1“Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.
1Jerusalem kholakte ah vial tai unla, chiamteh unla, a mual tamte zong unla, mi khat bek diktat taka hiha, thutak zong mahmah na muh theih uleh, Jerusalem ka ngaidam ding.
2Though they say, ‘As Yahweh lives;’ surely they swear falsely.”
2TOUPA a hina a hin sung, chi mahle uh, juauin a kichiam lel uh ahi.
3O Yahweh, don’t your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
3Aw TOUPA, thutak na muh noplam ahi ka hia? Amau na sata, himahleh a lungkham tuan kei uh, amau na hihmanga, na thuzohna a pom nuam tuan kei uh, suangpi sanga sakin a tal uh a taksak ua, a kilehhei nuam kei bikbek uh.
4Then I said, “Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don’t know the way of Yahweh, nor the law of their God.
4Huan, ken, Hiaite mi phalou ahi ua, a hai lai ua, TOUPA dan, a Pathian uh thugel a theikei uhi.
5I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God.” But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
5Mi liante kiangah ka vahoh ta dinga, ka vahoupih dinga, amau jaw TOUPA dan leh a Pathian thugelte a thei uh, a chi a. Himahleh hiai miten thu khat satin, hakkol a hihtan ua, henna haute a hihtat uhi.
6Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, and their backsliding is increased.
6Huaijiakin gammang nuaia humpinelkai in amau a kei dinga, gamdai ngiain amau a ne bei dinga, gialbem in a khopite uh a tanga, huaia hongpawt peuh-mah a bawtjan ding: a tatleknate uh a tama, a nungkinnate uh a thupi mahmah jiakin.
7“How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by what are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes’ houses.
7Bangchin ka hon ngaidam thei dia? Na taten a honpaisan ua, Pathian hi loupite louin a kichiam ua, tai taka ka vak nungin ang a kawm ua, kijuak inte ah a kivel hehu uh.
8They were as fed horses roaming at large: everyone neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
8Jingsang lama sakol vak vah bang mai ahi ua, mi chih amah invengpa ji enlahin a ham uh.
9Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says Yahweh; “and shouldn’t my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
9Hiai thilte jiakin ka gawt kei ding maw? chih TOUPA thupawt ahi. Hichi bang nam tungah phu ka kilaksak kei ding ahia?
10“Go up on her walls, and destroy; but don’t make a full end. Take away her branches; for they are not Yahweh’s.
10A gawlte ah kah lut unla, hihsia un, ahihhangin hihse hin vek kei un, ahiangte la mang unla, TOUPA lah ahi ngal kei a.
11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me,” says Yahweh.
11Israel inkote leh Juda inkoten lah ka tungah lepchiah takin a hih ngal ua, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.
12They have denied Yahweh, and said, “It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine.
12TOUPA bel juauthei dia sepin, Bangmah a hih thei sam kei ding, siatna i tunguah a tung kei ding, kial hiam namsau hiam i thuak kei ding.
13The prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them.”
13Jawlneite leng huihzam lel ahi ding ua, amau ah lah thu a om ngal keia; a tunguah hichibanga hih ahi ding, a chi ua.
14Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, “Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
14Huaijiakin, TOUPA, Sepaihte Pathian in a chi: Huchibang thu nag en jiak un, ngaiin, na kama ka thute mei ka suaksak dinga, hiai mipite sing, huan, a kang khin ding.
15Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far, house of Israel,” says Yahweh. “It is a mighty nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you don’t know, neither understand what they say.
15Ngai un, aw Israel inkote aw, gamla pia kipan, nam na kiangah ka honpi ding, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi. Nam hat tak, nam ni danglaia kipana, a pau uh na theih louh, a thugen uh na theih theih louh namte.
16Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men.
16A thal bawm uh han kihong ahia, a vek un mi hat tak ahi khin uh.
17They shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat. They shall eat up your flocks and your herds. They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees. They shall beat down your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword.
17Na buh laksa leh na nek ding a ne khin vek ding uh; na tanute na tapate nek ding mahmah: na gan honte, na belam honte a ne ding ua, na grep guite, na theipi kungte a ne ding ua, na khopi kulhnei, na muanpi pen sekte mahmah namsau in a hihse vek ding uhi.
18“But even in those days,” says Yahweh, “I will not make a full end with you.
18Himahleh huai nite ah leng ka honhih chimit den kei ding, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.
19It will happen, when you say, ‘Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us?’ Then you shall say to them, ‘Just like you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’
19Huan, hichi a honghi dinga, Bangdinga TOUPA i Pathian un hiai thil tengteng I tung ua hih ahia? Na mite un a chih hun chiang un, Non paisan ua, nagam ua pathian dangte na na sep bang un, na gam lou uah, paudang mite na na sem ding uh, a kiang uah na chi ding ahi.
20“Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
20Jakob inkote laka hiai genkhia unla, Juda gamah phuang un.
21‘Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and don’t see; who have ears, and don’t hear:
21Aw theih theihna neilou, mi haite aw, mit neia lah mu lou, bil neia lah zaloute aw, hiai ngaikhia un.
22Don’t you fear me?’ says Yahweh ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? and though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail; though they roar, yet they can’t pass over it.’
22Non kihta kei uh maw? chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi, Ka maah na ling kei ding uh maw? Kei, tuipi huap chiang a dia chiauphou, khantawna a let louhna dinga daikaihna, tuipi kihawt zou lunglung mahleh a let tuan theihlouha, ging honhon mahleh a khen theihouh ding bawlpa ka hi hi.
23“But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.
23Himahleh hiai miten lungtang paupeng leh helhat a pu ua, a hel ua, a taimangta uh.
24Neither do they say in their heart, ‘Let us now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.’
24A lungtang un leng, TOUPA I Pathian, a hun taka vuah masa leh vuah nanung zusakpa, buh leh hunbi honsehsakpa laudan I siam ding uh, a chi sam kei uh.
25“Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.
25Hiai thilte na thulimlouhna te un a hihmanga, na khelhnate un thil hoih nou a hontaan sak ahi.
26For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
26Ka mite lakah mi gilou a om ngal ua, vasa gemmi in a tan bangin a tang gige ua, thang a kam ua, mite a man uh.
27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
27Bawm vasa a dim bang main, a inte uh khemnain a dima, huaijiakin a honglian ua, a honhauhsak loh ta uhi.
28They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excell in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t judge the right of the needy.
28A hongthau ua, a hongzol ua, ahi, a gitlouhna thilhihte un hunchiang a neikei, pa neiloute lamzanna ding in amau lamah a pang kei uhi.
29“Shall I not punish for these things?” says Yahweh. “Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
29Hiai thil jiaktein ka gawt kei dia hia? chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi: Hichibang nam tungah ka hinnain phu a la sin ka hia?
30“An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.
30Huai gamah thil lamdang tak leh mulkimhuai tak a hongta.Jawlneiten juau thu a gen ua, siamputen lah amau thuthuin vai a hawm ua, ka miten lah huchibang hih a ut uhi, atawptawp ah bang chiin na hih ding ua leh?
31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?
31Jawlneiten juau thu a gen ua, siamputen lah amau thuthuin vai a hawm ua, ka miten lah huchibang hih a ut uhi, atawptawp ah bang chiin na hih ding ua leh?