Isaiah 65
1 Pakaiyin, “Keima ei dongloute henga Keima ka kiphongin; Keima eihol louten ei mudoh’uve. Keima ka minna eikou lou, namkhat koma. Keiman, “Hia kaume, hia kaume!” tin kaseije.
[This is what Yahweh said]: “I was ready to reply [to my people], but no one requested me [to help them]. I was ready to help [even] those who did not call out to me. I continued to say, ‘I am here [to help you]!’
2 Nilhum keijin Keiman mi louchal tah ho henga kaban kajah e. Hinla ama hon alam piu phalou bou ajui nomun, chule amaho lung gon dihlou chu asuh bulhit nom jouve.
[It is as though] I have continually held out my arms [to show that I am ready to help] my people who rebel [against me], and who [continually] do the evil things that they want to do.
3 Nilhum keijin ama hon ka maikoh’a jachat sahna eipeuvin, chule semthu-pathen henga kilhaina ahonsung’uva abol’uvin ahi. Ama hon gamdang -pathen kihouna maicham chunga kilhaina abol’uvin ahi.
They boldly continue to do things that cause me to be angry: They offer sacrifices [to their idols] in their gardens, and they burn incense [to them] on [altars made of] bricks.
4 Jan tengleh amaho lhan munna aga cheuvin, mithi ahou jiuve. Ama hon vohchasa aneuvin, chule neh ngailou ding dangho to abutnin apeltha’uvin ahon’uve.
They secretly remain awake at night in burial caves, [talking with the spirits of] ([dead people/their ancestors]). They eat the meat of pigs, and their pots are full of [other] meat that is [also] unacceptable to me.
5 Hijeng jongleh amaho khat le khatnin, “Hin naival hih un, neisu boh get’uvinate! Nang sanga gam chenga thenga kahi! atiuvin ahi. Hiche mite hi kanah hom teni dinga namsetah, gah nah theihoi ahipon, athang nam chu mangthei talou hel ahitai.
[Then] they say [to others], ‘Stay away from me; do not come near me, because I am very holy, [with the result that you should not touch me].’ People like that are [like] [MET] smoke in my nose [from] a fire that burns continually.
6 Ven, ka thulhuhna hi ka masanga jihdoh san aume: Thip beh’a kamoh din loubeh ding ahi: Keiman amaho lethuh lou hella kamoh umthim beh lou ding ahi! Tah beh’a Keiman kale thuh tei ding ahi-
I have written [a record of all the evil things that they have done]. And I will not do nothing about all those things; I will certainly punish them
7 Achonset nau jeh’a le apu apa teu chonsetna jeh’a ka lethuh tei ding ahi, tin Pakaiyin aseije.”Ajeh iham itileh ama hon lhangsangho chunga thil namtui ahal’uvin, chule lhangsang hoa ei jumsouvin ahi. Hijeh’a hi keiman bulhingsetna kalethuh ding ahiuve!
for the sins that they and their ancestors have committed. They have mocked/insulted me by burning incense [to their idols] on the hilltops. So I will punish them like they deserve for doing those things.”
8 Hijeng jongleh Keiman amaho kasuhgam pailou dingu ahi. Ajeh iham itileh lengpi ga aphalou holah’a agapha aum tobanga (khat touvin, abonin paisoh hih in-lengpi ga phabep apha aumna lainai atiding tobanga) chu, Keiman jong Israel mi jouse kasuh mang lou dingu ahi. Ajeh iham itileh amaho lah’a lhacha dihtah phabep kanei nalaije” ati.
This is [also] what Yahweh said: “When there is a cluster of nice grapes on a vine, people do not throw them away, because they know that there is good juice in those grapes. Similarly, because there are some people [in Judah] who faithfully serve/worship me, I will not get rid of all of them.
9 Keiman Israel lah’a le Judah lah’a konna amohthem chu kakhendoh ho chun ka gamsung alo dingu ahi. Ka lhendoh ho chun gamsung chu alo dingu, chule ka lhachate ho chu chea chu gacheng ding ahiuve.
I will spare some of the descendants of Jacob who are living on the hills of Judah. I have chosen them, and they will possess that land; they will worship/serve me, and they will live there.
10 Sharon phaicham chu kamite, Keima eihol ho dinga kelngoihon ho hung lhadimset dingu chule AKhor phaicham jong chu hampa phatna mun hung hiding ahiuve.
[Then all the land from the] Sharon [Plain near the Mediterranean Sea] and [as far east as] Achor Valley [near Jericho] will become pastureland where their cattle and sheep will rest.
11 Ahinla nangho lah’a amoh adang chengsen Pakai le Ama Hou In chu nanung sunuva chule nasuhmil tah jeh’uva chule nanghon vangsanna pathen jabolna’a golvahho nabol jeh’uva chule nanghon ju kihaltha chu Lhunna ding pathen koma nakatdoh th jeh’uvin,
But [it will be different] for you who have abandoned me, you who do not worship me on [Zion], my sacred hill, you who worship Gad and Meni, [the gods who you think will bring you] good luck and good fortune.
12 Tua hi Keiman chemjama lou dinga nachung thu’u katan lhah ahitai. Nangho jouse hi mi khailih dinga thutanpa koma nakun sohkei dingu ahitai. Ajeh iham itileh, kakou petnin, neidonbut pouve. Thu kasei petnin, kasei nei ngaipeh pouve. Na lungchamtah’uva chonset na bolu ahin-kamitmu changtah’a nabol jeh’uva hi- chule keiman ijakaselou chu nalhenuva nabol tah jeh’u ahi.”
[It is I, not Meni, who will decide/say what will happen to you]; you will all [be slaughtered by] swords. [That will happen] because you did not answer when I called out to you. I spoke to you, but you did not pay attention. Instead, you did things that I said are evil; you chose to do things that do not please me.
13 Hijeh’a hi Thuneichungnungpen Pakaiyin asei chu: “Kalhachaten anehdingu, hinla nanghon kel nathoh dingu ahi. Kalhachaten adonding, hinla nangho nadangchah dingu ahi. Kalhachate kipah dingu, hinla nangho nalungu khama najachat dingu ahi.
I, Yahweh the Lord, will give to those who worship and obey me things to eat and drink, and they will be happy; but [all] you evil people will be hungry and thirsty, and you will be [sad and] disgraced.
14 Kalhachaten kipahtah’a la asah dingu, hinla nangho lungnom moa le lunghem’a naka dingu ahi.
Those who worship and obey me will sing joyfully, but you [evil people] will wail loudly because you will be suffering in your inner beings.
15 Kamiteho lah’a dinga maminu chu gaosapna tobanga nadalhah dingu, Thunei chungnungpen Pakai chun nasuhmang dingu, hinla Ama’n alhachate henga minthah khat apeh ding ahitai.
Those whom I have chosen will use your names when they curse people; [I], Yahweh the Lord, will get rid of you. But I will give to those who worship and obey me a new name [that they will use when they bless people].
16 Pathen’a phattheina kithum le kihahselna neiho jouse chuThutah Pathen’a bolluhen. Ajeh chu kalung hanna chu kachonmang’a, chule nikho masahoa phatlouna ho chu kasuhmil ding ahitai.
The people in this land have had many troubles, but I will cause those troubles to occur no more. Therefore those who ask me to bless them and those who solemnly promise to do something should never forget that I am God, who faithfully [do what I promise to do].”
17 Veuvin Keiman Van thahho le leiset thah kasem’in, koima chan aluiho chu agel phahlou hel dingu ahitai.
“Note this: [Some day] I will create a new heaven and a new earth. [They will be very wonderful, with the result that] you will no longer think about all [the troubles] you had previously.
18 Kipah thanomuvin, Kathilsemna chunga a’itih’in kipah thanom jinguvin! Chule veuvin! Keiman Jerusalem hi kipana muna kasem teiding, amite jouse chu kipana hung kondohna hiding ahiuve.
Be glad and always rejoice because of what I will do: Jerusalem will be a place where [people] rejoice; the people who live there will always be happy.
19 Keima Jerusalem chunga kipah thanom ing ting chule Kamite chunga ka lunglhaina um teiding ahitai. Chule chuche muna chu kana le pen aw gin kija kit talou helding ahitai.
I will rejoice about Jerusalem, and I will be delighted with my people. [People] will no longer weep or cry because of being distressed.
20 Naosen ho jong nikho phabep hipan bep ho moh thi talou hel dingu. Chujongleh akikhan lhit ho jong chu hinkho lhingset aman masanguva moh thi talou dingu ahitai. Kum jakhat lhingho jong koiman tehse tia agel tahlou dingu ahitai! Gaosap chang ho bou chu khangdon laiya thiding ahive.
No child will die when it is still an infant; all people will live until they are very old. [People will consider that] anyone who is 100 years old is still young; [they will consider that] anyone who dies who is younger than that has been cursed.
21 Chuchelai teng chule miho chun ainsahsau sunguva chu cheng sohkei diu, chule alengpi lei’uva lengpi ga chu aneh dingu ahi.
My people will build houses and [then] live in them. They will plant vineyards and then eat grapes from those vineyards.
22 Masang lai bang chu hitalou ding, gal hung bol ho chun a’in hou alahpeh tah lou dingu, chule alengpi lei’u mi dang chang talou ding ahi. Ajeh iham itileh ka mite chu thingdam channa damthei dingu chule kalhendoh ho chun atohgao tampi nopsahna phat amankhom dingu ahi.
As for the houses that they build, no one will [take those houses away from them and] live in them. No one will take a vineyard away from its owner. My chosen people will live a long time, like trees do, and they will enjoy what they have accomplished— [the houses that they have built and the crops that they have planted].
23 Amahon mohseh’a atoh lou dingu, chule achateu jong hamsetna mahthah lou dingu ahi. Ajeh chu amaho Pakaiyin phatthei abohte ahiuvin, chule achateu jong phattheina chang diu ahi.
They will not work hard in vain, and their children will not die from some (calamity/terrible thing happening to them). I will [certainly] bless their children and their grandchildren.
24 Amahon eihin kou masanga kadonbut ding, amahon angaichat’u asei seipet’uva jong kedima ka kimapatna amaho ka donbutpai jeng ding ahi.
Before they call to me [to help them], I will answer; I will answer their prayers while they are still praying [for me to do something for them].
25 Ngei le kelcha’n an aneh khom dingu ahi. Keipin bongpi banga bi aneh ding ahi. Hinla gullin vutvai aneh neh jeng ding ahi. Chuche nikho hoa chu koiman ka lhang theng chu asuhlem lou dingu ahitai, ti Keima Pakaiyin kaphondoh ahitai.
No one will be harmed or injured anywhere on [Zion], my sacred hill: Wolves and lambs will eat grass together [peacefully]; lions will eat hay like oxen do, [and they will not attack people]. Snakes will [not hurt anyone; they will lie on the ground and] eat [only] dirt. [That is surely what it will be like because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
