¹Juda kumpipa, Amon tapa Josia damlaia, kusi tapa, Gedalia tapa, Amaria tapa, Hezekia tapa, Zephania kianga TOUPA thu hongtung

¹The word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.

²Leitunga kipan thil tengteng ka subei sipsip ding, TOUPAN a chi.

²I will utterly sweep away everything off of the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.

³Mihing leh sa ka subei ding; vana tungleng vasate, tuipia ngasate, giloute toh kipalpuknate ka subei ding; huan leitunga kipanin mihing ka sat khe ding hi, TOUPAN a chi.

³I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.

⁴Huan, Juda tung leh, Jerusalema tengte tengteng tungah ka khut ka lik ding; hiai muna kipanin Baal omlaite leh, milimbiak-hat siampute min ka sat khe ding;

⁴I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,

⁵Intung khawnga van aksihonte biate; TOUPA kianga kuna kichiamte, Milkoma kichiamte;

⁵those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam,

⁶Huan, TOUPA zuihna akipan lehheia omte, leh TOUPA zong loua, amah kan loute.

⁶those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven’t sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.

⁷TOUPA PATHIAN maah dai sisipin, TOUPA ni lah a naita ngala; TOUPAN lah kithoihna a bawlkhol khina, misapte a hihsiangthou khinta hi.

⁷Be silent at the presence of the Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.

⁸Huan T TOUPA kithoih ni chiangin hichi ahi dinga, lalte, leh kumpipa tapate leh, gamdang puana kijem huchibang tengteng ka gawt ding.

⁸It will happen in the day of Yahweh’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, the king’s sons, and all those who are clothed with foreign clothing.

⁹Huan huai ni chiangin, phual kana tawmte tengteng, hiamgamna leh khemnaa a pu uh in hihdimte, ka gawt ding.

⁹In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

¹⁰Huai ni chiangin Ngasa Kongpi akipan kah ging leh, Omna Nihna akipan chiauna leh, tangte akipana nakpi taka kiakna a om ding, TOUPAN a chi.

¹⁰In that day, says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.

¹¹Chiau un, nou Maktes-a tengte, sumsin mite tengteng a omta kei ua; dangka teh te tengteng sat khiakin a om uhi.

¹¹Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.

¹²Huai hun chiangin hichi a honghi dinga, khawnvaktein Jerusalem ka zong ding; mi tengdeta, a lungtang ua, TOUPA thil hoih a hih kei ding, gilou leng a hih sam kei ding, chite ka gawt ding.

¹²It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, “Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil.”

¹³Huchiin a hauhna uh gallak a honghi dia, a inte uh a segawp ding; ahi, inte a lam ding ua, himahleh a luah kei ding uh; grephuante a bawl ding ua, himahleh huai a uain a dawn kei ding uh.

¹³Their wealth will become a spoil, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but won’t inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, but won’t drink their wine.

¹⁴TOUPA ni thupi a naia, a naia a kinoh mahmah, TOUPA ni aw mahmah; mi thilhihtheitak huai laiah a kap lawlaw.

¹⁴The great day of Yahweh is near. It is near, and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of Yahweh. The mighty man cries there bitterly.

¹⁵Huai ni thangpaihna ni ahi, lungjinna leh dahna ni, mialna leh lungkiakna ni, meipi leh khomial bikbek hi.

¹⁵That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

¹⁶Pengkul leh gallauna ni, khopi daikaih siatna, a ninga insangte siat ni.

¹⁶a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.

¹⁷Huan mite tungah dahna ka tun dinga, mittaw mite bangin a vak ding uh, TOUPa tunga thil a hihkhelh jiak un; huchiin a sisan uh leivui banga butkhiakin a om dinga, a sa uh eklei bangin.TOUPA thangpaihna ni chiangin a dangka uhiam a dangkaeng uhiamin amaute a tankhe theikei ding; himahleh a mullitna meiin gam pum pi a nebei dinga; hihbei ding a hih jiakin, ahi, beina mulkimhuai, gamsunga tengte tengteng.

¹⁷I will bring distress on men, that they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Yahweh, and their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.

¹⁸TOUPA thangpaihna ni chiangin a dangka uhiam a dangkaeng uhiamin amaute a tankhe theikei ding; himahleh a mullitna meiin gam pum pi a nebei dinga; hihbei ding a hih jiakin, ahi, beina mulkimhuai, gamsunga tengte tengteng.

¹⁸Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh’s wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.