴And I will appoint youths as their princes, and children shall rule over them.

⁴Huchiin a mi liante ding ua om dingin naupangte ka pe dinga, naungekten a tunguah vai a hawm ding uh.

⁵And the people shall be oppressed one by the other, and each by his neighbour; the child will be insolent against the elder, and the base against the honourable.

⁵Huchiin, mite nuaisiahin a om ding ua, mi chih kinuaisiahin a om ding uh, mi chih amau insakinkhangte toh kiuaisiahin a om ding uh: naupang upa tungah kisathei takin a om ding ua, mi thulimloupi nangawn mizahtakhuai tungah kisathei takin a om ding.

⁶When a man shall take hold of his brother, in his father's house, [and shall say:] Thou hast clothing; be our chief, and let this ruin be under thy hand;

⁶Min a unau a pa ina lenin, Nang silh leh ten na neia, ka vaihawmtu un om inla, hiai siatna na khut ah om heh, a chih chiangin:

⁷he will lift up [his hand] in that day, saying, I cannot be a healer, and in my house there is neither bread nor clothing; ye shall not make me a chief of the people.

⁷Huaichiangin amah a pau khe dinga, kei jaw bawlhoihtuin ka om sin kei hi; ka in ah lah nekding a om keia, silh leh ten lah a om kei: mite vaihawmpain non bawl kei ding, chiin.

⁸For Jerusalem stumbleth and Judah falleth, because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

⁸A thupina mit vuisak dinga a pau u leh a thilhihte uh TOUPA dou lam a hih jiakin Jerusalem a se khina, Judate a pukkinta uhi.

⁹The look of their face doth witness against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom: they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have brought evil upon themselves.

⁹A mel latdanin amau a hek tawma; a khelhna uh Sodom bang takin a langsak ua, a im kei uh. Atung uh gik e! thilhoihlouin a kithuk tawm ngal ua.

¹⁰Say ye of the righteous that it shall be well [with him], for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

¹⁰Mi diktat thu-ah A hoih sin uhi, chi un; a thilhih gahte ulah a ne sin ngal ua.

¹¹Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill [with him], because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him.

¹¹Mi giloute tung a gik hi! Lah a se sin ngal ua; a khut ua thilhih thukna tuh a kiang ua piak a hih ding jiakin.

¹²[As for] my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people! they that guide thee mislead [thee], and destroy the way of thy paths.

¹²Ka mite jaw, amau nuaisiahtute naupangte a hita ua, numeiten a tunguah vai a hawmta uh. Ka mite aw, nou honpiten a honpi khial ua, na paina lamte a hihse sek uhi.

¹³Jehovah setteth himself to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.

¹³TOUPA tuh genpih dingin a hongding khiaa, mite vaihawm dingin a hongdingta hi.

¹⁴Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their princes, [saying:] It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard: the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

¹⁴TOUPAN a mite upate tungah leh amau mi liante tungah vai a hawm ding: TOUPA, Sepaihte TOUPAN, Noute na hi uh, grep huan ne gaite; mi tangahte akipan sum lak na in uahte ahi a om:

¹⁵What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

¹⁵Bang achia ahia ka mite na at ua, tagahte mai na gawijan uh? achia.

¹⁶And Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-out neck and wanton eyes, and go along mincing, and making a tinkling with their feet;

¹⁶Huai louin TOUPA, Zion tanute kisathei taka a om ua, dak vuau vuau leh mi en loplopa a pai ua, a pai un a pai lohloh ua, a khete uh a suan ging thuapthuap jiak un.

¹⁷therefore the Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.

¹⁷TOUPAN Zion tanute lujangah maimakhem a omsak dinga, TOUPAN a zhmohte uleng a dawksak ding a chi hi.

¹⁸In that day the Lord will take away the ornament of anklets, and the little suns and crescents,

¹⁸Huai ni chiangin TOUPAN akizephoihnate uh a laksak dinga, khebulhte, len lukhu te, hakklote;

¹⁹the pearl-drops, and the bracelets, and the veils,

¹⁹Bilbah kai ngaihngaihte, taute. kikhuhna puante;

²⁰the head-dresses, and the stepping chains, and the girdles, and the scent-boxes, and the amulets;

²⁰Lutang puante, khebulh khainiang te, kawnga tente, gimlim bawmte, kikauna te;

²¹the finger-rings, and the nose-rings;

²¹Min sawnna zungbuhte, nakbulhte;

²²the festival-robes, and the tunics, and the mantles, and the wallets;

²²Ankuangluina vante, puannak tualte, puan silhte, kawljalte;

²³the mirrors, and the fine linen bodices, and the turbans, and the flowing veils.

²³Limlangte, puanmalngatte, dial te, kituamhoihna puante.

²⁴And it shall come to pass, instead of perfume there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe of display, a girding of sackcloth; brand instead of beauty.

²⁴Thau namtui tak sikin thil muat a om ding; huan, kawnggak sikin khaujen a om ding; huan, sam mam sikin talkolh a om ding; huan, puan kilawm tak sikin saiip puan ten a om ding: melhoih sikin melhoihloute a omding.

²⁵Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the fight;

²⁵Na mite namsau vatpaihin a om ding ua, na mi hat mahmahte kidounaah a puk ding uh.A kulh kongkhakte a awm uh kitumin a kap ding ua; amah tuh a hawm dinga, leiah a tu ding hi.

²⁶and her gates shall lament and mourn; and, stripped, she shall sit upon the ground.

²⁶A kulh kongkhakte a awm uh kitumin a kap ding ua; amah tuh a hawm dinga, leiah a tu ding hi.