Jeremiah 29
1 Profet Jeremiah ni Jerusalem vah san lah kaawm rae kacuenaw, vaihma hoi profet, Nebukhadnezar ni Jerusalem hoi Babilon lah a ceikhai e naw thung dawk hoi kaawm rae naw koe ca a patawn e teh,
Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,
2 siangpahrang Jekoniah hoi siangpahrangnu, tuenlanaw, Judah tami, Jerusalem kaukkung, kutsakkathoumnaw hoi sumdeinaw ni Jerusalem a tâco takhai awh hnukkhu.
(after that Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers, had departed from Jerusalem),
3 Saphan capa Eleasah hoi Hilkiah capa Gemariah tinaw e kut dawk a patawn. Hotnaw teh Judah siangpahrang Hezekiah ni Babilon ram lah Babilon siangpahrang Nebukhadnezar koe a patoun e naw doeh.
by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), saying,
4 Ransahu BAWIPA, Isarel Cathut ni san lah ceikhai e naw pueng, Jerusalem hoi Babilon lah san lah a ceisak e naw pueng koe hettelah a dei.
"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon:
5 Im sak awh nateh haw vah khosak awh. Takha sak awh nateh a pawnaw cat awh.
'Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit.
6 Yu lat awh nateh canunaw capanaw tawn awh. Hottelah canu capa tawn thai nahanlah na capanaw hanlah yu paluen pouh awh, haw vah takangnae awm laipalah pungdaw awh.
Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and do not be diminished.
7 San lah na osaknae khopui hanelah roumnae tawng awh nateh BAWIPA koe het awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh roumnae koe roumnae na hmu awh han.
Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the LORD for it; for in its peace you shall have peace.'
8 Ransahu BAWIPA, Isarel Cathut ni hettelah a dei, nangmouh thung e profetnaw hoi camkathoumnaw ni na dumyen hanh naseh. mangkamangnaw yuem pouh hanh awh.
For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Do not let your prophets who are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.
9 Bangkongtetpawiteh, kaie min hno lahoi laithoe a dei awh, kai ni ka patounnaw nahoeh, telah BAWIPA ni a dei.
For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them,' says the LORD.
10 Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei, Babilon teh kum 70 touh akuep toteh ka hloe vaiteh, nangmouh koevah kahawi e ka lawk kakuep sak vaiteh hete hmuen koe boutbout na bankhai awh han.
"For thus says the LORD, 'After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
11 Bangkongtetpawiteh, nangmae kong dawk ka lungpouk teh ka panue. Nangmouh ngaihawinae apout toteh ngaihawinae poe hane hawihoehnae laipalah hawinae koe lah doeh ka pouk, teh lah BAWIPA ni a dei.
For I know the plans that I have for you,' says the LORD, 'plans for your welfare, and not for calamity, to give you hope and a future.
12 Hattoteh nangmouh ni kai na tawng awh han, na tho awh vaiteh kai koe na ratoum awh vaiteh kai ni na thai pouh han.
You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
13 Nangmouh ni kai na tawng awh vaiteh na lungthin buemlah hoi na tawng awh toteh na hmu awh han.
You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.
14 Na hmu awh e lah ka o han, telah BAWIPA ni dei. San lah na o awh hmuen koehoi na bankhai awh han, miphun tangkuem dawk na kâkaheisaknae hmuen koehoi na pâkhueng awh han, telah BAWIPA ni a dei. San lah na mansaknae hmuen koe roeroe vah na hrawi han.
I will be found by you,' says the LORD, 'and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you,' says the LORD; 'and I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.'
15 Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA ni Babilon ram dawk hai profet na ta pouh telah na ti awh.
"Because you have said, 'The LORD has raised us up prophets in Babylon';
16 Hatdawkvah, BAWIPA ni Devit bawitungkhung dawk ka tahung e siangpahrang e kong hoi hete khopui dawk kho ka sak e taminaw kong hoi san lah hrawi hoeh e na hmaunawnghanaw e kong dawk hettelah a dei.
thus says the LORD concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who haven't gone forth with you into captivity;
17 Ransabawi, BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei. Khenhaw! ahnimae lathueng vah tahloi, takang hoi lacik ka pha sak vaiteh, thaibunglung paw ca han kahawihoehe patetlah ka coungsak han.
thus says the LORD of hosts; 'Look, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that can't be eaten, they are so bad.
18 Hahoi tahloi, takang lacik hoi ka pâlei awh han. Ahnimouh ru sak hanelah tailai uknaeram pueng koe ka poe han, ahnimouh koe ka patawnnae miphunnaw e rahak vah thoebo e tami, kângairu e, pacekpahlek e, hoi dudam e taminaw lah ka o sak han.
I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them;
19 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ahnimouh koe ka patoun e ka san profetnaw hno lahoi ka lawk banglahai ngâi awh hoeh, telah BAWIPA ni ati. Amom ka thaw teh ka pâtam ei na thai ngai kalawn awh hoeh, telah BAWIPA ni ati.
because they have not listened to my words,' says the LORD, 'with which I sent to them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear,' says the LORD.
20 Hatdawkvah, nangmouh Jerusalem hoi Babilon lah ka patoun teh san lah kaawmnaw pueng, BAWIPA e lawk thai awh haw.
'Hear therefore the word of the LORD, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.'
21 Ransahu BAWIPA, Isarel Cathut ni Kolaiah capa Ahab hoi Maaseiah capa Zedekiah e min lahoi nangmouh koe laithoe ka dei e kong dawk hettelah a dei. Khenhaw! Babilon siangpahrang Nebukhadnezar e kut dawk ka poe vaiteh nangmae mithmu roeroe vah a man awh han.
"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahiab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: 'Look, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall kill them before your eyes;
22 Ahnimae kong dawk, Babilon ram e Judah tami san lah kaawmnaw pueng ni, Babilon siangpahrang ni hmai dawk pâeng e Zedekiah hoi Ahab patetlah BAWIPA ni nangmae lathueng vah sak naseh, tie thoebonae lawk dawk, a pâkuem awh han.
and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, "The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahiab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire";
23 Bangkongtetpawiteh, Isarel ram dawk hnokathout a sak awh teh, a imri e yu koe a uicuk awh teh kaie min hno laihoi kâ ka poe hoeh e laithoe lawknaw a dei awh. Kai kama doeh kapanuekkung hoi kapanuekkhaikung lah ka o, telah BAWIPA ni ati.
because they have worked folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I did not command them; and I am he who knows, and am witness,' says the LORD."
24 Nehelam tami Shemaiah kong dawk hai nang ni hettelah na dei han.
"Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,
25 Isarel Cathut, ransahu BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei, Jerusalem e taminaw pueng koe hai thoseh, nang namae min roeroe lahoi ca na patawn, tet pouh.
'Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, "Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
26 Tamipathunaw hoi profet lah kakâsaknaw pueng thongim thung na paung teh hlawngbuet sak hanelah BAWIPA ni vaihma Jehoiada e yueng lah vaihma lah na o sak teh, BAWIPA e im khenyawnkung lah na o.
'The LORD has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man who is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles.
27 Hatdawkvah, bangkongmaw Anathoth tami Jeremiah nang koevah profet ka kâtet e na yue hoeh.
Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,
28 Bangkongtetpawiteh, Babilon vah kai koevah ca na patawn teh santoungnae teh asaw han rah, im sak awh, haw vah khosak awh, takhanaw sak awh nateh, a pawnaw cat awh telah ati.
because he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, "The captivity is long: build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit?"'"'
29 Hahoi vaihma Zephaniah ni hote ca teh profet Jeremiah thainae koe a touk.
Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
30 Hahoi, Jeremiah koe BAWIPA e lawk a pha.
Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah, saying,
31 Sankatoungnaw pueng koe Nehelam tami Shemaiah kong dawk BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei, kai ni ka patoun hoeh e Shemaiah ni nang koe lawk a dei telah laithoe lawknaw na yuem sak awh.
"Send to all them of the captivity, saying, 'Thus says the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: "Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I did not send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie;
32 Hatdawkvah, BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei. Khenhaw! Nehelam tami Shemaiah hoi a imthungnaw ka rek han. Hete hmuen koe khokasaknaw rahak vah tami buet touh hai tawn mahoeh. Ka taminaw hanlah ka sak hane hnokahawi hah hmawt van mahoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh BAWIPA taranlahoi taranthawnae a cangkhai.
therefore," thus says the LORD, "Look, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his offspring; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he see the good that I will do to my people, says the LORD, because he has spoken rebellion against the LORD."'"
