¹Huan TOUPA thu ka kiangah a hong tunga,

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

²Mihing tapa, Israelte belamchingte tungah thu gen in, thu gen inla, a kiang uah, belamchingte kiang mahmahah, hichiin TOUPA PATHIANIN a chi ahi: Israelte belamching, amau kivak maimahte tung a gik hi: belamchingten belam te vak lou dinga hi uhia?

²Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

³A thaute na ne ua, a mulin na kizem ua; a thauthau na gou ua, belamte lah na vak ngal kei ua.

³Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.

⁴Natna veite mangte na honpi sam kei uh; a mangte lah na zong kei ua; khauh tak leh namahmahin na thunun zaw uh.

⁴The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

⁵Belampute a om louh jiak un dalhsakin a naomta ua; a nadalh ua, gam sahangte an lel a honghita uh.

⁵And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

⁶Ka belamte tang chih leh mual chih ah a vak mang ua; ahi, ka belamte leitung tengteng ah a na dalh khin uh; limsakmi leh zongmi himhim a om kei uh, chiin gen in, a chi a.

⁶My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.

⁷Huaijiakin belamchingte aw, TOUPA thu ngaikhia un,

⁷Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

⁸A hina ka hin laiteng, chih TOUPA PATHIAN thu pawt ahi, belamching a omlouh ua, belamchingten ka belamte a zon louh ua, belamchingten ka belamte a vak louh ua, amau a kivak zawksop jiakun ka belamte gam sahangte an lel a hong hi ua; ka belamte samat lel a honghi petmah uh.

⁸As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;

⁹huaijiakin nou belamchingte aw, TOUPA thu za un.

⁹Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

¹⁰Hichiin TOUPA PATHIANIN a chi ahi: ngai un, belamchingte ka dou ahi; a khut ua kipan ka belamte ka sut dinga, ka belamte a kepna uh ka tawpsak dinga, belamchingte leng amau a kivak ta kei ding uh; a angsung ua kipan ka belamte ka la khe dinga, amau dia nek dinga hih nawn louhna ding un, chiin.

¹⁰Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

¹¹Hichiin TOUPA PATHIANIN a chi ngala: ngai un, kei, keimah mahin ka zong dinga, ka zong khe ding.

¹¹For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.

¹²Belamchingin a belam dalhte laka a belam honte a zon lai bangin ka belamte ka zong khe ding; khonim ni leh mial nuaia a dalhna tengteng ua kipan ka zong khe ding,

¹²As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

¹³Huan mite laka kipan ka la khe dinga; gam chiha kipan ka kaikhawm dinga; amau gam ngei ah ka pi lut ding; Israel tangte ah, lui geite ah, mi tenna mun tengtengte ah ka ta sak ding.

¹³And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

¹⁴Loupa hoihtak munte ah ka ta sak dinga; a huangsung uh Israel tang sangte ah a om ding; huang hoih tak sung ah leng a om ding ua, Israel tang tunga loupa dawng munte ah a ta ding uh.

¹⁴I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

¹⁵Kei mahmahin ka belamte ka vak dinga; ka kualsak kinken dinga, chih TOUPA PATHIAN thu pawt ahi.

¹⁵I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

¹⁶A mang ka zong dinga, delh mangte ka pi kik nawn dinga, a khe kitante uh ka tuam dinga, ka hatsak ding: a thau leh a hatte leng ka ching dinga; dik takin ka vak ding.

¹⁶I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

¹⁷Huan nou tungthu a hihleh, aw ka belam honte, hichiin TOUPA PATHIANIN a chi ahi: ngai un, ka belamte kalthu ka gensak dinga, belamtalte, keltalte leng.

¹⁷And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.

¹⁸Gan tatna mun hoihtak tunga tat nou din thil bangthamlou banga langin, na tatna neih sun na chil se zosop uh ahi maw?

¹⁸Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

¹⁹Huan tui chim mahmahte na dawn khit un na ngap nin mawkmawk maimah uh ahi maw? Ka belamten na siksa uh a ne un, na ngah sa uh a dawn ding umaw?

¹⁹And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

²⁰Huaijiakin hichiin TOUPA PATHIANIN a kiang uah a chi ahi: Ngai un, kei, keimah mahmahin gan gawng te leh gan thaute kalthu ka ngaihtuah sak ding.

²⁰Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.

²¹A hatloute na liang un leh na sikte un na phu ua, na khete un na pik ua, na dalhsak ua;

²¹Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;

²²huaijiakin ka belamte ka humbit ding; samat lel ahi nawn kei ding ua, belamte kalthu ka gensak ding.

²²Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

²³Huan a tunguah belamching khat ka koih dinga, ka nasempa David ngei; aman amaute a vak dinga; amah amau chingpa ahi dinga, amau a vak ding.

²³And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

²⁴Huan kei TOUPA a PATHIAN uh ka hi dinga, ka nasempa David a tung ua heutu ahi ding; kei TOUPA ngeiin ka chita ahi.

²⁴And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

²⁵Huan amau toh lemna thukhun ka bawl dinga, sahangte gam akipan ka hihmang ding: huan gamdai ahte leng bit takin a teng ding ua, gammang nuai ahte a ihmu hihit ding uh.

²⁵And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

²⁶Amau leh ka tang kim munte ka vualzawl dinga; a hun geihgeihin vuah ka zusak dinga, vualzawl vuahte a zu ding hi.

²⁶And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.

²⁷Huan gama singin gah a suang dinga, leiin a punna a suah dinga; a gam uah bit takin a om ding uh; a hakkolte uh ka kitansaka, sikhaa bawlmite khut akipan ka hutkhiak hun chiangin kei TOUPA ka hi chih a thei ding uh.

²⁷And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

²⁸Nam dangte samat lel ahi nawnta kei ding ua, gam sahangte nek mang mai ahi nawn sam kei ding uh; bit takin a omzo ta ding ua, kuamahin a lausak ngei nawn kei ding uh.

²⁸And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.

²⁹Thilsuan min thang mahmah ka bawlsak dinga; huai gamah kialin a hihmang nawn kei dinga, nam dangte muhsitna leng a thuak nawn sam kei ding uh.

²⁹And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.

³⁰Huan kei TOUPA a Pathian uh a kianguah ka om chih a thei un, amau Israel inkote leng ka mite ahi uh chih a thei ding uh, chih TOUPA PATHIAN thu pawt ahi.Huan nou ka belamte, ka gan tatna muna belamte na hi ua; huan, kei na PATHIAN uh ka hi, chih TOUPA PATHIAN thu pawt ahi, chiin.

³⁰Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.

³¹Huan nou ka belamte, ka gan tatna muna belamte na hi ua; huan, kei na PATHIAN uh ka hi, chih TOUPA PATHIAN thu pawt ahi, chiin.

³¹And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.