< Jeremiah 5 >

1 Go quickly through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and get knowledge, and make a search in her wide places if there is a man, if there is one in her who is upright, who keeps faith; and she will have my forgiveness.
Jerusalem khopi sung lampi jousea, dunglhei vailhei unlang, veng ningkoi lah jouse gahol’un. Mihem khatbeh dihtah’a thutan leh lungtheng tah’a thudih hol, namudoh jouleh, keiman ama jal’a akhopi kangaidam ding chuleh kasuhmang luding ahi.
2 And though they say, By the living Lord; truly their oaths are false.
Amahon, Pakai chu aitih’a hingjing ahi, tia akihahsel ji vangun, jou leh nal jengin thu aseijiuvin ahi.
3 O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back.
Vo Pakai, nangman thutah jeng navet lhih jeng ahi. Nangin namite chunga nakhut nalhatan, ahivangin amahon nahsah in aneipouve. Nangin amaho nanoigeptan, ahivangin amahon hichu kisuhdihnan asangpouve. Amaichangu song bangin atah sah un, lungkhel ding aumpouve.
4 Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God.
Hichun keiman kaseitai,’’ Amahohi vaicha leh tahlelte ima hephalou ahiuve. Amaho’a kon’a ipi apha hungpot dingham? Amahon Pakai lampi ahepouvin, chuleh Pathen danthu jong agel phapouve.
5 I will go to the great men and have talk with them; for they have knowledge of the way of the Lord and of the behaviour desired by their God. But as for these, their one purpose is a broken yoke and burst bands.
Hijeh chun, keima lamkai vaihomte kom’a gachengting, gaseipeh tange. Ajeh chu amaho beh chun Pakai lampi leh Pathen danthu ho henauvinte,’’ kati. Ahivangin, alamkaiteu jong abep ahiuvin, Pathen namkol aheh bongun chuleh akigahnau khao jong abotten un ahiuve.
6 And so a lion from the woods will put them to death, a wolf of the waste land will make them waste, a leopard will keep watch on their towns, and everyone who goes out from them will be food for the beasts; because of the great number of their sins and the increase of their wrongdoing.
Hiche jeh a chu, gammang lah’a kon hungdoh sakeiyin amaho athadiu. Chuleh nelphaiya kon hungdoh kamkei yin amaho akimatdiu ahi. Lutnun akhopi pam’a chang’un tin, khosunga kon’a potdoh tapou abotel ding ahi. Ijeh inem itileh achonsetnau atamvaltan, chuleh Pathen douna aboldoh u anasa behseh jengtai.
7 How is it possible for you to have my forgiveness for this? your children have given me up, taking their oaths by those who are no gods: when I had given them food in full measure, they were false to their wives, taking their pleasure in the houses of loose women.
Hichea hi, keiman nang iti kangaidam ding nahim? Nachate la keiya kon in ajammang sohtauvin, semthu Pathen angsung’a akihahsel jah jah jotauvin ahi. Keiman amaho kavah vaset ahiuvin; Ahivangin amahon jonthanghoi jeng abol'un chuleh notiho inkot’a akijot lut lut jenguvin ahi,’’ tin Pakaiyin aseiye.
8 They were full of desire, like horses after a meal of grain: everyone went after his neighbour's wife.
Amahohi sakol kivahthau huhtah abangun, amitakip chu aheng-akompa jinu velel’a jonlungpu ngen ahiuve.
9 Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?
Hiche mihohi, keiman iti talen matsah louva kalha ding ham? Chuleh hitobang nam mite chung’a hi, keiman iti phu kalahda ding ham? tin Pakaiyin aseiye.
10 Go up against her vines and make waste; let the destruction be complete: take away her branches, for they are not the Lord's.
Alengpi leilaiyuva, lengpigui ho agol gol’a kituna lah’a khun, chesuh unlang gasumangun, beihel invang hinlha hih un. Abah chengu abon'in gamallhauvin, ajeh chu amaho hi keiya kon ahipouve.
11 For the people of Israel and the people of Judah have been very false to me, says the Lord.
Ijeh inem itileh, Israel insung leh Judah insung mite hi, keiya dinga tahsanna beihel ahiuvin chuleh eidouva pang ahitauve, tin Pakaiyin aseiye.
12 They would have nothing to do with the Lord, saying, He will do nothing, and no evil will come to us; we will not see the sword or be short of food:
Amahon, Pakai aseilep un, hitin aseiyuve. Aman eiho chunga imacha bol ponte. Ichunguva genthei hesohna hunglhung pontin chuleh gal kisat leh kellhah injong eilhunden pouvinte, atiuvin ahi.
13 And the prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them; so it will be done to them.
Pathen themgao hojong hi ahomkeo bep hiuvin tin, asunguva Pathen thupeh umlou ahitauve. Hijeh a chu, agaothu seidoh’u jong, achunguva chuding ahibouve.
14 For this reason the Lord, the God of armies, has said: Because you have said this, I will make my words in your mouth a fire, and this people wood, and they will be burned up by it.
Hijeh chun Pakai van Pathen in hitin aseiye, hiche mite hin hitobang a thu aseijeh’un, keiman kathupeh chengse hi, nakam sunga kon’a meikou banga kasemdoh ding, chuleh mipite chu thinggosa bangdiu, meikou chun akahvam hel diu ahi, ati.
15 See, I will send you a nation from far away, O people of Israel, says the Lord; a strong nation and an old nation, a nation whose language is strange to you, so that you may not get the sense of their words.
O Israel, keiman gamlatah’a kon’a namkhat nachunguva kahinlhut khum ding ahi, tin Pakaiyin aseiye. Hiche nam mite chu thahattah ahiuvin khanglui laiya pat’a anaumsa mite ahiuve. Aham-apao ujong najahkhahlou hel nam mite ahiuvin, ipi aseiyu jong nahetlouhel nam mite ahiuve.
16 Their arrows give certain death, they are all men of war.
Agal manchah hou chu thina lhankot kihonna abang jengin, agalsatteu jong thahattah jeng ahiuve.
17 They will take all the produce of your fields, which would have been food for your sons and your daughters: they will take your flocks and your herds: they will take all your vines and your fig-trees: and with the sword they will make waste your walled towns in which you put your faith.
Amahon, nalousoh ho leh na anneh ding jouse anehgamdiu, amahon nachapateu leh nachanuteu jong abahgamdiu, amahon nakelngoi hon ho leh nagancha ho jouse anehgamdiu, amahon nalengpiga holeh natheiga ho jouse anehgamdiu, chuleh kulpi nakaikhum uva hoidohna khopia nanei jouseu jong abon’a asuhmang hel diu ahi, ati.
18 But even in those days, says the Lord, I will not let your destruction be complete.
Hijongleh hitobang nikho jenga jong chu, keima nangho kasuhgam hel loudiu nahiuve, tin Pakaiyin aseiye.
19 And it will come about, when you say, Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us? that you will say to them, As you gave me up, making yourselves servants to strange gods in your land, so will you be servants to strange men in a land which is not yours.
Chuleh namiten, ipi jeh’a Pakai i- Pathen u chun ichunguva hitobang hi abol ham, tia adoh teng uleh, nanghon amaho jah’a hitia naseipeh diu; Nanghon Pakai i-Pathen u chu nadondauvin nangho gamsunga gamdang pathen ho najenleuvin ahi. Hiche jeh’a chu, tua hi, nanghon nahetphah louvu migam’a, nahetlou hel u mite naga jenle diu ahi, tin seipeh in ati.
20 Say this openly in Jacob and give it out in Judah, saying,
Hiche thuhi Israel ho lah’a phongjal unlang chuleh Judah te kom’a gaseiphong un.
21 Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:
Hiche hi ngaiyun, vo mingol lungthim beiho, mit neiya kho muthei louho chuleh bil neiya kho jathei louho.
22 Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.
Nanghon keima neigin louvu ham? Ipi dinga ka-angsung’a tija tah’a kihot hot lou nahiuvem? Keima Pakaiyin, twikhanglen kinong tinkih nading leh aitih’a twiyin akhokhel lou nadingin, twipi pang’a neldi gamgi kakoiye. Twikhanglen twipi chu kinuh ham lah lah henlang kithong jeju jong leh, hiche gamgi hi twiyin akhokhel louding ahi.
23 But the heart of this people is uncontrolled and turned away from me; they are broken loose and gone.
Ahin hiche mite hi, louchal tah leh doumah bol hattah mite chu ahiuvin, amahon kei eidalhauvin, keiya kon in achemang gamtauvin ahi.
24 And they do not say in their hearts, Now let us give worship to our God, who gives the rain, the winter and the spring rain, at the right time; who keeps for us the ordered weeks of the grain-cutting.
Amahon alungthim giltah’uva kon in, Pakai i-Pathen’u gingu hite. Ajeh chu aman aphat cha-a chuh-go hihen khal-go hijongleh eipeh uva; eiho dinga aphatcha a chang-at phat eikoipeh jingpau ahi, tin aseipouve.
25 Through your evil-doing these things have been turned away, and your sins have kept back good from you.
Nagitlouna chengse chun phattheiboh nachan dingho adelmangin, chuleh nachonsetna chengse chun thilpha jouse apaidoh tai.
26 For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.
Ijeh inem itileh, kamitelah’a migilouteho achengtauve. Gamleng hon sa achanlhih bangun, amahon mi matding achanglhi lhi uvin, thang akampeh un, matding agojing uve.
27 As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.
Vacha thang kamten, abom dimset’a vacha apoh bangun, a-in hou chu dihloutah’a achomdoh u thil adimset in ahi. Hiche jeh chun, amaho alendoh gam’un chuleh ahaodoh gamtauve.
28 They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.
Amaho athaodoh gam’un, chuleh atahsau jong ajolsel gamtauve. chuleh athilse bolhou chu angahje ahetapouve. Amahon, chagate chung a dihtah’a thutanna adalpih un, chuleh vaicha gentheite ding chanvou jong dihtah in achansah pouve.
29 Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?
Hichengse jeh’a hi, keiman amaho chu talen pelouva kaum ding ham?’’ tin Pakaiyin aseiye. Chuleh hiche nam mite chunga keiman phu kalahda ding ham?’’ ati.
30 A thing of wonder and fear has come about in the land;
Hiche gamsunga hin, thil gimneitah leh tijat umtah chu asohtai.
31 The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are glad to have it so: and what will you do in the end?
Themgao hon jouthu jeng aseiyun, Thempu hon jong ama dei deiyun vai ahomtauve. Kamiten hitobang hi nadeiyun ahi. Ahivangin ijakai achaina ahunglhun tengleh, ipi naboldiu ham?’’ ati.

< Jeremiah 5 >