Jeremiah 9
1 Oe ka lû heh tuikhu lah awm haw pawiteh, ka mit roi heh mitphi tuiphuek lah awm haw pawiteh, ka tami ka canunaw thei lah ao dawkvah, khohmo khodai ka ka yawkaw han toe.
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
2 Oe ahnimouh koehoi cei vaiteh, ka taminaw ka ceitakhai thai nahanlah, imyinnaw hanlah roenae hmuen hah kingdinae koe tawn hanlah ka ngai. Bangkongtetpawiteh, abuemlahoi ka uicuk e, dumyen hoi kamkhueng e lah ao awh.
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they [be] all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
3 Laithoe dei awh nahanlah, a lainaw hah pala patetlah sut a pho awh. Lawk katang hoi ram thung vah roung awh hoeh. A yonnae buet touh koe hoi buet touh patuen a cei awh, kai heh banglah hai na ngai awh hoeh, telah BAWIPA ni a ti.
And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
4 Na huinaw hah kâhruetcuet awh, na hmaunawnghanaw hai kâuep awh hanh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, hmaunawngha abuemlah kadumyennaw lah ao awh teh, a hui pueng hai tamthoe ka dei seng doeh.
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
5 Hui hoi hui a kâdoun awh, apinihai lawkkatang dei awh hoeh. A lai heh laithoe deinae lai lah a pâtu awh teh, yonnae hoi amahoima tha a tawn sak awh.
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, [and] weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6 Laithoe dawk na kangdue awh teh, a laithoenae ni kai panue hanlah ngai awh hoeh, telah BAWIPA ni a ti.
Thine habitation [is] in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
7 Hatdawkvah, ransahu BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei, khenhaw! ahnimouh teh atui lah kamyawt sak vaiteh, ka tanouk han, ka tami lah kaawm e ka canu heh bangtelamaw ka ti han.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
8 Ahnimae a lai teh duenae pala lah ao teh, laithoe lawk a dei awh. A pahni hoi imrinaw koe kâponae lawk a dei awh ei, a lung thung hoi teh, sut a pawp awh.
Their tongue [is as] an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: [one] speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
9 Hatdawkvah, rek hoe laipalah ka o han na maw, telah BAWIPA ni ati. Hettelah kaawm e lathueng vah kama hoi kama moipathung laipalah ka o han maw.
Shall I not visit them for these [things]? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 Monnaw hanlah lungpataw hoi ka ka vaiteh, kahrawng e phovainaw ka khui han. Hotnaw teh sut a ke awh teh, apinihai pâtam hoe toe. Saringnaw lawk hai thai hoe toe. Lathueng tavanaw hai koung a poung awh teh, kahrawng moithangnaw hai awm hoeh toe.
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through [them; ] neither can [men] hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
11 Jerusalem teh songnawngbom lah ka hruek vaiteh, kahrawnguinaw onae hmuen lah ka ta han, Judah khonaw hai kingdi sak vaiteh, api buet touh hai awm mahoeh.
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, [and] a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
12 Hete hno panue thai nahan a lungkaang e apimaw. BAWIPA ni apimaw a cangkhai teh hete hno heh kacaicalah ka dei thai. Apinihai a pâtam hoeh e thingyei patetlah a ram hah he a kak.
Who [is] the wise man, that may understand this? and [who is he] to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth [and] is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
13 BAWIPA ni a dei e teh, ahnimouh hmalah ka ta pouh e, kaie kâlawk hah a pahnawt awh teh, ka lawk ngai awh hoeh, cangkhainae lawk hai tarawi awh hoeh.
And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
14 Amamae lung a patanae lamthung hah a tarawi awh, a napanaw ni a cangkhai awh e patetlah Baal hnuk a kâbang awh.
But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
15 Hatdawkvah, ransahu BAWIPA Isarel Cathut ni hettelah a dei, khenhaw! hete taminaw heh rawca kakhat ka ca sak vaiteh, kakhat e tui hah ka nei sak han.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, [even] this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
16 Ahnimouh hoi a napanaw ni a panue boihoeh e miphunnaw koe kâkayeisak vaiteh, ahnimanaw be raphoe hoehroukrak tahloi ka pâlei sak han.
I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
17 Ransahu BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei, atu kahawicalah pouk awh haw, ka kap thai e napuinaw hah tho hanlah kaw awh leih, ahnimouh imthung dawk hai kalung kathoumpoungnaw hah lawk thui awh.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning [women], that they may come:
18 Ahnimanaw hah karang tho sak nateh, mamae mitphi a lawng teh, mamae mitsum dawk hoi tui a phuek hoehroukrak, maimouh na kapkhai lawiseh.
And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
19 Kanae lawk heh Zion hoi thai thai lah ao. Banghloimaw rawk awh tangngak toe. Yeiraipo awh katang toe. Na imlawnaw a ro katang toung dawkvah, ram teh ka ceitakhai awh toe.
For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast [us] out.
20 Atuvah, Oe napuinaw, BAWIPA e lawk heh thaihaw, a pahni dawk e lawk koe lah hnâpakeng haw, na canunaw bangtelamaw a ka awh han tie hah cangkhai awh. Kalungla buet touh hoi buet touh kâcangkhai awh.
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
21 Duenae teh hlalangaw koehoi a kâen teh, im thung vah a kâen, lamthung dawk e camonaw a takhoe teh lamlawng e nawsainaw a pâlei toe.
For death is come up into our windows, [and] is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, [and] the young men from the streets.
22 BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei, tami kadoutnaw e ro teh laikawk dawk e vaipuen patetlah thoseh, cang ka a naw ni cabong a pâhma awh e patetlah thoseh, apinihai ahnimouh teh bout kuem awh mahoeh toe, telah dei pouh.
Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather [them].
23 BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei, tami lungkaang ni lungangnae dawk kâoup hanh naseh, thakasai ni thasainae dawk kâoup hanh naseh, bawi ni hai a bawinae dawk kâoup hanh naseh.
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, let not the rich [man] glory in his riches:
24 Hatei, apipatet hai kâoup ngai pawiteh, het dawk kâoup naseh, kai na ka nout hoi na ka panuek e hah teh BAWIPA lungpatawnae, ka thuem hoi lannae talai van kasakkung doeh, hete hninaw heh ka lunghawinae doeh, telah BAWIPA ni a ti.
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I [am] the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these [things] I delight, saith the LORD.
25 Takthai dawk dueng vah vuensom ka a e taminaw pueng rek nahane atueng teh a pha toe, telah BAWIPA ni a ti.
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all [them which are] circumcised with the uncircumcised;
26 Izip, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, hoi thingyei ram ahlanae koe kaawm e tami pueng hai, hote miphunnaw pueng teh vuensom ka a hoeh e taminaw lah ao awh. Isarel imthung buemlah hoi lungthin lahoi vuensom ka a hoeh e seng doeh, telah BAWIPA ni a dei.
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all [that are] in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all [these] nations [are] uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel [are] uncircumcised in the heart.
