¹The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

¹Amoz tapa Isaiin Judate kumpipa Uzzia te, Jothamte, Ahaz te, Hezekia te lal laia, Judate leh Jerusalem tugtang thu-a kilakna a muh thu.

²Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

²Vante aw, ngaikhia unla, lei aw, bil doh in, TOUPAN thu a gen hi: Tapate ka khoia ka khanglian saka, ka tungah lah a hel ngal ua.

³The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know, my people don’t consider.”

³Bawngtalin a neitu a theia, sabengtungin leng a pu anpiakna a thei: Israelten bel a theikei uh, ka miten a ngaihtuah kei uh, chiin.

⁴Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken Yahweh. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward.

⁴Ah! nam gilou thulimlouhna gikpi pua mite, chi thil hoihlou hihte, ta hoihlou pi-a gamta sekte ahi ua: TOUPA a paisan ua, Israelte Mi Siangthou a musit ua, kihihtuamin a nungtolhta uh.

⁵Why should you be beaten more, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

⁵Bang achia hel sansana, vuaka om lailai na hi ua oi? Lutang a pumin a chi a naa, lungtang leng a pumin a gimta.

⁶From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it: wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven’t been closed, neither bandaged, neither soothed with oil.

⁶Khepek nuaia kipana lutang phain damlai himhim a om kei; chikeh, vuak sidup ek, meima nai la ngen ahi: huaite lah a mek bing kei ua, tuam leng a tuam sam kei ua, sathau leng a nuh kei uh.

⁷Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

⁷Na gam uh loihin a omkhita; na khuate uh meiin a kangkhinta: na gam uh gam dang miten na mitmuh un a neikhin ua, gam dang mite hihsiat bangin a sekhinta.

⁸The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a besieged city.

⁸Zion tanu tuh grep huana vennabuk bang leh, tangmai huana buk bang leh, khopi um suak banga nutsiatin a omta.

⁹Unless Yahweh of Armies had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom; we would have been like Gomorrah.

⁹Sepaihte TOUPAN hihmanthat bang tawmchik honna sit sakta lou hileh Sodom bangin i omkhin thamta ding ua, Gamorra bangin i omkhinta ding uhi.

¹⁰Hear the word of Yahweh, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” , you people of Gomorrah!

¹⁰Sodom vaihawmte aw, TOUPA thu ja un; Gomorra mite aw, i Pathian dan thu-ah bil doh un.

¹¹“What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?,” says Yahweh. “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals. I don’t delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.

¹¹TOUPAN, Huzahzaha na kithoihna uh kei dinga bang ahia a thamatna om? Belamtal haltuma latte leh gan vakthaute thauin a honnimta; bawngpate leh belam noute leh kelpate sisan ah leng ka kipak kei, a chi.

¹²When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?

¹²Ka maa kilan dinga na hongpai un, ka biakin huangsuang intual sik kuan a honphuta?

¹³Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can’t bear with evil assemblies.

¹³Thilpiak bangmahloute hontawi nawn kei un; banghiam gimlim kei adingin thil kihhuaipi ahi; kha thakte, khawlnite, khawmpite na kichial khawmte mawkmawk uh ka iplah mahmah; thulimlouhna ahi, kikhopna thupitak leng.

¹⁴My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them.

¹⁴Na kha thakte uleh hunbi neia na ankuangluinate uh ka lungsimin a hua hi: kei adin tunggikna ahi; ka thuak chimta hi.

¹⁵When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

¹⁵Huchiin na khut uh na jak chiang un leng ka mit kon humsan dia: ahi, tamveipi na thum chiang un leng ka ngaikhe kei ding: na khutte ulah sisanin a dim ngal a.

¹⁶Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.

¹⁶Kisil unla, kihihsiang un; ka mitmuh phaklouh din na thilhihte uh a gitouhna koih mang un; gilou hih tawpta uh:

¹⁷Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

¹⁷Thil hoih hih kisinta unla; vaihawmna diktat zong un, nuaisiahna thuakte panpih unla, pa neiloute vaihawm sak unla, meithai thu gensak un, a chi hi.

¹⁸“Come now, and let us reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

¹⁸TOUPAN, Hongpai un, ngaihtuah khawm dih ve ni! Na khelhnate uh san au bangin aom mahleh, vuk bangin a ngou ding; san dup bangin san khin mahleh belam mul bangin a om ding.

¹⁹If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;

¹⁹Gennoptak leh thumanga na om uleh, na gam thil hoihte uh na ne ding uh:

²⁰but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”

²⁰Ahihhangin na ut kei ua na hel uleh, namsau nekkhitin na om ding uh: TOUPA kamin huai thu a genta hi, a chi a.

²¹How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

²¹Bangchidan ahia khopi muanhuaitak kijuak a hongsuah maimah, vaihawm diktatnaa dimnu hi sek hi a! amahah diktatna a om seka, tun lah tualthatmite!

²²Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.

²²Na dangka eksia a honghita, na uain lah tui toh hel a hita.

²³Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don’t judge the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

²³Na mi liante mihel hat, guta te pawmte ahi uh; mi chihin golhna a deih ua, thilpiak a delh nak uhi: pa neiloute a hawmsak sek kei ua, meithaite makhua khualna leng a kiang uh a tung ngei sam kei hi.

²⁴Therefore the Lord, The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says: “Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, and avenge myself of my enemies;

²⁴Huaijiakin, TOUPA, Sepaihte TOUPA, Israelte Mi Hatin hichiin a chi! A! hondoute tungah ka hehna ka tangtungsak dia, ka melmate tungah phu ka la ding:

²⁵and I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.

²⁵Huan, na tungah ka khut ka kha dinga, na eksia siang sipsipin ka hihmang ding, na sikgawm tengteng ka la mang vek ding:

²⁶I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called ‘The city of righteousness, a faithful town.’

²⁶Huan, na sung vaihawmtute a tunga a om bang un ka omsak nawn dinga, na sunga lemtheimite a masapena a om bang un ka omsak lai ding hi: Huai khitchiangin, Diktatna khopi, khopi muanhuai, a honchi ding uhi.

²⁷Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.

²⁷Zion tun vaihawmna diktata hotkhiak a hita dinga, a sunga mi piangthak nawnte leng diktatnaa hotkhiak ahi ding uhi.

²⁸But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed.

²⁸Ahihhangin mihelte leh mikhialte hihsiatna a kituakin a om dinga, TOUPA paisanmite leng hihanin a om ding uh.

²⁹For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.

²⁹Na tosaw deihmahmahte uh a zumpihta ding ua, na huan telte ujiakin zakta takin na om sin uhi.

³⁰For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water.

³⁰Tosaw a nah kaite leh huan tui mu lou bang phet lah na hi sin ngal ua, Huan, mi hat tak zija jial bang a hita dinga, a nasep meiek bang ahi ding; huchiin a kang tuaktuak ding ua, kuamahin a phelh kei ding uh, chiin.Huan, mi hat tak zija jial bang a hita dinga, a nasep meiek bang ahi ding; huchiin a kang tuaktuak ding ua; kuamahin a phelh kei ding uh, chiin.

³¹The strong will be like tinder, and his work like a spark. They will both burn together, and no one will quench them.”

³¹Huan, mi hat tak zija jial bang a hita dinga, a nasep meiek bang ahi ding; huchiin a kang tuaktuak ding ua; kuamahin a phelh kei ding uh, chiin.