Jeremiah 18
1 Jeremiah khaeah angzo Angraeng ih lok loe hae tiah oh;
The word which came to Jeremiah from YHWH, saying,
2 angthawk ah loe, laom sahkung im ah caeh tathuk ah, to ah ka lok to kang thaisak han, tiah ang naa.
"Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear my words."
3 To pongah laom sahkung im ah ka caeh tathuk, laom sah kami mah sak ih tok to ka hnuk.
Then I went down to the potter's house, and look, he was making a work on the wheels.
4 Amlai long hoiah a sak ih long laom loe, laom sah kami ih ban ah koih pae ving, to pongah anih mah hae tiah ka sak nahaeloe hoih tih, tiah a poek ih baktih toengah anih mah kalah laom to sak let.
When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
5 To naah Angraeng ih lok kai khaeah angzoh,
Then the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
6 Aw Israel imthung takoh, hae laom sah kami baktiah nangcae to ka sah thai mak ai maw? tiah Angraeng mah thuih. Khenah, Aw Israel imthung takoh, laom sah kami ih ban ah amlai long oh baktih toengah, nangcae doeh ka ban ah ni na oh o.
"'House of Israel, can't I do with you as this potter?' says YHWH. 'Look, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.'
7 Kawbaktih atue ah doeh prae maeto maw, siangpahrang ukkhaih prae maw aphong ving moe, amtimsak pacoengah, amrosak hanah ka thuih naah,
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;
8 acoehaih ka paek ih prae kaminawk mah a sak o ih kasae hmuen hoiah amlaem o let nahaeloe, nihcae nuiah sak han ka poek ih amrohaih to ka zuh let han.
if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will change my mind about the disaster that I thought to do to them.
9 Kalah atue ah, prae maeto maw, siangpahrang ukhaih prae maw ka sak moe, kang doetsak han, tiah ka thuih,
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
10 toe prae mah ka mikhnuk ah sethaih to sah moe, ka lok tahngai ai nahaeloe, nihcae atho ohhaih ka sak pae han, tiah ka thuih ih lok to ka zuh let han.
if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.
11 To pongah khenah, vaihi Angraeng mah, nang hanah sethaih ka sak moe, nang hanah misa ah ohhaih ahmuen to ka suek boeh; to pongah kami boih kasae sakhaih loklam hoiah amlaem oh, na caeh o haih loklam hoiah na sak o ih hmuennawk to pakhrai oh, tiah Judah kaminawk hoi Jerusalem ah kaom kaminawk khaeah thui paeh, tiah ang naa.
Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 'Thus says YHWH: Look, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return now everyone from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.'
12 Toe nihcae mah, Oep han koi om ai; kaicae loe kaimacae poekhaih baktiah ni ka caeh o han, kasae poekhaih palung mah thuih ih lok baktiah ni kami boih mah ka sak o han, tiah thuih o.
But they say, 'It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do everyone after the stubbornness of his evil heart.'"
13 To pongah Angraeng mah, Kacuem Israel tangla mah panuet thok hmuen to sak boeh. To baktih kahoih ai hmuennawk to na thaih o vaih maw? tiah Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk khaeah vaihi dueng o noek ah.
Therefore thus says YHWH: "Ask now among the nations, who has heard such things; the virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.
14 Lebanon mae nui ih dantui loe amkaw vai maw? Kangthla ahmuen hoiah kalong angqai parai tuinawk loe kang o tih maw?
Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?
15 Toe kai ih kaminawk mah loe kai to pahnet o, tidoeh athum ai sakcop ih krangnawk khaeah hmuihoih to a thlaek o, krangnawk mah nihcae to canghnii ah pazui o ih loklam kangquem ah caeh haih moe, amthaeksak, kahoih loklam ah caehsak ai, tuk ai ih kasae loklam ah ni a caehsak.
For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false gods; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up;
16 To tiah nihcae mah angmacae ih prae to amro o sak moe, minawk mah kasae thuihaih ah oh poe; to lam taengah kacaeh kaminawk loe dawnrai o moe, lu haek o.
to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
17 Ni angyae bang ih takhi baktiah, nihcae to misanawk hmaa ah kam hetsak han; raihaih a tongh o na niah, nihcae han mikhmai patuek ai ah, ka hnukbang ih kaeng to ka patuek lat han, tiah thuih.
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity."
18 To naah nihcae mah, Sithaw lok patuk qaimanawk, poekhaih kahoih paek palungha kaminawk hoi lok taphong tahmaanawk a tawnh o boeh pongah, Angzo oh, Jeremiah hae hum hanah pacaeng o si. Angzo oh, Jeremiah to zaehaih net o si, a thuih ih loknawk doeh tahngai pae o hma si, tiah thuih o.
Then they said, "Come, and let us make plans against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words."
19 Aw Angraeng, tahngai ah, kai zaehaih net kaminawk ih lok to tahngai ah.
"Give heed to me, YHWH, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
20 Kahoih hmuen to kasae hmuen hoiah na pathok han maw? Nihcae loe ka hinghaih aphum hanah tangqom takaeh o boeh. Nihcae hoihhaih kawng to thuih moe, nihcae khae hoi palung na phuihaih paqoi let hanah, na hmaa ah kang doet, tito panoek ah.
Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
21 Toe nihcae to sumsen hoiah athii longsak ah loe, a caanawk to khokhahaih tongsak ah; a caanawk duek o pongah, nihcae ih zu loe lamhmai ah om o nasoe; saning coeh kaminawk to hum o nasoe loe, thendoengnawk to misatukhaih ahmuen ah sumsen hoiah hum o nasoe.
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, and their young men struck of the sword in battle.
22 Nihcae tuk hanah misa na kawk naah, nihcae imthung hoiah hanghaih lok to angthaih nasoe; nihcae loe kai kraksak hanah tangqom takaeh o, ka khok aman hanah thaang ang patung pae o.
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
23 Toe, Angraeng, nihcae mah kai hum han thuih ih loknawk to na panoek; nihcae zaehaih to tahmen hmah, na mikhnuk ah nihcae zaehaih to takhoe pae hmah, na hmaa ah nihcae to va o nasoe loe, palung na phuihaih atue phak naah, nihcae to lokcaek ah.
Yet, YHWH, you know all their counsel against me to kill me; do not forgive their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight; but let them be overthrown before you; deal you with them in the time of your anger."
