1Hong un, TOUPA kiangah i kik ding uh; aman a honbotkektaa, a hondamsak ding jiakin, a honsata, a hontuam ding hi.
1“Come, and let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.
2Ni nih nungin aman a honhihhalh ding; ni thum niin a honkai thou dinga, a maah i hing ding uh.
2After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.
3Huan thei ni, TOUPA thei dingin jui tou pek ni; iingsangin amah paikhiakna theihsa ahi; huan vuah bangin, lei kawtsak vuah nanung bangin i kiang uah a hongpai ding hi.
3Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
4Aw Ephraim, bang kon chih dia? Aw Juda, bang kon chih dia? na hoihna lah jingsang mei bang leh daitui pai mang pah bang ahi ngal a.
4“Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.
5Huaijiakin jawlneitein amaute ka heuh ta; ka kama thute in amaute ka thatta: na vaihawmnate lah khovak pai khe pah bang a ahi.
5Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
6Kithoihna hi louin, chitna lah ka deih ngala; halmang thillatte sangin Pathian theihna.
6For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7Himahleh Adam bangin thukhun ah a talek ua: huaiah lepchiahtakin ka tungah a hih uhi.
7But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me, there.
8Thulimlou hihte khopi Gilead ahia, sisan a bang hi.
8Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
9Suamhat pawlten mi a ngak bang un, siampu pawlten Sekem zotna lampi ah tual a that uh: ahi, kilawmlou a hihta uhi.
9As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
10Israel inkote ah thil mulkimhuai ka muta a: huaiah Ephraim ah kijuakna muhin a om, Israel a buahta.Huailouin, Aw Juda, ka mite saltang ka pi nawn chiangin, nang adingin buhlakding sehsa a om hi.
10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. There is prostitution in Ephraim. Israel is defiled.
11Huailouin, Aw Juda, ka mite saltang ka pi nawn chiangin, nang adingin buhlakding sehsa a om hi.
11“Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, when I restore the fortunes of my people.