¹The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

¹Huan TOUPA thu ka kiangah a hongtunga, ka kianga,

²Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

²Mihing tapa, Israel inkote kiangah thuhaksa bawl khia inla, gentehnain gen in,

³and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers, which had various colors, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:

³TOUPA PATHIANIN hichiin a chi ahi, chiin: Muvanlai lianpi, kha zapi, khaveng sau pi gial emum, mul bit tak Lebanon tangah a lenga, Sidar sing jik a tuaha.

⁴he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs of it, and carried it to a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

⁴A hiang jik nou pen a kitana, mi vialvakna gamah a lenpiha, sum sinna khopiah a phut a.

⁵He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow tree.

⁵Huai gam hai chi leng a tuaha, lei hoihah a pawi pou a, tui tampi geiah a phut a, nahkai sing bangin a phut hi,

⁶It grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

⁶Huan a khanga, grep gui niam bilbial a honghi a, selte a honsuaha, ahiangte a hong dawntaa.

⁷There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.

⁷Muvanlai lianpi dang a om nawna, kha zapi leh mul bit tak a nei teia, huan, ngaiin, hiai grep kung amah lamah a zung a jama: a suanna mun akipanin amah lamah hiangte a pou khiaa, amah tuia a vak theihna dingin.

⁸It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

⁸Hiangte a suaha, grep hoih tak a hih theihna dingin tui tampi geia lei hoiha phuh ahi.

⁹Say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or many people can it be raised from its roots.

⁹TOUPA PATHIANIN hichiin a chi ahi: A piching den dia hia? A vuai maimah theihna ding in a nahte satkhiain, a zung toh a bot khe sin kei dia hia? a nah sel thak tengtengin leng a vuai loh ding; a zung toh bot khe dingin thilhihtheihna thupi tak hiam, muvanlai tampi hiam a kiphamoh tuan kei dia hia?

¹⁰Yes, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind touches it? it shall wither in the beds where it grew.

¹⁰A hi, ngai in, phuh hileh leng a piching den dia hia? Suahlam huihin a honnuai hun chiangin a vuai khin maimah kei dia hia? A pouna mun mahah a vuai maimah ding chiin, a chi a.

¹¹Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

¹¹Huan TOUPA thu ka kiangah a hongtung nawna, ka kiangah,

¹²Say now to the rebellious house, Don’t you know what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon:

¹²Helhat innkote kiangah gen in, hiai thil omdan a theikei ua hia? Hilh in, ngai un, Babulon kumpipa Jerusalemah a hongpai a,

¹³and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;

¹³A kumpipa uh leh a heutu uh a mana, amah kiangah Babulonah a pia, kumpipa uh suan khat a mana, thukhun a bawl piha, thu achiam teitei saka, lalna gam a keniama, amaha a din khun len kawm kiaa a din theihna dingin.

¹⁴that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.

¹⁴A lalna gam a keniama, amaha a din khiak theih nawn louhna dingin a thukhun len kawm kiaa a din theihna dingin

¹⁵But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape who does such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?

¹⁵Himahleh sakolte leh mi tampi honsawl dinga ngen dingin Aigupta gama palai sawlin a tungah a helta, A lohching ding hia? hichibang hihmi a suakta ding hia? Thukhun lah hihse ngalin a pawt khe thou ding hia?

¹⁶As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

¹⁶A hina ka hin laiteng, chih TOUPA PATHIAN thu pawt ahi; kumpipa, kumpipa dia bawlpa tenna ngeiah a kichiamnate musit leh, a thukhunte bohsiaa, amah kiang mahmahah Babulon ah a si ding hi.

¹⁷Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.

¹⁷Mi tampi hihlup dinga mualpawngte leh kulhte a bawl hun chiang un leng Pharo sepaih hon leh pawl thupi mahmah lengbangmah a hihsak theikei ding uh.

¹⁸For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape.

¹⁸Thukhun bohsiain kichiamna a musit ta ngal ua: thu a kichiam nungin hiai thil tengteng a hih nawn ngala, a suakta peuhmah kei ding hi.

¹⁹Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: As I live, surely my oath that he has despised, and my covenant that he has broken, I will even bring it on his own head.

¹⁹Huaijiakin TOUPA PATHIANIN hichiin a chi ahi: ka kichiamna a musita, ka thukhun a bohsiaa, a hina ka hon laiteng, amah tungah ka bung ngeingei ding.

²⁰I will spread my net on him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.

²⁰Lenin ka khuh dinga, ka thang ah a awk ding, Babulonah ka honpi dinga, huchiin a bohsiatna, ka tung ngeia a bohsiatna te jiakin a mah ka sual ding.

²¹All his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be scattered toward every wind: and you shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it.

²¹Huan a pawl tengtenga taikekte tengteng namsauin a si ding ua, a om laite kawlmong chihah a dalh ding uh: huan kei TOUPAN ka genta chih a thei khe ding uh.

²²Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain:

²²TOUPA PATHIANIN hichiin a chi ahi: Sidar sang mahmah dawn ken ka la dinga, ka phut ding; a jikpi pena jik nou ka khiak dinga, tang sang kidoh takah ka phut ding.

²³in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of its branches shall they dwell.

²³Israel sana tanah k aphut dinga, hiangte a honsuak dinga, a honggah dinga, sidar thupi tak ahi ding; a nuaiah tungleng vasa chi chih a teng ding ua, ahiang limte ah a om ding uh.Huan gam sing tengtengin kei TOUPAN sing sangte ka niamsaka, sing niamte ka sangsaka, sing hingte ka keusaka, sing keute ka hingpha saka, ka chi nalai hi, a chi a.

²⁴All the trees of the field shall know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.

²⁴Huan gam sing tengtengin kei TOUPAN sing sangte ka niamsaka, sing niamte ka sangsaka, sing hingte ka keusaka, sing keute ka hingpha saka, ka chi nalai hi, a chi a.