Ezekiel 9
1 Hottelah, khopui kakhenkung hah tami pueng raphoenae senehmaica sin lahoi rek hnai naseh telah kacaipounglah dei e ka thai.
And he cried out in my ears with a loud voice, saying: “The visitations of the city have drawn near, and each one has equipment for killing in his hand.”
2 Khenhaw! atunglae longkha a lathueng lahoi ceinae koehoi tami taruk touh a tho awh. Tami pueng ni senehmaica a sin awh. A lungui e tami buet touh hni loukloukkaang kâkhu e ni, cahangum a sin. Hottelah a kâen awh teh rahum khougroe koe a kangdue awh.
And behold, six men were approaching from the way of the upper gate, which looks to the north. And each one had equipment for killing in his hand. Also, one man in their midst was clothed with linen, and an instrument for writing was at his waist. And they entered and stood beside the bronze altar.
3 Isarel Cathut bawilennae hah a onae cherubim takhang koe lah a luen teh, hni loukloukkaang kâkhu ni teh cahangum ka sin e hah a kaw.
And the glory of the Lord of Israel was taken up, from the cherub upon which he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called out to the man who was clothed with linen and had an instrument for writing at his waist.
4 BAWIPA ni ahni koevah, Jerusalem khopui lungui cet haw. Khopui hah koung katin. A thung e panuettho e hno a sak e kecu dawk ka khui ka kap e naw tampa dawk noutnae na sak pouh han telah ati.
And the Lord said to him: “Cross through the middle of the city, in the center of Jerusalem, and seal a Tau upon the foreheads of the grieving men, who are mourning over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.”
5 Tami alouknaw koehai khopui thung ahni hnukkâbang nateh, pasainae hoi pahrennae tawn laipalah thet awh.
And he said to the others, in my hearing: “Cross through the city after him, and strike! Your eye shall not be lenient, and you shall not take pity.
6 Kacue e thoundoun tangla hoi camonaw hoi napui tongpa koung thet awh. Mitnout katawnnaw hah teh hnai hanh awh. Bawkim hmalah hoi kamtawng awh telah ati. ahnimouh ni hai bawkim hmalah kaawm e kacuenaw hah hmaloe thet awh.
Kill, even to utter destruction, old men, young men, and virgins, little ones, and women. But all upon whom you see the Tau, you shall not kill. And begin from my sanctuary.” Therefore, they began with the men among the elders, who were before the face of the house.
7 Ahni ni ahnimouh koe bawkim teh a kamhnawng sak awh teh, a thei awh e ronaw hoi a thongmanaw hah kingkawi sak nateh, cet awh telah ati e patetlah a tâco awh teh, khopui vah a thei awh.
And he said to them: “Defile the house, and fill its courts with the slain! Go forth!” And they went forth and struck down those who were in the city.
8 Hettelah khopui dawk a thei awh lahun navah, kai teh na ceitakhai awh teh, pakhup lah rawp ka tabo. Oe Bawipa Jehovah, Jerusalem lathueng vah, lungkhueknae na awi e hah, kacawirae Isarel taminaw hai na raphoe han namaw telah ka hram.
And when the slaughter was completed, I remained. And I fell upon my face, and crying out, I said: “Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! Will you now destroy the entire remnant of Israel, by pouring out your fury upon Jerusalem?”
9 Ahni ni kai koevah Isarel hoi Judah e payonnae teh apap poung dawk doeh. Ram teh thipaling hoi a kawi teh khopui teh, kalanhoehe lawkcengnae hoi akawi. BAWIPA ni ram teh a ceitakhai toe. BAWIPA ni banghai hmawt hoeh bo telah ati awh.
And he said to me: “The iniquity of the house of Israel, and of Judah, is vast and exceedingly great, and the land has been filled with blood, and the city has been filled with what is abhorrent. For they have said: ‘The Lord has forsaken the earth,’ and, ‘The Lord does not see.’
10 Hatdawkvah, kai ni pasainae ka tawn mahoeh. A yonnae phu hah ahnimae lû lathueng ka pha sak han telah ati.
Therefore, my eye will not be lenient, and I will not take pity. I will repay their own way upon their head.”
11 Hni loukloukkaang e kâkhu niteh, cahangum ka sin e ni hai, kâ na poe e patetlah be ka sak toe telah ati.
And behold, the man who was clothed with linen, who had a writing instrument at his back, responded a word, saying: “I have done just as you instructed me.”
