Jeremiah 25
1 After Jehoiakim had been ruling Judah for almost four years, Yahweh gave me this message for all the people of Judah. It was during the year that King Nebuchadnezzar started to rule in Babylon.
Judah lengpa Josiah chapa Jehoiakim lengchan kal kumli lhin kum in, Pakaiyin Jeremiah heng’a, Judah mite jouse dingin thu ahinseiye. Hiche kum chu, Babylon lengpa Nebuchadnezzar lengchan kipat kum ahi.
2 I spoke this message to all the people in Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah:
Hichu Jeremiah themgao pan jong Judah mite leh Jerusalem mite jouse heng’a aseitai.
3 “Yahweh has been giving me messages for 23 years. He started giving me messages when Josiah, the son of Amon, had been ruling Judah for almost 13 years. And I have faithfully told you those messages, but you have not paid any attention to them.
Judah lengpa Amon chapa Josiah lengchan kal kum som le thum lhin’a pat tuni geiyin, kum somni le thum sungin, Pakaiyin kaheng a thu ahin seijing in ahi. Keiman hiche thuho chu, tanglou hel in nangho heng’a kaseison jing in, ahivangin nanghon ngaikhohna naneideh pouve.
4 Many times Yahweh has sent to you the prophets who served him, but you have not listened to them or paid any attention to what they said.
Pakaiyin avel vel in, alhacha themgao ho naheng uva ahinsol jing in, ahivangin nanghon gelkhohna naneipouvin chule jah’a hetding jong nagel dehpouve.
5 Each time their message was this: ‘Turn from all your evil behavior [MET], from all the evil things that you have continually been doing. If you do that, you will be able to stay in this land that Yahweh gave to you and to your ancestors, [to belong to you] forever.
Pakai thusei chu hiche ahi, “Nanghon nalamlhahnau lamdih louva kon in hung kihei kit unlang, chule nathilse bol’u chu hindalhauvin. Chutahle nangho chu, keiman napu napateu kana pehsa gamsung’a kachensah ding nahiuve.
6 Do not cause Yahweh to become angry by serving and worshiping idols that you have made with your hands. If you do not cause him to be angry, he will not punish/harm you.’
Nanghon nakisemdoh u pathen chom chom ho houna leh chibai bolna-a pandauvin. Keima neiphin lunghang hih un, chutile keiman nangho kabolset loudiu nahiuve,’’ ati.
7 And Yahweh says, ‘But you would not pay attention to the messages that I [gave to those prophets]. You caused me to become extremely angry by [your worshiping idols] that you had made with your own hands. That resulted in my punishing you.
Pakaiyin hitin aseiye, “Nanghon kathusei nangaipouve. Nanghon nakisem’u milimdoi chu nahouvun, keima neiphin lunghang uvin, nachunguva chiding jumna leh hamsetna nakiloilut’u ahitai.
8 So [now, I], the Commander of the armies of angels, say that because you have not paid attention to what I said,
Tun Pakai van Pathen chun hitin aseiye. Nanghon kathusei donlouva nakoitah jeh’un,
9 I will gather all [the armies of] the nations that will come from the northeast. I have appointed King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to lead them. I have appointed him to do my work for me. I will bring those [armies] to attack this land and nearby countries. I will completely destroy them, and cause them to be places that people are horrified about, and that people will (ridicule/act contemptuously toward), places that will be ruined forever.
Keiman sahlam gam’a kon’a Babylon lengpa Nebuchadnezzar leh namtin vaipi kachop khomding. Keiman amaho chu hiche gamsung douding, agamsung mite leh akimvel’a chengho doudinga kahin sollut ding ahi. Chule keiman nangho aitih a dinga kasuh mang ding, chule namtin vetset leh kidah umtah’a kalha ding nahiuve.
10 I will cause happy singing and laughing to cease in your land. There will no longer be brides and bridegrooms talking [joyfully]. There will not be the sound of people grinding [grain] with millstones. There will be no lamps lit [in your houses].
Chule keiman nakipanau ogin leh nalasah’u ogin kasuh bei peh ding, jinei ding numei leh pasal kipa thanopna jong kasuh bei ding ahi. Chuteng nain uva sumhei-song gin thip ding, na thaomei jong vahlou ding ahitai.
11 All of this land will become a desert where no one will live. And [the people of] Israel and of the nearby countries will [will be exiled to Babylonia and] (work for/be slaves of) the kings of Babylon for seventy years.
Hiche gam pumpi hi, pannabei gamkeo sohding, chule kum somsagi sunga chu Israel leh akimvel a gamsung miten, Babylon lengpa ajenle diu ahi.
12 Then, after [they have been in Babylonia for] seventy years, I will punish the King of Babylonia and his people for the sins that they have committed. I will cause Babylonia to become a wasteland/desert forever.
Chujouteng, asohchannau kum som sagi ahung kichai nungle, keiman Babylon lengpa leh amite chu agitlounau jal’a, achunguva talen kamatsah ding ahi. Agamsung pumpiu chu, pannabei leh gam homkeova kakoipeh ding ahi, tin Pakaiyin aseiye.
13 I will cause them to experience all the terrible things that Jeremiah has written about—all the punishments that he predicted will happen to all those nations.
Chule keiman amaho chunga tijat umtah kathutepsa jouse leh, Jeremiah aphondohsa achunguva chiding talen ho chu, aguilhung lou umlouva kalha ding ahi.
14 The leaders of many nations will cause the people of Babylonia to become their slaves, like the people of Babylonia caused my people to become slaves. I will punish them like they deserve for [having caused my people to suffer].’”
Chule namtin vaipi nasatah hole leng lentah tah hon, Babylon te soh’a avuldiu; Hita chu amahon kamite abolgentheinau bang banga chu, achunguva kalethuh ding ahi, ati.
15 Then Yahweh, the God [we] Israelis [worship], gave me [a vision. In the vision he was holding a cup of wine]. He said, “Take from me this cup that is full of [wine that represents] punishment [MTY]. I will cause all [the leaders of] the nations to which I will send you to drink [some of] the wine in this cup.
Pakai Israel Pathen chun keima jah’a hitin aseiye. “Hiche kalung hanna khon hi, kakhut’a kon in kilah inlang, keiman nangma kasolna namtin vaipi ho chu donsah in.
16 When they drink [the wine], they will stagger and act like crazy people, because [they will realize that] I will (massacre many of their people/cause many of their people to be killed) [MTY] with swords.”
Amahon hichu don uvintin, chuteng keiman amaho douna thu kasei jal’a, amaho lonle louva chule ngoldoh gamding ahiuve,’’ati.
17 So, [in the vision, ] I took that cup [full of wine] from Yahweh, and I took it to all the nations to which he sent me, and caused [the leaders of those] nations to drink [some of that wine].
Hijeh chun keiman Pakai lunghanna khon chu kalan, Pakaiyin eisolna namtin vaipi ho chu abonchauvin kadonsahtai.
18 [I went to] Jerusalem and the [other] towns in Judah, and the king and [the other] officials drank [some of the wine] from that cup. And, starting from that day, they all [eventually] were removed from having authority, and became [people whom others] (ridiculed/acted contemptuously towards), who were despised, and cursed.
Keima Jerusalem leh Judah gamsunga khopi dang jousea kachen, lengho leh leng chapate jouse jong, hiche khon’a chun adonsoh tauve. Hiche nikho’a pat tunia hitia keohel’a, datmo umleuva, chule gaosap chang dingin,
19 [In the vision I went to] Egypt [and gave some of the wine] to the king and his officials and many of his people,
Keiman hiche khon chu, Egypt lengpa Pharaoh leh agamsung vaipote, chule asohte leh agamsung mite jouse,
20 and to foreigners who were living there. [In the vision I also went to] Uz land and to Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and Ashdod [cities and gave some of the wine] to the kings [of those places].
Chule agamsunguva gamchom mi chengho jouse, kapetan ahi. Keiman UZ gamsunga lengho jong, Philistine gamsunga lengho jong, chuleh Ashlkelon, Gaza. Ekron leh Ashdod khopi ho a umden ho jouse jong, kapetan ahi.
21 [Then in the vision I went to the] Edom, Moab, and Ammon [people-groups],
Chuleh Edom mite, Moab mite, Ammon mite jong,
22 and to Tyre and Sidon [cities] and to areas across the [Mediterranean] Sea, and [gave some of the wine] to the kings [of those places].
Chuleh Tyre le Sidon lengho leh twikhanglen gal’a twipi panga chengho jong abonchauvin kapetai.
23 [In the vision I then went] to Dedan, Tema, and Buz [cities in Arabia] and to other distant places (OR, places where people cut their hair short), [and gave some of the wine to leaders in those areas].
Chule keiman Dedan, Tema, Buz chuleh gam ningkoi lah’a chengho kapetai.
24 [In the vision I also went to other places in] Arabia and to the [kings of tribes] in the desert
Chule Arabia lengte, nelphaiya chengho jong,
25 and to the kings of the Zimri, Elam, and Media [people-groups],
Zimrilengte Elam le Media lengte jong, keiman kapetai
26 and to kings in countries to the north that are near [to Israel] and to countries that are far [from Israel], one after the other— [I went to] all the kingdoms in the world [HYP]. And finally, [in my vision I went to] Babylon, and gave [some of] the wine to the king of Babylon—the wine [that symbolized that Yahweh would punish the people of Babylon because he was angry with them] [MTY].
Chule keiman sahlam gamsung jousea, anai le agamla a um lengho, aban banin, chule leiset chunga lenggam jouse jong kapetai. Achainakeiyin, Babylon lengpa, amatah injong Pakai lunghanna khon chu adontai.
27 Then [in the vision Yahweh said to me], “Tell them that this is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says: ‘Drink [from this cup some of the wine that represents the punishment that I will give you]. Drink [a lot of it] and become drunk and vomit. You will fall down and not get up again, because I will cause you to be killed in wars [MTY] that I will send to you.
Chuin Pakaiyin kajah’a hitin aseiye, “Tun amaho seipeh in, Pakai Hatchungnung Israel Pathen chun aseiye. Kalunghanna khon’a chun don uvin, donkhamset unlang lolha kit uvin. Kiseplhu uvin lang thou kit hih un, ajeh chu keiman nangho douna-a nalah uva chemjam kahin lhalut ding ahi,’’ natiding ahi.
28 If any of those to whom you give this wine [MTY] refuse to drink it, tell them that the Commander of the armies of angels says that they must drink it.
Ijemtia amahon hiche khon’a chu donding adauva ahileh; Nangman amaho jah’a chu, Pakai Hatchungnung in hitin aseiye, nanaghon hiche khon’a hi nadon teitei diu ahi.
29 I am starting to cause the people of my own city to experience disaster. [Do you think that] you should not be punished [RHQ]? No, you will surely be punished [LIT] because I am causing there to be wars in all the nations on the earth. [That will surely happen because] I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it.’
Ajeh chu, keiman kamin’a kikou Jerusalem khopi chu talen kamatsah pan ahitai. Nangho iti talen manlouva kalha ding nahiuvem Nangho talen manlouva naumlou heldiu ahi. Ajeh chu, keiman leiset chung cheng jouse douna-a gal kabolkhum ding ahi, tin Pakaiyin aseiye,’’ natiding ahi.
30 Now tell them all those things that I have said, and also say this to them: ‘Yahweh will [shout to them] from his holy dwelling [in heaven] [MTY] and [it will sound like] the roar of a lion. He will shout like [SIM] people shout when they are treading on grapes [to make juice for wine]; he will shout to everyone on the earth.
Hijeh chun nangman amaho douna thu hichenghi, gaovinlang ajah uva naseipeh ding; “Pakai chu achenna van mun thenga kon’a hung kitum ding, lengpiga chil ho husa bang’a, hung husa hamlet lut ding ahi. Chule ama chu, leiset chunga cheng jouse douna-a hung kisen jah ding ahi.
31 Even people in very remote places around the earth will hear him shouting, because he will say why he will judge and punish all the nations. He will cause the wicked people to be slaughtered with swords. [That will surely happen because] Yahweh has said it.’
Ama thutanna ogin chu leiset mong geiya kitol le le ding, ajeh chu Pakaiyin namtin vaipi chunga douna thu ahinlhut ding ahi. Aman leiset chunga namtin vaipi chunga thu atanding, chule migiloute jouse chemjam’a alousah ding ahi,’’tin Pakaiyin aseiye.
32 Then tell them that this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: ‘Listen to this! There will be disasters in one nation after another. [I am preparing to punish them like] [MET] a great storm that starts in the most distant places on the earth.
Pakai Hatchungnung in hitin aseiye, Ven, namtin vaipi chunga hamsetna khohtah, aban ban’a hunglhung ding. Chimpei hattah leiset mang langkhat apat hung doh ding ahi.
33 When that happens, [the corpses of] those whom I have [caused to be] slaughtered will fill the earth from the east to the west. And no one will mourn for them, and no one will gather their corpses to bury them. They will be [scattered] on the ground like manure.
Hiche nikho chuleh, Pakaiyin mi athaho thilong chu leiset mang langkhat’a pat langkhat geiya kijam chap diu; Amaho chu akadiu leh alunghempi diu mi umlou ding, chule chom khom’a avei ding jong mi umlou ding ahi. Athilong u chu tollhanga chu kithethang’a monlha ding ahiuve.
34 You [evil] leaders, weep and moan! You who should take care of my people, [fall down and] roll in the dust/dirt. It is time for you to be slaughtered; you will fall down and be shattered like a fragile vase [shatters when it falls to the ground].
Vo, kelngoi ching phalou ho, nangho kap’uvin lang maovun! Chule nangho kelngoi hon lah’a apipu ho, tollhanga vutlah’a kile le leuvin! Nakithanadiu nikho ahung lhunge, nangma nalhuh ding leibel kehbai tah bang’a namanthah ding ahi.
35 You will not find any place to hide, there will be no place to which you can escape.
Nangman kiselna ding mun nanei louding, chule jamdoh nading lampi namulou ding ahi.
36 [People will] listen to your leaders crying when [I], Yahweh, am ruining your nation.
Ngaiyun, kelngoi chingho ka-gin khu, chule kelngoi honlah’a apipu ho pen-gin khu! Ajeh chu, Pakaiyin anehdiu hamhing jouse asuhmangpeh ahitai.
37 Your peaceful meadows will become a wasteland/desert because I will be extremely angry.
Pakai lunghan khohse chun, lungmong tah’a achennau hamhing lah jouse chu, nelphai gamhomkeo asotai.
38 I will leave [my dwelling like] [SIM] a lion leaves its den [to attack other animals], and I will cause your land to become desolate when I, because I am very angry [with you], cause [your enemies to slaughter you with their] swords.’”
Keipi in akiselna songko adalhah bangin, Aman amite adalhatai. Pakai lunghanna nasatah leh galmirte chemjam chun, gamsung chu nelgam homkeovin akoitai.
