< Jeremiah 42 >

1 Caem mangpa boeih, Kareah capa Johanan, Hoshaiah capa Jezaniah neh pilnam he tanoe lamloh kangham duela boeih mop uh tih,
And they approached all [the] commanders of the armies and Johanan [the] son of Kareah and Jezaniah [the] son of Hoshaiah and all the people from [the] small and unto [the] great.
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 Jeremiah the prophet may it fall please supplication our before you and pray for us to Yahweh God your for all the remnant this for we are left a few from many just as eyes your [are] seeing 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.
So he may declare to us Yahweh God your the way which we will go in it and the thing which we will 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 he said to them Jeremiah the prophet I have heard here I [am] about to pray to Yahweh God your according to words your and it will be every word which he will answer Yahweh you I will tell to you not I will withhold from you a word.
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 they said to Jeremiah may he become Yahweh on us a witness of truth and faithful if not according to every word which he will send you Yahweh God your to us so we will do.
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 good and or bad to [the] voice of - Yahweh God our whom (we *Q(K)*) [are] sending you to him we will listen so that this it may go well for us for we will listen to [the] voice of Yahweh God our.
7 A hnin rha a bawtnah a pha vaengah tah BOEIPA ol te Jeremiah taengla ha pawk.
And it was from [the] end of ten days and it came [the] word of Yahweh to Jeremiah.
8 Te dongah Kareah capa Johanan neh a taengkah caem mangpa boeih, pilnam boeih te tanoe lamloh kangham duela a khue.
And he summoned Johanan [the] son of Kareah and all [the] commanders of the armies who [were] with him and all the people from [the] small and unto [the] great.
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 he says Yahweh [the] God of Israel whom you sent me to him to make fall supplication your 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.
Certainly [if] you will remain in the land this and I will build up you and not I will tear [you] down and I will plant you and not I will pluck [you] up for I am grieved concerning the harm which 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.
May not you be afraid of [the] king of Babylon whom you [are] afraid of him may not you be afraid from him [the] utterance of Yahweh that [am] with you I to save you and to deliver you from hand his.
12 Nangmih taengah haidamnah ka khueh vetih nangmih te kan haidam ni. Te vaengah nangmih te namah khohmuen la kam mael puei ni.
So I may give to you compassion and he will have compassion on you and he will restore you to land your.
13 Tedae, ‘He khohmuen ah khosa boel sih,’ na ti uh cakhaw BOEIPA na pathen ol te na hnatun pawt dongah ni.
And if [are] saying you not we will remain in the land this to not to listen to [the] voice of Yahweh God your.
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 In-deed [the] land of Egypt we will go where not we will see warfare and [the] sound of a trumpet not we will hear and for bread not we will be hungry 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.
And now therefore hear [the] word of Yahweh O remnant of Judah thus he says Yahweh of hosts [the] God of Israel if you really you will set! faces your to go Egypt and you will go to sojourn 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.
And it will be the sword which you [are] afraid from it there it will overtake you in [the] land of Egypt and the famine which you - [are] anxious from it there it will pursue closely behind you Egypt and there you will 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 they may be all the people who they have set faces their to go Egypt to sojourn there they will die by the sword by famine and by pestilence and not he will belong to them a survivor and an escapee from before the calamity which I [will] bring on 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 he says Yahweh of hosts [the] God of Israel just as it was poured out anger my and rage my on [the] inhabitants of Jerusalem so it will pour out rage my on you when go you Egypt and you will become an curse and a horror and a curse and a reproach and not you will see again the place this.
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.
He has spoken Yahweh to you O remnant of Judah may not you go Egypt assuredly you will know that I have warned 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 caused to err *Q(K)*) selves your for you you sent me to Yahweh God your saying pray for us to Yahweh God our and according to all that he will say Yahweh God our so tell to 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 I have told to you this day and not you have listened to [the] voice of Yahweh God your and to all that he 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.
And therefore assuredly you will know that by the sword by famine and by pestilence you will die in the place where you desire to go to sojourn there.

< Jeremiah 42 >