¹The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.

¹Tuipi gamdai puakgik, Sim gama pingpei a pai suak bangin gamdai akipanin, gam lauhuai pi a kipanin a hong hi.

²A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Media’s sighing.

²Kilakna thukhauh tak ka kiangah theihsak a hita; lepchiahtaka hihmun lepchiahtakin a hih a, lokmiin a lok hi, Elamte aw, pai tou un, Mediate aw, um un; a thumna tengteng uh ka daisakta hi.

³Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can’t hear. I so am dismayed that I can’t see.

³Huaijiakin ka kawng natna thupitakin a dima, numei nauvei natna banga natnain a honmanta; bila za theilou khopin na ka thuaka; khomu theilou khopin ka mang a bang hi.

⁴My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.

⁴Ka lungtang a ha huaihuaia, thil mulkimhuai takin a honhihlaua; nitak ninem ka ngaklah sek kei dingin linna a honsuakta.

⁵They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!

⁵Dohkan lah a bawlkhol ua, galvengmi lah a vengsak ua, a ne ua, a dawn ua; mi liante aw, thou unla, lum tuh thau nuh un.

⁶For the Lord said to me, “Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.

⁶TOUPAN ka kiangah hichiin a gen hi, Kuan inla, galvengmi vengsakin, aman a thil muh gen hen;

⁷When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with great attentiveness.”

⁷Huan, Sepaih a pawlte, sakol tung tuang a kopkopa paite sabengtung pawl te, sangawngsau pawlte, a muh chiangin pilvangtakin a ngaikhe kilkel ding, chiin.

⁸He cried like a lion: “Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.

⁸Huan, amah humpinelkai bangin a kikou a; TOUPA aw, sunin galven buk tungah ka ding seka, han khua khuain ka venna ah lah non omsak gige a;

⁹Behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs.” He answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the engraved images of her gods are broken to the ground.

⁹Ngaiin, hiai laiah mihing pawl, sakol tung tuang a kopkopa pai a hong uh, chiin. Huan, amah mahin Babulon khua a pukta, a pukta, a milim pathian bawl tawmte tengteng uh leiah hihkhap janin a omta, chiin, a dawng hi.

¹⁰You are my threshing, and the grain of my floor!” That which I have heard from Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.

¹⁰Aw ka buh vuaksa, ka phuala buh; sepaihte TOUPA, Israelte Pathian akipana ka jak na kiang ua pulak ka hi.

¹¹The burden of Dumah. One calls to me out of Seir, “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”

¹¹dumah puak gik. Min Seir tang akipanin a honsam ua, Galvengpa jan bangchi a hitaa? Galvengpa, jan bangchi a hitaa? chiin

¹²The watchman said, “The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again.”

¹²Galvengpan, Jingsang hi ding a hita, jan leng; na dot nop uleh dong un; kihei nawn unla, hongpai un, a chi hi.

¹³The burden on Arabia. In the forest in Arabia you will lodge, you caravans of Dedanites.

¹³Arabia gam tunga puakgik, Dedante khualzin pawl chihte aw, Arabia gama gamnuaiah na gik ding uh.

¹⁴They brought water to him who was thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread.

¹⁴Dangtak kiangah tui a hon tawi ding ua, Tema gama omten a an un taimangte a na dawn uh.

¹⁵For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.

¹⁵Amau lah namsaute akipan, temsau dohsa akipan leh, thalpeu laisaa kipan leh, kidouna thupi tak akipan taimang ahi ngal ua.

¹⁶For the Lord said to me, “Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,

¹⁶TOUPAN lah hichiin ka kiangah a chi ngala, Kilohmi kum sima kum khat sungin Kedarte thupina tengteng a mang khin dinga,Thalkapmi, Kedar suante laka mi hattak omsunte, tawmchik ahi ding uh; TOUPA Israelte Pathianin, huai lah a genta ngala chiin.

¹⁷and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it.”

¹⁷Thalkapmi, Kedar suante laka mi hattak omsunte, tawmchik ahi ding uh; TOUPA Israelte Pathianin, huai lah a genta ngala chiin.