¹Israel, a gah suah jel, grepgui pha ahi; a gah tam mahmah dungjuiin a maitamte a pungsak; a gam hoihna dungjuiin kham kilawm taktak a bawl uh.

¹Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.

²A lungtang uh a kikhena; huchiin mohtansakin a om ding uh; a maitamte uh a sat dinga, a khuamte uh a lok ding hi.

²Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

³Kumpipa i neikei uh: TOUPA lah i kihta kei ua; kumpipa leng, ei adingin bang a hih thei dia? tuin a chi taktak ding uh.

³For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?

⁴Thukhunte bawlnaa juaua kichiamin, thu bangloute a gen ua; huaijiakin lou lehsaa namtul bangin vaihawm na a pou khe ding.

⁴They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

⁵Beth-aven bawngnoute jiakin Samaria tengteng a lau ding ua; huai miten lah a sun ding uhi, huan huaia siampu a tunga kipakte, huai thupi jiakin, amaha, kipana paimang ta ahihjiakin.

⁵The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

⁶Kumpipa Jareb kianga thilpiak dinga Assuria lama puak ahi lai ding a Ephraim zahlakna a mu dia, Israel amah pilna ah a zahlak ding.

⁶It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

⁷Samari a hihleh a kumpipa satkhiak ahi, tui tunga, tuiphuan bangin.

⁷As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.

⁸Aven mun sangte leng, Israel khelhna hihsiat ahi ding: ling leh loulingnei a maitam tunguah a hongkahtou dinga; mualte kiangah, Honsin un; tangte kiangah, honpuk khum un, a chi ding uh.

⁸The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

⁹Aw Israel, Gibeah nite akipan na khialta a; huailaiah a ding ua; Gibeah thulimlouhna tate tunga kidounain amaute a phak louhna dingin.

⁹O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.

¹⁰Ka hun chiangin, amaute ka sawi ding; a tatlekna uh thuahnih jiaka taihilh a hih hun chiang un, amau dou dingin mite a kikhawm khawm ding uh.

¹⁰It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.

¹¹Huan Ephraim sinsaka om bawngla ahi a, buhlehbal chil khiak ut; himahleh a ngawng kilawm tunga ka pai suaka; Ephraim tungah tungtuangmi ka koih ding; Judain lei a let dia, Jakobin a sai a nawn ding.

¹¹And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.

¹²Diktatna ah kituh unla, chitna bangjelin at un, na leileh lei uh satkham un; a hongpaia na tung ua diktatna a honzuksak tan, TOUPA zon hun lah ahi ngala.

¹²Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

¹³Gitlouhna lei na let ua, thulimlouhna na lata uh; huau genna gah na neta ua; na lampi ah, na mi hatte ah lah na muangta ngala.

¹³Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.

¹⁴Huaijiakin na mite lakah buaina a hongpawt dinga, na kulhte tuh lohin a om ding, kidou laia Salmanin Beth-arbel a lok bangin; nu a tate toh paih nenin a om ua.Huchibang mahin na gitlouh mahmah jiakin Bethelin na tungah a hih ding: nusiahin Israel kumpipa satkhiak siangin a omta ding hi.

¹⁴Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.

¹⁵Huchibang mahin na gitlouh mahmah jiakin Bethelin na tungah a hih ding: nusiahin Israel kumpipa satkhiak siangin a omta ding hi.

¹⁵So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.