¹Hear the word of Yahweh, you children of Israel; for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

¹Nou Israel suante, TOUPA thu ja uh: gamsungathutak a om louha, Pathian theihna leng a om louh jiakin, gama tengte TOUPAn lah a kinakpih ngala.

²There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.

²Kichiam leh ginna hihsiat, thath, gultat, leh angkawm hih chih ngallouh bangmah a om kei hi; a kitung khia ua, sisan a kisuah jialjial uh.

³Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells therein will waste away. all living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also die.

³Huaijiakin, gam tuh a dah dinga, a sunga teng mi chih, gama sate leh vana tungleng vasate toh a se huthut ding uh; ahi, tuipi ngasate leng lak mangin a om ding uh.

⁴Hinapiin lah kuamahin sual dah henla, kuamahin sal dah heh; na mite lah siampi kisualpihte bang ahi ngal ua.

⁵You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.

⁵Huan sunin na kisui dinga, janin nang toh jawlnei leng a kisui ding; huchiin na nu ka hihse ding hi.

⁶My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

⁶Theihna neihlouh jiakin ka mite hihsiatin a om ua; theihna na deih louh jiakin, ken leng, kei dia siampu na hih louhna dingin ka hon sam kei ding; Na Pathian dan na mangngilhta chih theiin, ken leng na suante ka mangngilh ding.

⁷As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.

⁷A hongpun bang jel un, ka tungah thil a hihkhial uhi; a thupina uh zumnain ka khek ding.

⁸They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

⁸Ka mite khelhna kivakna din a nei ua, a thulimlouhna uah a lungtang uh a koih kip uh.

⁹It will be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.

⁹Huan mite bang, siampu bang, ahi ding; a tatdante u jiakin amau ka gawt ding, a hihte uh kipahman ka pe ding.

¹⁰They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned giving to Yahweh.

¹⁰Huan a ne ding ua, a kham kei ding uh; a kijuak ding ua, a pung kei ding uh; TOUPA lama pilvang dia a awlmoh louh jiak un.

¹¹Kijuakna leh uain leh thakin theihtheihna a lamang hi.

¹²My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.

¹²Ka miten a milimte uh thu a dong ua, a kiang uah a aisan un thu a genkhia hi; angkawmna khain amaute a takhial sakin, a Pathian uh nuaia kipan angkawmin a omta ngal ua.

¹³They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, and your brides commit adultery.

¹³Mualte vumte tungah a kithoih ua, tangte tung leh, toso singte leh hiang singte leh naineisingte nuaiah, huaia lim a hoih jiakin, gimlim a hal uh; huaijiakin na tanute un kijuakna a hih ua, na moute un kijuakna a hih ua; na moute un angkawmna a hih uh.

¹⁴I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.

¹⁴Na tanute un kijuaknaa bawl chiang un ka gawt kei dinga, na moute un angkawmna a hih chiang un leng; amah leh amau kijuakna a pai jak ua, kijuakte kiangah a kithoih uh; huchiin theithei lou mite vuallelin a om ding uh.

¹⁵“Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet don’t let Judah offend; and don’t come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, ‘As Yahweh lives.’

¹⁵Nang, Israelin, kijuakna hih mahle teh, Juda ahihleh moh kei hen, Gilgal ah hongpai kei unla, Bethaven ah leng hoh tou sam kei un, TOUPA a hing bangin, chiin, kichiam kei un.

¹⁶For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow.

¹⁶Bawngla genhak bangin, Israel lah genhaktakin a kibawlta ngala; mun jaa belam nou bangin tuin TOUPAN amaute a vak ding hi.

¹⁷Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone!

¹⁷Ephraim milimte toh a kizoma; a omomin om heh.

¹⁸Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.

¹⁸A dawn uh a khan ua, kijuakin a om gige uh; thupina sangin zumhuaina a it tuntun uh.Huihin a khate ah amah a tunta; a kithoihna jiak un a zum ding uhi.

¹⁹The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices.

¹⁹Huihin a khate ah amah a tunta; a kithoihna jiak un a zum ding uhi.