< Jeremiah 42 >

1 Caem mangpa boeih, Kareah capa Johanan, Hoshaiah capa Jezaniah neh pilnam he tanoe lamloh kangham duela boeih mop uh tih,
Then all the captains of the warriors, and Johanan the son of Caree, and Jezonias the son of Osaias, and the rest of the people from the least to the greatest came near:
2 tonghma Jeremiah taengah, “Kaimih kah lungmacil he na mikhmuh ah buk mai saeh lamtah kaimih ham neh a meet boeih ham he BOEIPA na Pathen taengah thangthui laeh. Na mik loh a hmuh bangla mamih he hlangping lamloh hlangsi la n'cul coeng.
And they said to Jeremias the prophet: Let our supplication fall before thee: and pray thou for us to the Lord thy God for all this remnant, for we are left but a few of many, as thy eyes do behold us.
3 A longpuei ah pongpa ham neh a ol bangla saii ham te BOEIPA na Pathen loh kaimih taengah ha puen bitni,” a ti nauh.
And let the Lord thy God shew us the way by which we may walk, and the thing that we must do.
4 Te vaengah tonghma Jeremiah loh amih te, “Ka yaak ngawn ne, nangmih ol bangla BOEIPA na Pathen taengah ka thangthui ngawn, BOEIPA loh nangmih ham a thui ol te boeih ana om bitni. Nangmih taengah ka puen vetih nangmih ham ol ka tuem mahpawh,” a ti nah.
And Jeremias the prophet said to them: I have heard you: behold I will pray to the Lord your God according to your words: and whatsoever thing he shall answer me, I will declare it to you: and I will hide nothing from you.
5 Te dongah amih loh Jeremiah taengah, “Mamih taengah oltak neh uepom laipai la BOEIPA he om saeh. BOEIPA na Pathen loh kaimih ham nang taengah ol cungkuem han tueih bangla ka saii uh tangloeng mahpawt nim?
And they said to Jeremias: The Lord be witness between us of truth and faithfulness, if we do not according to every thing for which the Lord thy God shall send thee to us.
6 BOEIPA mamih kah Pathen ol tah, then cakhaw, thae cakhaw kaimih nan tueih bangla ka ngai uh bitni. Te daengah ni mamih kah Pathen BOEIPA ol te ka hnatun uh vetih kaimih ham a voelphoeng eh?,” a ti uh.
Whether it be good or evil, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom me send thee: that it may be well with us when we shall hearken to the voice of the Lord our God.
7 A hnin rha a bawtnah a pha vaengah tah BOEIPA ol te Jeremiah taengla ha pawk.
Now after ten days, the word of the Lord came to Jeremias.
8 Te dongah Kareah capa Johanan neh a taengkah caem mangpa boeih, pilnam boeih te tanoe lamloh kangham duela a khue.
And he called Johanan the son of Caree, and all the captains of the fighting men that were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.
9 Te vaengah amih te, “Israel Pathen BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Nangmih kah lungmacil te amah mikhmuh ah khuen ham amah taengla kai nan tueih uh.
And he said to them: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel, to whom you sent me, to present your supplications before him:
10 He khohmuen ah na mael tih na om atah nangmih te kan thoh vetih kan koengloeng voel mahpawh. Nangmih te kam phung vetih kam phu mahpawh. Nangmih sokah ka saii boethae khaw damti coeng.
If you will be quiet and remain in this land, I will build you up, and not pull you down: I will plane you, and not pluck you up: for now I am appeased for the evil that I have done to you.
11 A mikhmuh ah na rhih uh Babylon manghai te khaw rhih uh boeh. Anih te rhih uh boeh. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong ni. Nangmih khang ham neh a kut lamloh nangmih huul ham ni nangmih taengah ka om.
Fear not because of the king of Babylon, of whom you are greatly afraid: fear him not, saith the Lord: for I am with you, to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
12 Nangmih taengah haidamnah ka khueh vetih nangmih te kan haidam ni. Te vaengah nangmih te namah khohmuen la kam mael puei ni.
And I will shew mercies to you, and will take pity on you, and will cause you to dwell in your own land.
13 Tedae, ‘He khohmuen ah khosa boel sih,’ na ti uh cakhaw BOEIPA na pathen ol te na hnatun pawt dongah ni.
But if you say: We will not dwell in this land, neither will we hearken to the voice of the Lord our God,
14 “Egypt kho te ka paan bitni. Te ah tah caemtloek m'hmu pawt vetih tuki ol khaw n'ya mahpawh, buh dongah khaw n'lamlum kolla kho n'sak ni,’ ti uh boeh.
Saying: No, but we will go into the land of Egypt: where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor suffer hunger: and there we will dwell.
15 Te dongah Judah kah a meet aw, BOEIPA ol he hnatun tangloeng laeh. Israel Pathen caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Egypt la caeh ham nangmih loh na maelhmai te na khueh la na khueh coeng atah, bakuep ham pahoi cet uh.
For this now hear the word of the Lord, ye remnant of Juda: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: If you set your faces to go into Egypt, and enter in to dwell there:
16 Tedae Egypt khohmuen ah khaw na rhih cunghang te ana om vetih nangmih te n'kae ni. Na mawn thil uh khokha loh Egypt kah nangmih hnuk ah balak vetih pahoi na duek uh ni.
The sword which you fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt: and the famine, whereof you are afraid, shall cleave to you in Egypt, and there you shall die.
17 Egypt ah bakuep ham neh caeh hamla a maelhmai aka khueh hlang boeih te ana om ngawn saeh. Amih te cunghang neh khokha neh, duektahaw dongah ni pahoi a duek uh eh. Amih soah ka thoeng sak boethae hmai lamloh rhaengnaeng neh hlangyong khaw amih ah om mahpawh.
And all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt, to dwell there, shall die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence: none of them shall remain, nor escape from the face of the evil that I will bring upon them.
18 Israel Pathen caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Jerusalem khosa rhoek soah ka thintoek neh ka kosi a bo bangla, Egypt la na caeh uh vaengah khaw nangmih soah ka kosi he bo van ni. Te vaengah thaephoeinah neh imsuep la, rhunkhuennah neh kokhahnah la na om uh vetih he hmuen he koep na hmuh uh mahpawh.
For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: As my anger and my indignation hath been kindled against the inhabitants of Jerusalem: so shall my indignation be kindled against you, when you shall enter into Egypt, and you shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach: and you shall see this place no more.
19 Judah kah a meet nangmih taengah BOEIPA loh a thui coeng. Egypt la na caeh uh pawt ham tahae khohnin ah nangmih kang hih he ming rhoela ming uh.
This is the word of the Lord concerning you, O ye remnant of Juda: Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have adjured you this day.
20 BOEIPA na Pathen taengla kai nan tueih uh vaengah na hinglu dongah na hmaang rhoe na hmaang uh coeng tih, “Mamih kah Pathen BOEIPA taengah kaimih yueng thangthui lamtah, mamih kah Pathen BOEIPA loh a thui boeih te kaimih taengah ha puen lamtah ka saii uh bitni,” na ti uh.
For you have deceived your own souls: for you sent me to the Lord our God, saying: Pray for us to the Lord our God, and according to all that the Lord our God shall say to thee, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
21 Nangmih taengah ka puen dae tahae khohnin ah khaw BOEIPA na Pathen ol te na hnatun uh moenih. A cungkuem dongah kai ni nangmih taengla n'tueih.
And now I have declared it to you this day, and; you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God, with regard to all the things for which he hath sent me to you.
22 Paan ham neh bakuep ham na ngaih hmuen ah cunghang neh, khokha neh, duektahaw neh na duek uh ham te ming rhoela ming van laeh.
Now therefore know certainly that you shall die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence in the place to which you desire to go to dwell there.

< Jeremiah 42 >