Jeremiah 2
1 Hahoi BAWIPA e lawk teh kai koe a pha.
Moreover the word of Yhwh came to me, saying,
2 Cet nateh, Jerusalem ka thai lah hram haw. BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei, phaw hoeh e kahrawng hoi kingkadi e kahrawng dawk kaie hnuk na kâbang awh navah, na nawca nah, na ngainae hoi na lawkkam na lungpatawnae hah ka pahnim hoeh.
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Yhwh; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
3 Isarel te BAWIPA koe thoungnae lah ao, hmaloe e aluepaw lah ao. Ahni kacatnaw pueng teh, raphoe lah ao han. Ahnimae lathueng vah, rawknae a pha han, telah BAWIPA ni a dei.
Israel was holiness unto Yhwh, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith Yhwh.
4 Oe, Jakop imthung hoi Isarel imthungnaw pueng BAWIPA e lawk hah thai awh haw.
Hear ye the word of Yhwh, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
5 BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei. Na mintoenaw ni kai dawkvah bangpatet e lanhoehnae maw a hmu awh teh, kai koehoi kahlatpoung lah a cei te, meikaphawk pâlei teh, kabawknaw lah a coung awh.
Thus saith Yhwh, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
6 BAWIPA ni Izip ram hoi na tâcokhai teh, kingkadi e kahrawng, tangkom apapnae hmuen, duenae tâhlip hoi, thingyeiyawn pinihai a cei hoeh nae, ao boihoeh nae hmuen dawk, kacetkhainaw hah, na maw ao telah hai bout tet awh hoeh.
Neither said they, Where is Yhwh that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
7 Canei hane kahawi apapnae ram dawk na kâenkhai awh. Hateiteh, na kâen awh toteh, ka ram dawk na kamhnawng awh teh, ka râw hah panuettho e lah na coungsak awh.
And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
8 Na maw BAWIPA teh ao telah, vaihmanaw ni tet awh hoeh. Cakathutkungnaw ni hai kai na panuek awh hoeh. Ka ukkungnaw ni hai, kai na taran awh teh, profetnaw ni Baal e lawk hah a pâpho awh teh, cungkeihoehe hno hah a pâlei awh.
The priests said not, Where is Yhwh? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
9 Hatdawkvah, namamouh hoi na catounnaw totouh, kai ni na taran awh han, telah BAWIPA ni a ti.
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith Yhwh, and with your children’s children will I plead.
10 Bangkongtetpawiteh, Kittim tuilum hloilah cet awh nateh, khen awh. Kedar ram dawk, tami patoun awh nateh, kahawicalah pouk awh, het patet e hno het ao boimaw.
For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
11 Miphun alouke ni amamae cathut hah cathut katang nahoeh ei, a thung boimaw. Hatei ka taminaw ni bawilennae naw hah banghai cungkeihoeh lah a thung awh toe.
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
12 Oe, Kalvannaw, kângairu awh, muenruengthaw lah, pâyaw hoi awm awh, telah BAWIPA ni a dei.
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Yhwh.
13 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka taminaw ni kathoute kahni touh a sak awh. Tui kahring a phueknae, kai hah na ceitakhai awh teh, songkong kâbawng e tui kamuem thai hoeh e hah a sak awh.
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
14 Isarel teh san na maw. Ahni teh, im hoi ka tâcawt e san na maw. Bangkongmaw lawphno lah a coung.
Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
15 Sendektan kanawnaw ni a huksin awh. Nangmouh koe a hram teh, a ram hah koung a raphoe awh. A khopui hai karingkung awm laipalah hmai be a kak.
The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
16 Noph tami hoi Tahpanhes tami nihai, na bawilukhung hah rak a hem awh.
Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
17 Nangmanaw lam ka hrawi e BAWIPA Cathut hah na pahnawt awh dawkvah, hete heh nangmouh lathueng a pha sak nahoehmaw.
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Yhwh thy God, when he led thee by the way?
18 Sihor tui nei hanelah, bangkongmaw Izip lamthung na dawn. Euphrates palang tui nei hanelah, bangkongmaw, Assiria lamthung na dawn.
And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
19 Na hawihoehnae ni na hringnae a toun vaiteh, hnukkhu lah na bannae ni na yue han. Hatdawkvah, BAWIPA Cathut na pahnawtnae hoi, kai na takinae na thung vah, kaawm hoeh e hah, yonnae hoi, kakhat e doeh tie hah, kamcengcalah panuek, telah ransahu Bawipa Jehovah ni a dei.
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken Yhwh thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord Yhwh of Armies.
20 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ayan e na kahnam hah ka khoe teh, a rui hai ka bouk toe, mon rasang tangkuem hoi, thing rahim tangkuem vah, na tabut teh, tak na kâyo, nange kâ ka ek mahoeh telah na ti.
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
21 Kahawipounge ati hoi ka talue e misur lah na ung. Bangkongmaw, ka hmaitung hoi na kamlang teh, misur kaphawk lah na coung.
Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
22 Bangkongtetpawiteh, longtui hoi na kâpasu teh, sapet moikapap na ka hno nakunghai, na yonnae teh, ka hmalah a kamnue, telah Bawipa Jehovah ni a ti.
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Yhwh.
23 Ka kâkhinsak hoeh, Baal hai ka kâbang hoeh, telah bangkong na tithai, tanghling dawk na khosaknae khenhaw. Na sak e hah pahnim hanh. Nang teh yuengyoe kâva e kalauk patetlah na o.
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
24 Kahrawngum kaawm niteh, cuknae lahoi kahlî ka pahap e kahrawng e la atueng a pha toteh apini maw, a ngang pouh thai han. Katawnkungnaw hah reithai hoi awm hanh naseh, atueng akuep nah bout a hmu awh han doeh.
A wild donkey used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
25 Na khok dawk khokkhawm khawm laipalah awm hanh, na adangka hai ke hanh naseh. Hatei nang ni na ngaihawi hane awm hoeh toe. Bangkongtetpawiteh, imyin hah lung ka pataw teh, a hnuk vah kâbang han, telah na ti.
Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
26 Tamru a man teh, kaya e patetlah, Isarel imthung te a kaya awh toe. Ahnimouh hoi, ahnimae siangpahrangnaw, bawinaw, vaihmanaw hoi, profetnaw hoi, a kaya awh.
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,
27 Thingkung koevah, apa lah na o, a titeh, lungsongpui koe, kahrawikung lah na o, telah ti awh, bangkongtetpawiteh, Ahnimae a hmalah laipalah, hnuklah na kamlang takhai awh. Hateiteh, rucatnae a kâhmo toteh, thaw haw, kaimouh na rungngang haw ati awh han.
Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
28 Hateiteh, na sake na cathut hah, na maw ao. Na rucatnae dawk hoi nangmanaw na rungngang thai pawiteh, ahnimanaw hah thaw sak haw khe, bangkongtetpawiteh, oe, Judah, na cathut te na khopuinaw yit touh a pha awh.
But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
29 Bang kecu dawk maw, kaie lathueng vah na phuen na ang awh. Nangmouh pueng ni kai na taran lahoi, lawk na ek awh, telah BAWIPA ni a ti.
Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Yhwh.
30 Ayawmyin lah na canaw ka rek teh, kâponae lah hno ngai awh hoeh. Kamamae profetnaw koung a ca.
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
31 Oe, atu se thung e taminaw, BAWIPA e lawk hah khenhaw! Isarel hanelah, kahrawngum hoi kahmawt e ram lah ka o maw. Bang kecu dawk maw, ka taminaw ni, bawi lah ka o awh, nang koe ka tho mahoeh toe, telah ati awh.
O generation, see ye the word of Yhwh. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
32 Tanglakacuem ni a kamthoupnae, yuvâ kâpaluen e ni kâpathoupnae a pahnim thai han na maw. Hatei ka taminaw ni hnin moikasaw lah na pahnim awh.
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
33 Bangkongmaw lungpatawkung tawng hanelah na kamthoup. Hatdawkvah napui kahawihoehe ni na hringnuen na cangkhai toe.
Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
34 Yonnae ka tawn hoeh e karoedengnaw na theinae thi hah na hni pawi dawk ka hmu. Arulah ka tuet teh ka hmu e nahoeh. Hatei hete hnonaw pueng teh hmantang vah hmu e doeh.
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
35 Hatei nang ni yonnae ka sak hoeh dawkvah, a lungkhueknae teh kai koe hoi a roum han doeh, khenhaw! yonnae ka sak hoeh na ti dawkvah, nang na taran lahoi yah, ka lawk hah bout ka pouk han rah, telah a ti.
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
36 Bangkongmaw, na hringnae kâthung hanelah, yuengyoe na kâva. Assiria na kayakhai e patetlah, Izip hai na kayakhai han.
Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
37 Na lû dawk na kut na toung hoi ahni koehoi na cei han, bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA ni na kâuepkhai e hah a pahnawt teh, ahnimouh koehoi hawinae na hmawt mahoeh.
Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for Yhwh hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
