¹Huan TOUPA thu ka kiangah a hongtunga, ka kianga,

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

²Mihing tapa, Israel inkote kiangah thuhaksa bawl khia inla, gentehnain gen in,

²Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

³TOUPA PATHIANIN hichiin a chi ahi, chiin: Muvanlai lianpi, kha zapi, khaveng sau pi gial emum, mul bit tak Lebanon tangah a lenga, Sidar sing jik a tuaha.

³And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

⁴A hiang jik nou pen a kitana, mi vialvakna gamah a lenpiha, sum sinna khopiah a phut a.

⁴He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

⁵Huai gam hai chi leng a tuaha, lei hoihah a pawi pou a, tui tampi geiah a phut a, nahkai sing bangin a phut hi,

⁵He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

⁶Huan a khanga, grep gui niam bilbial a honghi a, selte a honsuaha, ahiangte a hong dawntaa.

⁶And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

⁷Muvanlai lianpi dang a om nawna, kha zapi leh mul bit tak a nei teia, huan, ngaiin, hiai grep kung amah lamah a zung a jama: a suanna mun akipanin amah lamah hiangte a pou khiaa, amah tuia a vak theihna dingin.

⁷There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

⁸Hiangte a suaha, grep hoih tak a hih theihna dingin tui tampi geia lei hoiha phuh ahi.

⁸It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

⁹TOUPA PATHIANIN hichiin a chi ahi: A piching den dia hia? A vuai maimah theihna ding in a nahte satkhiain, a zung toh a bot khe sin kei dia hia? a nah sel thak tengtengin leng a vuai loh ding; a zung toh bot khe dingin thilhihtheihna thupi tak hiam, muvanlai tampi hiam a kiphamoh tuan kei dia hia?

⁹Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

¹⁰A hi, ngai in, phuh hileh leng a piching den dia hia? Suahlam huihin a honnuai hun chiangin a vuai khin maimah kei dia hia? A pouna mun mahah a vuai maimah ding chiin, a chi a.

¹⁰Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

¹¹Huan TOUPA thu ka kiangah a hongtung nawna, ka kiangah,

¹¹Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

¹²Helhat innkote kiangah gen in, hiai thil omdan a theikei ua hia? Hilh in, ngai un, Babulon kumpipa Jerusalemah a hongpai a,

¹²Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;

¹³A kumpipa uh leh a heutu uh a mana, amah kiangah Babulonah a pia, kumpipa uh suan khat a mana, thukhun a bawl piha, thu achiam teitei saka, lalna gam a keniama, amaha a din khun len kawm kiaa a din theihna dingin.

¹³And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

¹⁴A lalna gam a keniama, amaha a din khiak theih nawn louhna dingin a thukhun len kawm kiaa a din theihna dingin

¹⁴That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

¹⁵Himahleh sakolte leh mi tampi honsawl dinga ngen dingin Aigupta gama palai sawlin a tungah a helta, A lohching ding hia? hichibang hihmi a suakta ding hia? Thukhun lah hihse ngalin a pawt khe thou ding hia?

¹⁵But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

¹⁶A hina ka hin laiteng, chih TOUPA PATHIAN thu pawt ahi; kumpipa, kumpipa dia bawlpa tenna ngeiah a kichiamnate musit leh, a thukhunte bohsiaa, amah kiang mahmahah Babulon ah a si ding hi.

¹⁶As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

¹⁷Mi tampi hihlup dinga mualpawngte leh kulhte a bawl hun chiang un leng Pharo sepaih hon leh pawl thupi mahmah lengbangmah a hihsak theikei ding uh.

¹⁷Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:

¹⁸Thukhun bohsiain kichiamna a musit ta ngal ua: thu a kichiam nungin hiai thil tengteng a hih nawn ngala, a suakta peuhmah kei ding hi.

¹⁸Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

¹⁹Huaijiakin TOUPA PATHIANIN hichiin a chi ahi: ka kichiamna a musita, ka thukhun a bohsiaa, a hina ka hon laiteng, amah tungah ka bung ngeingei ding.

¹⁹Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.

²⁰Lenin ka khuh dinga, ka thang ah a awk ding, Babulonah ka honpi dinga, huchiin a bohsiatna, ka tung ngeia a bohsiatna te jiakin a mah ka sual ding.

²⁰And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

²¹Huan a pawl tengtenga taikekte tengteng namsauin a si ding ua, a om laite kawlmong chihah a dalh ding uh: huan kei TOUPAN ka genta chih a thei khe ding uh.

²¹And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.

²²TOUPA PATHIANIN hichiin a chi ahi: Sidar sang mahmah dawn ken ka la dinga, ka phut ding; a jikpi pena jik nou ka khiak dinga, tang sang kidoh takah ka phut ding.

²²Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:

²³Israel sana tanah k aphut dinga, hiangte a honsuak dinga, a honggah dinga, sidar thupi tak ahi ding; a nuaiah tungleng vasa chi chih a teng ding ua, ahiang limte ah a om ding uh.Huan gam sing tengtengin kei TOUPAN sing sangte ka niamsaka, sing niamte ka sangsaka, sing hingte ka keusaka, sing keute ka hingpha saka, ka chi nalai hi, a chi a.

²³In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

²⁴Huan gam sing tengtengin kei TOUPAN sing sangte ka niamsaka, sing niamte ka sangsaka, sing hingte ka keusaka, sing keute ka hingpha saka, ka chi nalai hi, a chi a.

²⁴And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.