Jeremiah 2
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Hahoi BAWIPA e lawk teh kai koe a pha.
2 Go and call out before the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus hath said the Lord, I remember unto thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thy espousals, thy going after me in the wilderness, through a land that is not sown.
Cet nateh, Jerusalem ka thai lah hram haw. BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei, phaw hoeh e kahrawng hoi kingkadi e kahrawng dawk kaie hnuk na kâbang awh navah, na nawca nah, na ngainae hoi na lawkkam na lungpatawnae hah ka pahnim hoeh.
3 A holy thing is Israel unto the Lord, the first of his fruits: all that devour him shall incur guilt; evil shall come over them, saith the Lord.
Isarel te BAWIPA koe thoungnae lah ao, hmaloe e aluepaw lah ao. Ahni kacatnaw pueng teh, raphoe lah ao han. Ahnimae lathueng vah, rawknae a pha han, telah BAWIPA ni a dei.
4 Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all ye families of the house of Israel.
Oe, Jakop imthung hoi Isarel imthungnaw pueng BAWIPA e lawk hah thai awh haw.
5 Thus hath said the Lord, What fault did your fathers find in me, that they went away far from me, and walked after vanity, and became vain?
BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei. Na mintoenaw ni kai dawkvah bangpatet e lanhoehnae maw a hmu awh teh, kai koehoi kahlatpoung lah a cei te, meikaphawk pâlei teh, kabawknaw lah a coung awh.
6 That they said not, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of wildness, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land through which no one had passed, and where no man had dwelt?
BAWIPA ni Izip ram hoi na tâcokhai teh, kingkadi e kahrawng, tangkom apapnae hmuen, duenae tâhlip hoi, thingyeiyawn pinihai a cei hoeh nae, ao boihoeh nae hmuen dawk, kacetkhainaw hah, na maw ao telah hai bout tet awh hoeh.
7 And I brought you into the land of fruitful fields, to eat its fruit and its goodly products; but ye came and ye made unclean my land, and my heritage ye rendered an abomination.
Canei hane kahawi apapnae ram dawk na kâenkhai awh. Hateiteh, na kâen awh toteh, ka ram dawk na kamhnawng awh teh, ka râw hah panuettho e lah na coungsak awh.
8 The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me not; and the shepherds transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied in the name of Ba'al, and after things that cannot profit did they walk.
Na maw BAWIPA teh ao telah, vaihmanaw ni tet awh hoeh. Cakathutkungnaw ni hai kai na panuek awh hoeh. Ka ukkungnaw ni hai, kai na taran awh teh, profetnaw ni Baal e lawk hah a pâpho awh teh, cungkeihoehe hno hah a pâlei awh.
9 Therefore will I contend yet farther with you, saith the Lord, and with your children's children will I contend.
Hatdawkvah, namamouh hoi na catounnaw totouh, kai ni na taran awh han, telah BAWIPA ni a ti.
10 For pass over to the isles of the Chittites, and see; and unto Kedar send, and consider well and see if any thing like this hath happened.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, Kittim tuilum hloilah cet awh nateh, khen awh. Kedar ram dawk, tami patoun awh nateh, kahawicalah pouk awh, het patet e hno het ao boimaw.
11 Hath a nation exchanged its gods, which are yet no gods? and [still] my people hath exchanged its glory for that which can not profit.
Miphun alouke ni amamae cathut hah cathut katang nahoeh ei, a thung boimaw. Hatei ka taminaw ni bawilennae naw hah banghai cungkeihoeh lah a thung awh toe.
12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and let your hair stand at an end, be ye greatly terrified, saith the Lord.
Oe, Kalvannaw, kângairu awh, muenruengthaw lah, pâyaw hoi awm awh, telah BAWIPA ni a dei.
13 For two evils have my people committed: me have they forsaken, the source of living waters, to hew out for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that cannot hold water.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka taminaw ni kathoute kahni touh a sak awh. Tui kahring a phueknae, kai hah na ceitakhai awh teh, songkong kâbawng e tui kamuem thai hoeh e hah a sak awh.
14 Is Israel a servant? or one born [to servitude] in the house? why hath he been given up to plunder?
Isarel teh san na maw. Ahni teh, im hoi ka tâcawt e san na maw. Bangkongmaw lawphno lah a coung.
15 [That] over him young lions roared, let their voice resound, and changed his land into a waste, that his cities are burnt, left without an inhabitant?
Sendektan kanawnaw ni a huksin awh. Nangmouh koe a hram teh, a ram hah koung a raphoe awh. A khopui hai karingkung awm laipalah hmai be a kak.
16 Even the children of Noph and Thachpanches have crushed the crown of thy head.
Noph tami hoi Tahpanhes tami nihai, na bawilukhung hah rak a hem awh.
17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, through thy forsaking the Lord thy God, while he was leading thee on the [right] way?
Nangmanaw lam ka hrawi e BAWIPA Cathut hah na pahnawt awh dawkvah, hete heh nangmouh lathueng a pha sak nahoehmaw.
18 And now what hast thou to do on the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Shichor? and what hast thou to do on the way of Asshur, to drink the waters of the river?
Sihor tui nei hanelah, bangkongmaw Izip lamthung na dawn. Euphrates palang tui nei hanelah, bangkongmaw, Assiria lamthung na dawn.
19 Thy own wickedness shall chastise thee, and thy backslidings shall correct thee; and thou shalt know and see that evil and bitter was thy forsaking the Lord thy God, while the dread of me was not upon thee, saith the Lord Eternal of hosts.
Na hawihoehnae ni na hringnae a toun vaiteh, hnukkhu lah na bannae ni na yue han. Hatdawkvah, BAWIPA Cathut na pahnawtnae hoi, kai na takinae na thung vah, kaawm hoeh e hah, yonnae hoi, kakhat e doeh tie hah, kamcengcalah panuek, telah ransahu Bawipa Jehovah ni a dei.
20 Because from yore did I break thy yoke, did I burst asunder thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress: nevertheless upon every high hill and under every green tree thou makest thy bed, as harlot.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, ayan e na kahnam hah ka khoe teh, a rui hai ka bouk toe, mon rasang tangkuem hoi, thing rahim tangkuem vah, na tabut teh, tak na kâyo, nange kâ ka ek mahoeh telah na ti.
21 Yet I had planted thee as a branch of a noble vine, wholly of the proper seed; but how art thou changed unto me into a degenerate plant of an ignoble vine?
Kahawipounge ati hoi ka talue e misur lah na ung. Bangkongmaw, ka hmaitung hoi na kamlang teh, misur kaphawk lah na coung.
22 For though thou wash thyself with natron, and take for thyself much soap: yet would the stain of thy iniquity remain before me, saith the Lord Eternal.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, longtui hoi na kâpasu teh, sapet moikapap na ka hno nakunghai, na yonnae teh, ka hmalah a kamnue, telah Bawipa Jehovah ni a ti.
23 How canst thou say, I am not become unclean, after the Be'alim have I not gone? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: [like] a swift dromedary bound fast to her ways;
Ka kâkhinsak hoeh, Baal hai ka kâbang hoeh, telah bangkong na tithai, tanghling dawk na khosaknae khenhaw. Na sak e hah pahnim hanh. Nang teh yuengyoe kâva e kalauk patetlah na o.
24 [Like] a wild ass used to the wilderness, that at her pleasure snuffeth up the wind; her lust—who can turn this away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month will they find her.
Kahrawngum kaawm niteh, cuknae lahoi kahlî ka pahap e kahrawng e la atueng a pha toteh apini maw, a ngang pouh thai han. Katawnkungnaw hah reithai hoi awm hanh naseh, atueng akuep nah bout a hmu awh han doeh.
25 “Prevent thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from being thirsty;” but thou saidst, It is useless; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
Na khok dawk khokkhawm khawm laipalah awm hanh, na adangka hai ke hanh naseh. Hatei nang ni na ngaihawi hane awm hoeh toe. Bangkongtetpawiteh, imyin hah lung ka pataw teh, a hnuk vah kâbang han, telah na ti.
26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so have the house of Israel been made ashamed, they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,
Tamru a man teh, kaya e patetlah, Isarel imthung te a kaya awh toe. Ahnimouh hoi, ahnimae siangpahrangnaw, bawinaw, vaihmanaw hoi, profetnaw hoi, a kaya awh.
27 Who say to the wood, Thou art my father; and to the stone, Thou hast brought us forth; for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their misfortune will they say, Arise, and save us.
Thingkung koevah, apa lah na o, a titeh, lungsongpui koe, kahrawikung lah na o, telah ti awh, bangkongtetpawiteh, Ahnimae a hmalah laipalah, hnuklah na kamlang takhai awh. Hateiteh, rucatnae a kâhmo toteh, thaw haw, kaimouh na rungngang haw ati awh han.
28 But where are then thy gods that thou hast made for thyself? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy misfortune; for equal to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah.
Hateiteh, na sake na cathut hah, na maw ao. Na rucatnae dawk hoi nangmanaw na rungngang thai pawiteh, ahnimanaw hah thaw sak haw khe, bangkongtetpawiteh, oe, Judah, na cathut te na khopuinaw yit touh a pha awh.
29 Wherefore will ye contend with me? all of you have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
Bang kecu dawk maw, kaie lathueng vah na phuen na ang awh. Nangmouh pueng ni kai na taran lahoi, lawk na ek awh, telah BAWIPA ni a ti.
30 To no purpose have I smitten your children; correction they accepted not: your sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
Ayawmyin lah na canaw ka rek teh, kâponae lah hno ngai awh hoeh. Kamamae profetnaw koung a ca.
31 O [present] generation, regard ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of deep darkness? wherefore say my people, We wander about; we cannot come any more unto thee?
Oe, atu se thung e taminaw, BAWIPA e lawk hah khenhaw! Isarel hanelah, kahrawngum hoi kahmawt e ram lah ka o maw. Bang kecu dawk maw, ka taminaw ni, bawi lah ka o awh, nang koe ka tho mahoeh toe, telah ati awh.
32 Can a virgin forget her ornament, or a bride her decorations? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Tanglakacuem ni a kamthoupnae, yuvâ kâpaluen e ni kâpathoupnae a pahnim thai han na maw. Hatei ka taminaw ni hnin moikasaw lah na pahnim awh.
33 Why ornamentest thou thy way to seek for love? truly even the worst hast thou used thyself as thy ways.
Bangkongmaw lungpatawkung tawng hanelah na kamthoup. Hatdawkvah napui kahawihoehe ni na hringnuen na cangkhai toe.
34 Also on thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent needy ones: not while breaking in [thy house] didst thou find them; but for all these things.
Yonnae ka tawn hoeh e karoedengnaw na theinae thi hah na hni pawi dawk ka hmu. Arulah ka tuet teh ka hmu e nahoeh. Hatei hete hnonaw pueng teh hmantang vah hmu e doeh.
35 Yet thou sayest, Yea, I am innocent, surely his anger is already turned away from me. Behold, I will hold judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Hatei nang ni yonnae ka sak hoeh dawkvah, a lungkhueknae teh kai koe hoi a roum han doeh, khenhaw! yonnae ka sak hoeh na ti dawkvah, nang na taran lahoi yah, ka lawk hah bout ka pouk han rah, telah a ti.
36 Why makest thou thyself so very low to change thy way? also because of Egypt shalt thou be made ashamed, as thou wast put to shame because of Assyria.
Bangkongmaw, na hringnae kâthung hanelah, yuengyoe na kâva. Assiria na kayakhai e patetlah, Izip hai na kayakhai han.
37 Also from this one shalt thou go forth, with thy hands [clasped] over thy head; for the Lord hath rejected those on whom thou trustest and thou shalt not prosper with them.
Na lû dawk na kut na toung hoi ahni koehoi na cei han, bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA ni na kâuepkhai e hah a pahnawt teh, ahnimouh koehoi hawinae na hmawt mahoeh.
