1Zion tanga nuam luaa omte leh samari tanga bittaka omte leh nam lianpen mi thupite, a kiang ua Israel inkote painate tung a gik hi:
1Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
2Kalneh khua ah hoh unla, en un; huan, huai akipanin Hamath kho thupi ah hoh unla: huan, Philistia gam Gath khua ah pai suk unla: hiai gamte sangin a hoihjaw uhia? Na gam sang un a gam uh a zajaw hia?
2Go to Calneh, and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border?
3Nou ni hoihlou gamlapia koih leh hiamgam tutna naihsakte aw,
3Those who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
4Saiha lupnaa luma, a tutphah sau tungte ua kijiaa, belam hon laka belam noute leh bawng omte lak akipan bawng tuite nea;
4Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
5Kaihginga thadahna lasaa, David banga amau adinga la tumna bawla;
5who strum on the strings of a harp; who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
6Belhbu liana uain dawna, sathau hoihpena kinuhte mah; himahleh Josephte haksatna jiakin a lungkham kei uh.
6who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7Huchiin tua sal dia pai masate toh salin a pai ding ua, kizete nuamsak vengvung a mang ding.
7Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive; and the feasting and lounging will end.
8TOUPA, sepaihte Pathianin, TOUPa PATHIAN in amah leh amah kilouin a kichiama; Jakob kisaktheihna ka kiha, a kumpipa inte ka mudaha: huaijiakin khua leh a sunga om tengteng ka mansak sin ahi.
8“The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
9Huan, hichi a honghi dinga, in khat mi sawm a om lai uleh a si ding uh.
9It will happen, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
10Huan mi khat pangak a halpa ngeiin leng a laa, in sunga kipana a guh la khe dingin, in sungtawng pena ommi kiangah, Na kiangah kuapeuh a om lai a om uhia? a chiha, aman, Om lou, a chih leh; huan, aman, Dai sisipin! TOUPa min lah i lou ding ahi ngal keia, a chi ding a.
10“When a man’s relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, ‘Is there yet any with you?’ And he says, ‘No;’ then he will say, ‘Hush! Indeed we must not mention the name of Yahweh.’
11Ngai dih ua, TOUPAN lah thu a pe ngala; huan, in lian lah chim lemlum dinga, inneu leng a khang kham ial-ual ding hi.
11“For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.
12Sakolte suangpi tungah a tai ding ua hia? huaiah min bawngin lei a let ding ua hia? nouten vaihawmna lah gu na suaksak ua diktatna gah singkha na suaksak uh:
12Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;
13Nou thil bangmahlou tunga kipaka, I hatnain ahi kei maw kite i lak ua? chite aw.En dih ua, Aw, Israel inkote aw, nou hondou dingin nam ka ding khesak dinga; huan Hamath khomual akipanin Arabah lui tanin nou a hon engbawl ding ua, TOUPA, sepaite Pathianin lah a chi ngala.
13you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, ‘Haven’t we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’
14En dih ua, Aw, Israel inkote aw, nou hondou dingin nam ka ding khesak dinga; huan Hamath khomual akipanin Arabah lui tanin nou a hon engbawl ding ua, TOUPA, sepaite Pathianin lah a chi ngala.
14For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies; “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”