Jeremiah 44
1 [This is] the message that Yahweh gave me concerning the Jews who were living in [northern] Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpenes, and Memphis [cities], and in the Pathros [region in southern Egypt]:
Izip ram dawk kaawm e Judah taminaw pueng, Migdil, Tahpanhes, Noph kho hoi Pathros ram khosaknaw kong dawk Jeremiah koe ka tho e lawk.
2 “This is what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [you] Israelis [say you belong to], say: ‘You saw the disaster that I caused [the people in] Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah to experience. Those towns are now ruined and deserted.
Ransahu BAWIPA Isarel Cathut ni hettelah a dei, Jerusalem hoi Judah khopuinaw pueng e lathueng rawkkahmanae ka tho sak e naw pueng hah na hmu awh toe. Hatdawkvah, khenhaw! sahnin vah a kâraphoe teh apihai khosak awh hoeh toe.
3 [That happened] because I was extremely angry with them on account of their being very wicked. They burned incense to other gods and worshiped them. They were gods that you [previously] did not know about, and your ancestors also [did not know about them].
Bangkongtetpawiteh, ahnimouh ni thoseh, nangmouh ni thoseh, na mintoenaw ni thoseh a panue awh boihoeh e cathut alouke bawk hane hoi ahnimouh koe hmuitui thueng hanlah a cei awh teh, kaie lungkhuek sak nahanlah thoenae lam a dawn awh.
4 Many times I sent my prophets who served me, to say to them, “Do not do those abominable things that I hate!”
Hottelah nakunghai ka san profetnaw amom a thaw awh teh, ka patoun teh ahnimouh koevah, oe! hete panuettho e hno, ka hmuhma e heh sak awh hanh leih telah ka ti.
5 But my people would not pay any attention [DOU] [to what I said to them]. They would not turn away from their wicked behavior, or stop burning incense to [worship/honor] other gods.
Hatei cathut alouknaw koe hmuitui thueng hoeh hane hoi hawihoehnae kamlang takhai hanelah thai ngai awh hoeh.
6 So I poured out my anger [MTY] on them. I punished people on the streets of Jerusalem and on the [other] towns in Judah. It caused those towns to be ruined and deserted, and they are still like that.’
Hatdawkvah, ka lungkhueknae hoi ka lungkâannae teh Judah khopuinaw hoi Jerusalem lamnaw dawk ka rabawk teh, a kamtawi. Sahnin vah a coungnae patetlah a kâraphoe teh kingdi toe.
7 So now [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [you] Israelis [say you belong to], ask you: ‘Why are you causing yourselves to experience these disasters? [Do you not realize that because of what you are doing], soon there will be no more men or women or children or infants left among you [who have come here to Egypt] from Judah?
Hatdawkvah, Isarel Cathut ransahu Cathut BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei, bangkongmaw namamouh thung hoi napui tongpa, camo sanu ka net e hoi Judah taminaw thung hoi apihai pâhlung laipalah be pâmit hanelah hete kahawihoehe hno heh, namamouh taranlahoi letlang na sak awh teh,
8 Why are you [RHQ] provoking me and causing me to be very angry by burning incense to the idols that you have made here in Egypt? [If you continue doing this, ] you will destroy yourselves, and you will cause yourselves to be people whom all the nations on the earth will curse and despise.
khosak hanlah na ceinae Izip ram dawk e cathutnaw koe hmuitui na thueng awh teh, talai van e miphunnaw rahak vah, mahoima kâraphoe hane hoi, thoebo e tami hoi, pathoe e tami lah o hanelah na meikaphawknaw roeroe ni ka lungkhuek sak.
9 Have you forgotten [how I punished] your ancestors for the wicked things that they did, and [how I punished] the kings and queens of Judah for what they did, and you and your wives for the sins that you committed in the streets of Jerusalem and [the other towns] in Judah?
Na kakhekungnaw hawihoehnae hoi Judah siangpahrangnaw hawihoehnae, tamimaya hawihoehnae, namamouh hawihoehnae hoi, na yunaw hawihoehnae Judah ram hoi Jerusalem lamthung dawk a sak awh e naw hah na pahnim awh toung maw.
10 Up until this day you have not humbled yourselves or revered me. You have not obeyed the laws and decrees [DOU] that I gave to you and your ancestors.’
Sahnin totouh pankângai kalawn awh hoeh. Na kakhekung hoi nangmae hmalah ka kamnue sak e ka kâlawk hoi ka phunglam hah na tarawi awh hoeh teh na taket awh hoeh.
11 Therefore, this is what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [you] Israelis [say you belong to], say: ‘I am determined to cause all of you to experience disasters and to get rid of every one of you.
Hatdawkvah, ransahu BAWIPA Isarel Cathut ni hettelah a dei, Khen awh haw nangmouh rawk nahane hoi Judah taminaw pueng raphoe hanelah na taran awh han.
12 [You] people from Judah who have survived were determined to come and live here in Egypt. So I will get rid of all of you here in Egypt. Every one of you will die, including those who are important and those who are not important. [Some of] you will be killed by [your enemies’] swords, [some will die] from famines. You will become [people whom others] curse, be horrified about, and make fun of.
Hahoi kacawirae Judah Izip ram vah khosak hanlah kabawmnaw hah ka man vaiteh, be ka pâmit han. Izip ram lah ban awh vaiteh, tahloi, takang hoi be raphoe e lah ao han. Kathoengca koehoi kalenpoung totouh tahloi, takang hoi a due awh han. Thoebo e hoi tami ni kângairu e hoi lawkthoeumkha bap e, hnephnap e lah ao awh han.
13 I will punish you here in Egypt like I punished [others in] Jerusalem, [some of whom were killed] by [their enemies’] swords and [some of whom] died from famines or diseases.
Jerusalem ka rek e patetlah Izip ram dawk kho ka sak e naw hah, tahloi, takang, lacik hoi ka rek han.
14 You people who did not die in Judah fled here to Egypt, hoping that [some day] you would return to Judah. But very few [HYP] of you will survive and escape. You are longing/wanting to remain alive and return to Judah, but only a very few of you will escape and be able to do that.’”
Hahoi Izip ram khosak hanlah kacetnaw thung hoi kacawirae Judah taminaw hah Judah ram ao awh nahane ban han a ngai poung awh e ram dawk a ban hanelah buet touh boehai ka dam lahoi tâcawt mahoeh. Arulahoi ka yawng e hoeh laipalah teh apihai ban mahoeh.
15 Then a large group of the people who had started to live in northern Egypt and southern Egypt, including all the men who knew that their wives had been burning incense to other gods, and all the women who were standing there, said this to me:
Hattoteh taminaw pueng a yunaw ni cathut alouke koevah hmuitui a sawi awh telah ka panuek e naw hoi ka kangdout e napui moikapap naw, Izip ram dawk kho ka sak e tamimaya ni Pathros vah Jeremiah hah hettelah a pathung awh.
16 “You are saying that [MTY] Yahweh gave messages to you, but we will not pay any attention to your messages!
BAWIPA min lahoi kaimouh koe na dei awh e hah ka ngai awh mahoeh.
17 We will certainly do everything that we said that we would do. We will burn incense to [worship our goddess Astarte, ] the Queen of Heaven, and we will pour out offerings [of wine] to her, just like we and our ancestors and our kings and [their] officials have [always] done in the streets of Jerusalem and in the [other] towns in Judah. At that time, we had plenty of food, and we were prosperous and we did not have any troubles.
Hatei kamamouh hoi kakhekungnaw, ka siangpahrangnaw hoi kahrawikungnaw ni Judah khopuinaw hoi Jerusalem lam dawk ouk a sak awh e patetlah kalvan siangpahrangnu koe hmuitui sawinae hoi ahni koe nei thuengnae awi nateh, kamamae pahni dawk hoi ka tâcawt e lawk patetlah ka sak awh roeroe han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, hatnae tueng dawk hmaisawi teh, canei kawi apap teh rucatnae kâhmo awh boihoeh.
18 But ever since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and giving her offerings [of wine], we have had many troubles, and [some of our people] have been killed by [our enemies’] swords and [some have died] from hunger.”
Kalvan siangpahrangnu koe hmaisawi thuengnae hoi nei han rabawknae ka kâhat awh hnukkhu teh, bangpuengpa dawk ka vout awh teh, tahloi hoi takang hoi raphoe e lah ka o awh.
19 And [the women said], “[Furthermore], we burned incense and poured out [wine] offerings to the Queen of Heaven, and we also made small cakes that resembled her idol, to offer to her. But our husbands certainly knew about [and approved of] [RHQ] what we were doing!”
Hahoi napuinaw ni kalvan siangpahrangnu koe hmuitui hmaisawinae hoi nei han rabawknae a sak awhnae koe vanaw hoi lungkuep hoeh lahoi maw ama bawknae dawk vaiyei a sak awh teh ahni koe nei han rabawknae sak awh telah ati awh.
20 Then I said to all the men and women who had answered me,
Hattoteh Jeremiah ni, taminaw pueng napui tongpa hoi ama kapathungnaw koe,
21 “Do not think [RHQ] that Yahweh did not know that you and your ancestors and your kings and their officials and all the other people in Judah were burning incense to [worship/honor] idols in the streets of Jerusalem and in the [other] towns in Judah!
Judah khopuinaw hoi Jerusalem lamthungnaw dawk namamouh hoi na kakhekung, na siangpahrangnaw, na kahrawikungnaw hoi ram thung e tamimaya ni hai hmuitui a sawi awh e hah, BAWIPA ni a pâkuem teh a lung dawk tat hoeh maw.
22 It was because Yahweh could no longer endure/tolerate your wicked actions and the detestable things that you were doing that he caused your land to be [a place whose name people say when they] curse someone, a land that is ruined and which has no one living in it. And your land is still like that.
Yonnae na sak awh e hoi panuettho e hno na sak awh e dawk, BAWIPA ni khang thai hoeh toe. Hatdawkvah, nangmae ram teh kingdinae, kângairunae, thoebonae, hoi karingkung kaawm hoeh e sahnin e patetlah doeh ao.
23 It is because you burned incense to [worship/honor] idols and committed [other] sins against Yahweh that you experienced [all] those disasters. It is because you have not obeyed him or his laws and decrees and commandments.”
Hmuitui na sawi awh teh BAWIPA e lathueng yonnae na sak awh teh, BAWIPA lawk na thai ngai awh hoeh. A kâlawk thoseh, a phunglam thoseh, na panue sak e lawk thoseh, na tarawi awh hoeh dawkvah, hete hno kahawihoeh e, atu e patetlah nangmouh lathueng ka phat e doeh telah a ti.
24 [Then] I said to all of them, including the women, “All you [people of] Judah who are [here] in Egypt, listen to this message from Yahweh.
Hothloilah, Jeremiah ni tamimaya hoi napuinaw koe, Izip ram e Judah taminaw pueng, BAWIPA e lawk heh thaihaw.
25 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says [to you Israeli men]: ‘You and your wives have said that you would continue to do what you promised, to burn incense and pour out wine to the [goddess whom you call] the Queen of Heaven. [And you have proved by your actions that you intend to continue to do that]. So go ahead and continue doing what you have promised to do [for her].’
Ransahu BAWIPA Isarel Cathut ni hettelah a dei. Namamouh hoi na yunaw ni kalvan siangpahrangnu koevah, hmuitui sawi e hoi, nei rabawk hanelah, ka dei tangcoung e patetlah ka sak awh roeroe han telah na pahni ni a dei teh na kut ni hai a kuep sak. Na lawk kam hah caksak awh haw. Na kâcai e naw kuep sak roeroe awh.
26 But now, all you people from Judah who are [now] living [here] in Egypt, listen to this message from Yahweh. He says, ‘I have solemnly declared, using my great name, that [soon] none of [you] people from Judah who are here in Egypt will ever again use my name. [There will be none of you who, when you solemnly promise to do something, ] will ever again say, “[I will do it as surely] as Yahweh lives.”
Hatdawkvah, nangmouh Judah taminaw, Izip ram kho ka sak e taminaw pueng. BAWIPA e lawk thai awh. Thaihaw! Bawipa Jehovah a hring e patetlah Izip ram dawk kho ka sak e Judah tami apipatet nihai, ka min dei hanh lawi naseh telah kalenpounge ka mitnout lahoi thoe ka bo telah BAWIPA ni a dei.
27 Because I will be watching over you, not to cause good things to happen to you but to cause things to happen that will harm you. [Almost] everyone [HYP] from Judah who is [now here] in Egypt will experience being [killed by their enemies’] swords, or dying from famine.
Khenhaw! ahawi nahane laipalah, a rawk awh nahanelah, ahnimouh pou ka pawp. Judah tami Izip ram dawk kaawmnaw pueng teh, tahloi, takang hoi he raphoe hoehroukrak, be kahma sak e lah ao han.
28 [Only a very] few [of you] will not die, and will return to Judah. [When that happens], all those who came to Egypt will find out whose words (were true/were fulfilled), theirs or mine.’
Tahloi dawk hoi ka hlout e tami tangawn hah Izip ram hoi ban awh vaiteh, Judah ram dawk a kâen awh han. Kacawirae Judah taminaw pueng, Izip ram dawk khosak hanelah kacetnaw ni, apie lawk maw ka cak han, ka lawk maw, ahnimae lawk tie a panue awh han.
29 And Yahweh [also] says, ‘I will do something that will prove to you that everything that I have said will happen, and that I will punish you [here] in this place.
Hahoi hetheh nangmouh hanlah minoutnae lah ao han. Ka lawk heh nangmouh hanlah hawihoehnae lah a kangdue roeroe telah na panue thai awh nahan, hete hmuen koe ka sak han telah BAWIPA ni a dei.
30 I will cause Hophra, the king of Egypt, to be captured by his enemies who want to kill him, just like I caused King Zedekiah of Judah to be captured by [the soldiers of] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.’” [And that is what happened several years later].
BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei, khenhaw! Judah siangpahrang Zedekiah teh a hringnae ka thet hane a taran Babilon siangpahrang Nebukhadnezar kut dawk ka poe e patetlah Faro Hophra Izip siangpahrang teh ka thet hane a taran koevah ka poe han telah a ti.
