¹Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.

¹Tuin jaw, Jakobte, ka sikhate aw, ka tel Israealte aw, ngaikhia unla:

²This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

²toupa, nou honsiampa, sul akipana nou hon bawlpa, nou honpanpih ding pan hichiin a chi: Ka sikha Jakobte aw, ka tel nou Jesurunte aw, lau kei un.

³For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring:

³Dangka tungah tui ka sung dinga, lei keu ah tuiluangte ka sung ding; na suante uh tungah ka kha ka sung dinga, na tate uh tungah ka vualzawlna ka sung ding hi:

⁴and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.

⁴Huchiin amau, tui luanna kianga singhiangkaite a pou bangin, loupa lakah a pou ding uh.

⁵One will say, ‘I am Yahweh’s;’ and another will be called by the name of Jacob; and another will write with his hand ‘to Yahweh,’ and honor the name of Israel.”

⁵Mi khatin, toupa A ka hi, achi dinga; mi dang Jakob minin a kilou dinga; mi dangin a khuta, toupa, chi-a gelhin, Israel min a chi minin a zang ding chiin, a chi hi.

⁶This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

⁶toupa, Israelte Kumpipa, amau tanpa sepaihte TOUPAIN hichiin a chi: Kei masapenpa ka hi a, nanungpenpa leng ka hi; keimah loungal Pathian himhim a om kei uh.

⁷Who is like me? Who will call, and will declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? Let them declare the things that are coming, and that will happen.

⁷Nidanglaia mite ka seh nungsang kei hih bangin kuan a sam dia, huaite kuan a gen dia, kuan ahia kei sika kizom jela hihlang ding? Thil hontung dingte leh hongon dingte gen hen.

⁸Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”

⁸Lau kei unla, kihta sam kei un; tumalamin na kiang uah ka gen khinin ka hontheihsak khin hi lou hia? Huchiin noute ka palaite na hi uhi. Keimah lou Pathian himhim a om ua hiam? A hi, Suangpi himhim a omkei; khat lel leng a om ka theikei.

⁹Everyone who makes an engraved image is vain. The things that they delight in will not profit. Their own witnesses don’t see, nor know, that they may be disappointed.

⁹Milim bawl tawm bawlmite jaw a vek un huihkhua lel ahi un; a thil deihlam un a phatuam kei ding; a zahlakna ding himhim un amau palaite un leng a mu theikei ua, a thei sam kei uh.

¹⁰Who has fashioned a god, or molds an image that is profitable for nothing?

¹⁰Kuan ahia pathian bawl mahmah? Ahihkeileh, kuan ahia bangmah dinga phatuam loupi milim bawl tawm sung mahmah?

¹¹Behold, all his fellows will be disappointed; and the workmen are mere men. Let them all be gathered together. Let them stand up. They will fear. They will be put to shame together.

¹¹Ngaiin, a pawlpi tengteng a zahlak ding ua; na semmite leng mihingte laka mi ahi uh: a vek un kikhawm vek uhenla, ding uhen; a lau ding ua, a zahlak khawm ding uh.

¹²The blacksmith takes an axe, works in the coals, fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. He is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.

¹²Siksekin heipi a sek jela, meihol ah a tholha sek ding bangin a seka, a ban hattakin a sek je; ahi, a gil a hong kiala, tha a hong zo jel; tui himhim a dawn keia, a bah nak hi.

¹³The carpenter stretches out a line. He marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes. He marks it out with compasses, and shapes it like the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to reside in a house.

¹³Singlem bawl miin khau a kai gaka, pensilin a hiding a bawla, nawt mamnain a hidingdan a bawla, bem bawlnain a hiding a bawla, mihing lim bangin a bawla, ina om dingin mihing kilawmna bangin a bawl jel hi.

¹⁴He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir tree, and the rain nourishes it.

¹⁴Sidar singte a kiphuka, se sing leh tosaw a laa, gammang sing laka khat amah tuama om dingin a hihkipa; meilahsing a suana, vuahin a vak hi.

¹⁵Then it will be for a man to burn; and he takes some of it, and warms himself. Yes, he burns it, and bakes bread. Yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it an engraved image, and falls down to it.

¹⁵Huainungin mi adinga meia khul ding a hita ding; huaia kipanin a laa, a kihihlum jel; ahi, a kuangsaka, tanghou a hai jel hi: ahi, pathian a bawla, a be jel hi; huai sing pen milim bawl tawm dingin a bawla, huai khupbohin chibai a buk hi.

¹⁶He burns part of it in the fire. With part of it, he eats meat. He roasts a roast, and is satisfied. Yes, he warms himself, and says, “Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire.”

¹⁶Huai sing khenkhat meiah a khula; a khenkhat sa nekna dingin a zanga; sa a ema, a tai hi; ahi, mei lum a awia, Nuame, ka lumta, mei mel ka muta e. a chi a;

¹⁷The rest of it he makes into a god, even his engraved image. He bows down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, “Deliver me; for you are my god!”

¹⁷A val pathian dingin a bawla, a bawltawm milim mah: huai khupboha chibai bukin a biaa, a kiangah athuma, Honhondamin, ka pathian lah na hi ngala, a chi jel hi.

¹⁸They don’t know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see; and their hearts, that they can’t understand.

¹⁸A theikei ua, a ngaihtuah sam kei uh; aman lah a mit uh a mitsisakta ngala; a theihsiam louhna dingun a lungtang uh leng a khaksakta hi.

¹⁹No one thinks, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, “I have burned part of it in the fire. Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals. I have roasted meat and eaten it. Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination? Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?”

¹⁹Huchiin kuamahin a theikhe nawn kei ua, Khenkhat lah meiah ka khul ngala; ahi, a vamah leng tanghou bang ka hai a; sa leng ka ema, lah ka ne ngala: a val thil kihhuai dingin ka bawl ding hia? Singa suak khupbohin chibai ka buk ding hia? Hih dingin amauah theihna leh theihsiamna a om tuan kei hi.

²⁰He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can’t deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”

²⁰Vuk kia a ne jela: a lungtang khema omin, a hinna a kihumbit theihlouhna ding leh, Ka khut taklamah juau a om ka hia? Achih theihlouhna dingin, amah a kalsuansakta hi.

²¹Remember these things, Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant. I have formed you. You are my servant. Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.

²¹Jakobte aw, huai thilte theihgige un, Israelte aw, nou leng theigige un ka sikhate lah na hi ngal ua; kei bawl na hi ua; ka sikhate na hi uh: Israelte aw, ka mangngilhin na om kei ding uh.

²²I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.

²²Na tatleknate uh meipi hihmang bangin ka hihmang taa, na khelhnate uh mei hihmang bangin ka hihmang na lai hi; ka kiangah hongkik nawn un, nou lah ka hontanta ngala, chiin.

²³Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.

²³Vante aw, nuamsa takin lasa un, TOUPAN lah huaite a hihta ngala; lei nuailamte aw, kikou un, tangte aw, gamnuai leh a sunga sing om chiteng aw, lasa khe guih un: TOUPAN Jakobte a tantaa, Israelteah a kipahtawi sin ngala.

²⁴Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb: “I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;

²⁴toupa, noumau hontanpa, sul akipana nou honbawlpan hichin a chi: Kei jaw toupa, thil tengteng siampa, keimah kiaa van kaipalhpa, liansakpa ka hi; kua ahia ka kianga om?

²⁵who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

²⁵Kei lah juautheite chiamtehnate bangmahlou-a bawla, aisansiamte mi haia bawlpa, mi pilte nunglam ngasaka, a theihna uh haihuaia bawlpa.

²⁶who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited;’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be built,’ and ‘I will raise up its waste places;’

²⁶A sikha thu hihkipa, a palaite lentheih tangtungsakpa, Jerusalem tungthu-a, Huailaiah mi a om nawn ding uh, chipa leh Juda gam kho tung thu-a, Bawlin a om nawn chiat ding uh, a siatna lailai ka bawl nawn ding, chipa.

²⁷who says to the deep, ‘Be dry,’ and ‘I will dry up your rivers;’

²⁷Tui thuk mahmah kiangah, Kangtatin, na luite keng ka kangtat sak ding, chipa.Kura tungthu-a, Amah jaw ka belamchingpa a hi-a, Jerusalem tungthu-a, Bawlin a om nawn ding, chih leh, Pathian biakin kianga, Na suangphum lepin a om nawn ding, chi khop hialin ka deihlam tengteng a hih ding, chipa ka hi, chiin.

²⁸Who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,’ even saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be built;’ and of the temple, ‘Your foundation will be laid.’”

²⁸Kura tungthu-a, Amah jaw ka belamchingpa a hi-a, Jerusalem tungthu-a, Bawlin a om nawn ding, chih leh, Pathian biakin kianga, Na suangphum lepin a om nawn ding, chi khop hialin ka deihlam tengteng a hih ding, chipa ka hi, chiin.