¹The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.

¹Puakgik jawlnei Habakkukin a muh

² Yahweh, “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you “Violence!” and will you not save?

²Aw TOUPa, bangtan kei kikou dinga, nang honza lou ding? Hiam gamna thu-ah na kiangah ka kikou khia, nang na hondawng nuam kei.

³Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

³Bang dinga thulimlouhna honmu sak a, ginatlouhna honensak na hia? lohna leh hiamgamna lah ka maah a om ngal ua: kilanna a oma, kinakna a hongom hi.

⁴Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.

⁴Huaijiakin dan a jia a ola, vaihawmna a kuan khe ngei kei: gilouten lah diktatte a umsuak vek ngal ua; huaijiakin vaihawmna pawt khia hekkawiin om hi.

⁵“Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe though it is told you.

⁵Namte lak en unla, thei unla, lamdangtakin lamdang sa un: na damsungte un nasep ka sem ngala, huaibel honhilh mahle uh na um nuam kei ding uhi.

⁶For, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.

⁶Ngai un, Kaldaite ka bawl khia hi, huai nam heh leh man-gang; huaite, amaua hi lou tenna munte tang dingin, lei vailam kantain a pai uh.

⁷They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

⁷A mulkimhuai un a lauhuai ua; a vaihawmna uh leh a lalna uh amau ngeia kipanin a pawt khia hi.

⁸Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.

⁸A sakolte uleng gialbemte sangin a kinjaw ua, nitaklam ngiate sangin a lauhuai jaw uh; sakol tungtuangmite uh a kiphalh ua; ahi, a sakol tungtuanmite uh gamla pia kipana hongpai ahi uh; ne gai dinga kinoh muvanlai bangin a leng uh.

⁹All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.

⁹Hiamgam dingin a vek un a hong ua; suahlam huih bangin kilawp takin a maite uh dohsain a om; piaunel bangin salte a kaikhawm uhi.

¹⁰Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it.

¹⁰A hi, aman kumpipate a nuihsana, amaha dingin lalte nuihzatna ahi uh; kulh muanhuai chiteng a nuihsanna; leivui a vuma, a lak jek jiakin.

¹¹Then he sweeps by like the wind, and goes on. He is indeed guilty, whose strength is his god.”

¹¹Huaichiangin huih bangin a leng dinga, atalek dinga, a moh dinga, huai amah hatna a pathian hi pa ngei.

¹²Aren’t you from everlasting, Yahweh my God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” , my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.

¹²Aw TOUPA ka Pathian, ka Mi siangthou, khantawna kipan na hi ka hia? ka si kei ding uh, Aw TOUPA, vaihawmna adingin amah na hihkipta dingin amah na tungkheta hi.

¹³You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,

¹³Gilou muhna ding sanga nang mit chim jaw, hoihlouhna ensim theilou, bang dinga lepchiahtaka thil bawlte mu a, gilouin amah sanga diktat jaw mi a nawmvalh lai a dai mai maha;

¹⁴and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

¹⁴Mite tuipi ngasate bang, a tung ua vaihawmtu neilou, thil bokvakte banga bawl maimah na hia?

¹⁵He takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net, and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad.

¹⁵Ngakuaiin a vek un a khaikhe tou a, a lenin amau a mana, amaute a ngasuahin a huai khawm hi; huai jiakin nuam a saa, a kipak.

¹⁶Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good.

¹⁶Huaijiakin a len adingin a kithoihna, a ngasuah adingin gimlim a hai; amaute jiaka a tan a hoiha, a sa a tm jiakinHuaijiakin a len a hih vuakin, anmte hihlum gige lou dingin a om peuhmah ding maw?

¹⁷Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?

¹⁷Huaijiakin a len a hih vuakin, anmte hihlum gige lou dingin a om peuhmah ding maw?