¹Huan TOUPA thu ka kiangah a hongtung nawna,

¹The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,

²Israel gam tungtanga hiai paunak a zat uh banghcihna ahia, Paten grep thuk a ne ua, a tate uh ha a jau hi, chih?

²What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

³A hina ka hin laiteng, Israel ah hiai paunak zat nawn chih na neikei ding uh, chih TOUPA PATHIAN thu pawt ahi.

³As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

⁴Ngai un, hinna tengteng keia vek ahia, pa hinna keia a hih bang mahin tapa hinna leng keia ahi: kha khial peuhmah a si ding.

⁴Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

⁵Himahleh mi a diktata, siang leh dik lel a hiha,

⁵But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

⁶Mun sangtea ne loua, Israel inkote milim lam nga sam loua, numei kizen nai lou leng naih sam loua, kuamah tunga thil hihkhial loua,

⁶And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,

⁷leibami thil khamna koih penawn jawa, kuamah hiamgama lok loua, gilkial kianga nek ding piaa, vuaktang puan silh saka;

⁷And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

⁸a pung delh dinga leitawi sak loua, a leitawi leng lasam loua, thil gilou hihdia a khut kideka, mi leh mi kikala vaihawmna dik taka hihpuaka.

⁸He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

⁹ka dan bawlte juia, dik taka hiha, ka vaihawmnate a zuih leh, mi diktat ahi a, a hing ngei ding chih TOUPA PATHIAN thu pawt ahi.

⁹Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

¹⁰Himahleh tapa guktakching a suana, sisan suahmi a hiha, hiai bang himhim a hiha,

¹⁰If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,

¹¹A hih ding zopena hih louha, mun sangtea a nek jawka, a innveng ji a hihbuaha,

¹¹And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,

¹²Genthei leh tasam te a simmoha, a loha, a khamna koih a piak louha, milimte lam angata, thil kihhuai tengteng a hihta ngala, a si ngeingei ding, amah sisanmoha, a loha, a khamna koih a piak louha, milimte lam a ngata, thil kihhuai a hiha,

¹²Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

¹³A pung delha ap piaka, a pung a lak lai leh, a hing ding hia? a hing het kei ding; hiai thil kihhuai tengteng a hihta ngala, a si ngeingei ding, amah sisan moh a puak ding ahi.

¹³Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

¹⁴Huan, ngai in, tapa na nei tei taleh, a pa thil gilou hihsa tengteng a muha, laua,

¹⁴Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,

¹⁵Huchibang a hih tei tei louha, mun sanga anek louha, Israel inkote milim lamte a ngat louha, a inveng ji a hihnit louha,

¹⁵That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,

¹⁶Kuamah tunga thil a hihkhelh louha, khamnakoih bangmah la loua, kuamah lok loua, gilkialte nek ding pe jawa, savuakte a silh saka.

¹⁶Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,

¹⁷Genthei laka a khut a kidek saka, a nou leh a pung la loua, ka thupiakte zanga ka dan bawlte huimi a hih leh, a pa thulimlouhna jiakin a si kei dinga, a hing zo ngei ding ahi.

¹⁷That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

¹⁸A pa bel khel taka mi a nuaisiaha, a unaupa hiamgama suala, a mite laka thil hoihlou a hih jiakin, ngaiin, a thulimlouhna jiakina si ding ahi.

¹⁸As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.

¹⁹Himahleh, Bangdia tapain apa thulimlouhna thuak lou ding? na chi nak uh? Tapain dan a zuiha thil kizen a hiha, ka dan bawlte tengteng a zuiha, a hih lai leh, a hing ngeingei ding hi.

¹⁹Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

²⁰Kha khial a si ding: tapain a pa thulimlouhna a thuak kei dinga, pain leng tapa thulimlouhna a thuak sam kei ding; mi diktat diktatna amah mah tungah a om ding, mi gilou gitlouhna amah mah tungah a om ding.

²⁰The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

²¹Himahleh, mi gilouin a khelhna hih tengteng a lehngatsana, ka dan bawlte a zuiha, dan juia thil diktat a hih leh a hing ngei ding, a si kei ding.

²¹But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

²²Tatlekna a nahihsa himhim theihsak a hita kei ding: a na hihsa a diktatnaah a hing ding,

²²All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

²³Mi gilou sihna ah kipahna himhim ka nei ahia? A lampite a lehngatsana, a hinna zopen lou? chih TOUPA PATHIAN thu pawt ahi

²³Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

²⁴Ahihhangin mi diktatin a diktana lampi a lehngatsana, thulimlouhnate a hiha, mi giloute hih bangjela thil kihhuaite a hinin a hing dia hia? A thil diktat hih tatlekna hih ah leh a khelhna hihah, huai mahmah ah a si ding.

²⁴But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

²⁵Himahleh, TOUPA hih dan a kibang gige kei hi, na chi sek uh. Israel inkote aw, ngai un: ka hihdan a kibang gige kei maw? na hih dan uh a kibang kei gige jaw ahi kei maw?

²⁵Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

²⁶Mi diktatin a diktatnate a lehngatsana, thulimlouhnate a hih leh huaiah a si dinga, thulimlouhna a hih ah a si ding.

²⁶When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

²⁷Huailou leng, mi gilouin a khelhna a hihsa te lehngatsana, dan a zuiha, thil diktat a hih leh a hinna a humbit ding.

²⁷Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

²⁸A kingaihtuaha, a tatlekna a nahihsa tengteng a lehngatsan jiakin a hing ngei ding, a si kei ding.

²⁸Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

²⁹Himahleh Israel innkoten, TOUPA hihdan a kibang gige kei hi, a chi ua, Aw Israel innkote aw, ka hihdante a kibang gige ahi zo kei maw?

²⁹Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the LORD is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?

³⁰Nou hih dante bel a kibang kei gige jaw ahi kei maw? Huaijiakin, awIsrael inkote aw, mi chih, noumau hihdan bang jelin vai ka honhawm sak dinga, chih TOUPA PATHIAN thupawt ahi. Kihei unla, na tatlekna tengtengte uh lehngatsan un: huchiin thulimlouhna na puk siatna uh ahi sin kei ding hi.

³⁰Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

³¹Na tatlekna tengteng uh, na tatleksate uh pai mang vek unla, lungtang thak leh lungsim thak kibawl: Bang dingin na si ding ua oi, aw Israel innkote aw?Mi sihnaah lah kipahna mahmah ka neikeia, chih TOUPA PATHIAN thu pawt ahi: huaijiakin kihei unla, hing un.

³¹Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

³²Mi sihnaah lah kipahna mahmah ka neikeia, chih TOUPA PATHIAN thu pawt ahi: huaijiakin kihei unla, hing un.

³²For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.