Zephaniah 3
1 Palet lah kho ka sak niteh, kamhnawng laihoi tami pacekpahleknae kho teh a yawthoe.
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
2 Cathut e lawk ngâi hoeh, toun e hai ngai hoeh, BAWIPA kângue hoeh, mae Cathut koe kâhnai hoeh.
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in Yhwh; she drew not near to her God.
3 Khobawinaw teh kho lungui vah ka huk e sendek patetlah ao awh. lawkcengkungnaw ni a mon totouh banghai pahma awh hoeh. Tangmin vah yuengyoe ka kâva e a sui lah ao awh.
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
4 Profetnaw teh a lai kathout e, lawkkam ka cak hoeh e lah ao awh. Vaihmanaw ni kathounge hmuen a khin sak awh teh a lawk hai noutna awh hoeh.
Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
5 Hateiteh, BAWIPA ni kho lungui vah hawinae a sak. Kamsoum hoeh hno sak boihoeh. Amom tangkuem lannae a kamnue sak. Hateiteh, tami kahawihoehnaw teh kayanae tawn awh hoeh.
The just Yhwh is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
6 Miphunnaw puenghoi ramvengimnaw puenghai ka raphoe pouh toe. Lam dawkvah apihai a cei hoeh nahanlah tami kingkadi sak toe. Tami buet touh hai o hoeh nahanlah khopui hai ka raphoe toe.
I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
7 Hatnavah, kai ni hottelah totouh ka toun hnukkhu nang ni ma onae pahnawt laipalah, kai heh na taki vaiteh ka lamthung a dawn han doeh ka ti eiteh, ahnimanaw ni kahawihoehe hno hoehoe a sak awh.
I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
8 Hateiteh BAWIPA ni a dei e teh, man vaiteh lawp hanelah kai ka thaw hoehnahlan totouh na ring awh ei. Uknaeram pueng kamkhueng sak vaiteh kaie lungkhueknae, ka lungphuennae hah koung ka awi han telah pouknae ka tawn. Ka lungkhueknae hmai ni talai pueng a kak han.
Therefore wait ye upon me, saith Yhwh, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
9 Miphunnaw pueng ni atangcalah, BAWIPA e thaw cungtalah a tawk awh nahan, a min kaw awh nahanelah ahnimanaw koe kathounge lawk bout ka poe han.
For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Yhwh, to serve him with one consent.
10 Kush ram palang namranlah, hmuen pueng koe kampek e ka miphun canunaw, kai koe kâhet e taminaw ni kai hanelah pasoumhno a sin awh han.
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
11 Hatnae tueng dawkvah nang ni kai koe na payon e naw dawk yeirai na po mahoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh kâoup e taminaw hoi tami ka dudam e naw teh nangmouh thung hoi koung ka pâlei han. Nang hai kaie mon kathoung dawk bout na kâoup awh mahoeh toe.
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
12 Ka roedeng ni teh kârahnoum e miphunnaw, nangmouh koe ka cawi sak han. Ahnimanaw teh Bawipa e min a kâuep awh han.
I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of Yhwh.
13 Kacawie Isarelnaw teh, kamsoumhoehe sak a mahoeh. Laithoe hai dei awh mahoeh. Ahnimae pahni dawk hoi dumyennae lawk tâcawt mahoeh. A canei a i onae koe apinihai takinae poe mahoeh toe.
The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
14 Oe Zion canu la sak haw. Isarel miphun hramki haw. Jerusalem canu na lungthin abuemlahoi na lunghawi haw.
Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
15 BAWIPA ni nange tarannaw a takhoe teh na yonnae a dam sak toe. Isarelnaw e siangpahrang Jehovah teh nangmouh koe ao. Nang teh runae bout na kâhmo mahoeh toe.
Yhwh hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even Yhwh, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
16 Hat toteh, Jerusalem na lungpuen hanh, Zion mon na kut thayoun sak hanh ati awh han.
In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
17 Nange Jehovah Cathut teh nang koe ao teh, athakaawme ni Cathut ni nang teh na rungngang han. Nang koe a lungkuep vaiteh a lunghawi han. A lungpatawnae dawk awm vaiteh, lunghawinae la hoi nang koe a lunghawi han.
Yhwh thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
18 Lungmathoenae hoi khuikanae pawi teh nang koehoi na takhoe pouh vaiteh, reithai kâhmo e naw hah ka kamkhueng sak han.
I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.
19 Hattoteh nang ka rektap e naw pueng hah kai ni lawk ka ceng han. Kapatawnaw hah ka dam sak han. Pâlei e taminaw ka kamkhueng sak han. Yeiraiponae ram pueng dawk oupnae hoi minhawinae ka poe han.
Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
20 Hatnae tueng nah, kai ni nangmanaw bout na bankhai awh vaiteh na kamkhueng sak awh han. Man lah kaawm e naw hah na hmalah bout ka pâkhueng toteh, talai taminaw pueng koe oupnae minhawinae na poe awh han telah Cathut ni a ti.
At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith Yhwh.
