1 Ciateng in Israel ah kumpibawi um lai lo i. Ciafangin Efraim mualtlaang lamah Levi pakhat pa khiah khualsi i. Cia pa in Judah ramai Bethlehem ah nunawn pakhat nai i. 2 Ikhalselai cia a nunawn in phatemah cang ai Judah ramai Bethlehem ah a paa hnenah tlung teu ai hla li um meng i. 3 Ciafangin a pa khai tho ai cia nu hnenah ponnem niu in pon in hawl tuhin hnenum pakhat le lak panih thawn kawi i. Cia nuu in amah khiah a paa inn songah tlum pui i. A hming paa in amah khiah hmu fangin amah tawk tuh khiah ang i. 4 Ciafangin a hming paa in amah khiah tlung siang lo manin ani khai amah thawn ni thum um i. Ciamanin anite khai ei le ding in um ai zancaam i.
5 Ni li nia fangin anite khai zingniu in tho ai a tlung tuhin pai i. Ikhalselai a hming paa in amah hnenah, “Nangmah veve khiah rong niu ei in rongkham in um tulai ciaben fangin tlung leh tu.” ti in ruai i. 6 Ciamanin anite khai to leh thio ai a panih in hmunkhat in ei le ding kawm i. Ciafangin a hming paa in amah hnenah, “Zan khuavar heta ah caam tu ngawn lai thinnuam in um tu.” ti in ti i. 7 Cia pa khai tlung tuhin tho fangin, a hming paa in so leh thio manin a ni khai ciata ah caam leh thio i. 8 Ni nga nia fangin ani khai tlung tuhin in zingniu in tho napui ai cia nupang paa in, “A hiam in um rih tu.” ti in ti i. Ciamanin ani khai sun tian um ai a panih in rong ei kawm i. 9 Cia pa khai tlung tuhin a nunawn le a hnenum kawmin tho fangin, a hming paa cia nupang paa in, “Sik tu. Khuathim dawn i hang. Zan caam rih tu. Sik tu. Nitla i hang. Heta ah caam tulai thin na nuam tuh i. Thangha zingniu in tlung tulai na inn ah hleng tuh i si.”ti in ti i.
10 Ikhalselai cia pa in cia zan khiah ciata ah caam nuam lo i. Ciamanin ani khai tho in tlung le Jerusalem tihnak Jebus ralkhat ah hleng i. Amah thawn a kung phurhsa lak panih le a nunawn um i. 11 Amahte khiah Jebus nong fangin, khuahnua rauh man in, a hnenum in a bawipa hnenah, “He Jebus te khua ah kawi in zancaam nga sing.” ti in ti i. 12 Ikhalselai a bawipa in amah hnenah, “Israel mite i lo ramdang mite khua ah caam tuh lo i sing. Kibeah ah feh nga sing.” ti in ti i. 13 Ciamanin a hnenum hnenah, “Hete hmun pakhat khat ah feh nga singkhaw Kibeah i hlahle Ramah ah caam nga sing.”ti in ti i. 14 Ciatih in anite khai khel ai feh betbo i. Benjamin ramai Kibeah khua hleng dawn fangin nitla lio i. 15 Anite khai Kibeah ah caam tuh in kawi i. A khua songah lut fangin lentawng ah to i. Ziangmanti fangin aisu in khai amahte innah caam tuhin ko lo i.
16 Ciasawng fangin patar paa pakhat khai zanlam fangin a lo in tlung i. Amah khiah Efraim mualtlaang lam mi inapui ai Kibeah ah um i. Ciata ai mite khiah Benjamin mite i. 17 Cia patar paa khai khuaher in sik fangin lentawng ah khualsitu paa khiah hmu manin patar paa in amah hnenah, “Konah kawi tuh i si? Cen a konin hleng i si?”ti in zawt i. 18 Ciamanin amah in patar paa hnenah, “Judah ramai Bethlehem in Efraim mualtlaang lamah a hlangai hmunah feh tuh i ing. Cia ramin ing. Judah ramai Bethlehem ah feh ing. Tuntu BAWIPA inn ah kawi tuh ing. Ikhalselai aisu in khai a inn ah tlung tuhin i ko lo i. 19 Kin lak ca in hampa le rong khai nai i ing. Cen kaimah ca le na hnenum nuu le na hnenum thawn um tu tlangval pa ca khai rong le capittizu khai nai i ing. Zaikhai kin sam napui lo i.” ti in rel i. 20 Ciafangin patar paa in, “Thinnuam in um tuu-ih! Ikhalselai ning kulhnak khiah i tavuan i tu seh. Lentawng zongah it mah ih.”ti in ti i. 21 Ciamanin amahte khiah a inn ah tlun ai a lakte khiah rong paih sah i. Anite khai amahte ke khiah som ai ei le ding in um tlaang i.
22 Anite khai ciatih in hiam ngai in um lak fangin, cia khua songai mi zailailo te in cia inn khiah kulh ai dawngkham khiah ceuh thuahtho i. Inn naitu patar pa hnenah amahte in, “Na inn ai tlung tu paa khiah itpui tuhin kin pe tu!”ti in ti i. 23 Ikhalselai cia patar pa khai sumpua ah amahte hnenah suak ai amahte hnenah, “Thill lo ing, ulenaute! Ciatih hlaihlawr in sual tuh lo in ning ngen ing! He pa khiah i inn ah i tlung manin ciabang hlaihlawr in bawn mah ih. 24 Pasal thawn it awng lo i fenu le amah nunawn um i. Amahte khiah ning kawih sah ngang. Amahte khiah ning nuam bangin bawn tuu-ih. Ikhalselai he pa vumah cia bang sualhnak khiah bawn mah ih!”ti in rel i. 25 Ikhalselai cia mite in a relhnak ngai sah lo i. Ciamanin cia paa in a nunawn khiah amahte hnenah suah i. Ciafangin amahte in cia nuu khiah zan khuavar zinglam tian sual pui ai khuavar fangin amah khiah hlat i. 26 Cia nuu khai khuavar fangin kawi ai a bawipa umhmun inn dawngkham ah tlu i. 27 A bawipa khai zing in tho fangin dawngkham hong ai khualsi tuhin feh tuum fangin, a nunawn khiah cia inn dawngkham ah tlu ai a kut khiah dawngkham hnia ah um khiah hmu i. 28 Ciafangin amah in cia nuu hnenah, “Tho tulai feh nga sing.” ti in ti i. Ikhalselai cia nuu in sawn lo i. Ciamanin cia paa in cia nuu khiah lak vumah do ai ani khai a umhmun ah feh i.
29 A inn ah hleng fangin ani khai vang pakhat thawn cia a nunawn khiah hmun hlainih in a ruhte khiah cem ai Israel ram hmuahhmuah ah kuat i. 30 Ciafangin cia hmu tute veksenin, “He bangin Israel ram songah Izip ramin Israel mite suak khelleh ai panin tunnia tian bawn awng lo i, cen hmu khai hmu awng lo i sing. Ciamanin ruat tu cuk ih! thusawm tu i lai, kontih bangin bawn pha kin rel tuu-ih.” ti in ti i.