1Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
1Ka lu tui hiin, ka mit khitui nak hi maijen le aw, ka mi, ka tanu thahte adingin asun ajanin ka kap ding,
2Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
2Gamdai ah khualbuk nei thei leng aw! ka mite paisanin, om mangsan leng aw; angkawmhat mi ahi vek ngal ua, khemhat omkhawm lel ahi uh.
3They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me, says Yahweh.
3A lei uh thalpeu bangin juauin a zang ua, gamah a khang lian ua, thutaka khang louin, gilou lamah a khang jel ua, kei honthei louin, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.
4Take heed everyone of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
4Noumau inveng lakah pilvang chiat unla, na unaute himhim uh muang kei un; unaute lah khemhat ahi ngal ua; invengte leng gensiat hat ahi uh.
5They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
5Amau inveng chiat a khem ding ua, thudik leng a gen kei ding uh; a lei uh juau gen a kisin sak ding ua, thulimlouhna semin a gim sek uhi.
6Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says Yahweh.
6Khemhat lakah na tenga, a khemna uh jiakin kei a honthei nuam kei uh, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.
7Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?
7Huaijiakin sepaihte TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Ngaiun, amau ka tuisuak sak dia, ka zeet ding: ka mi, ka tanu jiakin bang dang ahia ka hih tak ding aw?
8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.
8A lei uh sihna thal ahia, khemna thu a gen jel, min kamin a inveng kiangah kituahna thu gen mahleh, alungtang ah amah a tang giugiau sek hi.
9Shall I not visit them for these things? says Yahweh; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
9Hiai thilhihte jiakin ka gawt kei dia hia? chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi: nam hichibang tungah phu ka la kei dia hia?
10For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passes through; neither can men hear the voice of the livestock; both the birds of the sky and the animals are fled, they are gone.
10Tangte a dingin ka kap dia, ka mau vungvung ding, gamdai loupa munte ka sun dinga, kuamahpai nawn louhna dinga a kan khittak jiakin, gan husa miten a za nawnta kei ding ua, tunga leng vasate leh gamsate leng a taikek ua, a pai mangta uh.
11I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
11Huan Jerusalem bel thilsia om khawm lelin ka bawl sin, sehalte tenna mun ahi ding; Juda khopite tengmi om louin ka hihgawp ding.
12Who is the wise man, that may understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes through?
12Hiai theisiam dingin mi pilpen kua ahi? Phuang dinga TOUPA thugen nasangmi pen kua ahi? Bangjiakin ahia gam a siat khita, kuamah pai louhna dinga gamdai banga a kat khit?
13Yahweh says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,
13Huan, TOUPAN, Ka dan, a ma ua ka koih a paisan ua, ka pau kamsuak a mang kei ua, a jui sam kei ua,
14but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them;
14a lungtang khauh uh juia, a pipute un a sinsak uh Baalte a delh jawktak jiak un;
15therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
15Sepaihte TOUPA, Israel Pathianin hichiin a chi: Ngaiun, amau, hiai mite mahmah gamsai in ka vak dinga, tui kha leng ka dawn sak ding.
16I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.
16Nam, amau leh a pipute un leng a theih ngeilouhte lakah ka dalhsak dinga; ka hihmanthat vek mateng namsau ka delhsak ding.
17Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, that they may come:
17Sepaihte TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Ngaihtuah unla, numei kap mite hongpai dingin sam un, numei khutsiamte hongpai ding in sam lai un.
18and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
18Hongkin uhenla, hongkah khum peuhmah le uh, ka khitui a luana, i mitte ua tui a pawt theihna din.
19For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.
19Zion a kipan kah husa jak ahi ngala, i naksiat khit tak dan uh: gen ding i thei mahmah kei ua, i gam i paisan jiak uleh, i tennate a paihkhiaktak jiak un.
20Yet hear the word of Yahweh, you women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and everyone her neighbor lamentation.
20Aw nou numeite aw, TOUPA thu ngaikhia unla, a kamsuak thu na bil uah lut henla, natanute uh kah sinsak unla, mi chihin a invengnu kiangah sunna la.
21For death has come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.
21I tawlet uahte sihna kal lutin i kumpipa in uahte a lutta ngal a; inpo lama kipana naupang hihmang ding leh, kholak a kipan a tangval hihmang ding.
22Speak, Thus says Yahweh, The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester; and none shall gather them.
22TOUPA thu pawtin hichiin a chi: Mi luangte gamlakah ekvut bangin a puk dinga, buh lami buh maih bangin; kuamahin a lakhawmta kei ding hi, chiin.
23Thus says Yahweh, Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don’t let the rich man glory in his riches;
23TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Mi pilin a pilna suang kei henla, mi hatin a hatna suang sam kei henla, mi hauin a sum leh pai suang sam kei heh.
24but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says Yahweh.
24A suang peuhmahin hiai suang uheh, kei TOUPA, chitnate, vaihawmdiknate, diktatnate leia zang sekpa ka hi chih a hontheiha, a theihsiamna tak; hiai thilte lah ka kipahlam ahi ngala, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.
25Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will punish all those who are circumcised in uncircumcision:
25Ngai un, nite a hongtung hi, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi, zeksum hi ngal, sumlouh bang jaw ka gawt ding;Aigupta te, Juda te, Edom te, Amon tate leh Moab te leh gamdaia teng, baksam met giaute; nam tengtengte lah zeksumlouhte ahi ngal ua, Israel inkote tengteng leng lungtanga zeksumlouh ahi uhi.
26Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
26Aigupta te, Juda te, Edom te, Amon tate leh Moab te leh gamdaia teng, baksam met giaute; nam tengtengte lah zeksumlouhte ahi ngal ua, Israel inkote tengteng leng lungtanga zeksumlouh ahi uhi.