Jeremiah 25
1 Judah siangpahrang Jehoiakim, Josiah capa a bawinae kum pali nah, Judah taminaw pueng kong dawk Jeremiah koe ka tho e lawk teh: hatnae tueng Babilon siangpahrang Nebukhadnezar a bawinae a kum pasueknae doeh.
After Jehoiakim had been ruling Judah for almost four years, Yahweh gave me this message for all the people of Judah. It was during the year that King Nebuchadnezzar started to rule in Babylon.
2 Hote lawk teh profet Jeremiah ni Judahnaw pueng hoi Jerusalem kaawmnaw pueng koevah, a dei e doeh.
I spoke this message to all the people in Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah:
3 kum 23 touh thung Judah siangpahrang Josiah Ammon capa a bawinae kum 13 hoi sahnin totouh BAWIPA e lawk teh a tho. Amom ka thaw teh nangmouh koe ouk ka dei ei, na thai ngai awh hoeh.
“Yahweh has been giving me messages for 23 years. He started giving me messages when Josiah, the son of Amon, had been ruling Judah for almost 13 years. And I have faithfully told you those messages, but you have not paid any attention to them.
4 BAWIPA ni nangmouh koe a thaw katawkkung profet pueng a patoun toe, amom a thaw awh teh, a patoun. Hatei, na thai ngai awh hoeh. Thai hanelah na hnâpakeng ngai awh hoeh.
Many times Yahweh has sent to you the prophets who served him, but you have not listened to them or paid any attention to what they said.
5 Hote profetnaw ni tami pueng mae yonnae lam hoi a tawksak awh e hawihoehnae hah pankângai vaiteh, BAWIPA ni nangmouh koehoi napanaw koevah a yungyoe hanelah na poe awh e ram dawkvah khosak awh.
Each time their message was this: ‘Turn from all your evil behavior [MET], from all the evil things that you have continually been doing. If you do that, you will be able to stay in this land that Yahweh gave to you and to your ancestors, [to belong to you] forever.
6 Ahnimae cathut bawk hane hoi thaw tawk pouh hanelah kâbang hanh awh. Hahoi na kut hoi na sak e hoi ka lungkhuek sak hanh awh. Hat pawiteh, patawnae na poe awh mahoeh, telah ouk ati awh.
Do not cause Yahweh to become angry by serving and worshiping idols that you have made with your hands. If you do not cause him to be angry, he will not punish/harm you.’
7 Hateiteh, nangmouh pataw nahanelah, na kut thawtawknae ni ka lungkhuek sak teh, na tarawi ngai awh hoeh, telah BAWIPA ni ati.
And Yahweh says, ‘But you would not pay attention to the messages that I [gave to those prophets]. You caused me to become extremely angry by [your worshiping idols] that you had made with your own hands. That resulted in my punishing you.
8 Hatdawkvah, ransahu BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei, ka lawk na tarawi ngai awh hoeh dawkvah,
So [now, I], the Commander of the armies of angels, say that because you have not paid attention to what I said,
9 khenhaw! atunglae imthung pueng hah ka patoun vaiteh, koung ka la han, telah BAWIPA ni ati. Ka san Babilon siangpahrang Nebukhadnezar hai, ram dawk ka tho sak vaiteh, ahni ni hete ram hoi hete ram thung kaawmnaw hoi hitapat kaawm e miphun pueng tuk hanelah ka thokhai han. Koung ka raphoe vaiteh, kângairu hane hoi, pathoe vaiteh raphoe yungyoe e lah ka coung sak han.
I will gather all [the armies of] the nations that will come from the northeast. I have appointed King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to lead them. I have appointed him to do my work for me. I will bring those [armies] to attack this land and nearby countries. I will completely destroy them, and cause them to be places that people are horrified about, and that people will (ridicule/act contemptuously toward), places that will be ruined forever.
10 Ahnimouh thung vah nawmnae hoi lunghawilawknaw kamthang, yuvâ kâpaluennae pawlawk hoi, paang e hmaiang hah ka la pouh han.
I will cause happy singing and laughing to cease in your land. There will no longer be brides and bridegrooms talking [joyfully]. There will not be the sound of people grinding [grain] with millstones. There will be no lamps lit [in your houses].
11 Hete ram pueng hah koung a rawk han, hahoi hete miphun ni Babilon siangpahrang e thaw hah kum 70 touh a tawk awh han.
All of this land will become a desert where no one will live. And [the people of] Israel and of the nearby countries will [will be exiled to Babylonia and] (work for/be slaves of) the kings of Babylon for seventy years.
12 Hahoi kum 70 touh a baw toteh, Babilon siangpahrang hoi hote miphun hoi Khaldeannaw e ram teh, a yon awh kecu dawkvah, ka rek vaiteh, a yungyoe ka raphoe han, telah BAWIPA ni ati.
Then, after [they have been in Babylonia for] seventy years, I will punish the King of Babylonia and his people for the sins that they have committed. I will cause Babylonia to become a wasteland/desert forever.
13 Hahoi ram lathueng vah, ka dei e lawk pueng, Jeremiah ni miphun pueng lathueng vah a dei e, hete cauk thung thut e pueng hah ka kuep sak han.
I will cause them to experience all the terrible things that Jeremiah has written about—all the punishments that he predicted will happen to all those nations.
14 Bangkongtetpawiteh, miphun kuep hoi ka lentoe e siangpahrangnaw ni, amamouh thung hoi a ngai awh e hah a rawi awh vaiteh, a sak awh e hoi a tawk awh e patetlah moi ka pathung han.
The leaders of many nations will cause the people of Babylonia to become their slaves, like the people of Babylonia caused my people to become slaves. I will punish them like they deserve for [having caused my people to suffer].’”
15 Isarel Cathut BAWIPA ni kai koe hettelah a dei, Ka kut dawk kaawm e lungkhueknae manang hah lat nateh, ka patoun hane miphun hah pânei haw.
Then Yahweh, the God [we] Israelis [worship], gave me [a vision. In the vision he was holding a cup of wine]. He said, “Take from me this cup that is full of [wine that represents] punishment [MTY]. I will cause all [the leaders of] the nations to which I will send you to drink [some of] the wine in this cup.
16 A nei awh vaiteh, rawrawcu awh han. Ahnimouh koe ka patoun hane tahloi kecu dawkvah, lungmuenti awh han, telah ati.
When they drink [the wine], they will stagger and act like crazy people, because [they will realize that] I will (massacre many of their people/cause many of their people to be killed) [MTY] with swords.”
17 BAWIPA kut dawk e manang hah ka la teh, BAWIPA ni a patoun e miphunnaw ka pânei.
So, [in the vision, ] I took that cup [full of wine] from Yahweh, and I took it to all the nations to which he sent me, and caused [the leaders of those] nations to drink [some of that wine].
18 Hotnaw teh hetnaw hah doeh. Jerusalem hoi Judah khopui, haw e siangpahrangnaw hoi kahrawikungnaw, raphoenae hoi kângairu hane hoi lawkthoe hoi thoebonae lah ao nahanelah, atu e a nuencangnaw hah,
[I went to] Jerusalem and the [other] towns in Judah, and the king and [the other] officials drank [some of the wine] from that cup. And, starting from that day, they all [eventually] were removed from having authority, and became [people whom others] (ridiculed/acted contemptuously towards), who were despised, and cursed.
19 Izip siangpahrang Faro hoi a ransa kahrawikungnaw hoi a taminaw pueng,
[In the vision I went to] Egypt [and gave some of the wine] to the king and his officials and many of his people,
20 ahni hoi kambawng e Jentelnaw pueng, Uz ram dawk e siangpahrangnaw, Filistin ram e siangpahrangnaw pueng, Askelon, Gaza. Ekron, hoi Asdod kaawm e siangpahrang,
and to foreigners who were living there. [In the vision I also went to] Uz land and to Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and Ashdod [cities and gave some of the wine] to the kings [of those places].
21 Edom hoi Moab, Ammon catounnaw,
[Then in the vision I went to the] Edom, Moab, and Ammon [people-groups],
22 Taire siangpahrang pueng hoi Zidon siangpahrangnaw pueng, tuipui teng siangpahrangnaw pueng hoi,
and to Tyre and Sidon [cities] and to areas across the [Mediterranean] Sea, and [gave some of the wine] to the kings [of those places].
23 Dedan, Tema, Buz hoi ahlanae koe kaawmnaw pueng,
[In the vision I then went] to Dedan, Tema, and Buz [cities in Arabia] and to other distant places (OR, places where people cut their hair short), [and gave some of the wine to leaders in those areas].
24 Arabia siangpahrangnaw pueng, ramke khosak e miphun kambawng e siangpahrang pueng,
[In the vision I also went to other places in] Arabia and to the [kings of tribes] in the desert
25 Zimri siangpahrangnaw pueng, Elam siangpahrangnaw pueng, Media siangpahrangnaw pueng,
and to the kings of the Zimri, Elam, and Media [people-groups],
26 atunglae siangpahrangnaw pueng, ahla a hnai a kâtarui awh e patetlah talai uknaeram pueng hah a nei awh hnukkhu, Sheshak siangpahrang ni a nei han.
and to kings in countries to the north that are near [to Israel] and to countries that are far [from Israel], one after the other— [I went to] all the kingdoms in the world [HYP]. And finally, [in my vision I went to] Babylon, and gave [some of] the wine to the king of Babylon—the wine [that symbolized that Yahweh would punish the people of Babylon because he was angry with them] [MTY].
27 Ahnimouh koe, ransahu BAWIPA, Isarel Cathut ni hettelah a dei. Net awh nateh, parui awh. Palawt awh nateh rawm awh. Thaw awh hanh lawih. Bangkongtetpawiteh nangmouh koe ka patoun hane tahloi kecu dawkvah, na ti pouh han.
Then [in the vision Yahweh said to me], “Tell them that this is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says: ‘Drink [from this cup some of the wine that represents the punishment that I will give you]. Drink [a lot of it] and become drunk and vomit. You will fall down and not get up again, because I will cause you to be killed in wars [MTY] that I will send to you.
28 Hahoi na kut dawk e manang nei hane heh lat ngai awh hoehpawiteh, ahnimouh koe hettelah na dei pouh han. Ransahu BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei, na nei roeroe han
If any of those to whom you give this wine [MTY] refuse to drink it, tell them that the Commander of the armies of angels says that they must drink it.
29 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka min lahoi kaw e khopui dawk, thoenae sak hanlah ka kamtawng teh, nangmouh rek laipalah ka o han na maw, rek laipalah na awm awh mahoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, talai van khosaknaw pueng koe vah, tahloi ka palik han, telah ransahu BAWIPA ni a dei.
I am starting to cause the people of my own city to experience disaster. [Do you think that] you should not be punished [RHQ]? No, you will surely be punished [LIT] because I am causing there to be wars in all the nations on the earth. [That will surely happen because] I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it.’
30 Hatdawkvah, ahnimouh taran lahoi, hete lawk pueng pâpho nateh, ahnimouh koevah, BAWIPA teh hmuenrasang koehoi a hram han. Khosaknae hmuen kathoung koehoi a lawk a tâco han. A rapan taranlahoi puenghoi a hram han. Misur katinkung patetlah talai van kaawm pueng taranlahoi a hram han.
Now tell them all those things that I have said, and also say this to them: ‘Yahweh will [shout to them] from his holy dwelling [in heaven] [MTY] and [it will sound like] the roar of a lion. He will shout like [SIM] people shout when they are treading on grapes [to make juice for wine]; he will shout to everyone on the earth.
31 Talai pout totouh, pawlawk a kamthang han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA ni miphun a taran teh, moithang pueng lathueng lawkceng han. Tamikathout teh tahloi koe a poe han, telah BAWIPA ni a dei.
Even people in very remote places around the earth will hear him shouting, because he will say why he will judge and punish all the nations. He will cause the wicked people to be slaughtered with swords. [That will surely happen because] Yahweh has said it.’
32 Ransahu BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei, khenhaw! thoenae ni miphun pueng a katin han. Katangpounge kahlî talai poutnae koehoi a tho han.
Then tell them that this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: ‘Listen to this! There will be disasters in one nation after another. [I am preparing to punish them like] [MET] a great storm that starts in the most distant places on the earth.
33 Hat hnin vah BAWIPA ni a thei e naw hah talai poutnae koehoi talai poutnae koe totouh a kâyat vaiteh, talai dawk eitaboung patetlah ao awh han.
When that happens, [the corpses of] those whom I have [caused to be] slaughtered will fill the earth from the east to the west. And no one will mourn for them, and no one will gather their corpses to bury them. They will be [scattered] on the ground like manure.
34 Tukhoumnaw hramki awh nateh, kap awh. Nangmae tuhu thung e kahrawikungnaw hai paleipaluet awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, thei nahane hnin hoi na kâkapek nahane hnin teh a pha katang toe. Ka sungren e hlaam patetlah na rawp awh han.
You [evil] leaders, weep and moan! You who should take care of my people, [fall down and] roll in the dust/dirt. It is time for you to be slaughtered; you will fall down and be shattered like a fragile vase [shatters when it falls to the ground].
35 Tukhoumnaw hanlah yawng nahane hmuen awm mahoeh. Tuhunaw thung dawk kahrawikungnaw nihai, roun nahane lamthung tawn awh mahoeh.
You will not find any place to hide, there will be no place to which you can escape.
36 Tukhoumnaw khuinae pawlawk hoi tuhunaw thung dawk hoi kahrawikungnaw hramnae pawlawk hah thai e lah ao han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA ni a pawngpanae ramhringnaw heh a raphoe pouh teh,
[People will] listen to your leaders crying when [I], Yahweh, am ruining your nation.
37 kalenpounge BAWIPA lungkhueknae kecu dawkvah, duem ao nahane hmuen hai he a raphoe.
Your peaceful meadows will become a wasteland/desert because I will be extremely angry.
38 Sendek patetlah a kâhronae hmuen a tâco takhai toe. Bangtelamaw, ka mathengpoung e ni repcoungroenae hoi ka mathengpoung e a lungkhueknae kecu dawkvah amamae ram kingdi toe telah ati.
I will leave [my dwelling like] [SIM] a lion leaves its den [to attack other animals], and I will cause your land to become desolate when I, because I am very angry [with you], cause [your enemies to slaughter you with their] swords.’”
