Isaiah 5
1 Let me make a song about my loved one, a song of love for his vine-garden. My loved one had a vine-garden on a fertile hill:
Tun keiman kagoldeiya dingin alengpilei lachoinan zaila oiyinge: Kagoldeiyin lhang hoitah chungah lengpilei aneiye.
2 And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes.
Alei alhouvin, songho aladoh-in chuleh lengpithei achi hoipenho chu atuin ahi. Alailunga chun insang atungin, anaiya songpi ho panga chun lengpitwi hehna jong atunge. Chuin ama’n lengpithei lhum lophat angah-in, hinlah lengpithei hung gaho chu akha’n ahi.
3 And now, you people of Jerusalem and you men of Judah, be the judges between me and my vine-garden.
Tun nangho Jerusalem le Judah mite, keima le kalengpithei chungah ngaidan hin peuvin.
4 Is there anything which might have been done for my vine-garden which I have not done? why then, when I was hoping for the best grapes did it give me common grapes?
Kalengpileiya dinga kanabollou ipi kabolbe ding umem? Lengpithei lhum jinjen kagaldot jing laiya, ipi dinga kalengpileiyin atheiga khachehchuh ahin so hintem?
5 And now, this is what I will do to my vine-garden: I will take away the circle of thorns round it, and it will be burned up; its wall will be broken down and the beasts of the field will go through it;
Tua hi kalengpilei hi ipi kalo ding ham naseipeh-unge: Keiman atho phelhangting subei tange. Apal volhusohkeiyingting, ganchaho lhalutninge.
6 And I will make it waste; its branches will not be touched with the knife, or the earth worked with the spade; but blackberries and thorns will come up in it: and I will give orders to the clouds not to send rain on it.
Gammanglah banga alengpiguijamho kivekollou le kimalngimlouva chuleh hampa kehho kilhoungimlou, ling le khao lah kasosah ding ahi. Meilhangho jeng jong thu kapeh-a gotwi kachapkhumsahlou ding ahi.
7 For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.
Israel nampi hi van galsatte Pakai dinga alengpilei ahi. Judah mite hi alunglhaina honlei ahiuve. Ama’n ahonsoh chu ahididoltaha kithutandihna gaso akineppi vang'in, kisuhgimna gaso joh amutai. Chondihna gaso akineppin, hinla kinah-kibaona awgin ajajotai.
8 Cursed are those who are joining house to house, and putting field to field, till there is no more living-space for any but themselves in all the land!
Itobanga lungjin-um ding hitam inmun aban ban’a kichohbea, loumun aban ban’a kichohbea achainakeiya mijouse notdoh-a aumjouva achangseh-a chengho dinga chu.
9 The Lord of armies has said to me secretly, Truly, numbers of great and fair houses will be waste, with no one living in them.
Keiman kajatai van galsatte Pakai kitepna: “In tampi nusea umding, in hoitahho asung ahomkeova umding.
10 For ten fields of vines will only give one measure of wine, and a great amount of seed will only give a small measure of grain.
Lengpilei ching somin lengpitwi bel dim gup jeng jong asodoh joulou ding, amuchi lo dim som helin aga lo dim khatbou asosah ding ahi.”
11 Cursed are those who get up early in the morning to give themselves up to strong drink; who keep on drinking far into the night till they are heated with wine!
Itobanga lungnachim umlou ding hitam jingpitaha thoudoha donding ju holla chuleh jansot geiya lengpitwi donkhamphella tousot nomho dinga chu.
12 And corded instruments and wind-instruments and wine are in their feasts: but they give no thought to the work of the Lord, and they are not interested in what his hands are doing.
Amahon lengpitwi ninglhingtahin akikoiyun nguigin ginngei — semjang, selangdah, khong le theile — tho’n nunnop amangun, Pakai chu ageldoh tapouvin, athilbolho jeng jong ahephatapouve.
13 For this cause my people are taken away as prisoners into strange countries for need of knowledge: and their rulers are wasted for need of food, and their loud-voiced feasters are dry for need of water.
Hitia chu Keima eihetphahlou jeh uva kamite chu gamlataha sohchanga umding ahiuve. Alen-alal le jabolla umho chu gilkella thidiu, milhamho chu dangchah-a thidiu ahi.
14 For this cause the underworld has made wide its throat, opening its mouth without limit: and her glory, and the noise of her masses, and her loud-voiced feasters, will go down into it. (Sheol h7585)
Lhankhuh jengin jong aduchan, alol-hom thamhelholin ado’n ahi. Alen le neo chuleh jukhamho chu avallhumsohhel ding ahi. (Sheol h7585)
15 And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are put to shame:
Mihem kisubei ding, chuleh miite chu kisunem ding; mikiletsahho jeng jong dahdoh ngamlouva kijumso diu ahi.
16 But the Lord of armies is lifted up as judge, and the Holy God is seen to be holy in righteousness.
Hinlah Van galsatte Pakai chu ahina bangtaha kichoisang ding, Pathen athenna chu adihna bangtaha kiphongdoh ding ahi.
17 Then the lambs will get food as in their grass-lands, and the fat cattle will be feasting in the waste places.
Chu nikho teng chuleh kelngoite hamhing engsel laha lhauvintin, kelngoi thaotahho le kelchaho khogem laha lhadiu ahi.
18 Cursed are those who make use of ox-cords for pulling the evil thing, and the bands of a young ox for their sin!
Iti’n ada tadiuvem bongin nunglama kang (kangtalai) akai banga jou le nalla kihol khaoguiya achonsetna hinkikai ding ho tah chu!
19 Who say, Let him do his work quickly, let him make it sudden, so that we may see it: let the design of the Holy One of Israel come near, so that it may be clear to us.
Amahon Pathen jeng jong ataitomuvin, “Kinon lang ihamkhat bolin! Kinoin, naboltheina chu neimusah-un. Nathilgon chu kamunomuve,” atiuvin ahi.
20 Cursed are those who give the name of good to evil, and of evil to what is good: who make light dark, and dark light: who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter!
Ase chu apha ahi, apha chu ase; athim chu avah ahi’n, avah chu athim ahi; akha chu alhum ahi’n, alhum chu akha ahi; tia seiho suhchimit teidinga lha ahitauve.
21 Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!
Iti’n ada tadiuvem ama mitmua ching kisa-a, ama kigella lungthimthemtah kisaho chu.
22 Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!
Iti’n ada tadiuvem lengpitwi don’a hat kisalheh jenga, adontam chan’a bolthei kisaho chu.
23 Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.
Amaho chun miphalouho selkhunan sumguh alauvin, monaneilouho gotna apejiuvin ahi.
24 For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Hijeha chu, meikongin louchul laha changkung akahvama, hamgo meilhum sunga akileogep jeng banga amaho chu ajung geiya monlhauva apah-u chullha ding ahiuve. Ijeh-inem iti leh amahon Van galsatte Pakai danthupehho nahsahmon akoiyun; Israel dinga Athengpa thuseiho ahotbolun ahi.
25 For this reason the wrath of the Lord has been burning against his people, and his hand has been stretched out against them in punishment, and the hills were shaking, and their dead bodies were like waste in the open places of the town.
Hijeha chu Pakai lunghanna chun amite chu ahalvama, akhuttum adopma amaho chu aden ding ahi. Chuteng molsangho kilingsoh-intin, mithilongho chu lamlhong dungah nenthangho bangin chaplha jenginte. Ahijengvanga Pakai lunghanna chu dailhadehlou lai ding ahi. Akhuttum kijesa-a umnalai ding ahi!
26 And he will let a flag be lifted up as a sign to a far-off nation, whistling to them from the ends of the earth: and they will come quickly and suddenly.
Aman gamlataha namtin vaipi henga melchihna asolding, leiset kolkimvella chengho jah dinga khutkoi amut ding ahi. Chuteng miten Jerusalem lam ahindel diu ahi.
27 There is no weariness among them, and no man is feeble-footed: they come without resting or sleeping, and the cord of their shoes is not broken.
Amaho chu chollou diu chule kipallhulou diu ahi. Kicholdo dinga lamkaha khongailou diu ahi. Akonggah-u jong lhagenglou ding, kengchot khao jong tanlou ding ahi.
28 Their arrows are sharp, and every bow is bent: the feet of their horses are like rock, and their wheels are like a rushing storm.
Athalchang muh-u hemjetnintin, athallu jong galkap-ding-sadema kikamsaa umding ahi. Asakolteu kengtoa meisi pahhelintin, asakol kangtalaiyu akang jong chimpei banga kipei ding ahi.
29 The sound of their armies will be like the voice of a lion, and their war-cry like the noise of young lions: with loud cries they will come down on their food and will take it away safely, and there will be no one to take it out of their hands.
Keipibahkai ahatpenho banga kithong lenglunga ngih diu ahi. Ngih duldul puma amatdihou chu abokhumuva akilhohphei diu, chuteng ahuhdoh ding koima umlou ding ahi.
30 And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.
Chuche suhchimit nikho lechun asuhlemhou chunga twipi kinong git kithong jeju banga ngih diu ahi. Koiham khattou chun agamlhang chu gah galdot leh muthim le lungjinna mu’ntin; khovah jeng jong meilhanghon alethim jeng ding ahi.
