¹The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

¹Huan TOUPA thu ka kiangah a hongtunga, hichiin a chi:

²“Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “I remember for you the kindness of your youth, the love of your weddings; how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

²Kuan inla, Jerusalem bil a jakin kikou in, TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Na tuailaia na migitdan te, kikham laia na honitdante ka theigige hi; gamdai a khohlouh gam a na honzuih dan bang.

³Israel was holiness to Yahweh, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him shall be held guilty. Evil shall come on them,”’ says Yahweh.”

³Israel bel TOUPA adia hihsiangthou, a gah pung masa ahi, amah ne gaimi peuhmah a moh dinga, a tunguah siatna a hongtung ding, chih TOUPA thupawt ahi.

⁴Hear the word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!

⁴Aw Jakob inkote leh Israel inko tengteng aw, TOUPA thu ngaikhia un;

⁵Thus says Yahweh, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

⁵TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Na pipute un kei ah diktatlouhna bang ahia a muh uh, kei akipan gamlapi ah a vakmang ua, bangmahlou phet a delh ua, a nakiotsak uh?

⁶Neither did they say, ‘Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man lived?’

⁶TOUPA, Aigupta gam a kipan honpi khiaa, gamdai, gam keu, kokhuk mun, sihna limliap leh gam keu mun, kuamah paisuak ngeilouhna, kuamah omlouhna muna, honpi paisuakpa koihah? a chi sam kei uh.

⁷I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

⁷Gam hoihtak ah, a gah leh hoihna ne dingin, ka honpilut a, himahleh na lut uleh ka gam na hihnin ua, ka goutan thil kihhuaiin na bawl uh.

⁸The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh?’ and those who handle the law didn’t know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

⁸Siamputen leng, TOUPA koiah? a chi kei ua, Dan zangmiten lah a honthei sam kei uh, vaihawmmite ka tungah a hel ua, jawlneiten Baal minin thu a gen ua, thil phatuamlou dingte a delh uh.

⁹“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says Yahweh, “and I will contend with your children’s children.

⁹Huchiin ka honglang dinga, na tate uh ta nawnte leng ka lang lailai ding, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

¹⁰For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been such a thing.

¹⁰Kittim tuikulh ah vahoh unla, en un, kedarah mi sawl unla, chik takin ngaihtuah un, hichibang thil a om ngeina hiam theihna dingin.

¹¹Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.

¹¹Namten a pathian uh a kheng u hia, pathian tak hilou pi leng? Ka miten bel a thupina uh, thil phatuamlou takin a khekzo ta uh.

¹²“Be astonished, you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate,” says Yahweh.

¹²Aw vante, lamdang sa unla, honmulkim sak henla, mau tuaituai un, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

¹³“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

¹³Ka miten thil nih a hihkhial ngal ua, kei, hinna tuikhuk a honpai san ua, tuivungte a tou khia ua, tuiching, theilou ding.

¹⁴Is Israel a servant? Is he a native-born slave? Why has he become a prey?

¹⁴Israel sikha ahi hia? Sikha mawnga piang hia? Bangdia nuaisiaha omta ahia oi?

¹⁵The young lions have roared at him, and yelled. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

¹⁵Humpinelkai lunlaiten humham khumin, a tungah aw a suah ua, a gam a hihgawp khinta uh, a khopite leng luahmi neilouin a kang siang khin.

¹⁶The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.

¹⁶Nophmi leh Tahphanes miten leng, na lujang a giausak khinta uh.

¹⁷“Haven’t you procured this to yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” , when he led you by the way?

¹⁷TOUPA na Pathianin lampia a honpi laia, na taimangsan jiakin, huai tuh na tunga na tunsak ahi kei maw?

¹⁸Now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

¹⁸Nile tuite dawn dinga Aigupta lampi na zuih, nang dinga banga hia phatuam sin? Luipi tui dawn dinga Assuria lampi na zuih leng, nang dinga bang ahia phatuam sin?

¹⁹“Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

¹⁹Na thulimlouhnain a honthuak sak dinga, na nungkin naknain nang a honsal ding hi; honlauna neiloua TOUPA na Pathian na paisan, thil gilou tak leh kha mahmah ahi na hih, na theikhia inla, mu telta in, chih Toupa, Sepaihte TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

²⁰“For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.

²⁰Nidanglai akipanin na hakkol hihtanin, na khaute leng na hihtatta ngala, Na na ka sem nawn kei ding, na chi a, tang sang chih ahte, singbawk nuai peuh ahte, kunin na hiha.

²¹Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?

²¹Chi dik mahmah zangin grep hoih mahmah ka honphuta, bangchidana kikhenga, kei dia grep taklou hongsuakta na hia oi?

²²For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,” says the Lord Yahweh.

²²Tangalin kisilin sahbon tampi zang mahlechin, na thulimlouhna ka mitmuhin a dawk teitei ahi, chih Toupa Pathian thu pawt ahi.

²³“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

²³Ka kihihnin sama, Baalte leng ka delh sama, bangchia chi thei na hia, guam kuaka na om dante en inla, na thilhih sate thei in; sangawngsau la huk lai ngongngong na hi vele.

²⁴a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.

²⁴Gam sa bengtung gamdaia om sek, a huk laia dak uau uaua dik vuvut bang; a utna kuan ahia dal sou ding? A zongmi kihihgim nuam dah leh, a hunin a mu na ding uh.

²⁵“Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’

²⁵Na khe ah khedap bun louin om ken la, na dang leng hul kei heh; nang bel, lamet a beita, pautuam mite ka ngaia, amau ka delh ding, na chi a.

²⁶As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;

²⁶Guta a phawk ua a zum bangin, Israel inkote a zumta uh, amau, a kumpipate uh, a heutute uh, a siampute uh, a jawlneite u leng.

²⁷who tell wood, ‘You are my father;’ and a stone, ‘You have brought me out:’ for they have turned their back to me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us.’

²⁷Sing bul kiangah, Ka pa na hi, chi a, suang bul kianga, Kei hongsuang na hi, chimite: masuan louin a dekkhuk sah uh a honsuan jaw ua, a mangbat hun un bel, Thou inla, honhondam tanla, a chi ding uh, na pathian, huai na bawlte koia om a hita ua?

²⁸“But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble: for according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah.

²⁸Amau thou jaw uhenla, na mangbat laiin a honhondam kha thei moh ding uhia; aw Juda, na pathiante bel na khopite zah phial ahi ve ua oi.

²⁹“Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says Yahweh.

²⁹Bangdia ka tunga vui nak? Na vek un ka tungah lah thil na hihkhial ngal ua, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

³⁰“I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

³⁰Na tate uh ka khena, a phatuam kei, a hoih loh tuan sam kei uh; humpinelkai duhgawl bang maiin, noumau namsauin na jawlneite uh a ne khin.

³¹Generation, consider the word of Yahweh. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more?’

³¹Aw khangthakte aw, TOUPA thu thei un, Israel ading gamdai gam bang ka hi maw? Mial sah meuhmouh gam ka hi maw? Ka miten bangdia, Ka pawt kichianta ua, na kiangah ka kik nawnkei ding uh, chi uh ahi ua?

³²“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.

³²Nungakin a kizephoihnate a mangngilh theiin, mou thakin a kivatna a mangngilh thei ding maw? Ka miten bel ni simsenglouh sungin a honna mangngilhta uh.

³³How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore you have taught even the wicked women your ways.

³³Deihtakmi muh theihna dingin na omdan ngentel na chia! Numei gilou kiangahte leng na omdan na sinsakta ve.

³⁴Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.

³⁴Na nikte ah leng mi genthei poikhoihloute hinna sisan a lang a: mi in a loh lai uh khutmat leng lah ahi ngal kei a.

³⁵“Yet you said, ‘I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.’ “Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

³⁵Ka moh kei a, kei a kipan a hehna lak mang ahi, na chi nawn ngala, ngai in, Ka gilou kei hi, na chih jiakin, na tungthu ka ngaihtuah ding.

³⁶Why do you go about so much to change your way? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.

³⁶Na omdan kheng mengmenga, bangdia vialvak vak na hia? Assuria na zumpih bang mahin, Aigupta leng na zumpih lai ding hi.Na khutte lukhukin a kiang uakipan na pawt khe nawn dia, TOUPAN lah na muannate a paikheta ngala, amau ah na lamzang kei ding hi.

³⁷From there also you shall go forth, with your hands on your head; for Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust, and you shall not prosper with them.

³⁷Na khutte lukhukin a kiang uakipan na pawt khe nawn dia, TOUPAN lah na muannate a paikheta ngala, amau ah na lamzang kei ding hi.