Jeremiah 3
1 Tongpa loh a yuu te a tueih coeng tih a taeng lamloh, “Cet laeh,” a ti nah phoeiah tah hlang tloe hut la om coeng. Te dongah anih te koep mael aya? Khohmuen te poeih rhoela poeih mahpawt nim? Tedae nang tah na hui neh muep na cukhalh mai cakhaw kai taengla ha mael laeh. BOEIPA loh olphong ni he.
THEY say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord.
2 Caphoei cuk te na mik huel lamtah long taengah na yalh neh na yalh pawt te hmu. Amih te Arab bangla khosoek ah na ngol thil. Thurha nang neh boethae nang loh diklai na poeih.
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
3 Mueitui khaw uelh vetih tlankhol khaw om tangloeng pawh. Pumyoi nu kah a tal te nang taengla pawk coeng dae hmaithae tah na aal.
Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
4 Tahae ah kang khue pawt tih a? kai taengah, “A pa nang tah ka camoe kah boeihlum ni,” tila nang khue.
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
5 Kumhal duela la lunguen vetih a yoeyah la ka muet uh aya? Ka thui long tah na thui ngawn dae boethae ni na saii thai he.
Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
6 Manghai Josiah tue vaengah BOEIPA loh kai taengah he ni a thui. Israel hnuknong loh a saii te na hmuh nim? Tlang sang tom ah cet tih thing hing hmui tom ah hnap cukhalh.
The Lord said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
7 Te rhoek te boeih a saii hnukah kai taengah ha mael ni ka ti. Tedae ha mael pawt te a tanu Judah hlangrhong loh a hmuh khaw a hmuh coeng.
And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
8 Hnuknong Israel loh a samphaih te a kong a mai boeih ka hmuh. Anih te ka tueih coeng tih yuuhlak cabu te amah taengah ka paek coeng. A tanu Judah hnukpoh te a rhih kolla a paan dongah anih khaw cukhalh bal.
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
9 Anih kah thurha ol te a om dongah khohmuen te a poeih. Lungto taeng neh thingngo taengah samphaih coeng.
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
10 Te boeih nen khaw a tanu hlangrhong Judah loh a lungbuei boeih neh kai taengla ha mael pawt tih a honghi bueng la om. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong ni.
And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord.
11 BOEIPA loh kai taengah a thui ngawn. Israel hnuknong kah a hinglu he Judah hnukpoh lakah tang ngai.
And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
12 Cet lamtah he ol he tlangpuei ah pang puei. Hnuknong Israel te ha mael laeh,’ ti nah. BOEIPA kah olphong ni he. Ka he ka hlangcim dongah nang te ka maelhmai kan buenglueng thil moenih. BOEIPA kah olphong ni he, kumhal duela ka lunguen mahpawh.
Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever.
13 Namah kathaesainah te dawk ming saw. BOEIPA na Pathen taengah boe na koek. Thing hing hmui boeih kah hlanglak taengah na khosing na yaal coeng. Kai ol te khaw na yaak uh moenih. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong ni.
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord.
14 Hnukcol ca rhoek ha mael uh laeh. BOEIPA kah olphong ni. Nangmih aka yunah khaw kai ni. Nangmih te khopuei lamkah pakhat, cako pakhat lamkah panit te kan loh phoeiah nangmih te Zion la kang khuen ni.
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
15 Nang aka dawn ham neh aka cangbam ham khaw ka lungbuei kah bangla kam paek vetih nangmih te lungming neh n' luem puei ni.
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
16 Te khohnin ha pai vaengah tah na ping vetih diklai ah pungtai uh ni. BOEIPA kah olphong ni he. BOEIPA kah paipi thingkawng koep thui uh mahpawh. Lungbuei ah ael voel pawt vetih poek uh voel mahpawh. Thoelh uh voel pawt vetih koep saii voel mahpawh.
And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
17 Te vaeng tue ah Jerusalem te BOEIPA kah ngolkhoel a ti uh ni. A khuikah namtom boeih loh Jerusalem kah BOEIPA ming te a lamtawn uh ni. Amih kah boethae neh lungbuei thinthahnah hnuk te vai uh voel mahpawh.
At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
18 Te khohnin ah Judah imkhui neh Israel imkhui te paan uh thae vetih na pa rhoek ka phaeng khohmuen ah tlangpuei khohmuen lamloh tun ha pawk uh ni.
In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
19 Kai loh ca rhoek bangla nang kang khueh vetih namtom caempuei kah a rho kirhang neh khohmuen sahnaih te nang taengah metlam kam paek eh ka ti. Kai he a pa la nang khue rhoe nang khue vetih kai hnuk lamloh na mael rhoe, na mael mahpawh ka ti.
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
20 Tedae huta a hui taengah a hnukpoh bangla Israel imkhui loh kai taengah na hnukpoh tangkhuet. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong ni.
Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.
21 Israel ca rhoek kah a rhah neh a huithuinah ol te caphoei cuk ah a yaak. Amih kah longpuei paihaeh tih a Pathen BOEIPA te a hnilh uh.
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God.
22 Hnukcol koca rhoek mael uh laeh, nangmih kah hnuknong te ka hoeih sak bitni. Kaimih kah Pathen BOEIPA tah nang ham a om dongah kaimih khaw nang taengla ka pawk uh bitni he.
Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.
23 Tlang neh som lamkah hlangping khaw a honghi ni. Israel kah loeihnah he mamih kah Pathen BOEIPA dongah ni a om dae.
Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
24 A pa rhoek a thatloh te yahpohnah loh mamih n'camoe lamkah ni, a boiva neh a saelhung la, a capa rhoek neh a canu rhoek la a caak coeng.
For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
25 Mamih kah yahpohnah dongah yalh uh sih lamtah mamih kah mingthae loh mamih n'khuk mai saeh. Mamih kah Pathen BOEIPA taengah mamih khaw, a pa rhoek khaw n'tholh uh coeng. Mamih n'camoe lamkah tihnin duela mamih kah Pathen BOEIPA ol te n'hnatun uh moenih.
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.
