¹Aw sepaih hon tanu, tuin sepaih honin kikaikhawm inla: aman a hohumta ahi: Israelte vaihawmpa a biangah chiangin khen in.

¹Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

²Himahleh nang Bethlehem Ephratha, Juda gama sang tampi laka tel din neu tawk le chin leng, nanga kipanin Israelte vai hawmpa ding kei din a hongpawt ding; a hongpawtna sawtpi, tangali nite akipan ahi.

²But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

³Huaijiakin nauveimiin a suahsak ma tenin amau a lehngat san ding: huchiin a unau om sunte Israel suante kiangah a kik nawn ding.

³Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

⁴Amah a ding dinga, TOUPA a Pathian min thupina ngeiin: huan, amau a om nilouhta ding ua: amah leh lei tawp phain a thupi sin ta ngal a.

⁴And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

⁵Huan, hiai mi kilepna ahi ding; Assuria mi gam ua a hong, i kumpipa uh inte a honsik hun chiangin, amah dou dingin belampu sagih leh mi thupi giat i kidok khe ding.

⁵And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

⁶Assuria gam bel namsauin a hihse ding ua, Nimrod gam a lutnaah a hihse lai ding uh: huan, aman, i gam ua Assuria mi honga, i gam chiang uh a hongsik hunin, amah akipanin a hohhon khe ding.

⁶And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

⁷Jakobte mi om sunte chi tampi lakah TOUPA akipana dai kia bang leh loupa tunga vuah ju bangin a om ding uh; huaiin mihing a ngak keia, mihing tapate a ngak sam kei hi.

⁷And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

⁸Jokobte mi om sunte namte lakah leh chi tampite lakah gamnuai sate laka humpinelkai bang leh belam hon laka humpinelkai lenlai bangin a om ding: aman, a pai suak peuhmah le, a sik den a, a bot nena, humbit ding leng kuamah a om kei uh.

⁸And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

⁹Na khut nang hon doute tungah likin om henla, na melma tengteng hihmanin om hen.

⁹Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.

¹⁰Huai ni chaingin hichi ahi dinga, TOUPAN a chi, nanga kipanin na sakolte ka hihmang dinga, na kangtalaite ka hihse ding:

¹⁰And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:

¹¹Na khopite ka hihmang dinga, na kulh hat tengteng ka hihchim ding;

¹¹And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:

¹²Na khut akipan bumsiamnate ka hihmang dinga; aisansiamte ka hihmang dinga; aisansiamte na nei nawnta kei ding:

¹²And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:

¹³Nang akipan na milim bawl tawmte leh na suang phuhte ka hihmang dinga; na khut suak thil na be nawnta kei ding.

¹³Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.

¹⁴Nang akipan na Aser te ka bot khe dinga; na khopite ka hihse ding.Huan, thu ngaikhe lou namte tungah hehna leh thangpaihnain phu lakna ka piching sak ding.

¹⁴And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.

¹⁵Huan, thu ngaikhe lou namte tungah hehna leh thangpaihnain phu lakna ka piching sak ding.

¹⁵And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.