Jeremiah 34
1 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came with the armies of all the kingdoms that he ruled, and they fought against Jerusalem and the other towns [in Judah]. At that time, Yahweh gave me this message:
Babylon lengpa Nebuchadnezzar chu alengvaipohna gamho’a kon in asepai jouse toh ahung kon in, Jerusalem leh akimvel’a khopi ho douna gal asattai. Hichepet chun Pakaiyin Jeremiah henga hitin aseiye.
2 “Go to Zedekiah the King of Judah, and say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says: “I am about to enable the army of the King of Babylon to capture this city, and they will burn it down.
Zedekiah lengpa henga gachenlang hitin gaseiyin; “Pakai Israel Pathen chun aseiye, keiman hiche khopi hi Babylon lengpa khut a kapehdoh ahitai, chule aman meiya agovam ding ahi.
3 You will not escape from them; they will capture you and take you to the king of Babylon. And [then] they will take you to Babylon.”’
Chule nangjong ama-a kon’a najamdoh louhel ding, nakimandoh ding chuleh Babylon lengpa toh nakimaito teiding ahi. Chuteng Babylon gam’a sohchanga nakikaimang ding ahi.
4 But King Zedekiah, listen to this that Yahweh has promised: ‘You will not be killed in a battle [MTY];
Amavang, vo Judah lengpa Zedekiah, Pakai thutep hi ngaiyin, Nangma galmun’a nathilou ding ahi, tin Pakaiyin aseiye.
5 you will die peacefully. [When you die], people will burn incense to honor/remember you just as they did for your ancestors who were kings before you became king. They will mourn for you, crying, “We are very sad that our king is dead!” I, Yahweh, promise that will happen.’”
Nangma lungmong tah a nathiding ahinai. Napu napate leng masaho kibolna banga mihon gimnamtwi ahin hal uva, nathilong a-op diu; Amaho chu nachung a lainatah’a kapdiu, ohe, ilengpau athitai, atidiu ahi, tin Pakaiyin aseiye, ati.
6 [So] I took that message to King Zedekiah.
Hichun Jeremiah themgao pan, Pakai thusei chu Zedekiah lengpa henga agaseitai.
7 At that time the army of Babylonia had surrounded Jerusalem and Lachish and Azekah. Those [three] cities were the only cities in Judah that had high walls around them that still had not been captured.
Hichepet chun, Babylon lengpa sepaihon Jerusalem leh Judah gamsunga kulpi kikaikhuma kisuse nailou khopi Lachish leh Azekah teni jong chu ahindel khum un gal in asattauvin ahi.
8 King Zedekiah had decreed that the people must free their slaves.
Chuin Zedekiah lengpan agamsung mipite toh kitepna khat asemdoh in; soh’a kivul ho jalen nading thu aphon doh jou chun, Pakaiyin Jeremiah henga hitin ahinseiyin ahi.
9 [He decreed that] the people must free their Hebrew slaves, [both the] men slaves and the women [slaves]. No one would be allowed to force a fellow Jew to [continue to] be his slave.
Aman amitakip henga thupeh aneiyin, Hebrew mi soh’a kivul jouse, numei hihen pasal hijongle, abon’a alha-ong diuvin thupeh aneiyin ahi. Koiman anammi Hebrew mi chu soh a aneithei louhel ding ahi, tin aseitai.
10 The officials and the rest of the people had obeyed [what the king decreed],
Chuin leng chapaten jong chule mipiten jong, abonchauvin lengpa thupeh chu ajuicheh uvin, asohteu chu abonchauvin achamlhat sah tauve.
11 but later they changed their minds. They forced the men and women whom they had freed to become their slaves again.
Ahin khonung in, amahon alung’u akhelkit uvin, alha-ongsau soh numeiho le pasal hochu, abon uvin anung mat kit uvin, soh in aneikittauve.
12 [So] Yahweh gave me this message [to tell to them]:
Hijeh chun Pakaiyin Jeremiah henga hitin aseitai.
13 “I, Yahweh, the God whom you Israelis [say you belong to], (made an agreement with/gave this command to) your ancestors [long ago], when I rescued them from being slaves in Egypt.
Pakai Israel Pathen chun hitin aseiye, Keiman napu napateu chu asohchannau Egypt gam’a kon’a kahuh doh chun, amaho toh kitepna khat kana semdoh in ahi.
14 I told them that they must free all their Hebrew slaves after the slaves had worked for them for six years. But your ancestors did not pay any attention to what I said.
Keiman napu napateu jah’a, kumgup nasoh uva pangsa Hebrew mi poupou, kumgup sehleh nalha-ong uva nachamlhat sah teitei diu ahi, kati. Ahivangin amahon kathusei ho ngai nahsah in aneipouve.
15 Recently, you obeyed my command and stopped doing what was wrong and did what was right. You made a solemn agreement at my temple [that you would free your slaves], and [then] you freed them.
Tunin nanghon kathupeh bangin lung naheiyun, Israel in nakom’a soh a umho lhadoh dingin nakinopto sohtauve. Nanghon keima houin sung laitah’a, ikihounau bangin kitepna khat nasemtauve.
16 But now you have disregarded what you solemnly promised, and you have shown contempt for what I [MTY] said by taking back the women and men whom you had freed and said they could live wherever they wanted to. [Now] you have forced them to be your slaves again.
Ahinlah, nanghon lung nakhel kit un, nakitepnau nasukeh uvin, nalhadohsau soh numeiho leh soh pasal ho jouse, nanung mat kit uvin, nasoh uvin napansah kit uvin, kamin chu nasunoh tauvin ahi.
17 Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh, say: ‘Because you have not obeyed me by freeing your fellow Israelis, I will free you to [be destroyed by] the swords [of your enemies] and by famines and diseases. All the nations of the earth will be horrified because of [what happens to] you.
Hijeh chun Pakaiyin hitin aseiye, “Nanghon kathupehsa nanam chanpi ho soh’a kon’a nachamlhat sah diu ahi, kati chu najuitapouve. Keiman nangho gal a mangthah ding, kelthoh a genthei ding chule natlesat thigam dinga kalha-ong diu nahitauve. Chutahle vannoiya namtin vaipin natijat pi uva nakidah diu ahi.
18 Because you have disregarded what I said in my agreement with you, I will do to you just like you did to the calves that you cut in half to show that you would surely do what you solemnly promised that you would do. I will [enable your enemies to] cut you into pieces, you officials of Judah and you officials of Jerusalem, and you officials in the palace, and you priests and all you common people. I will do that because you have disregarded what you solemnly promised [about freeing your slaves].
Nanghon ikitepnau nasukehtauve. Nanghon nakihahsel uva bongnou nahapsat uva, akah’a nakijot bang uva chu, keiman nangho kahapsat ding nahiuve.
Keiman nangho kasattel diu, vaipo ho, thempuho chule mipite jouse, bongnou kisattel banga kasattel diu ahi. ajeh chu nanghon nakitepnau nasukehtauve.
20 I will enable your enemies to capture you, and they will kill you. And your bodies will be food for vultures and wild animals.
Keiman nanghon namelmateu khut a kapehdoh u nahitai. Amahon namat uva nathadiu, chule natahsa uchu gamsaho leh vachaten anehdiu ahi.
21 I will enable the army of the king of Babylon to capture King Zedekiah and his officials. Although the king of Babylon and his army have left Jerusalem [for a short time],
Keiman Judah lengpa Zedekiah leh avaipote abonchauva, nanghoa kon’a kinungtolsa Babylon lengpa khut a kapehdoh ding ahi.
22 I will summon them back again. [This time], they will fight against this city and capture it and burn it down. I will make [sure] that all the towns in Judah are destroyed, [with the result that] no one will live there [any more].’”
Keiman Babylon sepaite kalekou kit ding; Amahon hiche khopihi ahin delkhum diu, meiya ahalvam diu ahi. Hitia chu Judah gamsung khopi jouse kasuhmang ding, chule beihel a ahomkeova kakoi ding ahi, ati.
