¹At that time, says Yahweh, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

¹Huai ni hun chiangin kei Israel tengteng Pathian ka hi ding a, amau leng ka mite ahi ding uh, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

²Thus says Yahweh, The people who were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

²TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Namsau thah valten, gamdai gamah hehpihna a loh ua; ka khawl tawldamsak laiin.

³Yahweh appeared of old to me, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.

³Nidanga ka kianga TOUPA hongkilang in, hichiin a chi: Ahi, it tawp louin ka honita, huaijiakin lainatna ka honkai hi.

⁴Again will I build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: again you shall be adorned with your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.

⁴Ka honding thak sak ding, aw: nungak siang thou Israel, din kipsak na honghi dinga, na khuangte toha kijemin na im nawn dinga, nuamsak lai lamna munte ah na tel ding.

⁵Again you shall plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall enjoy its fruit.

⁵Grep huante Samari tangdung tawnin na bawl dinga, tengmiten a ching ding ua, a gahte a ne ding uh.

⁶For there shall be a day, that the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up to Zion to Yahweh our God.

⁶Ephraim tanggamte ah, chingmite ki kou ni a tung sin hi. Thou un, Zion ah i hoh ding uh, TOUPA i Pathian uh kiangah, chiin.

⁷For thus says Yahweh, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations: publish, praise, and say, Yahweh, save your people, the remnant of Israel.

⁷TOUPAN hichiin a chi hi, Jakob adingin nuaminlasa unla, nam thupipen adingin kikou khia un, phuang unla, pahtawi unla, TOUPA Israel om sun, na mite hondamin, chi un.

⁸Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, along with the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together: a great company shall they return here.

⁸Ngai un, mal gam akipanin ka honpi ding, kawlmong tawpa kipan kipan ka kaikhawm ding, mittaw te, khebai te, numei naupaite, nauvei lel te toh, mipi thupi tak a hongtung khawm ding uh.

⁹They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

⁹Khitui toh a hongpai ding ua, khamuang tak in ka pi ding, tui luang lamte ah ka vak sak dinga, a kisuih louhna ding uh lam tang ahte; Israel adingin lah pa ka hi ngala. Ephraim bel ka ta chil ahi.

¹⁰Hear the word of Yahweh, you nations, and declare it in the islands afar off; and say, He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as shepherd does his flock.

¹⁰Aw namte aw, TOUPA thu ngaikhia unla, tui gei gam gamlapi ahte phuang unla, Israel dalhsakpan a pi khawm nawn dinga, Belamchingpan a belamte a kem bangin a kem ding chiin.

¹¹For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

¹¹Jakob bel TOUPAN a tankhiaa, a sanga hat akipan a hunkhe ngala.

¹²They shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow to the goodness of Yahweh, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

¹²Zion vum ah lasain a hongpai ding ua, TOUPA hoihna ah a kipak ding ua, buhte, uainte, thaute, belam leh ganhon noute tungahte a kipak ding uh; a hinna uh huai tui vak bang ahi dinga, khantawnin a lungkham nawn ket kei ding uh.

¹³Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

¹³Huan, nungak siangthoute lamin a nuam ding ua, tangvalte leng a tek a khang in a nuam ding uh. A lusunna uh kipahna dingin ka suaksakin ka khamuan ding a dahna ua kipan ka kipaksak dinga.

¹⁴I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says Yahweh.

¹⁴Siampute hinna thauin ka taisak dinga, ka hoihnain ka mite leng a tai ding uh, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

¹⁵Thus says Yahweh: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.

¹⁵TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Rama khuaa husa a ja ua, misi ngaia kap huhut, Rakilin a tate a kaha, a tate aom nawn louh jiak in khamuan theih ahi kei hi.

¹⁶Thus says Yahweh: Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says Yahweh; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

¹⁶TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Kap lou dingun na aw dek inla, na khitui hul hen, na thilhihin kipahman a nei sin hi chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

¹⁷There is hope for your latter end, says Yahweh; and your children shall come again to their own border.

¹⁷Na hun tawp lam adingin lametna a oma, amau gam ngeiah na tate a hongkik nawn ding uh, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

¹⁸I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf: turn me, and I shall be turned; for you are Yahweh my God.

¹⁸Ephraim huchibang kikah ka za peuhmaha, Nang nin gawta, bawngtal tuai sawi louh bang maiin saw ka hi a, honkiksak inla, ka kik ding hi, TOUPA ka Pathian lah na hi ngala.

¹⁹Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I struck on my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.

¹⁹Na honkiksak khit nungin ka kisik a, non thuzoh khit nungin ka pheipi ka benga, ka zuma, ahi, ka tuailai min siat tuakin ka amhia hi, achia.

²⁰Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says Yahweh.

²⁰Ephraim bel ka tapa deihtak, ka nau deihtak ahijiak hia amah ka thunun tenga ka lungtanga a ten chinten nak? Huchiin ka lungtang-in amah a lainat seka, a tungah zah ka ngai ngeisin ahi, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

²¹Set up road signs, make guideposts; set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went: turn again, virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.

²¹Lampi chiamtehna kibawl inla, nang adingin lampi kawkmuhnate phutin, na vapawtna lam lampi, lampipen lamngei chiamteh chinten in: aw nungak siangthou Israel, hongkik nawnin, hiai na khopi lamte ah ngei.

²²How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? for Yahweh has created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man.

²²Aw, nang tanu nungtawn, bang tan ahia na vial vakvak sin? TOUPAN leiah thil thak a bawl taa, numeiin pasal ahum zota.

²³Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I shall bring again their captivity: Yahweh bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.

²³Israel Pathian, sepaihte TOUPAN hichiin a chi: A saltanna ua kipan ka pi kik hun chiangin Juda gam leh a khopite ah hichibang paukam a zang nawn ding uh. Aw, diktatna tenna mun, Aw tang siangthou, TOUPAN honvualjawl hen, chih.

²⁴Judah and all its cities shall dwell therein together, the farmers, and those who go about with flocks.

²⁴Huailai ah Judate leh a khopi ua mi tengteng a teng khawm ding ua, lou numeite leh ganvulmite toh.

²⁵For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished.

²⁵Mi bahte ka taisaktaa, mi lungkham peuhmahte leng ka hihhata ngala.

²⁶On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

²⁶Huchiin ka honghalha, ka nga vialviala, mang hoihtak a na hia.

²⁷Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of animal.

²⁷Ngaidih, nite a hongtung sin hi, Israel inkote leh Juda inkote ah mihing chi leh gan chi ka tuh ding, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

²⁸It shall happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, says Yahweh.

²⁸Huan, hichi ahi dinga, amau bot khiaa, hihjan leh paikhiaa, hihmanga, hihgim dinga ka tan bangin amau ding hoihsak ding leh tungding dingin ka enkhia leuleu ding, chih TOUPA thupawt ahi.

²⁹In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.

²⁹Huai nitein, Paten grep thuk a ne ua, a tate uh ha a jaua, a chi nawn ngeikei ding uh.

³⁰But everyone shall die for his own iniquity: every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

³⁰Mi chihin amau gitlouhna a sihpih zo ding ua, grep thuk ne peuhmah ha a jau ding hi.

³¹Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

³¹Ngai dih, nite a hongtung sin, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi: huai nite ah Israel inkote leh Juda inkote kiangah thukhun thak ka bawl ding.

³²not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband to them, says Yahweh.

³²A pipute uh Aigupta gam akipana pi khe dinga a khut uh ka let nia ka thukhun bang hilouin, amau dia heute ka hihin leng ka thukhun a boh sia ua, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

³³But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:

³³Huaini khit chianga Israel inkote kianga thu ka khun ding bel hiai ahi, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi: a sunggil uah te ka thupiak ka koih dinga, a lungtang uah ak gelh lai dinga, kei a Pathian uh ka hi dinga, amau ka mite ahi ding uh;

³⁴and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Yahweh; for they shall all know me, from their least to their greatest, says Yahweh: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.

³⁴Kuamahin, TOUPA theiin, chiin amau invengte leh amau unau a hihl snta kei ua; a neupen akipanin a lianpen tanin a vak un a honthei chiat sin ngal ia, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi: a bohsiatna uh ka ngaidam dinga, a khelhna uh leng ka thei gige sin ngal keia, chiin.

³⁵Thus says Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; Yahweh of Armies is his name:

³⁵Hichiin TOUPA, sun vaksak dinga ni pepe, kha leh akste adia dante sksaka, jan vaksak dinga pepa, tui kihotte ging honhon dinga tuipi tokthoupan a chi ahi: a min sepaihte TOUPA ahi.

³⁶If these ordinances depart from before me, says Yahweh, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.

³⁶Hiai dan seh te ka maa kipan a man a leh Israel suante ka ma akipanin nam hih a tawm den sam ding uh, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

³⁷Thus says Yahweh: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, says Yahweh.

³⁷TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Tunglam van teh theih a hiha, lei kingaknate jawnkhiak theih ahihleh Israel suante a thilhih zohsate uh jiakin ka pai mang sam ding, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

³⁸Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that the city shall be built to Yahweh from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.

³⁸Ngai in, nite a hongtung lellel hi, Hananal insing akipanin kulh ning kongpi tanin TOUPA adin khopi lamkhiak ahi, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

³⁹The measuring line shall go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and shall turn about to Goah.

³⁹A tehna khau bel Gareb tang tanin tang takin a pai zenzen dinga, Goa lamah a kawi ding.Misi luang leh vut paihna guam pumpi leh gamlak tengteng, Kidron luiguam tanin, suah lamsang Sakol Kongpi ning tan TOUPA dinga tan ding ahi; huai bel chikchiang maha hihjak leh phelh hi nawn lou ding in.

⁴⁰The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy to Yahweh; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more forever.

⁴⁰Misi luang leh vut paihna guam pumpi leh gamlak tengteng, Kidron luiguam tanin, suah lamsang Sakol Kongpi ning tan TOUPA dinga tan ding ahi; huai bel chikchiang maha hihjak leh phelh hi nawn lou ding in.