¹Aw, Israel chite aw, hiai thu noute sunna ding ka gen ja un.

¹Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

²Nungal, Israel, a pukta ahi; a ding nawn kei ding: a gam tungah paihkhiak a hita ahi; amah tungding dingin kuamah a om kei uh.

²The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

³TOUPA PATHIAN in hichiin a chi ngala: Israel chite kiangah, khopi, snag pawtnain, ja a nuse dinga, khopi, ja pawtna in, sawm a nuse ding.

³For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

⁴TOPAN lah Israel chite kiangah hichiin a chi ngala,

⁴For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

⁵Honzong unla, na hing ding uh: himahleh Bethel khua zong kei unla, Gilgal ah lut sam kei unla, Beerseba khua ah galkah kei un: Gilgal khua lah pellouin salin a man sin ngal ua, Bethel khua a hongvuaksuak ding.

⁵But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

⁶TOUPa zing unla, na hing ding uh; huchilouinjaw, Joseph in ah mei bangin a pawt dinga, a kang khin dinga, Bethel khua ah mitsak ding kuamah a om kei ding uh:

⁶Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

⁷Vaihawmna singkha suaksaka, diktat na leia paikhete aw;

⁷Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

⁸Siguk leh Zuheisuktun bawlpa leh sihna limliap laka tangsakpa leh sun jan mial bawlpa, tuipi tuite sama, leitunga luangsakpa, amah tak zong le uchin; a min TOUPA ahi;

⁸Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:

⁹Kulh tunga manthatna hongtung guih zou hiala, mi hatte tunga manthatna tungsakpa pen.

⁹That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

¹⁰Kongpia taihilhmi a mudah ua, thu diktak genmi a kih uh.

¹⁰They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

¹¹Huaijiakin mi gentheite tuandenin buh na lak sak ua: suangsekin inte na lam ua, himahleh a sungah na teng kei ding uh. Grep huan nuamte na bawl ua, himahleh uaiin na dawn kei uh.

¹¹Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

¹²Na tatleknate uh tamdan leh na khehnate uh a thupidan lah ka thei ngala; mi diktatte na simmoh ua, golhna laa, kongpia tasamte ahih ding him ua pampaihte aw.

¹²For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

¹³Huchiin mi pil jaw huchi hun chiang in a dai dide dinga, hun hoihlou a hih jiakin.

¹³Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

¹⁴Na hin theihna ding un hoih louhna zong louin, hoihna zong unla: huan, na gen bang un, TOUPA sepaihte Pathian na kiang uah a om ding.

¹⁴Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

¹⁵Khelhna hua unla, hoihna it un: kongpi ah vaihawmna kiptakin tung ding un: Josephte mi omsunte tungah TOUPA, sepaihte Pathianin hehpihna a nei kha mai diam ah.

¹⁵Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

¹⁶Huaijiakin TOUPA, sepaihte Pathian, TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Kholak ja tengteng ah nakpia kahna a om dinga, kongzing tengtengah, Khawk hina mah e: a chi dung uh; lungkham dingin louneimite leh nakpia kap dingin sunsiammite a sam ding uh.

¹⁶Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

¹⁷Huan, grep huan tengteng ah nakpia kahna a om dinga: na lak uah lah ka paisuak sin ngala, TOUPAN a chi.

¹⁷And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.

¹⁸TOUPA ni deihte aw, na tung uh a gik hi: Bangdia TOUPA ni deih na hia ua? Vak hi louin mial ahi jaw hi.

¹⁸Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.

¹⁹Humpinelkai taisana, vompi tuak mi bang leh ina luta, bang tunga khut ngaa, gulin a tuk bang ahi.

¹⁹As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

²⁰TOUPA ni vak hilouin mial ahi sin ka hia? Mial sah leh vakna himhim leng neilouin?

²⁰Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

²¹Na ankuangluite uh ka huain ka musita, na kikhampi pisuakte uah leng ka kipak smam kei hi.

²¹I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

²²A hi, na thillat uleh na buhlat uh honlan mahle uchin, ka sang kei dinga, na gan thau uh lemna thillatte leng ka limsak kei ding hi.

²²Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

²³Na kaihging ging kilawm uh ka ngaikhe kei ding; huaijiakin kei akipan bilaphuai na la uh la mang un.

²³Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

²⁴Himahleh, vaihawmna bel tuite bna gin leh diktatna lui lian bangin luang heh.

²⁴But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

²⁵Aw, Israel inkote aw, kum sawmli sungin gamdai ah kithoihnate leh thillatte ka kiangah na honlan uh eita?

²⁵Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

²⁶A hi, na kumpipa uh Sakuth leh na milimte uh, na aksi pathian uh, Kaiuan nou dia na bawl uh, na la ua.TOUPA a min sepaihte Pathianin, Huchiin, Damaska kho khen lamah salin nou ka honpaisak ding, a chi hi.

²⁶But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

²⁷TOUPA a min sepaihte Pathianin, Huchiin, Damaska kho khen lamah salin nou ka honpaisak ding, a chi hi.

²⁷Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.