1Pethuel tapa Joel kiangah TOUPA thu hongtung.
1The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
2Putekte aw, hiai ja un, Hiai, nou hunlai leh na pute uh hun laiin leng a omkha ngeita ahia?
2Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
3huai pen natate uh hilh unla, na tate un a mau tate hilh uhenla, a ta nawnte un suan dang hilh sawn jel uhen.
3Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
4Singnget khauin anek bang teng teng khauhonin a ne a, khauhonin a nek bang tng khaukhupin a nea; khauikhupin a nek bang teng khaupein a ne khinta.
4That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
5Khamt aw, halh unla kap un; uain dawnte tengteng aw, a uain khum jiakin chiau vongvong un; na kam ua kipan lah lak mang a hita ngala.
5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
6Nam hat mahmah, sim seng louh in ka gam a hongdoua ngal ua, bang ahi a, humpinelkai lian pi hapi bang leng a nei lai uh.
6For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
7Ka grep gui a hih siaa, ka theipi sing hawng a hik a, a hik sinag veka, a pai manga; ahiangte a ngiat ngou vek hi.
7He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
8Nungakin, saiip puan tenga, a hoih lai pasal a sun bangin kap vongvong un.
8Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
9Tangbuang latte, dawn ding lat te TOUPA in a kipan hihman ahi a; siampu TOUPa nasemte a lungkham uhi.
9The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn.
10Lou hihsiat ahi a, a gam lah a lungkhama; buh hihsiat ahi a, uain thak a kanga, sathau a ginata kei.
10The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
11Aw, nou lou neimite aw, sun unla; aw, nou grep gui kemmite aw, huit-buh leh barli-buh jiakin chiau ekek un; lou a buh lak ding lah a mangthang vekta ngala.
11Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
12Grep gui a vuaia, theipi kung a gina keia; pomgranet thei zung te, tum te leh apul thei kung te, lou a sing tengteng leng a vulta a: mihing tate lak a kipahna lah a vuai mangta ngala.
12The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
13Nou siampute aw, saiip puan teng unla kap un; nou maitam nasemmite aw, chiau vongvong un; nou ka Pathian na semmite aw, hongpai unla, saiip puan silhin jankhuain lum un: na Pathian in ua kipanin tangbuang lat leh dawn ding lat lah kham a hita ngala.
13Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
14Anngawl hun tang siangthou unla, kikhoppi taksuah bawl unla, TOUPA na Pathianin uah putekte leh hiai gama teng tengteng pi khawm unla, TOUPA sam un.
14Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,
15Huai ni a tung a gik hi: TOUPA ni lah a nai ngala, Bangkimhihtheipa akipan mangthatna bang a hongtung ding.
15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
16Ka mit muhin nek ding hihman ahi ka hia, ahi, i nopna leh i kipahna i Pathian in akipan hihman ahi ka hia?
16Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17Chite lei khal nuai khawngah a muata; pangta lah a kigawpa, buh inte phelin a oma, a buh lah a vuaita ngala.
17The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
18Gante nak thum hinatel u e; bawng honte a buai zak ua, loupa hing mun a neih louh jiak un; ahi, belam honte a segawp uh.
18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
19Aw, TOUPa kon sam hi, meiin gamdai gam loupa mun a kang siangtaa, meikuangin lah gam sing tengteng a kang siangta ngala.A hi, gam sate nang honngaiin a nak huhu ua; luitate a kangtata, meiin lah gamdai gam loupa mun a kang siangta ngala.
19O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
20A hi, gam sate nang honngaiin a nak huhu ua; luitate a kangtata, meiin lah gamdai gam loupa mun a kang siangta ngala.
20The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.