¹Aw, Israel chite aw, hiai thu noute sunna ding ka gen ja un.

¹Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.

²Nungal, Israel, a pukta ahi; a ding nawn kei ding: a gam tungah paihkhiak a hita ahi; amah tungding dingin kuamah a om kei uh.

²“The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up.”

³TOUPA PATHIAN in hichiin a chi ngala: Israel chite kiangah, khopi, snag pawtnain, ja a nuse dinga, khopi, ja pawtna in, sawm a nuse ding.

³For thus says the Lord Yahweh: “The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”

⁴TOPAN lah Israel chite kiangah hichiin a chi ngala,

⁴For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live;

⁵Honzong unla, na hing ding uh: himahleh Bethel khua zong kei unla, Gilgal ah lut sam kei unla, Beerseba khua ah galkah kei un: Gilgal khua lah pellouin salin a man sin ngal ua, Bethel khua a hongvuaksuak ding.

⁵but don’t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.

⁶TOUPa zing unla, na hing ding uh; huchilouinjaw, Joseph in ah mei bangin a pawt dinga, a kang khin dinga, Bethel khua ah mitsak ding kuamah a om kei ding uh:

⁶Seek Yahweh, and you will live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.

⁷Vaihawmna singkha suaksaka, diktat na leia paikhete aw;

⁷You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:

⁸Siguk leh Zuheisuktun bawlpa leh sihna limliap laka tangsakpa leh sun jan mial bawlpa, tuipi tuite sama, leitunga luangsakpa, amah tak zong le uchin; a min TOUPA ahi;

⁸seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,

⁹Kulh tunga manthatna hongtung guih zou hiala, mi hatte tunga manthatna tungsakpa pen.

⁹who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.

¹⁰Kongpia taihilhmi a mudah ua, thu diktak genmi a kih uh.

¹⁰They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.

¹¹Huaijiakin mi gentheite tuandenin buh na lak sak ua: suangsekin inte na lam ua, himahleh a sungah na teng kei ding uh. Grep huan nuamte na bawl ua, himahleh uaiin na dawn kei uh.

¹¹Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

¹²Na tatleknate uh tamdan leh na khehnate uh a thupidan lah ka thei ngala; mi diktatte na simmoh ua, golhna laa, kongpia tasamte ahih ding him ua pampaihte aw.

¹²For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the courts.

¹³Huchiin mi pil jaw huchi hun chiang in a dai dide dinga, hun hoihlou a hih jiakin.

¹³Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

¹⁴Na hin theihna ding un hoih louhna zong louin, hoihna zong unla: huan, na gen bang un, TOUPA sepaihte Pathian na kiang uah a om ding.

¹⁴Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.

¹⁵Khelhna hua unla, hoihna it un: kongpi ah vaihawmna kiptakin tung ding un: Josephte mi omsunte tungah TOUPA, sepaihte Pathianin hehpihna a nei kha mai diam ah.

¹⁵Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

¹⁶Huaijiakin TOUPA, sepaihte Pathian, TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Kholak ja tengteng ah nakpia kahna a om dinga, kongzing tengtengah, Khawk hina mah e: a chi dung uh; lungkham dingin louneimite leh nakpia kap dingin sunsiammite a sam ding uh.

¹⁶Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, the Lord: “Wailing will be in all the broad ways; and they will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’ and they will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.

¹⁷Huan, grep huan tengteng ah nakpia kahna a om dinga: na lak uah lah ka paisuak sin ngala, TOUPAN a chi.

¹⁷In all vineyards there will be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of you,” says Yahweh.

¹⁸TOUPA ni deihte aw, na tung uh a gik hi: Bangdia TOUPA ni deih na hia ua? Vak hi louin mial ahi jaw hi.

¹⁸“Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.

¹⁹Humpinelkai taisana, vompi tuak mi bang leh ina luta, bang tunga khut ngaa, gulin a tuk bang ahi.

¹⁹As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.

²⁰TOUPA ni vak hilouin mial ahi sin ka hia? Mial sah leh vakna himhim leng neilouin?

²⁰Won’t the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

²¹Na ankuangluite uh ka huain ka musita, na kikhampi pisuakte uah leng ka kipak smam kei hi.

²¹I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.

²²A hi, na thillat uleh na buhlat uh honlan mahle uchin, ka sang kei dinga, na gan thau uh lemna thillatte leng ka limsak kei ding hi.

²²Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.

²³Na kaihging ging kilawm uh ka ngaikhe kei ding; huaijiakin kei akipan bilaphuai na la uh la mang un.

²³Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

²⁴Himahleh, vaihawmna bel tuite bna gin leh diktatna lui lian bangin luang heh.

²⁴But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

²⁵Aw, Israel inkote aw, kum sawmli sungin gamdai ah kithoihnate leh thillatte ka kiangah na honlan uh eita?

²⁵“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?

²⁶A hi, na kumpipa uh Sakuth leh na milimte uh, na aksi pathian uh, Kaiuan nou dia na bawl uh, na la ua.TOUPA a min sepaihte Pathianin, Huchiin, Damaska kho khen lamah salin nou ka honpaisak ding, a chi hi.

²⁶You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.

²⁷TOUPA a min sepaihte Pathianin, Huchiin, Damaska kho khen lamah salin nou ka honpaisak ding, a chi hi.

²⁷Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,” says Yahweh, whose name is the God of Armies.