¹You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?

¹Aw TOUPA, na kianga ka phun in leng, nang jaw na dik nilouhlouha; himahleh ka vuina thu pen ka gen himhim sin. Bangchiin ahia mi thulimloute lam a lamzan sek nak? Bang chiin ahia khemhat peuhmah nuamsaa a om nak uh?

²You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit: you are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.

²Amau na phuta, ahi, zung a kaita ua, a khang ua, ahi, gah a suahta uhi: a muk uah na naia, a sunggil uah lah na gamla ngala.

³But you, Yahweh, know me; you see me, and try my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

³Aw TOUPA, kei bel na hontheia, na honmua, nang lamah ka lungtang na entel seka, amaute belam goh ding bang maiin kaikhia inla, a gohna ni ding uh sep in.

⁴How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the animals are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.

⁴Gamin bangtan ahia a sun dinga, gam pumpi antehlouhingte a vuai ding uh? a tengmite thulimlouhna jiakin gamsate a mang khin ua, vasate leng; I hun nanung uh a mu kei ding uh a chih jiak un.

⁵If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?

⁵Khea a pai mite na kitaitehpiha, nang a honbah khit sak uleh bangchiin ahia sakolte na kitaitehpih theih ding? muanna gamah bit takin om lechin leng, Jordan gam gammang ah bangchiin ahia na hih ding?

⁶For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; even they have cried aloud after you: don’t believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.

⁶Na unaute, na pa inkuante ngeiin, amau mahmahin nang a honkhemta ngal ua; amau nang hondelhin ngaihtakin a hon sam ua, thu hoihtak gen mahle uh taksang himhim ken.

⁷I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

⁷Ka inlehlou paisanin ka gouluah ding ka pai mangta; ka hinnain a it mahmahnu, a melma kiangah ka peta.

⁸My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest: she has uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.

⁸Ka gouluah ding gamnuai humpinelkai bang a honghita, ka siatna dingin a aw a suaha, huaijiakin ka mudah ahi.

⁹Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey? are the birds of prey against her all around? Go, assemble all the animals of the field, bring them to devour.

⁹Ka gouluah ding keia dingin sasial ne vasa gial ahi hia? sasial ne vasaten a kimvelin a sual ua hia? gamsa teng vakaikhawm unla, nekbei dingin honpi un.

¹⁰Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

¹⁰Belamchingmi tampiin ka grephuan a hihsia ua, ka tan a sik den ua, ka tantuan nuam mahmah mai gamdai gamsegawp a suaksakta uh.

¹¹They have made it a desolation; it mourns to me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man lays it to heart.

¹¹Gamsia in a bawlta ua, a segawpa, ka kiangah a vui hi, a gam pumpi a segawpa, himahleh kuamahin a donsak kei.

¹²Destroyers have come on all the bare heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Yahweh devours from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh has peace.

¹²Gamdaia tang giau tengtengte ah, hihsemite a hongtungta ua, gam tawp khatlam a kipan leh khatlam phain TOUPA namsauin lah a nebeita ngala, muanna nei himhim a omta kei uh.

¹³They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and you shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of Yahweh.

¹³Buh chi a tuh ua, ling a la ua, a kihihgim gawp ua, punna lah a om tuan kei, TOUPA heh mahmah jiakin gah na suahte uh na zumpih ding uh.

¹⁴Thus says Yahweh against all my evil neighbors, who touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: behold, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.

¹⁴Ka mi Israel kianga gouluah dinga ka piak khoihsemi, ka inveng giloute tengteng tungtangah TOUPAN hichibangin a chi: Ngai un, a gam ua kipan ka botkhe dinga, a lak ua kipan Juda inkote ka phawi khe ding.

¹⁵It shall happen, after that I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

¹⁵Huan, hichi ahi dinga, ka bohkhiak nungin amau ka hehpih nawn dinga, mi chih gouluah ding leh mi chih amah gam mahah ka honpi ding.

¹⁶It shall happen, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Yahweh lives; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people.

¹⁶Huan, hichi ahi dinga, Baal kianga ka mite kichiam a sinsak mah bang un, ka mina, TOUPA a hin-a a hin sung, chia kichiam a kisin ua, ka mite omdan ngentel taka a sin uleh ka mite lakah ka dingkhe sak ding.Ahihhangin a ngaihkhiak kei ua leh huai nam a bohin ka botkhe dinga, ka hihse ding, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

¹⁷But if they will not hear, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, says Yahweh.

¹⁷Ahihhangin a ngaihkhiak kei ua leh huai nam a bohin ka botkhe dinga, ka hihse ding, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.