¹Huan TOUPA thu ka kiangah a hongtunga,

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

²Mihing tapa, na nam tate kiangah thu gen inla, akiang uah, Gam tunga namsau ka hontut leh gam miten a lak ua pat mikhat a tel khiak ua, galvilmi dia a koih uleh,

²Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

³Aman gam tunga namsau hongtung a muh leh pengkul a mut dinga, mipite a kigalging sak ding;

³If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

⁴Huchiiin kuapeuh pengkul ging zaa poisalou mi, namsau hongtungin man loh tamahleh, a sisan moh a mahmahin a po dinga hi.

⁴Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

⁵Pengkul ging a zaka a poisaklouh jiakin a sisan moh a puak mai dinga hi: a napoi sak lebel a hin a humbit sin ahi.

⁵He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

⁶Himahleh galvilmiin namsau hongtung a muha, a pengkul a mut louha, mipite a kigalgin louh ua, namsau a hongtuna, a lak ua mi kua hiamin a man loh leh a thulimlouhnain a mangthang dinga, a sisan phu galvilmi akipan ka la ding, chiin.

⁶But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

⁷Huchibangin nang, mihing tapa, Israel inkote adia galvil dia ka honbawl na hi; huaijiakin ka kama thu pawt ngaikhia inla, ka kianga kipan kigalginna ding thu a kiang uah hilh in.

⁷So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

⁸Mi gilou kiangah, Aw mi giloupa, si mahmah ding na hi, ka chiha, mi gilou a omdan paisan dinga na hilh kei leh migilou a gitlouhna ah a si dinga, a sisan phu bel nang akipan ka la ding.

⁸When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

⁹Himahleh mi gilou a omdan paisan dinga na hilha, a omdan a paisan kei lai leh, a gitlouhna ah a si dinga, nang bel na hin na humbit ding hi.

⁹Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

¹⁰Huan mihing tapa, nang Israel inkote kiang ah thu gen inla, Hichibangin na chi ua, ka tatleknate uh leh ka khelhnate un a hondelhkhuma, huai jiakin ka thanggawp uh ahi, bangchiin ka hing nilouh thei ding ua? Na chi ua;

¹⁰Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?

¹¹A hina ka hin laiteng, mi gilou sihna ah kipahna himhim ka neikeia, mi gilouin a omdan a paisana a hin ka kipahlam ahi zaw. Na omdan hoih lou ua kipan kik un, kik un, Aw Israel inkote, bang dia si ding na hi ua? chih TOUPA PATHIAN thu pawt ahi, chiin genin.

¹¹Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

¹²Huan nang, mihing tapa, na nam tate kiangah gen inla, Mi diktat diktannain a tatlekna niin amah a humhumbit kei dinga, mi gilou gitlouhnain leng a thulimlouhna a lehngatsan niin a puksak kei dinga, mi diktat lah a khelhna niin a diktatnain a hing thei tuan sam kei ding.

¹²Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

¹³Mi diktat kiangah, na hing ngeingei ding, chih ka genin, a diktatna muanga thil a hihkhelh leh a thil dik hih khat leng thei gige ahi kei ding; a thil hihkhelhsaah a si zo ding.

¹³When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

¹⁴Huan migilou kiangah, ka chih nawn leuleuin, a gitlouhnate a lehngatsana a siang leh a dik a nahiha,

¹⁴Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

¹⁵Mi gilouin mi koih khamnate a piak kika, a thil gukte apiak nawna, hinna dante a zuiha, thulimlouhna bangmah a hih kei leh a hing ngeingei dinga, a si kei ding.

¹⁵If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

¹⁶Khelhna a nahihsa bangmahte theihgige ahi ta kei dinga, a siang leh a dik a na hihtaa, a hing ngeingei ding.

¹⁶None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

¹⁷Himahleh na nam taten, TOUPA thilhih dan a kikim kei, a chih un amau hih dan a diktat kei zaw ahi ngala.

¹⁷Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

¹⁸Mi diktatin a diktatna a lehngatsana, thil gilou a nahih leh huai jiakin a si mai ding.

¹⁸When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

¹⁹Huan mi gilouin a gitlouhna a lehngatsana, a siang leh a dik a hih leh huai jiakin a hing ding.

¹⁹But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

²⁰Himahleh TOUPA hihdan a kikim kei, na chi ua, aw Israel inkote mi chih noumau hih dan bangbangin ka honlel sak dinga hi, a chi a.

²⁰Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

²¹Huan hichi ahi a, i saltan kum sawmlehnih, kha sawmna, huai kha ni nga niin Jerusalem akipan tai khia mi khat ka kiangah a hongpaia, khopi zoh a hita, a hongchi a.

²¹And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

²²Huan huai mi taikhia a hong tun ma nitak lamin TOUPAN ka tungah a khut a ngaa; zing lama ka kianga hongpaiin ka kam a honka sak mana, huchiin ka kam ka kaa, pau theilouin ka om ta kei.

²²Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

²³Huan TOUPA thu ka kiangah a hongtunga,

²³Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

²⁴Mihing tapa, Israel gama mun segawpsa nunga omten, Abraham khat ahi a, gam a luaha; eite bel tampi i hi ua, gam gouluah dinga piak hita ve hang, chiiin a gen ua.

²⁴Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

²⁵Huaijiakin a kiang uah TOUPA PATHIANIN hichiin a chi: Sa sisan na ne ua, na milimte uh lamah na mitte uh na leng tou sak ua; sisan na suah ua, nouten gam na tang ding umaw?

²⁵Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?

²⁶Na namsau uh na muang ua; thilkihhuai na hih ua; mi chihin invengpa zi na na bawlgawp ua; nouten gam na tang ding uh maw?

²⁶Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?

²⁷Hichibanga a kiang ua na gen dinga hi, TOUPA PATHIANIN hichiin a chi ahi; A hina ka hin laiteng, mun segawpsa nunga omte namsauin a puk ngeingei ding ua, gam laka omte sahang kiang ah nek khit dia pe ding ka hi; kulh kip leh khuka omte hipiin a si ding uh.

²⁷Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

²⁸Huan gam leng ka hihsiain, mulkimhuai takin ka bawl dinga; a thilhihtheihna, a kisktheihpih a beita ding; Israel tangte a segawp dinga, kuamah a vialvak nawn ta kei dinguh.

²⁸For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.

²⁹Thil kihhuai a hih jiak ua gam ka hihgawpgawpa, mulkimhuai taka ka bawl hun chiangin kei TOUPA ka hi chih a thei ding uh.

²⁹Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

³⁰Huan nang, mihing tapa, bang bulah kongpi ahte na nam taten a honngen susup ding ua, mi chihin a unaute kiangah, kisa dih ua: TOUPA kiang akipan thu pawt ingai khia ding uh, a kichi ding uh.

³⁰Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.

³¹Huan a honhonin na kiangah a hongpai ding ua, ka mite bang maiin na maah a tu ding ua, na thu a ngaikhe ding ua, himahleh a zui tuan kei ding uh; a kam un itna thupitak a hihlang ding ua, a lungtang un bel punna lam a zuan ding.

³¹And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

³²Huan ngaiin, nang bel amau adingin itna la, kilawm taka sak leh tum bang na hi ding: na thute a ngaikhia ua, himahleh a zui tuan kei ding uh.Hiai a hongtun hun chiangin (Ngai in, a hong tunglellel hi, ) a lak uah zawlnei a om chih a thei ding uhi, achi hi, chi in, a chi a.

³²And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.

³³Hiai a hongtun hun chiangin (Ngai in, a hong tunglellel hi, ) a lak uah zawlnei a om chih a thei ding uhi, achi hi, chi in, a chi a.

³³And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.