¹A lupna t ung ua thulimlouhna gelmite leh thil hoiholou ngaihtuah khemite a tung a gik hi: jingsanga khua a vakin huai lah a hih jel jiakin.

¹Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

²Mi loute a eng ua, a lak sak ua; inte a eng ua, lak leng a la mai jel uh: mi leh a inkote uh. mi leh a gou tan un a nuaisiah uhi.

²And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

³Huaijiakin TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Ngai dih, hiai inko tungah thil hoih lou ka gel ahi, huai akipanin na ngawng uh na suan kei ding ua, kisathei tak in pai nawnsam kei ding uh; hun hoih lou ahi sin ngala.

³Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.

⁴Huai ni chiangin nou dem in gentehna thu a bawl ding ua, kah la kha siathuaia samin, Loh veka om i hi uh; ka mite tan a hihlamdanga; ka kiang akipan a kisuanta ahi; hel hatmite kiangah i lou uh a hawm jak ta hi, a chi ding uh.

⁴In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

⁵Huaijiakin TOUPA mite kikhomte lak ah aisana khaua teh sakmi kuamah na neikei ding.

⁵Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.

⁶Thu gen kei un, chiin a gen jel ua, Hiai mite kiangah thu a gen kei ding uh: gen siatna a dai kei ding.

⁶Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

⁷Aw Jakob inkote aw, TOUPA kha nehchihin a om ahia? hiaite a thilhih ahi hia, chih ding ahi maw? Dik taka om jel mi tungah ka thuten thil hoih a hih kei maw?

⁷O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

⁸Himahleh ka mite tu chinin melma bangin a hong ding khia uhi: kidou ut loua galmuang taka mi vialvakte lak akipanin a puansilh puannaktualte uh na suah sak ua.

⁸Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.

⁹Ka mi numeite a in nuam tak ua kipanin na delh khia ua; a naupang noute ua kipanin ka thupina a la mang den uhi.

⁹The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.

¹⁰Thou unla, pai mang un; hiai lah khawlna munh ding ahi ngal keia; siatna thupi tak tana hihse sek buahna a om jiakin.

¹⁰Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.

¹¹Mimal neilou leh diklou pia, Uain leh zu thu na kiang ah ka honhilh ding, chia min juau a gen leh hiai mite jawlnei ahi lel ding.

¹¹If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

¹²Aw Jakobte, na vek un ka sam khawm ngei dinga; Israel mi om sunte ka pi khawm ngei ding; Bozra kho belam bangin ka koihkhawm ding: gan hon a loupa mun ua om bang maiin, mipi a hih jiak un achiak vengvung ding uh.Phu pailetpa a ma uah a paia; a phu pai let ua, kongkhak phain a pai jel ua, huaiah a pai khia uhi: huan, a kumpipa uh a ma uah a paia, TOUPAN a ma uh a kai.

¹²I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.

¹³Phu pailetpa a ma uah a paia; a phu pai let ua, kongkhak phain a pai jel ua, huaiah a pai khia uhi: huan, a kumpipa uh a ma uah a paia, TOUPAN a ma uh a kai.

¹³The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.