< Jeremiah 1 >

1 Hiche hi, Benjamin gamsunga Anathoth khomi Hilikiah thempu chapa Jeremiah thusei ho ahi.
These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
2 Judah lengpa Amon chapa Josiah lengvaipoh kum somthum leh thum lhin kum in, Pakai thusei chu Jeremiah henga ahung lhungtan ahi.
The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
3 Hiche ho chu, Josiah chapa Jehoiakim lengvaipoh gei laiyin jong ahung lhungin, chuleh Josiah dangkhat Juda leng Zedikiah lengvaipoh kal kum som leh khat toh lhanga lhinni geiyin, Jerusalem mite sohchanga akikaimang nikho geiyin jong ahung lhung in ahi.
and through the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.
4 Hiti chun Pakai thusei chu kaheng ahunglhung tan ahi.
The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
5 “Keiman nanu naobu sung’a, nalim namel kagondoh masanga, nangma kahetsa nahitai. Nahung penlhah masanga, Keiman nangma namtin vaipi henga keima themgao ding’a, kathenso’a chuleh kapansah nahitai,’’ ati.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
6 Chuphat in kenjong, “Vo thaneipen Pakai, keima kachapang behseh jeng in, Nang’a dingin ima seidoh thei ponge,’’ kati.
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
7 Ahivangin Pakaiyin kajah’a, “Kachapang behseh e, tihih in; Ajeh chu keiman kasolna hoilai hijongleh nache ding, chuleh keiman kapeh thuho bou nasei ding ahibouve.
But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
8 Amaho chu kicha hih in, Ajeh chu keiman nangma kaumpi jengding, chuleh kahuh doh jing ding nahi,’’ tin Pakaiyin aseiye.
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,”
9 Hichun Pakaiyin akhut ahinlhang in, kakamsung ahin khoiyin, kajah’a aseitai, “Vetan, keiman kathu ho, nakam sunga kakoipeh tai.
Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
10 Tunia hi, nangma nadindoh’a namtin vaipi leh lenggamho chunga douna thusei dinga, keiman kapansah nahitai. Nangman amaho phabep chu, ajung geiya nabo doh’a naheboh ding; nasuh mang’a chuleh nalekhup ding ahi. Chuleh adangho chu naphu det’a, nasahdoh ding ahi,’’ ati.
See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
11 Chuin Pakaiyin hitin aseiye, “Jeremiah ven, ipi namum?” ati. Keiman kadonbut in, “Jon-mot thingbah khat kamui,” kati.
And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
12 Hichun Pakaiyin kajah’a, “Adih’e, hichu keiman nangma kavelhi jingin, chuleh kathil gonsa banga kaboltei ding ahi,” ati.
“You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”
13 Chujouvin, Pakaiyin avellin kajah’a, “Tua adang ipi namum?” ati. Keiman kadonbut in, “sahlam’a kon twibel ki-om phul letlut khat, hung kibung lha kamui,” kati.
Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”
14 Hichun Pakaiyin kajah’a, “Adih e, sahlam’a konin kichat umtah manthahna chu hung kipan intin, gamsung a cheng jouse chung a hung chuding ahi.
Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.
15 Ngaiyun, keiman sahlam lenggam ho’a kon’a namtin vaipi Jerusalem khopia hung dinga kakoi ding ahi. Hichehi keima Pakai chun kaseidohsa ahitai. Chutahleh amahon Jerusalem kulpi kotphung dung jouse leh Judate khopi dangho kimvel’a laltouna akidouva, gal abolkhum diu ahi.
For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah.
16 Chutahleh, keiman kamite achonset jeh’uva achunguva thutanna kaneikhum ding; Ajeh chu amahon keima einungsun’uvin chuleh lim semthu pathen ang-ah gim namtwi ahaluvin ahi. Amahon akhut tah’uva akisem’u doilim chu ahougamtauve.
I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me to burn incense to other gods and to worship the works of their own hands.
17 Thoudoh in, kigosan um'in, Keiman amaho seipeh dinga kathupeh jouse, amaho gaseipeh tan. chuleh amaho chu kicha hih in, achutilouleh amaho masanga kasuhjum ding nahi.
Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.
18 Vetan, tunia hi keiman nangma suhchim joulou kulpi dettah, thih khopi leh sum-eng tho kikaikhum banga, kasemdoh nahitai. Nangma gam-leiset pumpi douna-a nadin ding; lengho, gamvaipo ho, thempu ho, chuleh Judah mite jouse douna-a pangdet chet ding a kasem nahitai.
Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
19 Amahon nang douna gal ahinbol diu, hijongleh ajolou diu ahi. ajeh chu keiman nangma kaumpi jing ding chuleh kavenbit ding nahi. Hiche hi, keima Pakaiyin kaphondoh ahi,” ati.
They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.

< Jeremiah 1 >