Jeremiah 3
1 “If a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's wife, will he return to her again? Would that land not be greatly polluted? You have lived as a prostitute who has many lovers; and would you return to me?—this is Yahweh's declaration.
Kami maeto mah zu to pakhrak, nongpata loe anih khae hoi tacawt moe, minawk ih zu ah oh pacoengah, anih loe nongpata khaeah amlaem let vop tih maw? To tiah om nahaeloe prae to amhnongsak mak ai maw? Toe nang loe pop parai tlangainawk hoiah tangzat to na zawh; toe Angraeng mah kai khaeah amlaem let ah, tiah ang naa.
2 Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and look! Is there any place where you have not had illicit sex? By the roadsides you sat waiting for your lovers, as an Arab in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
Hmuensang bangah doing ah loe tangzat na zaw ai ih ahmuen to pakrong noek ah. Arab kami mah praezaek ah zing ih baktih toengah, nang doeh loklamnawk ah na zing; tangzat na zawhhaih hoi na sethaih mah prae to amhnongsak boeh.
3 So the showers have been withheld and the spring rains have not come; yet you have the forehead of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
To pongah kho angzo ai boeh moe, nipui amtonghaih khotui doeh krah ai boeh; na lupataeh loe tangzat zaw kami lupataeh hoiah anghmong pongah, azathaih roe na tawn ai.
4 Have you not just now called to me: 'My father! My closest friend even from my youth!
Vaihi hoi kamtong kai khaeah, Kampa, nang loe ka qoeng li nathuem hoiah kai han loklam patuekkung ah na ai maw na oh?
5 Will he always be angry? Will he always keep his wrath to the end?' Look! This is what you have said, but you do all the evil you can!”
Anih loe dungzan khoek to palungphui poe tih maw? Boeng khoek to palungphui vop tih maw? tiah na thui. To tiah lok na thuih e, na sak thaih ih hmuen kasae to na sak, tiah Angraeng mah thuih.
6 Then Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Do you see what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up every high hill and under every leafy tree, and there she has acted like a prostitute.
Josiah siangpahrang ah oh nathung, Angraeng mah kai khaeah, loklam amkhraeng Israel kaminawk mah sak ih hmuen to na hnuk maw? Anih loe maesang boih ah dawh moe, aqam kahing thingkung tlim boih ah, tangzat a zawh boeh.
7 I said, 'After she does all these things, she will return to me,' but she did not return. Then her faithless sister Judah saw these things.
Hae baktih hmuennawk a sak pacoengah doeh kai khae amlaem let hanah ka thuih. Toe anih loe amlaem let ai. To tiah a sak ih hmuen to oep kaom ai amnawk nongpata Judah mah hnuk.
8 So I saw that, in the same way that faithless Israel had committed adultery and I had sent her away and had given a bill of divorce against her, her faithless sister Judah did not fear; she also went out and acted like a prostitute.
Lam amkhraeng Israel loe zu sava laep ah nongpa nongpata zaehaih to sak pongah, ampraekhaih ca to ka paek moe, anih to ka pakhrak; oep kaom ai amnawk nongpata Judah doeh zithaih tawn ai ah a caeh moe, tangzat a zawh toeng, tiah ka hnuk.
9 Her prostitution was nothing to her; she defiled the land, and she committed adultery with stones and trees.
Anih loe tangzat zawhhaih hoiah prae to amhnongsak, thlung hoiah zaehaih a sak moe, thing hoiah doeh zaehaih to a sak.
10 Then after all of this, her faithless sister Judah returned to me, not with all her heart, but with a lie—this is Yahweh's declaration.”
To tiah zaehaih to a tawnh, toe oep kaom ai amnawk nongpata Judah loe kai khaeah palung tang hoi amlaem ai, angsak cophaih hoiah ni amlaem, tiah Angraeng mah thuih.
11 Then Yahweh said to me, “Faithless Israel has been more righteous than faithless Judah!
Angraeng mah kai khaeah, lam amkhraeng Israel loe oep kaom ai Judah pongah toeng kue, tiah thuih.
12 Go and proclaim these words to the north. Say, 'Return, faithless Israel!—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will not always be angry with you. Since I am faithful—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will not stay angry forever.
Caeh ah loe, hae lok hae aluek bangah taphong ah, nihcae khaeah, Lam amkhraeng Israel amlaem lai ah, tiah Angraeng mah thuih. Na nuiah palungphuihaih ka krahsak mak ai, kai loe palungnathaih hoiah ka koi pongah, palung ka phui poe mak ai, tiah Angraeng mah thuih, tiah thui paeh, tiah ang naa.
13 Acknowledge your iniquity, for you have transgressed against Yahweh your God; you have shared your ways with strangers under every leafy tree! For you have not listened to my voice!—this is Yahweh's declaration.
Nang loe ka lok na tahngai ai, na Angraeng Sithaw nuiah zaehaih na sak moe, aqam kahing thingkung tlim boih ah, kaminawk to na zoek, to tiah zaehaih na sak pongah, zaehaih ka tawnh boeh, tiah panoek ah, tiah Angraeng mah thuih.
14 Return, faithless people!—this is Yawheh's declaration—I am your husband! I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion!
Lam amkhraeng kaminawk, amlaem o lai ah, tiah Angraeng mah thuih; kai loe nangcae ih sava ah ka oh; vangpui maeto thung hoiah kami maeto ka lak han, imthong maeto thung hoiah kami hnetto ka lak moe, Zion ah kang caeh haih han.
15 I will give you shepherds after my heart, and they will shepherd you with knowledge and insight.
Ka koeh ih tuutoep kaminawk to kang paek han, nihcae mah palunghahaih hoi panoekhaih hoiah na zaehoi o tih.
16 Then it will happen that you will increase and bear fruit in the land in those days—this is Yahweh's declaration-they will no longer say, “The ark of the covenant of Yahweh!” This matter will no longer come up in their hearts or be remembered; it will not be missed, and another one will not be made.'
To na niah loe prae thungah pop parai ah nang pung o tih, to naah loe kaminawk mah, Angraeng Lokkamhaih thingkhong, tiah thui o mak ai boeh, tiah Angraeng mah thuih; to thingkhong to panoek o mak ai; poek o mak ai; dawn o mak ai; sah doeh sah o let mak ai boeh.
17 In that time they will proclaim about Jerusalem, 'This is Yahweh's throne,' and all the other nations will gather at Jerusalem in Yahweh's name. They will no longer walk in the stubbornness of their wicked hearts.
To naah Jerusalem loe Angraeng anghnuthaih tangkhang, tiah kawk o tih; prae kaminawk boih, Jerusalem ah, Angraeng ih ahmin to saphaw hanah amkhueng o tih; angmacae kasae poekhaih palungthin hnukah doeh pazui o mak ai boeh.
18 In those days, the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel. They will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave your ancestors as an inheritance.
To na niah loe Judah imthung takoh hoi Israel imthung takoh loe nawnto angkom hoi tih boeh, aluek bang prae hoiah nawnto angzo hoi ueloe, nam panawk khaeah qawk ah ka paek ih prae thungah caeh hoi tih.
19 As for me, I said, 'How I want to treat you as my son and give you a pleasant land, an inheritance more beautiful than what is in any other nation!' I would have said, 'You will call me “my father”.' I would have said that you would not turn from following me.
Kaimah, Nangcae to caa baktiah kang suek o pongah, koeh koi kaom prae, praenawk boih thungah kahoih koek qawktoephaih to kang paek o na ai maw? tiah ka thuih: Kai mah, Kai hae Kam Pa, tiah nang kawk o ueloe, kai khae hoiah nam khraeng o ving mak ai boeh, tiah ka thuih.
20 But like a woman faithless to her husband, you have betrayed me, house of Israel—this is Yahweh's declaration.”
Aw Israel imthung takoh, sava nuiah oep kaom ai nongpata baktiah, nangcae doeh ka nuiah oep na om o ai boeh, tiah Angraeng mah thuih.
21 A voice is heard on the plains, the weeping and pleading of the people of Israel! For they have changed their ways; they have forgotten Yahweh their God.
Israel kaminawk qahhaih hoi hnikhaih lok to hmuensang hoiah ka thaih boeh; nihcae loe loklam amkhraeng o moe, angmacae ih Angraeng Sithaw to pahnet o ving boeh.
22 “Return, faithless people! I will heal you of treachery!” “Behold! We will come to you, for you are Yahweh our God!
Lam amkhraeng kaminawk, amlaem oh; loklam nam khraeng o haih to kang pakhraih pae han. Nihcae mah doeh khenah, nang khaeah kang zoh o; nang loe kaicae Angraeng Sithaw ah na oh.
23 Surely lies come from the hills, a confusing noise from the mountains; surely Yahweh our God is the salvation of Israel.
Maesomnawk, maenawk bang hoiah pahlonghaih to angzo tih, tiah zinghaih loe azom pui ni; Israel pahlong tangtang haih loe aicae ih Angraeng Sithaw hae ni.
24 Yet shameful idols have consumed what our ancestors have worked for— their flocks and cattle, their sons and daughters!
Aicae ampanawk mah toksak ih thingthainawk, tuunawk hoi im ah pacah ih moinawk, a capanawk hoi a canunawk loe a qoeng o li nathuem hoi boeh ni azathaih mah caak boih boeh.
25 Let us lie down in shame. May our shame cover us, for we have sinned against Yahweh our God! We ourselves and our ancestors, from the time of our youthfulness to this present day, have not listened to the voice of Yahweh our God!”
Aicae loe azathaih hoiah angsong o boeh moe, ahminsethaih mah khuk khoep boeh; aicae loe aimacae Agraeng Sithaw nuiah a zae o boeh, aicae hoi aicae ampanawk loe a qoeng o li nathuem hoi vaihni ni khoek to, aimacae Angraeng Sithaw ih lok to a tahngai o ai boeh.
