Jeremiah 29
1 This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
He cabu ol he Jerusalem lamkah tonghma Jeremiah loh vangsawn patong hlangrhuel taeng neh khosoih rhoek taeng neh, tonghma rhoek taeng neh, Nebukhanezar loh Jerusalem lamkah Babylon duela a poelyoe pilnam boeih taengah,
2 (This was after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalsmiths had been exiled from Jerusalem.)
Manghai Jekoniah neh manghainu, Judah tildit mangpa rhoek neh Jerusalem rhoek, Jerusalem kah kutthai rhoek neh thidae rhoek a khuen phoeiah tah,
3 The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated:
Shaphan capa Elasah neh Hilkiah capa Gemariah kut dongah a pat. Amih rhoi te Babylon manghai Nebukhanezar taengkah Judah manghai Zedekiah taengah Babylon la a tueih tih,
4 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
Israel Pathen caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a. thui. vangsawn boeih te Jerusalem lamloh Babylon la ka poelyoe coeng.
5 “Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.
Im thoh uh lamtah khosa uh, dum tue uh lamtah a thaih te ca uh.
6 Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.
Yuu lo uh lamtah canu neh capa cun uh. Na capa ham khaw yuu loh pah lamtah na canu te a va taengah pae. Te daengah ni canu neh capa a sak uh vetih a ping uh pahoi neh na muei uh pawt eh.
7 Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
Te lam te nangmih kam poelyoe akhaw khopuei kah ngaimongnah mah toem uh. Te ham te BOEIPA taengah thangthui uh lamtah a ngaimongnah dongah nangmih ham ngaimongnah om bitni.
8 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.
Israel Pathen caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a. thui. Nangmih khui kah na tonghma rhoek neh nangmih taengkah bihma rhoek loh nangmih te n'rhaithi boel saeh. Na mang na man uh te khaw hnatung uh boeh.
9 For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”
Amih te kan tueih pawt dae nangmih taengah tah kai ming neh a honghi lam ni a tonghma uh. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong ni.
10 For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
He tah BOEIPA long ni a thui. Ka ka dongkah he Babylon ham soep ni. Kum sawmrhih vaengah nangmih kang hip vetih he hmuen la nangmih te mael puei ham ka ol then he nangmih soah ka thoh ni.
11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
Nangmih ham ka poek, kopoek te khaw ka ming ngawn. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong coeng ni. Ngaimong kopoek neh nangmih taengah hmailong ngaiuepnah paek ham te yoethaenah ham moenih.
12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
Te vaengah kai he nan khue uh vetih na pongpa uh ni. Kai taengah na thangthui uh vaengah nangmih taengkah ka hnatun ni.
13 You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
Kai nan tlap uh vaengah nan hmuh uh bitni. Te vaengah na thinko boeih neh kai nan toem uh mako ne.
14 I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”
Nangmih te kan hmuh bitni. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong coeng ni. Nangmih khuikah thongtla, thongtla te ka mael sak vetih namtom boeih lamkah neh nangmih kang heh nah hmuen boeih lamloh nangmih te kan coi. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong ni. Nangmih kam poelyoe hmuen lamloh nangmih te kam mael puei ni.
15 Because you may say, “The LORD has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,”
'BOEIPA loh mamih ham Babylon ah tonghma a phoe,’ na ti uh.
16 this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile—
Tedae BOEIPA loh David kah ngolkhoel dongah aka ngol manghai kawng neh he khopuei kah khosa pilnam boeih kah a kawng, nangmih neh vangsawn la aka cet pawh na manuca kawng ni a thui tangkhuet.
17 this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.
Caempuei BOEIPA loh he ni a. thui. Kai loh amih taengah cunghang, khokha neh duektahaw khaw ka tueih coeng ke. Amih te thaibu thaihuk bangla ka khueh vetih a thaenah te ca uh thai mahpawh.
18 I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.
Amih hnukah cunghang neh, khokha neh, duektahaw neh ka hloem vetih tonganah neh ngaihuetnah la, diklai ram boeih taengah thaephoeinah la, imsuep la, thuithetnah la, amih ka heh nah namtom boeih taengah kokhahnah la amih te ka khueh ni.
19 I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My servants the prophets. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD.”
Ka ol he a hnatun uh moenih te. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong ni. Amih taengah ka sal tonghma rhoek te kan tueih. A thoh neh kan tueih akhaw na hnatun uh moenih. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong ni.
20 So hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Te dongah Jerusalem lamloh Babylon la ka tueih nangmih vangsawn boeih loh BOEIPA ol he hnatun uh.
21 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.
Israel Pathen caempuei BOEIPA loh Kolaiah capa Ahab neh Maaseiah capa Zedekiah kawng, kai ming neh nangmih taengah a honghi la aka tonghma rhoek he a thui. Amih te Babylon manghai Nebukhanezar kut dongah ka tloeng coeng tih nangmih mikhmuh ah amih te a ngawn ni.
22 Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’
Amih kongah Babylon kah Judah hlangsol boeih loh rhunkhuennah la lo uh saeh. “Babylon manghai loh amih rhoi Zedekiah neh Ahab te hmai neh a rhoh bangla BOEIPA loh nang n'khueh,” ti saeh.
23 For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”
Israel taengah boethaehalang a saii uh tih a hui kah yuu nen khaw samphaih uh. Amih ka uen pawt mai ah kai ming neh a honghi ol a thui uh. Kai laipai long he ka ming khaw ka ming ta. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong ni.
24 You are to tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite that
Nehelam Shemaiah te khaw thui pah.
25 this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:
He ni Israel Pathen, caempuei BOEIPA loh a thui. Namah loh na ming neh Jerusalem kah pilnam boeih taengah, Maaseiah capa khosoih Zephaniah taeng neh khosoih boeih taengah ca pat lamtah thui pah,” ti nah.
26 ‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.
BOEIPA loh khosoih Jehoiada yueng BOEIPA im kah hlangtawt la om ham khosoih la nang n'khueh coeng. Pavai neh tonghma hlang boeih te hloong khui neh thi rhawnmoep dongla khueh nawn.
27 So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you?
Te dongah balae tih nangmih taengah aka tonghma Anatoth Jeremiah te na tluung laeh pawh?
28 For he has sent to us in Babylon, claiming: Since the exile will be lengthy, build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat their produce.’”
He dongah nim Babylon kah mamih ham ol han tah. Im te puet thoh uh lamtah khosa uh, dum tue uh lamtah a thaih te ca uh a ti rhailai,'ti nah,” a ti.
29 (Zephaniah the priest, however, had read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.)
Tedae tekah cabu te khosoih Zephaniah loh tonghma Jeremiah kah a hna ah a tae pah.
30 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
Te vaengah BOEIPA ol te Jeremiah taengla ha pawk.
31 “Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
vangsawn boeih taengah thui hamla tueih laeh. Nehelam Shemaiah kawng ni BOEIPA loh a thui coeng he. Shemaiah te nangmih taengah tonghma ngawn cakhaw kai loh anih kan tueih pawt dongah nangmih te a honghi dongah ni m'pangtung sak.
32 this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
Te dongah BOEIPA loh he ni a. thui. Nehelam Shemaiah neh a tiingan te ka cawh coeng. Anih te he pilnam lakli ah hlang hing la om pawt vetih ka pilnam taengah a then ka saii te khaw hmu mahpawh. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong ni. Anih loh BOEIPA taengah koeknah ni a. thui.
