Jeremiah 49
1 Ammonnaw taranlahoi BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei, Isarel ni capa tawn hoeh na maw. Râw ka pang hane awm hoeh na maw. Bangkongmaw Gad hah Milkom ni a ring teh a taminaw a khopui dawk kho a sak awh.
[This message is] about the Ammon people-group. This is what Yahweh says: “There are [RHQ] plenty of Israeli people left to occupy [the land of the tribe of] Gad. So, why are [RHQ] [the people who worship the god] Molech living in those towns?
2 Hatdawkvah khenhaw! atueng pha tawmlei toe, telah BAWIPA ni a dei. Rabbah e Ammon taminaw koe tarantuk kâhruetcuetnae kamthang ka thaisak han. Kingdi la awm vaiteh, a khonaw hmai ni a kak han. Hattoteh Isarel ni a tawn e hno hah a pang han, telah BAWIPA ni a dei.
There will be a time when I will sound the battle-cry [for their enemies] to attack [their capital city], Rabbah. [Then] it will become a heap of ruins, and [all] the nearby towns will be burned. Then [the people of] Israel will again possess the land that the Ammon people-group took away from them.
3 Oe Heshbon hramki haw, khuikap haw, Rabbah canunaw khuikap awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Milkom teh a vaihma hoi a bawinaw hoi san lah ceikhai e lah ao han.
You people of Heshbon [city] [MTY], wail, because Ai [town nearby] will be destroyed. You people of Rabbah [city], weep; put on (rough clothing/sackcloth) [to show you are mourning]; run back and forth [in confusion] inside the city walls, because [your god] Milcom, along with its priests and officials, will be taken away (in exile/to other countries).
4 Bangkongmaw na tanghling na kâoupkhai, Oe yuemkamcuhoeh e napui, na tawn e hnokahawi na kâuep teh, apinimaw na tuk han telah ouk na ti.
You are [RHQ] very proud of your very fertile valleys, [but they will soon be ruined]. You rebellious people, you trusted in your wealth, and you said, ‘Certainly no [RHQ] army will be able to attack us!’
5 Khenhaw! na tengpam e taminaw thung hoi na lathueng takinae ka pha sak han, telah Bawipa ransahu Jehovah ni a dei. Taminaw pueng he pâlei e lah awm vaiteh, kayawngnaw hah apinihai bout pâkhueng mahoeh.
But listen to this: 'I, the Commander of the armies of angels, will cause you to become terrified. You will all be forced to flee [to other countries], and no one will be able to bring you together [again].'
6 Hatei, hote hnonaw hnukkhu Ammon catounnaw hah santoungnae dawk hoi ka bankhai han, telah BAWIPA ni a dei.
But some day I will enable the Ammon people-group to return to their land. [That will surely happen, because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”
7 Edom taranlahoi ransahu BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei. Teman dawk lungangnae abaw toung maw. Khokhang kathoum e khokhangnae abaw toung maw. Lungangnae a kahma toung maw.
[This message is] about the Edom people-group. This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “It seems that [RHQ] there are no wise people in Teman [district in Edom]! There are no people left who can give others [good] advice. The people who were wise [PRS] have disappeared.
8 Oe Dedan vah kho ka sak e taminaw yawng awh. Bout ban awh nateh, kadungpoung e koe khosak awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, ama ka rek navah, Esaw rawkphainae a lathueng ka pha sak han.
You people of Dedan [city in the south of Edom], turn and flee and hide in deep [caves], because when I cause the Edom people-group to experience disaster, I will punish you, too.
9 Misurpaw ka khi e tami nang koe tho pawiteh, pâhma e ao han nahoehmaw. Tangmin vah tami ka parawt tho pawiteh, a ngai e yit touh a hmu hoehroukrak a tawng han nahoehmaw.
Those who harvest grapes always [RHQ] leave some on the vines. When thieves come at night, they surely [RHQ] steal only as much as they want.
10 Hatei, Esaw teh tak caici lah ka o sak toe. A paten e hah ka hawng pouh toe, hrawk thai mahoeh toe. A catounnaw hoi a hmaunawngha, imrinaw hoi raphoe lah ao vaiteh a ma hai a rawk han.
But I will cause everything in Edom to be destroyed, and there will be nothing left, and there will be no place for people to hide. [Many of] [HYP] the children, their relatives and their neighbors, will die, and Edom will not exist any more.
11 Na pa ka tawn hoeh e camo hah, pouk awh hanh, kai ni ka kountouk han. Na lahmainaw ni kai na kâuep awh naseh.
But I will protect the orphans, and the widows [also] will [be able to] depend on me [to help them].”
12 Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei. Khenhaw! manang ka net hoeh e tami patenghai parui pawiteh, nang rek laipalah na hlout han namaw, rek laipalah na hlout mahoeh, na nei roeroe han.
And this is [also] what Yahweh says: “If those who do not deserve to suffer [MET] must suffer, you people of Edom must [RHQ] suffer much more [DOU]! You will not escape being punished.
13 Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA ni mahoima e min noe lahoi thoe a kâbo toe. Bozrah teh tami ni kângairu e, pathoe e, kingdi e, lawkthoeumkha bap e lah awm vaiteh, khonaw pueng hai yungyoe hoi raphoe e lah ao han.
I, Yahweh, have solemnly promised, using my own name, that [your chief city] Bozrah will become a place that people will be horrified about. It will be a heap of ruins. People will make fun of it and use its name when they curse people. All the nearby towns and villages will be a ruins forever.”
14 BAWIPA koehoi pâpho lawk ka thai toe. Miphunnaw koe laicei ka patoun. Kâcoun awh nateh, ama taranlahoi tarantuk hanlah kârakueng awh.
I heard this message from Yahweh: “I have sent an ambassador to [many] nations, [to tell them to] gather together to attack Edom. They must prepare for battle!”
15 Bangkongtetpawiteh, miphunnaw thung hoi taminaw ni hnephnap hanlah ka sak toe.
[And Yahweh says to the people of Edom, ] “I will cause your nation to become very unimportant among the [other] nations. They will all despise your country.
16 Takitho e na meilam hah teh na lungthin kâoupnae hoi na kâdum e doeh. Oe nang lungha rahak monsom kho na ka sak e tami, mataw patetlah ka rasangpoung koe tabu na tawn ei nakunghai, hate hmuen koehoi na pabo roeroe han, telah BAWIPA ni a dei.
You have caused [people of other nations] to be terrified, and you [MTY] have been very proud, but you have deceived yourselves. You live in caves in the rock cliffs; [you think that you are safe there because] you live high up there. But even if you make your homes as high up as the eagles’ nests, I will cause you to come [crashing] down.
17 Edom teh kângairu e lah awm vaiteh, voivang ka cet e taminaw ni kângairu telah ati awh vaiteh, ka raphoekungnaw hanlah a kam khuem awh mahoeh.
Edom will become a place about which people are horrified; people who pass by will be horrified and will (gasp/be shocked) when they see the destruction.
18 Sodom hoi Gomorrah hoi a tengpam e khopuinaw raphoe e patetlah apihai khosak mahoeh toe. Tami ca apihai hawvah awm mahoeh toe telah BAWIPA ni a dei.
Edom will be destroyed as [completely as] Sodom and Gomorrah and the nearby towns were destroyed [long ago]. [As a result, ] no one will live there [any more] [DOU].
19 Khenhaw! Jordan tanghling ratu thung hoi sendek saring thanae hmuen koe ka luen e patetlah a tho han. Hatei ahni koehoi ahnimouh teh tang ka yawng sak han. A lathueng vah kâtawn hanlah ka rawi e hah ka pouk thai nahanelah, kai patetlae apimaw kaawm. Apipatet ni maw kaie tueng a khoe thai han. Tukhoumkung apipatet maw ka hmalah kangdout thai han.
I will come to Edom [suddenly] like [SIM] a lion comes out of the jungle and [leaps on the sheep that are] eating in the good pastureland. I will quickly chase the people of Edom from their land. And [then] I will appoint for them a leader whom I will choose; [I can do that] because there is no one [RHQ] like me who can object to what I do. No ruler can oppose me.
20 Hatdawkvah, Edom e lathueng BAWIPA ni pouknae hoi Teman taminaw lathueng a pouknae sak han a kâcai e naw hah thai awh haw. Saringnaw thung hoi kanawca e hah la e lah awm vaiteh, raphoe han, a pawngpanae hai kingdi han.
Listen to what I have planned to do to the people of Teman [town] and [the rest of] Edom: Even the little children will be dragged away, and I will completely get rid of the people [MET] who live there.
21 A rawpnae pawlawk ni talai a kâhuet teh a khuikanae pawlawk teh tuipui paling koehoi hai thai e lah ao.
When Edom is destroyed, the noise [will be extremely great], with the result that the earth will shake, and the wailing of the people will be heard [as far away as] the Red Sea.
22 Khenhaw mataw patetlah luen laihoi a kamleng vaiteh, Bozrah e lathueng rathei a kadai han. Hatnae hnin navah Edom tami tarankahawinaw e lungthin teh camo kaawm tawmlei e ni ka pataw e lungthin patetlah ao han.
Look! The enemy troops will swoop/rush down over Bozrah like an eagle spreads its wings when it swoops down [to seize an animal]. On that day, [even the strongest] warriors of Edom will [be afraid] like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth.”
23 Damaskas tarannae lawk, Hamath hoi Arpad teh kahawihoehe kamthang a thai roi dawkvah, kaya teh lungpout laihoi ao roi, talîpui totouh lungpuennae ao dawkvah, roumnae koe phat thai hoeh.
[This message is] about Damascus. [This is what Yahweh says]: “[The people in the nearby cities of] Hamath and Arpad are confused, because they have heard bad news [about Damascus]. They are very anxious and restless, like [SIM] a sea in a big storm.
24 Damaskas teh thayung tawn hoeh toe, yawng han a kâcai ei takinae ni a man, napui patawnae ni a man e patetlah lungmathoenae hoi patawnae ni a man.
The people of Damascus have become very weak, and [they all] have (panicked/fled [because] they are very afraid). The people are anguished and in pain like [SIM] a woman [experiences] who is about to give birth.
25 Khopui min kamthangnae hoi nawmnae teh bangkong kingdi bo aw.
That famous city, that I was [previously] pleased with, will be abandoned.
26 Hatdawkvah, hote hnin dawk nawsai naw ni lam dawk a rawp awh vaiteh, taran ka tuk e tongpanaw pueng a kâhmo awh han, telah ransahu BAWIPA ni a dei.
Its young men will fall in the streets. Its soldiers will all be killed in one day.
27 Hahoi Damaskas kalup e rapan dawk hoi hmai ka tâco sak vaiteh, Benhadad im he a kak han.
And I, the Commander of the armies of angels, will start a fire to burn the walls that surround Damascus, and the palaces of [King] Ben-Hadad will be burned down.”
28 Babilon siangpahrang Nebukhadnezar ka tuk e Kedar hoi Hazar uknaeram taranlahoi BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei. Thaw, Kedar lah luen, Kanîtholae tami capanaw hah tuk awh.
[This is a message] about the Kedar [people-group] and the kingdom of Hazor which [the army of] Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon attacked. This is what Yahweh says: “[I will cause an army to] advance to attack Kedar and destroy those people who live east [of Judah].
29 Rim hoi saringnaw a ceikhai awh han. Lukkareirimnaw amamouh hanlah he a la awh han, a hnopainaw hoi kalauknaw a ceikhai awh han. Hote hnonaw dawk kap awh vaiteh, tengpam vah takinae ao.
Their tents and their flocks [of sheep] will be captured. The curtains [in their tents] and their camels and their other possessions will be taken away. [Everywhere] men will shout, ‘We are terrified [because terrible things are happening] all around us!’
30 Yawng awh nateh, ahla poungnae koe cet awh. Oe Hazar dawk kho ka sak e taminaw, adungnae koe kho sak awh telah BAWIPA ni a dei. Bangkongtetpawiteh, nangmouh taranlahoi Babilon siangpahrang Nebukhadnezar ni kho a khang teh, nangmouh taranlahoi noenae a tawn.
So [I, ] Yahweh, say, ‘Run away [quickly]! You people who live in Hazor, go and hide in deep [caves], because King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon wants to attack you [with his army]; he is planning to destroy you!’
31 Thaw haw, ka tawnta e miphun lungmawngcalah khosak e tami, longkha thoseh, tarennae thoseh, tawn laipalah madueng kho ka sak e koe cet haw, telah BAWIPA ni a dei.
But I say [to Nebuchadnezzar], ‘Go up and attack that nation whose people feel secure; they do not have allies [who will help them] and do not have [walls with] gates that have bars in them.
32 Kalauk hah tarannaw ni paru e lah awm vaiteh, maitohu lawp e lah ao han, ahlapoung hmuen koe ka kâkaheisak vaiteh, a rawkphainae naw hah hmuen tangkuem ka pha sak han telah BAWIPA ni a dei.
Your troops will seize their camels and [other] livestock. I will scatter in every direction [IDM] those people who live in remote places (OR, who cut their hair short). I will cause them to experience disasters from every direction.
33 Hazar teh kahrawnguinaw khosaknae hmuen lah awm vaiteh yungyoe ka ke e lah ao han. Apihai khosak mahoeh toe, tami capa khosak mahoeh toe.
Hazor will become a place where jackals/wolves live, and it will be deserted forever. No one will live there again; no one will settle there [DOU].’”
34 Judah siangpahrang Zedekiah ni uknae kamtawng nah Elam taranlahoi BAWIPA e lawk profet Jeremiah koe ka tho e,
I received this message from Yahweh when King Zedekiah was starting to rule Judah.
35 ransahu BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei. Khenhaw! Elam e licung a thaonae hah ka khoe han.
This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “The men of Elam are famous (archers/men who shoot arrows well); that is how they have made their country very powerful. But I will get rid of them [MET].
36 Talai poutnae koehoi kahlî pali touh ka tho sak vaiteh, Edom taranlahoi talai poutnae totouh he ka kâkaheisak han. Elam tami pueng heh pâleihoehnae miphun khoeroe awm mahoeh.
I will bring their enemies from all directions [IDM, DOU], and they will scatter the people of Elam in all directions. The people of Elam will be exiled to every nation on the earth [LIT, HYP].
37 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka thet hane naw hoi a tarannaw e hmalah Elamnaw hah ka pâyaw sak han. Kaman e ka lungkhueknae ni ahnimouh lathueng rawkphainae ka pha sak han, telah BAWIPA ni a dei. Ahnimouh tahloi hoi ka pâlei vaiteh, he ka pâmit hoehroukrak teh.
Because I am very angry with the people of Elam, I will enable their enemies to smash Elam; I will cause the people of Elam to experience great disasters. I will enable their enemies, who want to kill them, to pursue them [and kill them] with swords until I completely get rid of all of them.
38 A siangpahrangnaw hoi kahrawikungnaw ka raphoe vaiteh, Elam vah ka bawitungkhung ka hung han, telah BAWIPA ni a ti.
I, Yahweh, will judge them there [MTY], and [then] I will get rid of their king and [his] officials.
39 Hahoi a to hmalah torei teh, hettelah ao han, Elam taminaw hah santoungnae koehoi bout ka bankhai han, telah BAWIPA ni a dei.
But some day, I will enable the people of Elam to return to their land. [That will surely happen because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”
