Jeremiah 9
1 Ka lu kah tui neh ka mik dongkah thunsih mikphi he unim aka pae? Te dongah ka pilnam nu kah rhok te khoyin khothaih ka rhah mai eh.
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
2 Khosoek kah yincet rhaehim te u long nim kai m'paek ve? Te nen ni ka pilnam he ka hnoo vetih amih taeng lamloh ka cet laeh mako. A pum la samphaih uh tih pahong nen tah hnukpoh uh coeng.
Oh that I were in the wilderness, in a lodging-place of wayfaring men, that I might leave my people, and go from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
3 A lai te laithae lii la a phuk uh. Uepomnah loh a na pawt dongah diklai ah he boethae lamloh boethae la cet uh tih kai he m'ming uh pawh. BOEIPA kah olphong ni he.
And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood; and they are grown mighty in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and Me they know not, saith the LORD.
4 Hlang loh a hui taengah ngaithuen saeh lamtah manuca takuem dongah khaw pangtung uh boeh. Manuca boeih long khaw a tuengkhuep la a tuengkhuep tih paya boeih long khaw caemtuh lamni a caeh.
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother acteth subtly, and every neighbour goeth about with slanders.
5 Hlang loh a hui taengah omsaa tih oltak te thui uh pawh. A lai te a honghi thui ham a cang uh tih paihaeh la a ngak uh.
And they deceive every one his neighbour, and truth they speak not; they have taught their tongue to speak lies, they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6 Hlangthai palat khuikah hlangthai palat lakli ah na hing tih kai ming ham a aal uh. BOEIPA kah olphong ni he.
Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know Me, saith the LORD.
7 Te dongah caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Kai loh amih te ka rhoh tih ka loepdak ni he. Ka pilnam nu kah mikhmuh ah banim ka saii eh.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will smelt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of the daughter of My people?
8 A lai loh thaltang bangla a ngawn la a ngawn coeng. A ka dongah hlangthai palat la cal. A hui taengah rhoepnah a thui dae a kotak ah a sulbung a khueh pah.
Their tongue is a sharpened arrow, it speaketh deceit; one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.
9 Te dongah amih te ka cawh mah pawt nim. BOEIPA kah olphong ni. Te namtom soah khaw he tlam he ka hinglu loh phulo mahpawt nim?
Shall I not punish them for these things? saith the LORD; Shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 Tlang rhoek ham te rhahnah neh rhathinah, khosoek toitlim ham rhahlung ka phueih mai bitni. Amih a hlup parhi te hlang loh pongpa voel pawt tih boiva ol ya uh voel pawh. Vaan kah vaa neh rhamsa taeng lamloh yong uh tih cet uh coeng.
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through. And they hear not the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled, and gone.
11 Jerusalem te pongui kah khuirhung lungkuk la ka khueh ni. Judah khopuei rhoek te khaw khopong la ka khueh vetih khosa om mahpawh.
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a lair of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without an inhabitant.
12 He he aka yakming ham u hlang nim aka cueih? BOEIPA kah a ka loh a taengah unim a thui pah te aka puen eh. Diklai he balae tih a paltham, khosoek bangla ungtlai tih pongpa uh pawh.
Who is the wise man, that he may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it? Wherefore is the land perished and laid waste like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?
13 Amih mikhmuh ah ka khueh ka olkhueng te a hnoo uh dongah ni BOEIPA loh a thui. Ka ol te hnatun uh pawt tih a khuiah khaw pongpa uh pawh.
And the LORD saith: Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not hearkened to My voice, neither walked therein;
14 Tedae a napa rhoek kah a tukkil bangla a lungbuei mangkhak hnuk neh Baal hnukah pongpa uh.
But have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them.
15 Te dongah ni Israel Pathen caempuei BOEIPA loh he a thui tangloeng. Amih pilnam he kai loh pantong ka cah tih anrhat tui ni amih ka tul eh he.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
16 Amih te amamih neh a napa rhoek loh a ming pawh namtom taengah ka taekyak bal ni. Te vaengah amih te a milh duela cunghang neh ka tueih ni.
I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.
17 Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Na yakming uh phoeiah rhaengsae nu te khue uh lamtah ha pawk uh saeh. Aka cueih te khaw tah lamtah ha pawk uh saeh.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the wise women, that they may come;
18 Te vaengah rhathinah tah mamih ah tokthuet saeh lamtah n'nan saeh. Mikphi loh mamih mik ah suntla saeh lamtah mamih mikkhu ah tui sih saeh.
And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
19 rhathinah ol te Zion lamloh a yaak coeng. Khohmuen n'hnoo uh tih mah tolhmuen a yoe uh vaengah balae tih a rhoelrhak neh mat n'yah uh.
For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion: 'How are we undone! We are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.'
20 Huta rhoek, BOEIPA ol te ya uh laeh lamtah na hna loha ka dongkah ol te doe saeh. Na tanu te rhathinah neh, a hui huta te rhahlung neh tukkil saeh.
Yea, hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of His mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation:
21 Mamih kah bangbuet longah dueknah ha yoeng tih, vongvoel lamkah camoe, toltung lamkah tongpang te saii ham mamih kah impuei la ha pawk coeng.
'For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from the street, and the young men from the broad places. —
22 BOEIPA kah olphong loh he ni a thui. Te dongah hlang rhok he diklai hman ah aek bangla hmoeng vetih cang at hnuk kah cangpa bangla coi mahpawh.
Speak: Thus saith the LORD — And the carcasses of men fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, which none gathereth.'
23 BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Aka cueih khaw a cueihnah neh yan uh boel saeh. Hlangrhalh te a thayung thamal neh yan uh boel saeh. Hlanglen loh a khuehtawn dongah yan uh boel saeh.
Thus saith the LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;
24 Tedae he dongah a yan uh lakah tah kai n'cangbam ham neh m'ming ham mah yan uh saeh. Kai BOEIPA loh tiktamnah neh duengnah he diklai dongah sitlohnah nen ni ka saii. Te dongah ka hmae he khaw BOEIPA kah olphong coeng ni.
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth, and knoweth Me, that I am the LORD who exercise mercy, justice, and righteousness, in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
25 BOEIPA kah olphong ha pawk khohnin vaengah tah hmuicue ah aka rhet boeih te ka cawh ni he.
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them that are circumcised in their uncircumcision:
26 Egypt taeng neh Judah taengah khaw, Edom taeng neh Ammon ca rhoek taengah khaw, Moab taeng neh baengki aka kuet tih khosoek kah khosa rhoek boeih taengah khaw, namtom pumdul boeih neh Israel imkhui tom kah lungbuei pumdul taengah khaw ka muk ni.
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair polled, that dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, but all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
