¹Pethuel tapa Joel kiangah TOUPA thu hongtung.

¹The Word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.

²Putekte aw, hiai ja un, Hiai, nou hunlai leh na pute uh hun laiin leng a omkha ngeita ahia?

²Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

³huai pen natate uh hilh unla, na tate un a mau tate hilh uhenla, a ta nawnte un suan dang hilh sawn jel uhen.

³Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation.

⁴Singnget khauin anek bang teng teng khauhonin a ne a, khauhonin a nek bang tng khaukhupin a nea; khauikhupin a nek bang teng khaupein a ne khinta.

⁴What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten.

⁵Khamt aw, halh unla kap un; uain dawnte tengteng aw, a uain khum jiakin chiau vongvong un; na kam ua kipan lah lak mang a hita ngala.

⁵Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

⁶Nam hat mahmah, sim seng louh in ka gam a hongdoua ngal ua, bang ahi a, humpinelkai lian pi hapi bang leng a nei lai uh.

⁶For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.

⁷Ka grep gui a hih siaa, ka theipi sing hawng a hik a, a hik sinag veka, a pai manga; ahiangte a ngiat ngou vek hi.

⁷He has laid my vine waste, and stripped my fig tree. He has stripped its bark, and thrown it away. Its branches are made white.

⁸Nungakin, saiip puan tenga, a hoih lai pasal a sun bangin kap vongvong un.

⁹Tangbuang latte, dawn ding lat te TOUPA in a kipan hihman ahi a; siampu TOUPa nasemte a lungkham uhi.

⁹The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh’s house. The priests, Yahweh’s ministers, mourn.

¹⁰Lou hihsiat ahi a, a gam lah a lungkhama; buh hihsiat ahi a, uain thak a kanga, sathau a ginata kei.

¹⁰The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, and the oil languishes.

¹¹Aw, nou lou neimite aw, sun unla; aw, nou grep gui kemmite aw, huit-buh leh barli-buh jiakin chiau ekek un; lou a buh lak ding lah a mangthang vekta ngala.

¹¹Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers; for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field has perished.

¹²Grep gui a vuaia, theipi kung a gina keia; pomgranet thei zung te, tum te leh apul thei kung te, lou a sing tengteng leng a vulta a: mihing tate lak a kipahna lah a vuai mangta ngala.

¹²The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all of the trees of the field are withered; for joy has withered away from the sons of men.

¹³Nou siampute aw, saiip puan teng unla kap un; nou maitam nasemmite aw, chiau vongvong un; nou ka Pathian na semmite aw, hongpai unla, saiip puan silhin jankhuain lum un: na Pathian in ua kipanin tangbuang lat leh dawn ding lat lah kham a hita ngala.

¹³Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” , for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God’s house.

¹⁴Anngawl hun tang siangthou unla, kikhoppi taksuah bawl unla, TOUPA na Pathianin uah putekte leh hiai gama teng tengteng pi khawm unla, TOUPA sam un.

¹⁴Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of Yahweh, your God, and cry to Yahweh.

¹⁵Huai ni a tung a gik hi: TOUPA ni lah a nai ngala, Bangkimhihtheipa akipan mangthatna bang a hongtung ding.

¹⁵Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

¹⁶Ka mit muhin nek ding hihman ahi ka hia, ahi, i nopna leh i kipahna i Pathian in akipan hihman ahi ka hia?

¹⁶Isn’t the food cut off before our eyes; joy and gladness from the house of our God?

¹⁷Chite lei khal nuai khawngah a muata; pangta lah a kigawpa, buh inte phelin a oma, a buh lah a vuaita ngala.

¹⁷The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.

¹⁸Gante nak thum hinatel u e; bawng honte a buai zak ua, loupa hing mun a neih louh jiak un; ahi, belam honte a segawp uh.

¹⁸How the animals groan! The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

¹⁹Aw, TOUPa kon sam hi, meiin gamdai gam loupa mun a kang siangtaa, meikuangin lah gam sing tengteng a kang siangta ngala.A hi, gam sate nang honngaiin a nak huhu ua; luitate a kangtata, meiin lah gamdai gam loupa mun a kang siangta ngala.

¹⁹Yahweh, I cry to you, For the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

²⁰A hi, gam sate nang honngaiin a nak huhu ua; luitate a kangtata, meiin lah gamdai gam loupa mun a kang siangta ngala.

²⁰Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, for the water brooks have dried up, And the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.