¹Ngai in, ka sawltak ka honsawl, aman ka maah lampi a bawlkhol dinga huan TOUPA, na zon uh, a biakin ah thakhatin a hongpai ding; na kipahna uh, thukhun sawltak, ngai un, a hong hi, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi.

¹Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

²Ahihhangin a hongpaina ni kuan a thuakzou thei dia? a honglat chiangin kua a ding dia? Amah lah hihsiangthou mi mei, leh sahbon bang ahi ngala.

²But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:

³Huchiin dangka hihsiangthoumi leh siangsakmi bangin a tu dinga Levi tapate a hihsiang dinga, dangkaeng leh dangka bangin amau a khuahsiang ding, huchiin diktatnain TOUPA kiangah thillatte a lan ding uhi.

³And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.

⁴Huaichiangin Juda leh Jerusalem thillat, ni dang lai bang leh tanga kumte bangin TOUPA adingin a nuamta ding hi.

⁴Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

⁵Huan, vaihawmnaah na kiangah ka hongdinga; aisanmite kalhin, angkawmte kalhin, juaua kichiamte kalhin theihpihpa kin ka hi ding, a loh thua migoih nuaisiahte, meithai, nubeipabei, a thuneihna a kipan mikhual kai-heipa, kei hon kihtalou kalhin, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi.

⁵And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

⁶Kei TOUPA lah ka zulhzau ngal keia; huaijiakin Jakob tapate aw, halbeiin na om kei uh.

⁶For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

⁷Na pipute uh damlaia kipan ka thusehte na kilehhei san ua, na jui kei uh. Ka kiangah hongkik unla, na kiang uah ka hongkik ding, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi. Himahleh nou, Koiah i kik ding ua? na chi ua.

⁷Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

⁸Min Pathian a lok diam? hinapiin lah non lok uh. Himahleh nou, Koiah kon lok ua eita? na chi ua. Sawm a khatte ah leh thillatah.

⁸Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

⁹Hamsiatnaa hamsiat na hi uh; hiai nam pumpi mahmahin, kei no lok jiak un.

⁹Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

¹⁰Ka in sunga an a hongom theihna dingin koihkhomna in ah sawmakhat a vekin honla lut un, huan huaiin kei honentel un, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi, a koihna ding dantan kiching om lou khopin van tohlette kon hongin, vualjawlna kon buakkhe kei na hiam.

¹⁰Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

¹¹Huan negaimi pen nou jiakin ka sal dinga, na lei gahte uh a suse kei ding; na grepgui u leng lou ah a hun tun main a gah a kesak kei ding hi, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi.

¹¹And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

¹²Huchiin nam tengtengin nang nuamsa a honchi ding ua; gam kipahhuai na hih ding jiak un, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi.

¹²And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.

¹³Kei dema na thut uh a khauh hi. TOUPAN a chi, Nou, koiah nang demin thu ka gen ua eita? na chi ua.

¹³Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

¹⁴Pathian nasep a thawn ahi; a thupiak i zuih ua, suna puan silha sepaihte TOUPA maa i om uh bang a phatuama? na chi uh.

¹⁴Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

¹⁵Huchiin tuin kisatheite nuamsa i chi ua; ahi; a gitlouhna nasemte tungdingin a om uh; ahi; Pathian a khem ua hotkhiakin a om uhi.

¹⁵And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

¹⁶TOUPA kihtate a kihoupih ua; huchiin TOUPAN a ngaikhiaa, a jaa, a maah theihgigena laibu a kigelha, TOUPA kihtaa, a min ngaihtuahte a dingin.

¹⁶Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

¹⁷Huan, amau keia ka hi ding ua, gou lamdang tak ka bawl ni chiangin, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi; huchiin amau ka hawi dia, min a nasem amah tapa a hawi bangin.Huai hun chiangin na hong kihei ding ua, diktatte leh giloute, PAthian nasem leh amah nasem lou na khen ding uhi.

¹⁷And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

¹⁸Huai hun chiangin na hong kihei ding ua, diktatte leh giloute, PAthian nasem leh amah nasem lou na khen ding uhi.

¹⁸Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.