Ezekiel 9
1 Hottelah, khopui kakhenkung hah tami pueng raphoenae senehmaica sin lahoi rek hnai naseh telah kacaipounglah dei e ka thai.
Then I heard Yahweh call out loudly, “[You men who are going to punish this city, ] bring here the guards of the city, each carrying a weapon.”
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.
Then I saw six men coming from the north gate of the temple area. Each one was carrying a weapon. With them was a man wearing a white linen robe. [carried] at his side a case containing things to write with. They [all] came into the temple 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.
[Then] the (glory/dazzling light) [that symbolized the presence] of the God of Israel rose up from above the four winged creatures and moved to the entrance of the temple. Then Yahweh called to the man wearing the linen robe,
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 said to him, “Go throughout Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who are very sad [DOU] because of the detestable things that are being done inside the city.”
5 Tami alouknaw koehai khopui thung ahni hnukkâbang nateh, pasainae hoi pahrennae tawn laipalah thet awh.
While I was listening, he said to the other six men, “Follow the man wearing the white robe, and kill people. Do not pity them or act mercifully toward them.
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.
Slaughter old men, young men and women, older women and children, but do not harm any of those who have that mark on their forehead. Start at my temple.” So they began by killing the elders who were [worshiping idols] in front of the temple.
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.
Then Yahweh said to those men, “Pollute the temple by filling the [with the corpses of those whom] you kill! Start now!” So they went out and starting killing people throughout 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.
While they were doing that, I was left alone. I prostrated myself on the ground and cried out, “Yahweh my Lord, are you going to get rid of all the people of Israel and Judah who are still alive, while you are severely punishing [MTY] [the people of] 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.
He replied, “The sins of the people [MTY] of Israel and Judah are extremely great. People are murdered [MTY] everywhere [in this country], and this city is full of [people who act] unjustly. They say, ‘Yahweh has abandoned this country, and he does not [what we are doing].’
10 Hatdawkvah, kai ni pasainae ka tawn mahoeh. A yonnae phu hah ahnimae lû lathueng ka pha sak han telah ati.
[So] I will not pity them or act mercifully toward them. I will do to them the evil things that they have done to other people.”
11 Hni loukloukkaang e kâkhu niteh, cahangum ka sin e ni hai, kâ na poe e patetlah be ka sak toe telah ati.
Then the man wearing the linen robe returned, saying, “I have done what you commanded me to do.”
