¹Huan TOUPA thu kiangah a hongtunga.

¹And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

²Mihing tapa, gammang nuaia sing laka Grep gui sing dang sangin bang ahi aleh?

²Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

³A sing thil bawlna dia zat ahi hia? Tuium-belsuan khaina dingin leng kuan a zang ngei aleh?

³Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

⁴Ngaiin, meia paih lut ahi seka, toh dinga: mein a kang mang, a mong langnih, a kang khin mai sem, a laiah: a nei him ahia, phattuamna?

⁴Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

⁵Ngaiin, a phatuam kei, abit lai nangawnin: phatuam sinkei na tele, a kat khit nungin.

⁵Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

⁶Huaijiakin TOUPA PATHIANIN hichiin a chi: gam nuai sing laka grep guite, toh dingin meiah ka khul mai mah bangin, Jerusalem luahmite ka bawl ding.

⁶Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

⁷Amau ka masuan dinga, pawt mah le uh, meia kipan, a kang bei himhim ding, meiin, TOUPA ka hi chih a thei ding ua, amaute ka masuan hun chiangin.Ka hihgawp sing ngei hi, a gam uh, thulimlouhna ahih jiak un chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi hi, chiin.

⁷And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

⁸Ka hihgawp sing ngei hi, a gam uh, thulimlouhna ahih jiak un chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi hi, chiin.

⁸And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.