Jeremiah 29

1 Hae ca loe tahmaa Jeremiah mah, misong ah kalaem kaminawk thung ih kanghmat kacoehtanawk, qaimanawk, tahmaanawk hoi Nebuchadnezzar mah Jerusalem hoi Babylon ah misong ah hoih ih kaminawk boih khaeah, Jerusalem hoi pat ih ca ah oh;

Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,

2 (hae loe Jekoniah siangpahrang hoi siangpahrang zu, tangyat mii kadueh kaminawk, Judah hoi Jerusalem ih ukkung angraengnawk, thing tok sah kop kaminawk, sum daengh kop kaminawk, Jerusalem hoi tacawt pacoengah pat pae ih ca ah oh; )

(after that Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers, had departed from Jerusalem),

3 to ca loe Judah siangpahrang Zedekiah mah, Babylon ah Nebuchadnezzar siangpahrang khaeah patoeh ih, Shaphan capa Elashah hoi Hilkiah capa Gemariah khaeah ka paek pae,

by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), saying,

4 to ca thungah, misatuh kaminawk ih Angraeng, Israel Sithaw mah, Jerusalem hoi Babylon ah misong ah ka caehsak ih, misong ah kalaem kaminawk boih hanah hae tiah ka tarik;

"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon:

5 imnawk to sah oh loe, to ah om oh; takhanawk to sah oh loe, thingthai to caa oh;

'Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit.

6 Zu to la oh loe, capanawk hoi canunawk to sah oh; capanawk hoi canunawk to sak hanah, na canunawk sava sah o sak ah loe, na capnawk to zu la o sak ah; to tiah nang pung o tahang tih, na tamsi o mak ai.

Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and do not be diminished.

7 Nangcae misong ah kang caehsak ih vangpui misa amding thai hanah pakrong oh loe, to vangpui hanah Angraeng khaeah lawkthui pae oh; vangpui misa amding naah ni, nangcae doeh kamong ah na om o tih.

Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the LORD for it; for in its peace you shall have peace.'

8 Misatuh kaminawk ih Angraeng, Israel Sithaw mah hae tiah thuih; Nangcae salakah kaom, tahmaanawk hoi hmabang kaom han koi hmuen thui kaminawk mah, thuih ih lok mah na ling o hmah nasoe, nangcae mah na hnuk o toeng hanah, ang thuih o ih amang doeh tahngai o hmah.

For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Do not let your prophets who are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.

9 Nihcae to ka patoeh ai to mah, nihcae mah ka hmin hoiah amsawnlok to thuih o, tiah Angraeng Sithaw mah thuih.

For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them,' says the LORD.

10 Angraeng mah hae tiah thuih; Babylon ah saning qui sarihto koep pacoengah, nangcae khaeah kang zoh moe, hae ahmuen ah amlaem let hanah, ka suek ih kahoih lok to ka koepsak han.

"For thus says the LORD, 'After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

11 Nangcae atho zoksak han ih na ai, monghaih paek moe, oephaih hoi hmabang khosak hoihaih paek hanah, nangcae han sak atimhaih ka tawnh, tiah Angraeng mah thuih.

For I know the plans that I have for you,' says the LORD, 'plans for your welfare, and not for calamity, to give you hope and a future.

12 To naah kai nang kawk o tih, na caeh o ueloe, kai khaeah lawk na thui o tih; to naah nangcae ih lok kang tahngaih pae han.

You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

13 Palungthin boih hoi kai nang pakrong o naah, nang hnu o tih.

You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.

14 Nangcae mah kai nang hnu o tih, tiah Angraeng mah thuih; misong ah na oh o haih ahmuen hoiah kam laem o sak let han; prae thungah kang haek o ih ahmuen boih hoiah kang tacuu o moe, misong ah kang laemh o sakhaih ahmuen ah kang hoih o let han, tiah Angraeng mah thuih.

I will be found by you,' says the LORD, 'and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you,' says the LORD; 'and I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.'

15 Angraeng mah kaicae hanah Babylon ah tahmaanawk to patoeh boeh, tiah na poek o;

"Because you have said, 'The LORD has raised us up prophets in Babylon';

16 David ih angraeng tangkhang nuiah anghnu siangpahrang hoi hae vangpui thungah kaom kaminawk boih, nangcae hoi nawnto misong ah caeh ai prae kaminawk kawng to panoek hanah, Angraeng mah hae tiah thuih;

thus says the LORD concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who haven't gone forth with you into captivity;

17 misatuh kaminawk ih Angraeng mah, Khenah, nihcae nuiah sumsen, khokhahaih, kasae nathaih to ka patoeh han; kasae parai, caak han kahoih ai thaiduet thaih baktiah, nihcae to ka ohsak han, tiah thuih.

thus says the LORD of hosts; 'Look, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that can't be eaten, they are so bad.

18 Nihcae to sumsen, khokhahaih, kasae nathaih hoiah ka pacaekthlaek han. Ka haek ih prae kaminawk mah pahnuithuihaih, tangoenghaih, padaenghaih hoi kasaethuihaih to tong o tih. Nihcae raihaih tong hanah long nui ih prae kaminawk boih khaeah ka paek han;

I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them;

19 ka thuih ih loknawk to na tahngai o ai, tiah Angraeng mah thuih; khawnthaw ah kang thawk moe, ka tamna tahmaanawk to ka patoeh; toe a thuih ih lok to na tahngai o ai, tiah Angraeng mah thuih.

because they have not listened to my words,' says the LORD, 'with which I sent to them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear,' says the LORD.

20 To pongah Jerusalem hoi Babylon ah ka caehsak ih misongnawk boih, Angraeng ih lok to tahngai oh;

'Hear therefore the word of the LORD, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.'

21 misatuh kaminawk ih Angraeng, Israel Sithaw mah, Ka hmin hoiah nangcae khaeah amsawnlok kathui, Kolaiah capa Ahab hoi Maaseiah capa Zedekiah loe, khenah, Babylon siangpahrang Nebuchadnezzar ban ah ka paek han; anih mah nangcae mikhnuk ah nihnik to hum tih, tiah thuih.

"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahiab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: 'Look, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall kill them before your eyes;

22 Babylon ah misong ah kaom Judah kaminawk boih mah, Babylon siangpahrang mah, hmai hoi pakhaem ih Zedekiah hoi Ahab baktih toengah, Angraeng mah nangcae doeh sah nasoe, tiah nihnik kasae tonghaih to khet koi kaom ah patoh o tih.

and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, "The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahiab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire";

23 Nihnik loe Israel prae thungah azat thok hmuennawk to a sak hoi, imtaeng kaminawk ih zu to zae hoi haih moe, lokthuih han paek ai to mah, ka hmin hoiah amsawnlok to a thuih hoi; to hmuen to ka panoek moe, hnukungah ka oh, tiah Angraeng mah thuih.

because they have worked folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I did not command them; and I am he who knows, and am witness,' says the LORD."

24 Nehelam acaeng Shemaiah khaeah doeh thui paeh,

"Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,

25 Jerusalem ah kaom kaminawk boih, qaima Maaseiah capa Zephaniah hoi qaimanawk boih khaeah, ka hmin hoiah ca to pat paeh, tiah misatuh kaminawk ih Angraeng, Israel Sithaw mah thuih; to ca thungah:

'Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, "Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

26 Jehoiada duek pacoengah anih zuengah Angraeng im to toep hanah, Angraeng mah nang hae qaima ah ang suek boeh; to pongah angmah koeh ah tahmaa ah kangsah, amthu kaminawk to thlongthuk moe, thongim na pakhrak boih han oh.

'The LORD has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man who is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles.

27 To tih nahaeloe tipongah nangcae salakah tahmaa ah kangsah, Anathoth ih kami Jeremiah to dan na paek ai loe?

Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,

28 Anih mah misong ah ohhaih saning sawk parai tih; to pongah imnawk to sah oh loe, to ah om oh; takhanawk to sah oh loe, thingthai to caa oh, tiah Babylon ah kaom kaicae khaeah ca ang pat.

because he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, "The captivity is long: build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit?"'"'

29 Toe qaima Zephaniah mah to ca to tahmaa Jeremiah khaeah kroek pae.

Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

30 To pacoengah Angraeng ih lok to Jeremiah khaeah angzoh,

Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah, saying,

31 Nehelam acaeng Shemaiah kawng pongah Angraeng mah hae tiah thuih, tiah misong ah kaom kaminawk boih khaeah pat paeh; anih to ka patoeh ai to mah, Shemaiah mah nangcae khaeah lok ang thuih moe, amsawnlok to ang tang o sak,

"Send to all them of the captivity, saying, 'Thus says the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: "Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I did not send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie;

32 to pongah Angraeng mah hae tiah thuih; Khenah, Nehelam acaeng Shemaiah hoi anih ih caanawk to ka thuitaek han; hae kaminawk salakah anih ih kami mi doeh om mak ai; anih mah Angraeng ih lok to aek hanah patuk pongah, anih loe kaimah ih kaminawk khaeah ka sak pae han ih khosakhoihaih to hnu mak ai, tiah Angraeng mah thuih.

therefore," thus says the LORD, "Look, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his offspring; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he see the good that I will do to my people, says the LORD, because he has spoken rebellion against the LORD."'"