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.
Saying, 'Lo, one sendeth away his wife, And she hath gone from him, And she hath been to another man, Doth he turn back unto her again? Greatly defiled is not that land? And thou hast committed whoredom with many lovers, And turn again to Me, an affirmation of Jehovah.
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 thine eyes to the high places, and see, Where hast thou not been lain with? On the ways thou hast sat for them, As an Arab in a wilderness, And thou defilest the land, By thy fornications, and by 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.
And withheld are showers, and gathered rain hath not been. The forehead of a whorish woman thou hast, Thou hast refused 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.
Hast thou not henceforth called to Me, 'My father, Thou [art] the leader 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.
Doth He keep to the age? watch for ever?' Lo, these things thou hast spoken, And thou dost the evil things, and prevailest.
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.
And Jehovah saith unto me, in the days of Josiah the king, 'Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? She is going on every high mountain, and unto the place of every green tree, and committeth fornication there.
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 say, after her doing all these, Unto Me thou dost turn back, and she hath not turned back, and see [it] doth her treacherous sister Judah.
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 see when (for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery) I have sent her away, and I give the bill of her divorce unto her, that treacherous Judah her sister hath not feared, and goeth and committeth fornication — she also.
9 Anih kah thurha ol te a om dongah khohmuen te a poeih. Lungto taeng neh thingngo taengah samphaih coeng.
And it hath come to pass, from the vileness of her fornication, that the land is defiled, and she committeth fornication with stone and with wood.
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 even in all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned back unto Me with all her heart, but with falsehood, an affirmation of Jehovah.'
11 BOEIPA loh kai taengah a thui ngawn. Israel hnuknong kah a hinglu he Judah hnukpoh lakah tang ngai.
And Jehovah saith unto me: 'Justified herself hath backsliding Israel, 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 thou hast proclaimed these words toward the north, and hast said, Turn back, O backsliding Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah! I cause not Mine anger to fall upon you, For I [am] kind, an affirmation of Jehovah, I watch not to the age.
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, know thine iniquity, For against Jehovah thy God thou hast transgressed, And thou dost scatter thy ways to strangers, Under every green tree, And to My voice thou hast not hearkened, An affirmation of Jehovah.
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 back, O backsliding sons, An affirmation of Jehovah. For I have ruled over you, And taken you one of a city, and two of a family, And have brought 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 have given to you shepherds According to Mine own heart, And they have fed 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 hath come to pass, when ye are multiplied, And have been fruitful in the land, In those days — an affirmation of Jehovah, They say not any more, 'The ark of the covenant of Jehovah,' Nor doth it go up on the heart, Nor do they remember concerning it, Nor do they inspect, nor is it made again.
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 cry to Jerusalem, 'O throne of Jehovah,' And gathered unto her hath been all the nations, For the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem, Nor do they go any more after the stubbornness 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 do the house of Judah Go unto the house of Israel, And they come together from the land of the south, unto the land That I caused your fathers to inherit.
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.
And I have said, How do I put thee among the sons, And give to thee a desirable land, A beauteous inheritance of the hosts of nations, And I say, My father — ye do call to Me, And from after Me ye do not turn back.
20 Tedae huta a hui taengah a hnukpoh bangla Israel imkhui loh kai taengah na hnukpoh tangkhuet. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong ni.
But — a woman hath deceived her friend, So ye have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah.
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 on high places is heard — weeping, Supplications of the sons of Israel, For they have made perverse their way, They have forgotten Jehovah 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.
Turn back, O backsliding sons, I cause your backslidings to cease. — Behold us, we have come to Thee, For Thou [art] Jehovah 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.
Surely in vain from the heights, The multitude of mountains — Surely in Jehovah 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.
And the shameful thing hath devoured The labour of our fathers from our youth, Their flock and their herd, 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 have lain down in our shame, and cover us doth our confusion, For against Jehovah our God we have sinned, We, and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, Nor have we hearkened to the voice of Jehovah our God!
