Jeremiah 34
1 Babylon manghai Nebukhanezar neh amah kah tatthai boeih, a kut dongkah a khohung diklai ram boeih neh pilnam boeih loh Jerusalem neh a khopuei boeih a vathoh thil vaengah BOEIPA taeng lamkah ol te Jeremiah taengla ha pawk.
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and his entire army, and all the kingdoms of the earth that were under the authority of his hand, and all the people were making war against Jerusalem and against all of its cities, saying:
2 “Israel Pathen BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Judah manghai Zedekiah te paan lamtah thui pah. Amah taengah, “BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Khopuei he kai Babylon manghai kut dongah ka tloeng coeng tih hmai neh a hoeh ni.
“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Go, and speak to Zedekiah, the king of Judah. And you shall say to him: Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will deliver this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.
3 Nang khaw anih kut lamloh na loeih pawt vetih n'tuuk rhoe n'tuuk ni. A kut dongla n'tloeng vaengah na mik neh Babylon manghai kah mik te hmu uh bitni. A ka neh na ka khaw cal rhoi vetih Babylon la na pawk ni.
And you will not escape from his hand. Instead, you will be overtaken and captured, and you will be delivered into his hand. And your eyes will see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and his mouth will speak with your mouth, and you will enter into Babylon.
4 Judah manghai Zedekiah BOEIPA ol he hnatun dae. BOEIPA loh nang ham he ni a thui. cunghang ha dongah na duek mahpawh?
Even so, listen to the word of the Lord, Zedekiah, king of Judah: Thus says the Lord to you: You will not die by the sword.
5 Ngaimong la na duek vetih hnukbuet kah manghai namah napa rhoek kah hlanhmai la na mikhmuh ah ha pawk uh ni. Nang te n'tih uh vetih, “Anunae boeipa aih,” tila nang ham rhaengsae uh ni. Ol ka thui BOEIPA olphong ni.
Instead, you will die in peace. And, in accord with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so will they burn you. And they will mourn you, saying: ‘Alas, lord!’ For I have spoken the word, says the Lord.”
6 He ol boeih he tonghma Jeremiah loh Jerusalem kah Judah manghai Zedekiah taengah a thui.
And Jeremiah, the prophet, spoke all these words to Zedekiah, the king of Judah, in Jerusalem.
7 Babylon manghai kah tatthai te Jerusalem neh Judah khopuei boeih khuikah aka sueng Lakhish neh Azekah te a vathoh thil ni. Te rhoi te Judah khopuei rhoek khuiah hmuencak khopuei la sueng van.
And the army of the king of Babylon fought against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that remained, against Lachish and against Azekah. For only these remained out of the cities of Judah that were fortified cities.
8 Manghai Zedekiah loh sayalhnah ham aka pang Jerusalem kah pilnam boeih neh paipi a saii phoeiah BOEIPA taeng lamkah ol te Jeremiah taengla pawk.
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after king Zedekiah had struck a pact with all the people in Jerusalem, proclaiming
9 Hlang boeih loh a sal te, hlang boeih loh a sal huta te, Hebrewpa neh Hebrunu khaw sayalh sak tih hlang loh a manuca te Judah taengah thohtat sak pawt ham panguh.
that each one should release his man servant, and each one his woman servant, as a free Hebrew man and a free Hebrew woman, and that they should never be rulers over them, that is, over the Jews, their own brothers.
10 Te dongah mangpa boeih neh pilnam boeih loh a ngai uh. A salpa boeih neh a sal huta boeih te sayalh la hlah ham paipi khuiah kun uh. Amih te thohtat sak voel pawt ham a ngai uh tih a hlah uh.
Then all the leaders and all the people who entered into the pact, heard that each one should release his man servant, and each one his woman servant, to be free, and that they should no longer rule over them. Therefore, they listened, and they released them.
11 Tedae a hnukah mael uh tih salpa neh sal huta te koep a lat uh. Sayalh la a tueih tangtae salpa neh sal huta te a khoh rhoela a khoh uh.
But later on, they turned back. And they took back again their man servants and their woman servants, whom they had released to be free. And they subjugated them as male and female servants.
12 Te dongah BOEIPA ol he BOEIPA taeng lamloh Jeremiah taengla ha pawk tih koep a thui pah.
And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
13 Israel Pathen BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Na pa rhoek he Egypt kho lamkah neh sal imkhui lamloh ka doek hnin vaengah amih taengah paipi ka saii.
“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I struck a pact with your fathers in the day when I led them away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude, saying:
14 Te vaengah, 'Na taengla han yoih a manuca Hebrew hlang tah kum rhih a cuum vaengah hlah laeh. Kum rhuk nang taengah thotat tih, namah lamloh sayalh la hlah laeh,” a ti. Tedae na poek rhoek loh kai taengkah he hnatun uh pawt tih a hna kaeng uh pawh.
‘When seven years have been completed, let each one release his brother, a Hebrew, who had been sold to him. And so he will serve you for six years, and then you shall release him to be free from you.’ But your fathers did not listen to me, nor did they incline their ear.
15 Na mael uh khohnin vaengah tah ka mikhmuh ah a thuem la na saii uh. Hlang boeih loh a hui taengah sayalhnah doek ham kai ming neh a khue im khuikah ka mikhmuh ah paipi pataeng na saii uh.
And today you converted, and you did what is right in my eyes, so that you proclaimed liberty, each one to his friend. And you entered into a pact in my sight, in the house in which and over which my name is invoked.
16 Tedae na mael uh tih kai ming he na poeih uh. Hlang boeih loh a salpa neh a sal huta te koep na lat uh. Amih hinglu te sayalh la na hlah coeng dae namamih taengah salpa neh sal huta la om sak ham amih te na khoh uh.
But now you have turned back, and you have stained my name. For you have led back again, each one his man servant, and each one his woman servant, whom you had released so that they would be free and under their own authority. And you have subjugated them, so that they would be your servants and handmaids.”
17 Te dongah BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Nangmih khuikah hlang boeih loh a manuca ham neh a hui ham sayalhnah hoe ham akhaw kai taengkah he na hnatun moenih. Kamah loh nangmih ham sayalhnah khaw ka hoe pueng ne. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong ni. Nangmih te cunghang taengla, duektahaw taengla, khokha taengla, diklai ram tom taengah tonganah neh ngaihuetnah la kang khueh ni.
Because of this, thus says the Lord: “You have not heeded me, though you proclaimed liberty, each one to his brother and each one to his friend. Behold, I am proclaiming a liberty for you, says the Lord, to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine. And I will cause you to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth.
18 Ka paipi aka poe hlang rhoek te ka saii pueng ni. Ka mikhmuh kah a saii bangla paipi ol te a thoh puei uh moenih. Vaitoca ni panit la a saii tih a kaekvang laklo ah a pongpa uh bangla vai uh pawh. Paipi aka poe te ngawn tah ka saii pueng ni.
And I will give over the men who have betrayed my covenant, and who have not observed the words of the covenant, to which they assented in my sight when they cut the calf into two parts and passed between its parts:
19 Judah mangpa rhoek neh Jerusalem mangpa tildit rhoek khaw, khosoih rhoek neh khohmuen kah pilnam boeih khaw vaitoca kah kaekvang laklo ah pongpa uh.
the leaders of Judah, and the leaders of Jerusalem, the eunuchs and the priests, and all the people of the land, who have passed between the parts of the calf.
20 Te dongah amih te a thunkha kut dongah khaw, amih kah hinglu aka toem kah kut dongah khaw ka tloeng ni. Te vaengah a rhok te vaan kah vaa ham neh diklai rhamsa ham caak la poeh ni.
And I will give them into the hands of their enemies and into the hands of those who are seeking their life. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth.
21 Judah manghai Zedekiah neh a mangpa rhoek te khaw a thunkha kut dongah, a hinglu aka toem kut dongla, nangmih taeng lamloh aka nong Babylon manghai kah tatthai kut dongla ka paek ni.
And Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his leaders, I will give over to the hands of their enemies, and to the hands of those who are seeking their lives, and to the hands of the armies of the king of Babylon, which had withdrawn from you.
22 Kai loh BOEIPA kah olphong ni kang uen ne. Te dongah amih te he khopuei la kam mael puei vetih a vathoh thil uh ni. Khopuei he a buem vetih hmai neh a hoeh uh vaengah Judah khopuei rhoek te khopong la ka khueh vetih khosa om mahpawh.
Behold, I will command, says the Lord, and I will lead them back to this city, and they will fight against it, and seize it, and set it on fire. And I will make the cities of Judah into a desolation, for there shall be no inhabitant.”
