Jeremiah 2
1 Yahweh gave me another message
Hahoi BAWIPA e lawk teh kai koe a pha.
2 [to proclaim to everyone in Jerusalem. He said that I should tell them this] [MET]: “I, Yahweh, remember that you very much wanted to please me [long ago]. [You tried to please me like] a bride [tries to please her husband]; You loved me, and you followed me through the desert [DOU].
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 [At that time you] Israelis (were set apart/belonged only) to me; [you belonged to me like] the first part of the harvests belong to me [MET]. I promised to punish all those who harmed you, my people, and truly I did send disasters on them. [That happened because I], Yahweh, said [that it would happen].”
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 So, you [descendants of] [MTY] Jacob, all you people of [MTY] Israel,
Oe, Jakop imthung hoi Isarel imthungnaw pueng BAWIPA e lawk hah thai awh haw.
5 listen to what Yahweh says: “(What sin did I commit [RHQ] that caused your ancestors to turn far away from me?/Though your ancestors found no fault in me, they turned far away from me.) They worshiped worthless idols, and they themselves became worthless.
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 They did not say, ‘Yahweh brought us [safely] out of Egypt, and he led us through a desert where there were a lot of pits; he led us where there was no water and where it was very dangerous, through a land where no one lives, and no one even travels. (So where is Yahweh now?/So he should be helping us now!) [RHQ]’
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 when I brought you into a very fertile land, in order that you could enjoy [all] the fruit and [other] good things that you would harvest, you caused the land that I promised to give to you to be unfit for me and to become disgusting/detestable to me.
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 [Your] priests also did not say, ‘(Where is Yahweh now?/Yahweh should be helping us now!)’ [RHQ] Those who teach/explain my laws do not [want to] know me, and [your] leaders have rebelled against me. [Your] prophets gave you messages from [their god] Baal, and they worship worthless idols.”
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 “So, I will accuse you in court. [In future years], I will say what your children and your grandchildren have done that is wrong. [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said [that it will happen].
Hatdawkvah, namamouh hoi na catounnaw totouh, kai ni na taran awh han, telah BAWIPA ni a ti.
10 If you go [west] to the island of Cyprus, or if you go [east] to Kedar [land, ] and if you ask people in those places, they will tell you that no people [from their countries] have ever done the wicked things that you people have done!
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 The people of no other nation have ever [RHQ] abandoned their gods that they thought were glorious and started to worship gods that are not really gods, but you people have abandoned me, your glorious God, and are worshiping gods that are useless.
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 [It is as though everything in] the sky is surprised and dismayed/appalled [about what you have done]; [it is as though] they tremble because they are very horrified.
Oe, Kalvannaw, kângairu awh, muenruengthaw lah, pâyaw hoi awm awh, telah BAWIPA ni a dei.
13 [You], my people, have done two evil things: You have rejected me, the one who is [like] [MET] a fountain [where you can obtain] fresh water, and you [are worshiping gods that are like] [MET] pits in the ground that are cracked and which are not able to hold any 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 You Israeli people, you were certainly not [RHQ] slaves when you were born; you were captured [by your enemies].
Isarel teh san na maw. Ahni teh, im hoi ka tâcawt e san na maw. Bangkongmaw lawphno lah a coung.
15 [Your enemies] [MET] roared [like] lions, and they destroyed your land. [Now] your towns have been burned, and no one lives in them.
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 Soldiers from Memphis and Tahpenes, [cities in Egypt], have [defeated you] [and] shaved your heads [to show that you are their slaves].
Noph tami hoi Tahpanhes tami nihai, na bawilukhung hah rak a hem awh.
17 But it is [RHQ] because you abandoned [me], Yahweh, that these disasters have happened to you.
Nangmanaw lam ka hrawi e BAWIPA Cathut hah na pahnawt awh dawkvah, hete heh nangmouh lathueng a pha sak nahoehmaw.
18 So (why are you trying to make an alliance with [MET] the rulers of Egypt?/it certainly will not help you to make an alliance with the rulers of Egypt) [RHQ]. Why are you trying to make an alliance with [MET] the rulers of Assyria who live near the [Euphrates] River?
Sihor tui nei hanelah, bangkongmaw Izip lamthung na dawn. Euphrates palang tui nei hanelah, bangkongmaw, Assiria lamthung na dawn.
19 [It is because] you have been [very] wicked that I [PRS] will punish you. It is because you have turned away from me that I [PRS] will condemn you. [When I do that], you will realize that painful and evil [DOU] things will happen to you because you have forsaken [me], Yahweh, your God, and you no [longer] revere me. [That will certainly happen because] I, Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, have said it.
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 Long ago, you stopped obeying [me] [MET], and you would not allow [me] to lead you [MET]; you refused to worship [me]. Instead, you worship idols that are under trees on the top of every hill, and your young women have sex with [EUP] [men at those places].
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 [It is as though] [MET] you were a grapevine that I planted when it was a cutting from a very good vine. So now it is disgusting that [RHQ] you have become [like] a rotten worthless vine.
Kahawipounge ati hoi ka talue e misur lah na ung. Bangkongmaw, ka hmaitung hoi na kamlang teh, misur kaphawk lah na coung.
22 Your guilt from your sins is like [MET] very bad stains on a cloth, and you cannot get rid of those stains even by using very strong soap. [This is true because I], Yahweh, have said it.
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 You say that you have not sinned. You say ‘We have not become unacceptable to God; we have not worshiped Baal.’ But think about [the disgusting things that you do very eagerly] in [Hinnom] Valley [outside Jerusalem]. You are like desperate female camels, running here and there [to find male camels to have sex with].
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 You are [like] wild female donkeys in the desert. They sniff the air to find where the male donkeys are, and no one can [RHQ] restrain them. The male donkeys that want them do not become tired searching for them, because at mating time they find them [easily].
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 You constantly run here and there [to find idols to worship], with the result that your sandals are worn out, and your throats have become dry. [I told you to stop doing that], but you said, ‘We cannot stop, because we love foreign gods, and we must worship them.’”
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 [Yahweh says this]: “A robber is disgraced when he is caught. And all of you, including your kings and priests and prophets, are similarly disgraced.
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 You say to [a piece of] wood [that is carved to become a sacred idol], ‘You are our father!’ And you say to a stone [that you have set up], ‘You are our mother!’ You have rejected [IDM] me, but when you experience troubles, you cry out to me to rescue you.
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 Why do you not [RHQ] cry out to the gods that you made? You have as many gods as you have cities [and towns] in Judah. So why do you not plead with them to rescue you when you experience disasters?
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 You complain that it was wrong for me [not to have rescued you], but you have all rebelled against me.
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 I punished some of you, but you did not learn anything from my doing that. You have killed many of the prophets that I [sent to you], like [SIM] fierce lions kill [other animals].
Ayawmyin lah na canaw ka rek teh, kâponae lah hno ngai awh hoeh. Kamamae profetnaw koung a ca.
31 You people of Israel, pay attention to what I say. I have certainly [RHQ] never [abandoned you] in a desert; I have never [left you] in a land full of darkness. So, why do you, my people, say ‘We are free from God’s control; we will not return to [worship] God any more’?
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 A young woman would certainly never [RHQ] forget [to wear] her jewelry, and a bride would never [RHQ] forget to wear her wedding dress, but you my people have forgotten me for many years.
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 You know how to easily find [gods from other countries] whom you can love. You can find them as easily as a prostitute [can find men to sleep with].
Bangkongmaw lungpatawkung tawng hanelah na kamthoup. Hatdawkvah napui kahawihoehe ni na hringnuen na cangkhai toe.
34 Although you have on your clothes the blood of poor people whom you have murdered, people who (were innocent/had not done things that are wrong),
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 you say ‘We have not done anything that is wrong; so surely [Yahweh] is not angry with us.’ But I will punish [MTY] you [severely] for saying ‘We 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 Previously you requested [the army of] Assyria to help you, but they were not able to help you. Now you have requested [the army of] Egypt to help you, but they will not be able to help you, either.
Bangkongmaw, na hringnae kâthung hanelah, yuengyoe na kâva. Assiria na kayakhai e patetlah, Izip hai na kayakhai han.
37 They will capture you, and you will be [their prisoners] [MTY], led to Egypt, [very ashamed] with your hands on your heads. That will happen because I, Yahweh, have rejected those [nations] that you are relying on, and they will not be able to help you at all.”
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.
