¹Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!

¹Ephraimte zu khamhatte kisaktheihna lallukhu tung leh, a kilawmna uh thupi pak tul laitak, uain thazoha omte guam hausa tak lutang tunga om a tung a gik hi!

²Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one. Like a storm of hail, a destroying storm, and like a storm of mighty waters overflowing, he will cast them down to the earth with his hand.

²Ngaiin, TOUPAN mi hat thilhihthei tak a neia: aman, gial thupi tak ke phuakphuak, huihpi thil hihse lemlum bang leh, tuilian thupi let juajua bang maiin, leiah a pai ek ding.

³The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden under foot.

³Ephraimte zu khamhatte kisaktheihna lallukhu lah sik denin a om dinga:

⁴The fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, shall be like the first-ripe fig before the summer; which someone picks and eats as soon as he sees it.

⁴A kilawmna uh thupi paktul laitak, guam hausa tak lutang tunga om, nipi maa theipi min masapen, a enmiin a muha, a khuta a om taka a nek khit mai sek bang ahi ding hi.

⁵In that day, Yahweh of Armies will become a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, to the residue of his people;

⁵Huai ni chiangin sepaihte TOUPA tuh, thupina lallukhu leh, kilawmna lukhu te, a mi om sunte adingin ahi ding:

⁶and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

⁶Vaihawm dinga tu adingin vaihawmna kha te, kulh kongkhak bula hon sualte nangkikmite adingin hatna ahi ding.

⁷They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.

⁷Himahleh huaite leng uain jiakin a kipek a kipek ua, ju jiakin a hoihoi ua: siampute leh jawlneite lah ju jiakin a kipek pek ua, uain valh khitin a om ua, ju jiakin a hoihoi ua: kilakna thu-ah a kipekpek ua, vaihawmna thu-ah a hoihoi uh.

⁸For all tables are completely full of filthy vomit and filthiness.

⁸Mun siang mahmah om lou khopin dohkan tengteng lah luak leh thil ninin a dim hi.

⁹Whom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?

⁹Theihna lam aman kua ahia a sinsak sin laitei? thukhah leng aman kua ahia a theihsak sin laitei? nawinek tawp tungte leh nawi neksak nawnlouhte ahi ding uam?

¹⁰For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.

¹⁰Thuzohna thu tunga thuzohna thu chian touh, thuzohna thu tunga thuzohna thu chian touh: dan tunga dan chiantouh, dan tunga dan chiantouh: hiaiah tawmchik, huaiah tawmchik chih ngenta a hih jiakin.

¹¹But he will speak to this nation with stammering lips and in another language;

¹¹A hi, muk lamdang pumi zangin, pau tuamin hiai mite kiangah thu a gen zota ding:

¹²to whom he said, “This is the resting place. Give rest to weary”; and “This is the refreshing”; yet they would not hear.

¹²Hiai lah khawlna ahi hi, tawlte khawlsak un: hiai lah kihihhalhna ahi hi, a chihte: himahleh amau lah a ngaikhe nuam ngal kei ua.

¹³Therefore the word of Yahweh will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken.

¹³Huaijiakin, a pai ua, a thala a puk ua, a kitap gawp ua, thanga a awk ua, mata a om theihna ding un, TOUPA thu lah amaute adingin, thuzohna thu tunga thuzohna thu chian touh, thuzohna thu tunga thuzohna thu chian touh, dan tunga dan chian touh: hiaiah tawm chik buaah tawm chik chih ngetna ahi mai ding.

¹⁴Therefore hear the word of Yahweh, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:

¹⁴Huaijiakin, mi muhsithatte aw, hiai mite, Jerusalem khuaa omte, vaihawmsakte aw, TOUPA thu ja un:

¹⁵“Because you have said, ‘We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. are we in agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won’t come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.’”

¹⁵Sihna toh thu i khungte Sheol ah thu i kichiamta; vuakna tuilian a luan suak hun chiangin lei phain jaw a luang kei ding; juauthute i kihumbitna dingin i zang ua, huau nuaiah lah i buta ngal ua, na chih jiakun.

¹⁶Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.

¹⁶Huaijiakin TOUPA Pathianin hichiin a chi ding; Ngaiin, suang, suang ettelsa, a kila suang manphatak phum kip mahmah, Zionah suangphum dingin ka lem hi; a gingtami jaw a kin kei ding.

¹⁷I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line. The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place.

¹⁷Vaihawmna diktat a tansakna khau dingin ka zang dinga, diktatna lah a ulumkhai dingin ka zang dinga, gialin kihumbitna juau thute lah a phiat mang vek dinga, tuiten lah bukna a tum ding.

¹⁸Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. shall not stand. When the overflowing scourge passes through, then you will be trampled down by it.

¹⁸Huan, sihna toh na thu khun uh a kiphel dinga, Sheol toh na chiam u leng a piching kei ding, vuakna tuilian a luan suak hun chiangin. Huai hun chiangin a sik denin na om ding uh.

¹⁹As often as it passes through, it will seize you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be nothing but terror to understand the message.”

¹⁹A luan suak peuhmah chiangin nou a honla jel ding; a jingsang a jingsangin, sun leh janin, a luang suak sin ngala; thukhah omdan theihsiam lah thil mulkimhuai ngen ahi ding. chiin.

²⁰For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.

²⁰Lupna lah khekhuanna dingin a tom jojen ngala, puan thuah lah kilukhuhna dingin a neu lua hi.

²¹For Yahweh will rise up as on Mount Perazim. He will be angry as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his unusual work, and bring to pass his act, his extraordinary act.

²¹A nasep, a nasep lamdang a sep theihna ding leh, a thilhih a thilhih lamdang a zuih theihna dingin, TOUPA tuh Perazim tanga a thou bangin a thou sin ngala, Gibeon guama a heh bangin a heh sin hi.

²²Now therefore don’t be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, on the whole earth.

²²Huchiin mi muhsit chingte hi nawn kei un, huchiloujaw na kolbutte uh muanhuaitakin a bawl kha ding uh; tawpna tawpna tung ngei dinga seh, lei pumpi tunga a tunsak ding. TOUPA, sepaihte TOUPA akipan inlah ka za ngala.

²³Give ear, and hear my voice! Listen, and hear my speech!

²³Bil doh unla, ka aw ja un; ngaikhia unla, ka thugen ja un.

²⁴Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods?

²⁴Leiletmiin chi thehna dingin lei tatlaklouin a let ngei ahia? a lei khalte tatloklouin a khenkhamin a hihjan ngei ahia?

²⁵When he has leveled its surface, doesn’t he plant the dill, and scatter the cumin seed, and put in the wheat in rows, the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in its place?

²⁵A tung a toh tam khitin mohuri te a theh dalh ka hia? Zira te leng a theh ka hia? buhte a vualin, huitbuhte leng a mun sehsaah, vai buh te leng a nawljulah a tuh sek ka hia?

²⁶For his God instructs him in right judgment, and teaches him.

²⁶A Pathianin lah amah diktakin a thuzohin a sinsak ngala.

²⁷For the dill are not threshed with a sharp instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned over the cumin; but the dill is beaten out with a stick, and the cumin with a rod.

²⁷Mohuri lah buh chilna khawlin a chil ngei ngal kei ua, zira tungkah leng kangtalai khe a tuksak ngei kei uh; mohuri jaw chiangin a khen ua, zira bel khetbukin a khen zo sek uhi.

²⁸Bread flour must be ground; so he will not always be threshing it. Although he drives the wheel of his threshing cart over it, his horses don’t grind it.

²⁸Tanghou bawlna buh lah gawijanin a om a, aman lah khantawnin a vo sin ngal keia, a kangtalai khe leh a sakolten dalhsak mah leh, a gawijan sak ngei kei hi.Huaite leng sepaihte TOUPA, lemtheihnaa mi lamdang mahmah leh pilnaa mi hoih mahmah akipana pawt ahi hi.

²⁹This also comes forth from Yahweh of Armies, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.

²⁹Huaite leng sepaihte TOUPA, lemtheihnaa mi lamdang mahmah leh pilnaa mi hoih mahmah akipana pawt ahi hi.