¹And now hear, Jacob, my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen:

¹Tuin jaw, Jakobte, ka sikhate aw, ka tel Israealte aw, ngaikhia unla:

²thus saith Jehovah, that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who helpeth thee, Fear not, Jacob, my servant, and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

²toupa, nou honsiampa, sul akipana nou hon bawlpa, nou honpanpih ding pan hichiin a chi: Ka sikha Jakobte aw, ka tel nou Jesurunte aw, lau kei un.

³For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.

³Dangka tungah tui ka sung dinga, lei keu ah tuiluangte ka sung ding; na suante uh tungah ka kha ka sung dinga, na tate uh tungah ka vualzawlna ka sung ding hi:

⁴And they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the water-courses.

⁴Huchiin amau, tui luanna kianga singhiangkaite a pou bangin, loupa lakah a pou ding uh.

⁵One shall say, I am Jehovah's; and another shall call [himself] by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand: [I am] Jehovah's, and surname [himself] by the name of Israel.

⁵Mi khatin, toupa A ka hi, achi dinga; mi dang Jakob minin a kilou dinga; mi dangin a khuta, toupa, chi-a gelhin, Israel min a chi minin a zang ding chiin, a chi hi.

⁶Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I [am] the first, and I [am] the last, and beside me there is no God.

⁶toupa, Israelte Kumpipa, amau tanpa sepaihte TOUPAIN hichiin a chi: Kei masapenpa ka hi a, nanungpenpa leng ka hi; keimah loungal Pathian himhim a om kei uh.

⁷And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? And the coming things, and those that shall happen, let them declare unto them.

⁷Nidanglaia mite ka seh nungsang kei hih bangin kuan a sam dia, huaite kuan a gen dia, kuan ahia kei sika kizom jela hihlang ding? Thil hontung dingte leh hongon dingte gen hen.

⁸Fear not, neither be afraid. Have I not caused thee to hear from that time, and have declared it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a +God beside me? yea, there is no Rock: I know not any.

⁸Lau kei unla, kihta sam kei un; tumalamin na kiang uah ka gen khinin ka hontheihsak khin hi lou hia? Huchiin noute ka palaite na hi uhi. Keimah lou Pathian himhim a om ua hiam? A hi, Suangpi himhim a omkei; khat lel leng a om ka theikei.

⁹They that form a graven image are all of them vanity, and their delectable things are of no profit; and they are their own witnesses: they see not, nor know; -- that they may be ashamed.

⁹Milim bawl tawm bawlmite jaw a vek un huihkhua lel ahi un; a thil deihlam un a phatuam kei ding; a zahlakna ding himhim un amau palaite un leng a mu theikei ua, a thei sam kei uh.

¹⁰Who hath formed a ùgod, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?

¹⁰Kuan ahia pathian bawl mahmah? Ahihkeileh, kuan ahia bangmah dinga phatuam loupi milim bawl tawm sung mahmah?

¹¹Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; and the workmen are but men. Let them all be gathered together, let them stand up: they shall fear, they shall be ashamed together.

¹¹Ngaiin, a pawlpi tengteng a zahlak ding ua; na semmite leng mihingte laka mi ahi uh: a vek un kikhawm vek uhenla, ding uhen; a lau ding ua, a zahlak khawm ding uh.

¹²The iron-smith [hath] a chisel, and he worketh in the coals, and he fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm; -- but he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he hath not drunk water, and he is faint.

¹²Siksekin heipi a sek jela, meihol ah a tholha sek ding bangin a seka, a ban hattakin a sek je; ahi, a gil a hong kiala, tha a hong zo jel; tui himhim a dawn keia, a bah nak hi.

¹³The worker in wood stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with red chalk; he formeth it with sharp tools, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of man: that it may remain in the house.

¹³Singlem bawl miin khau a kai gaka, pensilin a hiding a bawla, nawt mamnain a hidingdan a bawla, bem bawlnain a hiding a bawla, mihing lim bangin a bawla, ina om dingin mihing kilawmna bangin a bawl jel hi.

¹⁴When he heweth him down cedars, he taketh also a holm-oak and a terebinth -- he chooseth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth a pine, and the rain maketh [it] grow.

¹⁴Sidar singte a kiphuka, se sing leh tosaw a laa, gammang sing laka khat amah tuama om dingin a hihkipa; meilahsing a suana, vuahin a vak hi.

¹⁵And it shall be for a man to burn, and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; he kindleth it also, and baketh bread; he maketh also a ùgod, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.

¹⁵Huainungin mi adinga meia khul ding a hita ding; huaia kipanin a laa, a kihihlum jel; ahi, a kuangsaka, tanghou a hai jel hi: ahi, pathian a bawla, a be jel hi; huai sing pen milim bawl tawm dingin a bawla, huai khupbohin chibai a buk hi.

¹⁶He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh, he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, he is warm, and saith, Aha, I am become warm, I have seen the fire.

¹⁶Huai sing khenkhat meiah a khula; a khenkhat sa nekna dingin a zanga; sa a ema, a tai hi; ahi, mei lum a awia, Nuame, ka lumta, mei mel ka muta e. a chi a;

¹⁷And with the remainder thereof he maketh a ùgod, his graven image; he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me, for thou art my ùgod.

¹⁷A val pathian dingin a bawla, a bawltawm milim mah: huai khupboha chibai bukin a biaa, a kiangah athuma, Honhondamin, ka pathian lah na hi ngala, a chi jel hi.

¹⁸They have no knowledge, and understand not; for he hath plastered their eyes, that they may not see; and their hearts, that they may not understand.

¹⁸A theikei ua, a ngaihtuah sam kei uh; aman lah a mit uh a mitsisakta ngala; a theihsiam louhna dingun a lungtang uh leng a khaksakta hi.

¹⁹And none taketh it to heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire, and have also baked bread upon the coals thereof, I have roasted flesh, and eaten [it], and with the rest thereof shall I make an abomination? shall I bow down to a block of wood?

¹⁹Huchiin kuamahin a theikhe nawn kei ua, Khenkhat lah meiah ka khul ngala; ahi, a vamah leng tanghou bang ka hai a; sa leng ka ema, lah ka ne ngala: a val thil kihhuai dingin ka bawl ding hia? Singa suak khupbohin chibai ka buk ding hia? Hih dingin amauah theihna leh theihsiamna a om tuan kei hi.

²⁰He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

²⁰Vuk kia a ne jela: a lungtang khema omin, a hinna a kihumbit theihlouhna ding leh, Ka khut taklamah juau a om ka hia? Achih theihlouhna dingin, amah a kalsuansakta hi.

²¹Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for thou art my servant; I have formed thee: thou art my servant, Israel; thou shalt not be forgotten of me.

²¹Jakobte aw, huai thilte theihgige un, Israelte aw, nou leng theigige un ka sikhate lah na hi ngal ua; kei bawl na hi ua; ka sikhate na hi uh: Israelte aw, ka mangngilhin na om kei ding uh.

²²I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

²²Na tatleknate uh meipi hihmang bangin ka hihmang taa, na khelhnate uh mei hihmang bangin ka hihmang na lai hi; ka kiangah hongkik nawn un, nou lah ka hontanta ngala, chiin.

²³Sing, ye heavens; for Jehovah hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, the forest, and every tree therein! For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.

²³Vante aw, nuamsa takin lasa un, TOUPAN lah huaite a hihta ngala; lei nuailamte aw, kikou un, tangte aw, gamnuai leh a sunga sing om chiteng aw, lasa khe guih un: TOUPAN Jakobte a tantaa, Israelteah a kipahtawi sin ngala.

²⁴Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I [am] Jehovah, the maker of all things; who alone stretched out the heavens, who did spread forth the earth by myself;

²⁴toupa, noumau hontanpa, sul akipana nou honbawlpan hichin a chi: Kei jaw toupa, thil tengteng siampa, keimah kiaa van kaipalhpa, liansakpa ka hi; kua ahia ka kianga om?

²⁵-- he that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

²⁵Kei lah juautheite chiamtehnate bangmahlou-a bawla, aisansiamte mi haia bawlpa, mi pilte nunglam ngasaka, a theihna uh haihuaia bawlpa.

²⁶that confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built up, and I will raise up their ruins;

²⁶A sikha thu hihkipa, a palaite lentheih tangtungsakpa, Jerusalem tungthu-a, Huailaiah mi a om nawn ding uh, chipa leh Juda gam kho tung thu-a, Bawlin a om nawn chiat ding uh, a siatna lailai ka bawl nawn ding, chipa.

²⁷that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;

²⁷Tui thuk mahmah kiangah, Kangtatin, na luite keng ka kangtat sak ding, chipa.Kura tungthu-a, Amah jaw ka belamchingpa a hi-a, Jerusalem tungthu-a, Bawlin a om nawn ding, chih leh, Pathian biakin kianga, Na suangphum lepin a om nawn ding, chi khop hialin ka deihlam tengteng a hih ding, chipa ka hi, chiin.

²⁸that saith of Cyrus, [He is] my shepherd, and he shall perform all my pleasure; even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

²⁸Kura tungthu-a, Amah jaw ka belamchingpa a hi-a, Jerusalem tungthu-a, Bawlin a om nawn ding, chih leh, Pathian biakin kianga, Na suangphum lepin a om nawn ding, chi khop hialin ka deihlam tengteng a hih ding, chipa ka hi, chiin.