¹The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.

¹Khokheng tungtanga Jeremia kianga TOUPA thu hongtung:

²Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

²Judain a sun-a, a kulh kongpite a ngui; leiah puan vom khuin a kun ua, Jerusalem kah ging a tungkah.

³And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

³A mi hoihten a sikhate uh tui a tawisak ua, tuichin a juan ua, tui a mu kei ua, a tuibel uh hawmin a kik ua; a lungdong ua, gending a theikei ua, a lu uh a khuh ua.

⁴Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

⁴Lei lah a khanga, gam puma vuahtui a om louh jiakin, leiletmite a lungdong ua, a lu uh a khuh ua.

⁵Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.

⁵A hi, zukpiin leng pawnah nou a neia, a taisan ve, lou hing a omlouh jiakin.

⁶And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.

⁶Gam sabengtungte mualvum khengah a ding ua, awle bangin huihkhua ngaiin a nak huhu ua; peh ding om louh jiakin a mit uh a mial dundun hi.

⁷O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

⁷Ka thulimlouhna un honhek mahleh na min jiakin aw TOUPA hongkuan in; ka puknate uh lah a tamta ngala, na tungah mahmah thil ka nahih khial uhi.

⁸O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

⁸Aw nang Israelte lamet, mangbat laia hondampa, bangdia hiai gama mikhual bang jena jan khat giaka zin bang lela om na hia?

⁹Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

⁹Bangdia mi lungke gawp bang phet leh pasalpha, hondam thei kol lou bang lela om na hia? Himahleh nang jaw, aw TOUPA, ka lak uah na om laia, na min ka pu ua, honpaisan ken.

¹⁰Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

¹⁰TOUPAN hiai mite tungtang ah hichiin a chi: Vakmang a ut nak ua, a kalsuan uh a kidek kei uh; huchiin TOUPAN amau a pom keia, a thulimlouhna uh a theigige ta dinga, a khelhna uh a gawt ding.

¹¹Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.

¹¹TOUPAN ka kiangah, Hiai mite hoihna ding ngetsak ken.

¹²When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

¹²An ngawl mahle uh a kikou uh ka ngaikhe kei dinga, halmang leh buhbal thillat lan mahle uh ka dawng kei ding; namsau te, kial te, hipi tein amau ka hihmang zo ding, a chi hi.

¹³Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

¹³Huan, ken, Eh, Toupa Pathian, ngaidih, a kiang uah jawlneiten, Namsau na tuak kei ding ua, kial leng na thuak sak kei ding uh, hiai muhah muan mahmahna ka honpe zo ding hi, lah a chi sek ngal ua, ka chi a.

¹⁴Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

¹⁴Huan, TOUPAN ka kiangah, Jawlneiten ka mina juau a gen jel eive ua leh; amau ka sawl keia, thu ka khak keia, ka houpih sam keia, ka houpih sam kei hi. Thil a muh khol louhte uh, aisan bangmaha pangloute leh a lungsim dohate uh honhilh eive ua, achia.

¹⁵Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

¹⁵Huaijiakin TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Ka sawl khol louha ka min loua, Hiai gamah kial leh namsau a tung kei ding, chia genmi huai jawlneite namsau leh kialin a mangthang ding uh.

¹⁶And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

¹⁶Huan, a thugen uh nana tang nam leng kial leh namsau jiakin Jerusalem kongzingah paihkhiak ahi ding ua, a tanute uh a tapate uhtoh, vuimi himhim a neikei ding uh. A thulimlouhna uh amau tungah ka sung sin ngala.

¹⁷Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

¹⁷Huan, a kiang ua hiai thu na gen ding ahi; Sun leh janin ka khitui luang hen, hul himhim kei hen, ka mi, ka tanu nungak siangthouin nakpia liamna a tuak hi, khutkhak na mahmah.

¹⁸If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

¹⁸Ka gam pawt leh, maijen, namsaua thahte! Khopi a alut leh, maijen, kialpi-misi! gam chihah jawlneite, siampute a tamvak chiat ua, a dan mahmah a theikei uh, chiin.

¹⁹Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

¹⁹Juda pai khe siang na hi maw? Zion kih na hi maw? kou dia hihdamna om lou bikbeka bangdia honthuaksak oi? muanna ka zong ua, hoihna bangmah a hongtung kei; hihdamna hun ding leng, ngaidih khaphamna lel.

²⁰We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

²⁰Aw TOUPA, ka thulimlouhdan uh a kitheihmohbawl kei uhi, ka pipute uh ginatlouhna toh, na tungah lah ka hihkhialta ngal ua.

²¹Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

²¹Na min jiakin honmusit kenla, na mangtutphah thupi minse sak kenla, ka kiang ua na thukhun theigigein hihse ken.Nam dang pathiante lakah vuah zusak thei a om uhia? ahihleh, vanin vuahpi a tungsak thei hia? aw TOUPA ka Pathian uh, huai pen nang na hi kei maw? hiai thil tengteng na hih ahi ngala, ka lamet uh nang na hi hi.

²²Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

²²Nam dang pathiante lakah vuah zusak thei a om uhia? ahihleh, vanin vuahpi a tungsak thei hia? aw TOUPA ka Pathian uh, huai pen nang na hi kei maw? hiai thil tengteng na hih ahi ngala, ka lamet uh nang na hi hi.