1Kitam gawpsakpa na mai maah a hongpawt hi: galvan keiin inla, lampi vengin, na kawng khausak inla na thilhihtheihna hat takin bawl hoihin
1He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily!
2Israelte thupina bangin Jakopte thupina TOUPAN a tungding nawn ngal a: hih-awngmiten amau a hih-awng khinta ua, a grepte uh a hihseta ngal ua
2For Yahweh restores the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the destroyers have destroyed them, and ruined their vine branches.
3A mi hatte lum sansak ahi a, mi hangsante a san-auin a kivan ua; a kisakna niin kangtalaite kahpasik tetin a te kolkola, teipite mulkim huai takin a phe zolzol hi.
3The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished.
4Kangtalaite kongzingah a tai gomgoma; lamlian jate ah a kiphu okok ua; meisel bangin a lang ua, khophia bangin a tai jualjual uh ahi.
4The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the broad ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.
5A mi liante a thei khiaa: a kituaka pai uh a kisui ua; kulh bang lam juanin a kinoh ua, thil belh ding a bawl ua.
5He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.
6Lui kongkhakte hon ahi a, kumpipa in hihbeiin a om.
6The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
7Huan, Huzzab a lem ua, a paimang pih ua, a sikhanuten a awm uh tumin vakhu ham bangin a kah ua.
7It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
8Nidang laia kipan Ninevi khua jaw dil bang ahi a; himahleh kuamah a kihei nawn kei uh.
8But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks back.
9Dangka sik sumte lak sak unla, dangkaeng sumte lak sak un; thil sek khawm leh van hoih tengteng thupi danin tawpni beini a nei ngal keia.
9Take the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
10Sukvuakin a oma, a vuak keuhkeuha, a siang sipsip: lungtang a zul manga, khukte a kihot ua, kawng tengteng a na tuntuna, a vek ua mel a mual khin vek ahi.
10She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.
11Kuamah suklau louha a omna uh, humpinelkai tal te, humpinelkai pi te, humpinelkai nou te a pai vialvialna uh himpinelkai bu jang leh humpinelkai nouten a nekna mun uh koi ah ahia?
11Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion’s cubs, and no one made them afraid?
12Humpinelkai talin a noute kham khop a bot nena, humpinelkai pite a din a kei luma, a kokhukte uh sa keihin a dim saka, a bu jangte saluang boh janin.Sepaihte TOUPAN, ngaidih, ka hondou ahi, a kangtalaite ka hah thu vung vung dinga, na humpinelkai noute namsauin a hihmang ding; huan, leia na sa keih ka sutawp dinga, na palaite aw jak ahi nawnta kei ding, a chi a.
12The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill, and his dens with prey.
13Sepaihte TOUPAN, ngaidih, ka hondou ahi, a kangtalaite ka hah thu vung vung dinga, na humpinelkai noute namsauin a hihmang ding; huan, leia na sa keih ka sutawp dinga, na palaite aw jak ahi nawnta kei ding, a chi a.
13“Behold, I am against you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard.”