Jeremiah 1
1 Benjamin kho Anathoth kah Khosoih Hilkiah capa Jeremiah kah ol;
These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
2 Judah manghai Amon capa Josiah a manghai tue vaengkah kum hlai thum dongah anih taengah BOEIPA ol a om pah.
The word of Yahweh came to him in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
3 Judah manghai Josiah capa Jehoiakim tue neh Judah manghai Josiah capa Zedekiah kah kum hlai khat thok tih a hla nga dongkah Jerusalem a khum duela om pueng.
It also came in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem were taken away as prisoners.
4 Te vaengah BOEIPA ol tah kai taengah om tih,
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
5 “Nang he bungko khuiah kan hlinsai khaw kan hlinsai hlan ah nang kan ming coeng. Bung khui lamkah na thoeng hlan ah nang kan ciim tih namtom rhoek ham tonghma la nang kang khueh coeng,” a ti.
“Before I formed you in the womb, I chose you; before you came out from the womb I set you apart; I made you a prophet to the nations.”
6 Te vaengah, “Ya-oe ka Boeipa Yahovah aih khaw, kai camoe loh thui ham khaw ka ming moenih he,” ka ti nah.
“Ah, Lord Yahweh!” I said, “I do not know how to speak, for I am too young.”
7 Tedae BOEIPA loh kai te, “Ka camoe,” ti boeh. Hlang boeih taengah nang kan tueih vanbangla cet lamtah nang kang uen te boeih thui.
But Yahweh said to me, “Do not say, 'I am too young.' You must go everywhere I send you, and you must say whatever I command you!
8 Amih maelhmai te rhih boeh, nang huul hamla namah taengah kai ka om. BOEIPA kah olphong ni.
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to rescue you—this is Yahweh's declaration.”
9 BOEIPA loh a kut a yueng tih ka ka ham puei. Te phoeiah BOEIPA loh Kai taengah, “Na ka dongah ka ol kang khueh coeng he.
Then Yahweh reached out with his hand, touched my mouth, and said to me, “Now, I have placed my word in your mouth.
10 Tihnin namtom rhoek neh ram tom te phuk hamla, palet ham neh paltham sak ham, koengloeng ham, khoeng ham neh phung ham nang kan tuek he hmu laeh,” a ti.
I am appointing you today over nations and over kingdoms, to uproot and break down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
11 Te phoeiah kai taengla BOEIPA ol ha om tih, “Jeremiah balae na hmuh,” a ti. Te dongah, “Noe kah a hlaeng ka hmuh,” ka ti nah.
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “I see an almond branch.”
12 Te dongah BOEIPA loh kai te, “Na hmuh te thuem, kai tah ka ol bangla saii ham ka hak thil,” a ti.
Yahweh said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to carry it out.”
13 BOEIPA ol te ka taengah koep om tih, “Balae na hmuh,” a ti. Te dongah, “Am aka tlawk te ka hmuh tih a rhai te tlangpuei hmai la mael,” ka ti nah.
The word of Yahweh came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a heated pot, whose surface is churning, tipping away from the north.”
14 Te vaengah BOEIPA loh kai taengah, “Tlangpuei lamkah yoethaenah loh diklai khosa boeih te a phuh ni.
Yahweh said to me, “Disaster will be opened up out of the north on all who live in this land.
15 Kai loh tlangpuei ram kah huiko boeih te BOEIPA kah olphong dongla ka khue coeng he. Ha pawk uh vaengah a ngolkhoel te Jerusalem vongka kah thohka neh a kaepvai kah vongtung boeih, Judah khopuei tomah te khaw rhip a hol thil uh ni.
For I am calling all the tribes of the northern kingdoms, declares Yahweh. They will come, and everyone will set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all the walls that surround it, and against all the cities of Judah.
16 Amih te kamah kah laitloeknah ka thui pah ni. Amih kah boethae boeih neh kai n'hnoo uh tih pathen tloe rhoek taengah a phum uh. Te phoeiah amah kut dongkah bisai te a bawk uh.
I will pronounce sentence against them for all their evil in forsaking me, in burning incense to other gods, and in worshiping what they made with their own hands.
17 Nang tah na cinghen te yen lamtah pai laeh. Kai loh nang kang uen boeih te amih taengah thui pah. Amih mikhmuh ah rhihyawp boeh namah te amih mikhmuh ah kang rhihyawp sak ve.
Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be shattered before them, or I will shatter you before them!
18 Kai loh tihnin ah nang he hmuencak khopuei la, thi tung la, rhohum vongtung la Judah manghai rhoek kah khohmuen boeih, a mangpa rhoek, a khosoih rhoek, khohmuen kah pilnam taengah kang khueh coeng he.
Behold! Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
19 Nang m'vathoh thil cakhaw nang te n'na uh mahpawh. Nang huul hamla nang taengah kamah ka om he BOEIPA kah olphong coeng ni,” a ti.
They will fight against you, but they will not defeat you, for I will be with you to rescue you—this is Yahweh's declaration.”
