¹TOUPA thu gen tuin ngaikhia un; Thou inla, tang lian maahte langin, tang neuten na aw ngaikhia uhen,

¹Listen now to what Yahweh says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.

²Aw tang liante aw, TOUPA lanna ngaikhia unla, nou lei kingakna tawntungte aw, ngaikhia un: TOUPA a mite toh a kilang ua, Israelte a nem ding.

²Hear, you mountains, Yahweh’s controversy, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.

³Aw ka mite aw, na tunguah bang ka hihtaa ahia? bang lamin ahia kon hihgim? hon lang dih ua.

³My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me!

⁴Aigupta gam a kipanin nou ka honpi khiaa, sikha akipan nou ka hontan khiaa; na ma uah Mosi te, Aron te leh Miriam te ka honsawl hi.

⁴For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

⁵Aw ka mite aw, TOUPa thilhih diktat na theihtheihna ding un, Moab kumpipa Balak thu sawm leh Boer tapa Belamin a dawn dan, Sittim akipana Gilgal phaa thil omdan khong tuin theigige un.

⁵My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh.”

⁶Bang toh ahia TOUPA maa ka hongpai dinga, Pathian tungnung maa ka kun ding? haltum thillat te, bawng nou kum khata upate toh a maah ka hongpai dia hia?

⁶How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?

⁷TOUPA belamtal sang tampi hiam sathau lui singte hiamah a lungkim sin ahia? ka tatlekna jiakin ka ta chil ka piain, ka kha khelhna jiakin ka pumpi gah ka pe dia hia?

⁷Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

⁸Aw mihing, hoih nang a honensakta hi; TOUPAN nang a honphut bang ahia? dik taka hih leh hehpihna it leh na Pathian toh kiniamkhiak tak a vak khawm ahi kei maw?

⁸He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

⁹TOUPAN khopi a sam ahi, pilna nei min na min laudan a siam ding: khetbuk leh a bawlmi thei un.

⁹Yahweh’s voice calls to the city, and wisdom sees your name: “Listen to the rod, and he who appointed it.

¹⁰Mi thulimlou in a thulimlouhna gou bawmte a omlaiin, tehna dolon kihhuai tak a om lailai hia?

¹⁰Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah An ephah is a measure of volume (about 22 litres or about 2/3 of a bushel), and a short ephah is made smaller than a full ephah for the purpose of cheating customers. that is accursed?

¹¹Bukna dik loute leh ip gik dan dohate toh siangthou ka hi sin ahia?

¹¹Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

¹²Huailaia mi hausate lah hiamgamnain a dim ngal ua, buaia tengten juau a gen ua, a kam sung ua a lei uh khem hat ahi.

¹²Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

¹³Huaijiakin ken leng nakpia hon limsakin ka honkhena; na khelhnate jiakin ka honhihgam ahi.

¹³Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins.

¹⁴Na ne dinga, himahleh na tai kei ding; na kiangah na daina a om ding a: na suan dinga, himahleh bit takin na nawn mang kei ding; na pai mangpihte namsau akipan ka lehngatsan ding.

¹⁴You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your humiliation will be in your midst. You will store up, but not save; and that which you save I will give up to the sword.

¹⁵Na ching dinga, himahleh na la kei ding: oliv gahte na chil dinga, himahleh a thau na nilh kei ding; grep chil mah le chin, a uain na dawn kei ding.Omri thusehte lah vom gige ahi ngala, Ahab inko thihih tengteng toh; amau lemthehte ah na pai uhi; huchiin mun gamgawpin ka honbawl sinta hi, a tunga tengte ding a om kei; ka hinnain theipi min masa a lunggulh hi.

¹⁵You will sow, but won’t reap. You will tread the olives, but won’t anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won’t drink the wine.

¹⁶Omri thusehte lah vom gige ahi ngala, Ahab inko thihih tengteng toh; amau lemthehte ah na pai uhi; huchiin mun gamgawpin ka honbawl sinta hi, a tunga tengte ding a om kei; ka hinnain theipi min masa a lunggulh hi.

¹⁶For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab. You walk in their counsels, that I may make you a ruin, and her inhabitants a hissing; And you will bear the reproach of my people.”