¹The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

¹Benjamin gama Anathoth khuaa siampute laka mi Hilkia tapa Jeremia thute;

²To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

²Juda Kumpipa, Amon tapa Josia hun lai, a lal kum sawmlehthumna ah a kiangah TOUPA thu a hongtunga.

³It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

³Juda kumpipa, Josia tapa Jehoiakim lal laiin leng a hongtung a; Juda kumpipa Josia tapa Zedekia kum sawm leh kum khatna tawp, Jerusalem sala pi kha ngana tanin.

⁴Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

⁴Huan TOUPA thu ka kiangah a hongtunga;

⁵Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

⁵Gil sunga ka honbawl main ka hontheia, sul akipana na pawtkhiak main leng ka honkoihtuama, namte kianga jawlnei din ka hon sep khina, chiin.

⁶Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

⁶Huan ken bel, E, Toupa Pathian, ngaidih, thu ka gen siam kei, ka naupang ngala, ka chi a.

⁷But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

⁷TOUPAN bel ka kiangah hichiin a chi a: Ka naupang, chi ken, ka honsawlna peuh mah kiangah na hoh ding a, ka honthupiak peuhmah na gen ding ahi.

⁸Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

⁸Amau jiakin lau kenla, nang honhonkhe dingin na kiangah ka om hi,

⁹Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

⁹Huchiin TOUPAN a honsawka, ka kam a khoiha, huan TOUPAN ka kiangah,

¹⁰See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

¹⁰Ngaiin, na kam ah ka thute ka hoihta, endih, namte leh kumpipa gam tungah te, botkhe ding te, phel ding te, hihse ding te, paikhe ding te, bawl hoih ding leh dingkhesak dingin tuniin ka hon koih na hi, a chi a.

¹¹Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.

¹¹Huailou leng TOUPA thu ka kiangah a hongtunga, Jeremia, bang na mu a? chi in. Huan ken bel, vaisuaklu sing hiang ka mu, ka chi a.

¹²Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

¹²Huan TOUPAN ka kiangah, Na mu kha mahmah ve: ka thu tangtun dingin ka kigalging gige ahi, a chi a.

¹³And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.

¹³Huan Toupa thu a nihveina din ka kiangah a hongtung nawna, Bang na mu a? chiin. Huan ken bel, Bel sou bobolh, a gong mal-lam ngatsan ka mu, ka chi a.

¹⁴Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

¹⁴Huchiin TOUPAN ka kiangah hichiin a chi a: Gam a teng tengteng tungah mallam akipan thil hoihlou a hongtung ding.

¹⁵For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.

¹⁵Ngaidih, mallam kumpipa gam nam tengteng ka sam sin ngala; chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi; a hongpai ding ua, Jerusalem khongpi lutna ahte, a kivel kulh bang tengteng chinah te lah Juda khopi tengtengah te a mangtutphah uh a tung chiat ding uh.

¹⁶And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

¹⁶Honpaisan ua, pathian dangte kiangah gimlim a hal ua: amau khutsuak mahmah a bia ua; hiai a thulimlouhna tengteng tungtang ua ka thugelte ka phuang ding hi.

¹⁷Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

¹⁷Huaijiakin puan teng inla, thou inla, ka honthupiak tengteng a kiang uah vagenin; a ma uah lunglel kenla, huchilouin jaw a ma uah ka honlunglel sak ding hi.

¹⁸For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

¹⁸Ngaiin, tuniin nang, a gam pumpite, Juda kumpipate, a heutute, a siampute leh a gam mipite dou-in khopi kulha um leh sik khuam leh dalsik khuamin ka hon bawl ahi.A honsual ding ua, himahleh a honzou kei ding uh: honhonkhe dingin na kiangah lah ka om ngala, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

¹⁹And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.

¹⁹A honsual ding ua, himahleh a honzou kei ding uh: honhonkhe dingin na kiangah lah ka om ngala, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.