¹Ephraim huihin a kivaka, suahlam huih a jui; juaute leh kigawpna a pungsak gigea; Assuria toh thukhun a bawl ua, Aigupta gamah sathau puaklutin a om.

¹Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

²TOUPAN leng Juda a kisel piha, a lampite bangbangin Jakob a gawt ding; a thilhihte bangbangin amah a thuk ding hi.

²The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

³Sul ah a unaupa a khetulin amana; huan a pichinin Pathian kiangah thilhihtheihna a nei;

³He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

⁴A hi, angel tungah thilhihtheihna a neia, a vualzouta: a kapa, a kiang ah thumna a bawl hi; Bethel ah amah a mua, huan huailaiah kou a honhoupih hi;

⁴Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;

⁵TOUPA mahmah, sepaihte Pathian, TOUPA tuh a theihgigena ahi.

⁵Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.

⁶Huaijiakin nang na Pathian lam nga in; chitna leh vaihawmna kemin, na Pathian ngak nilouhlouhin.

⁶Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on thy God continually.

⁷Amah Kanaan mi ahi, a khut ah khemna buknate a om; nuaisiah a utlam ahi.

⁷He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

⁸Ephraimin, Taktakin ka honghautaa, hauhsakna ka kimuhkhiakta hi; ka sepgimna tengtengah thulimlouhna thilhihkhelhna kei ah bangmah a mu kei ding uh, a chi.

⁸And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

⁹Himahleh Aigupta gam akipan kei TOUPA na Pathian ka hi; ankuanglui thupi lai nite bangin, puanintea teng dingin nang ka honbawl lai ding.

⁹And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.

¹⁰Jawlneite kingah leng thu ka gen taa, huan mengmuhnate ka tamsakta hi; jawlneite nasepna zangin kibatpihte ka zangta hi.

¹⁰I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

¹¹Gilead thulimlouhna ahi hia? bangmahlou ahi vek uh; Gilgal ah bangtaltein a kithoih ua; ahi, a maitamte uh lou kaihnaa leivup bangin a om uh.

¹¹Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

¹²Arm loua Jakob a tai lut bangin, Israelin ji loh dingin na a sem, ji loh dingin na a sem, jo loh dingin belamhon a ching.

¹²And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

¹³Aigupta akipan jawlneiin TOUPAN Israel a pi khiaa, jawlneia hawiin a om ahi.Nakpi mahmahin Ephraimin a heh saka; huaijiakin a sisan amah tunga nutsiatin a om ding, amah gensiatna TOUPAN a kianglamah a kiksak nawn ding.

¹³And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

¹⁴Nakpi mahmahin Ephraimin a heh saka; huaijiakin a sisan amah tunga nutsiatin a om ding, amah gensiatna TOUPAN a kianglamah a kiksak nawn ding.

¹⁴Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return unto him.