Amos 5 (TCZCHONG)

1Vo Israel mite, na chung uva thi-op la kasah khum’u hi ngai cheh tem’un!Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:

2Nungah tobang Israel chu akiseplhu tai, avel’a dingdoh kitlou dingin tollhanga akijam den tai.“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”

3Hatchungnung Pakaijin hitin aseiye, “Galsat mi sangkhat avaikon teng, mi jakhat bou hung kile jia, mi jakhat avaikon teng, mi somkhat bou hingdoh’a hung kile ji ahiuve’’ ati.This is what the Lord GOD says: “The city that marches out a thousand strong will have but a hundred left, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of Israel.”

4Tun, Pakaijin Israel mite jah a hitin aseiye,’ “Nahin na diuvin, kaheng'a hung kilekit tauvin,For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!

5Bethel kho’a doi-pathen houdin amaicham phunga cheda uvin, Gilgal leh Beersheba mun’a jong doi houdin lut dauvin. Ajeh chu, Gilgal khomite jong sohchanga kikaimang diu, chuleh Bethel khomite jing imalou soh uva mangthah diu ahi,’’ati.Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.

6Nahin na diuvin Pakai kom’a hung kilekit uvin, achuti louleh, Pakai chu Israel chunga meikou kisunkhum banga hung deujah ding, na boncha uva nakah vam diu, Bethel kho’a na-doi-pathen uvin jong hichu aphelmit thei louding ahi.Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.

7Nanghon thudih chu na heikon un, hesoh gentheite din changkha kine nabah sah un, Nanghon athudih laitah chu kidah um nasosah un, tolsenan nanei tauve.There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.

8Pakaijin ahsi ho asemin, ahsi lah a Bombel leh Ngambom lungthu jong asem e. Aman muthim lhangkhal jong jingkah khovah asosah in, sunlai nisa jong jan muthim asosah theiye. Aman twikhanglen’a twipi ho achopdoh in, leiset chunga aphilhah sah e. Ama chu amin Pakai kiti ahi.He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—

9Aman athahat apan in, ahat leh apaote asumang in, akulpi jouseu jong asuhchim peh tai.He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.

10Nanghon thu adih’a tanpa nahot bol’un, thutah seidoh ho jong nadal bol uvin na kidah thouve.There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.

11Nanghon vaicha gentheite chotphan nanei jun, dihlou tah in kai don nopnan nanei jun, achang jouseu nalahpeh jiuve. Hijeh chun, nang hon song-in hoi tah-tah nakisah vangun, asunga nachen louhel diu ahi. Chuleh lengpilei na deitah’a nabol uva tamtah naphu vang un, hiche ho’a kon’a chu nang hon lengpitwi nadon louhel diu ahi bouve.Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

12Ajeh chu, keiman nasuhkhel u ijat hija, na chonset nau ichan geija nasa ham, ti kahesohkeije. Nangho hi nehguh kilah a, midih bolgenthei ja pang nahiuve, chuleh thutanna mun’a vaicha tahlelte dihna selmang’a pang nahiuve.For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.

13Hijeh chun, hitobang phat phatlou laitah’a, akam kihup’a umthim beh chu, milung chingho ahiuve.Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.

14Apha chu ipi ham, hol uvin lang, thilse chu jamsan’un, chutileh nang hon na sei jiu banga, Pakai van Pathen chun na umpi jing thei diu ahi.Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.

15Thilse hotbol unlang, apha chu ngailuvin; chuleh thutanna munho chu thudih lenna hisah un, chutileh Pakai van Pathen chun, amite ahingdoh amoh chengse chunga alungsetna akoi ding ahi.Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

16Hijeh chun Pakai van Pathen chun hitin aseije, khosung leh vengning koilah jousea thi-op ho ka leh mao o-gin dimlha ding, chuleh akap gunset dinga ka-je them ho jong akondiu, ahi.Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.

17Lengpilei lai jousea mi kap thum jeju ding, ajeh chu Keiman amaho talen kamatsah’a kasuhgam hel soh ding ahi, tin Pakaijin aseiye.There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.

18Ohe, ada nahiuve! Pakai nikho chu hunglhung taleh tiho. Nanghon Pakai nikho chu ipi tobang ham nahepouve Hiche nikho chun khovah ahinpohlut louhel ding, muthim lhangkhal ahin lhut ding ahi bouve.Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.

19Hiche nikho chuleh nangho, Pasal khattou sakei bahkai kicha-a ajamleh vompin ana lamtin’a, vompia kon’a ajamdoh kit’a a-insung alhun’a, a-inbanga akingaileh akhut gul’in ahinchuh tobang nahi diu ahi.It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

20Chutia chu, Pakai nikho chu muthim leh lungjin nikho hi ding, lung navah bei leh kipana beikei nikho hi ding ahi.Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?

21Keiman kut nabol jouseu kahon kadei poi, khoppi theng nabol’u jong ka kipah dehpoi. Ajeh chu abon’a atah hilou na bolthu ngen’u ahi bouve.“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

22Nanghon pumgo thilto nadeitah’uva nabol’u jong kamit a ka vetpih louhel ding nahiuve.Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.

23O thong jejua vahchoila nasah’u jong thip doh un, selangdah tampi ngaitah’a nasai ju jong ka ngainom poi.Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

24Chusang'in, thudih chu twilong hattah bangin nei musah un, chuleh kanglou twidung bangin chondihna chu lonsah un.But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

25Vo, Israel mite, gamthip noija kum somli sunga chu, kilhaina gantha chuleh thilto chom-chom ho chu kaheng'a nahinchoi jingu hinam?Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

26Ahipoi, nang hon na-doi-pathen’u na lengpau Sakkuth leh ahsi pathen na kisem thu-u bou chu najen’un nahou-ve.You have taken along Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, the idols you made for yourselves.

27Hijeh a chu keiman nangho hi Damascus kalpeh’a sohchanga ka kaimang diu nahi tin, Pakaijin aseijin, ama min chu Pakai van Pathen ahi.Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.

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