¹Ephraimin thu a gen laiin, linna a om; Israel ah amah leh amah a kiliansak; himahleh Baala a tatkhelh laiin, a sita.

¹When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.

²Huchiin a khial semsem ua, a dangka un milim a sun a bawl ua, amau theih theihna dungjuia milimte mahmah a vek ua khutsiammite nasep; A kithoihmiten bawngnoute tawp uhen chiin, huaite a tungthu a gen uh.

²And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

³Huaijiakin jingsang meipi bang ahi ding ua, daitui pai mang pah bang, phual akipana pingpei lak buhsi banga mut leng leh, meikhusuahna akipan a meikhu bangin.

³Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

⁴Hinapiin lah kei Aigupta gam akipan TOUPA na Pathian ka hi; kei loungal pathian na theikei ding, kei chih louh hondampa a om kei.

⁴Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.

⁵Gamdai ah ka hontheitaa, khokhalna mahmah gamah.

⁵I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

⁶A loupahing nou mitemet mun uh bangin, a maute hihdimin a om ua; hihdimin a om ua, huan a lungtang uh hihletin a om; huaijiakin kei a hon mangngilhta uhi.

⁶According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

⁷Huaijiakin a mau adingin humpinelkai bang ka hi a; bialbem bangin lampi kiangah ka tang ding;

⁷Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

⁸Vompi a noute sun bangin amaute ka dawntuah dinga, a lungtang ua kipan a lap uh ka kaikhe ding; huaiah humpinelkai bangin amaute ka nebei ding; gamsa hangin tuate a bot nen bangin.

⁸I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

⁹Aw Israel, na panpihpa oua, kei non dou, na siatna ahi.

⁹O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

¹⁰Na khopi tengtenga nang hon hondam ding na kumpipa tua kaw om ahia? Kumpipa leh lalte honpi un, na chihnate uh, na vaihawmmite uh koiah?

¹⁰I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?

¹¹Heh ngohin kumpipa ka honpiaa, hehngohin amah ka la mangta.

¹¹I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.

¹²Ephraim thulimlouhna koih hehin a oma, a khelhna kephoihnaa koihin a om hi.

¹²The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.

¹³Numei nauvei lungkhamna a tungah a hongtung ding; tapa pillou ahi a, naupangte suahkhiakna mun ah a omom lai ding lah a hita ngal kei a.

¹³The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

¹⁴Han thilhihtheihna a kipan amau ka tan dinga; sihna a kipan amau ka tan ding; Aw sihna, na gawtnate koiah a om ua? Aw han, na hihsiatna koiah a oma? ka mit akipan kisikna sel ahi ding.

¹⁴I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

¹⁵A unaute lakah gah pha mahleh, suahlam huih a hongkuan dia, gamdai akipan TOUPA hu hongin, a tuinak a hongkeu dia, a luikhuk a kang vek ding; bel kipahhuai tengtenga gou a lok ding hi.Samariin a moh a po ding; a Pathian tungah lah a hel ngala; namsauin a puk ding ua; a naungekte uh paih gawpin a om ding uh, nau toh kithuaha numeite uh dawt pailetin a om ding uh.

¹⁵Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

¹⁶Samariin a moh a po ding; a Pathian tungah lah a hel ngala; namsauin a puk ding ua; a naungekte uh paih gawpin a om ding uh, nau toh kithuaha numeite uh dawt pailetin a om ding uh.

¹⁶Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.