Ezekiel 35

1 BOEIPA ol he kai taengla ha pawk bal tih,

Yahweh gave me another message. He said,

2 “Hlang capa aw, Seir tlang te na maelhmai khueh thil lamtah tonghma thil lah.

“You human, turn toward Edom and prophesy what will happen to its people. Say that this is what Yahweh says to them:

3 Ka Boeipa Yahovah loh a thui he a taengah thui pah. Kai loh Seir tlang nang te kam pai thil. Nang taengla ka kut kan thueng vetih nang te khopong neh rhaerhap la kang khueh ni.

‘You who live near Seir Mountain [in Edom], I am opposed to you, and I will use my power [MTY] to strike you and cause your country to become a wasteland.

4 Na khopuei te imrhong ka khueh vetih namah te khopong la na om vaengah kai he BOEIPA la nan ming bitni.

I will cause your country to be ruined and desolate. When that happens, people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].

5 Nang ham kumhal kah thunkha thunhling la om ham neh thaesainah a tloihsoi tue kah a rhainah tue ah tah Israel ca rhoek te cunghang kut ah na lun.

You have always been enemies of the Israeli people. You [rejoiced] when they experienced a great disaster: [their enemies attacked them with] swords, when I punished them [for the sins that they had committed].

6 Te dongah kai tah hingnah ni tite ka Boeipa Yahovah kah olphong ni. Na thii ham ka saii vetih thii loh namah n'hloem ni. A thii pawt te na hmuhuet dongah thii loh namah n'hloem ni.

Therefore, I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that as surely as I am alive, I will allow [your enemies] to slaughter [MTY] you and continue to slaughter you. You were happy when [LIT] others were slaughtered;

7 Seir tlang te khopong phoeikah khopong la ka khueh vetih te lamkah aka voei aka bal khaw ka saii pueng ni.

so I will cause Seir Mountain to be abandoned/deserted, and I will get rid of anyone who enters it or leaves it.

8 A tlang te a rhok ka hah sak ni. Na som neh na kolrhawk khaw, na sokca boeih te cunghang dongah a rhok la cungku uh ni.

I will cause your mountains to be filled with [the corpses of] those who have been killed. The corpses of those who have been killed by [your enemies’] swords will lie on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines.

9 Nang te kumhal kah khopong la kang khueh tih na khopuei kah khosa loh kho a sak pawt vaengah kai he BOEIPA la nan ming uh bitni.

I will cause your land to be deserted forever. No one will live in your towns again. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].

10 ‘Namtom rhoi neh khohmuen rhoi khaw ka taengah om vetih m'pang uh bitni,’ na ti sitoe cakhaw BOEIPA om lah lahko te.

You people said, “Israel and Judah will become ours. We will take over their territory!” You said that even though I, Yahweh, was still there [and protecting them].

11 Te dongah kai tah hingnah ni tite ka Boeipa Yahovah kah olphong ni. Na thintoek tarhing neh na thatlainah tarhing ah kan saii ni. Na hmuhuetnah neh amih na saii dongah nang lai kan tloek vaengkah bangla amih taengah ka phoe ni.

Therefore, I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that as surely as I am alive, I will punish [MTY] you for being angry with my people, envying them, and hating them.

12 Te vaengah kai he BOEIPA la nan ming bitni. Nang kah kokhahnah cungkuem te ka yaak coeng. Israel tlang rhoek te na voek vaengah tah, “Pong tah pong uh tih kaimih taengah cakkoi la tloeng uh coeng,’ na ti.

Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have heard all the disgusting things that you have said about the mountains in Israel. You said that they have been ruined/devastated, and that they have been given to you to occupy [MET].

13 Na ka nen tah kai taengah na khuet van tih na ol neh kai taengah na rhoekoe aih khaw kamah loh ka yaak ta.

When you insulted me, I heard all that you said about me.

14 Ka Boeipa Yahovah loh he ni a thui. Diklai pum ko a hoe vaengah nang te khopong kang khueh ni.

So this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: You people who live on Seir Mountain and in all the other places in Edom, when I cause your land to become desolate, everyone in the entire world will rejoice.

15 Israel imkhui kah rho a pong vaengkah te na kohoenah van dongah nang te kan saii ni. Seir tlang neh Edom pum te khopong la boeih na om vaengah kai he BOEIPA la a ming uh bitni,” a ti.

You were happy when the land [MTY] of the Israeli people became desolate, so I will cause your land to become desolate. When that happens, people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”