¹Juda kumpipa Josia tapa Jehoiakim lal laia TOUPA kianga kipan a Jeremia kianga thu hongtungin,

¹The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

²Rekab inkote kiangah hohin va houpih inla, TOUPA ina dantan khat ah pi lut inla, uain dawn ding piain, a chi a.

²Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.

³Huan, Habazzini tapa, Jeremia tapa, Jaazani leh a unaute, a tapa tengteng Rekab inkote tengteng toh ka pia;

³Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;

⁴Huan Pathian mi Igdali tapa Hanan tate dantan, TOUPA in ah ka pi luta; huai dantan bel heutute dantan chiin kongpi ngakmi Shallum tapa Maaseia dantan tunga om ahi:

⁴And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:

⁵Huan, Rekab suante pate maah belhbute, noute uain dim ka tunga, a kiang uah, Uain dawn un ka chia.

⁵And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.

⁶Amau bel, Uain ka dawn kei hial ding uh; kou hon suangpa Rekab tapa Jonadabin, Noumah leh na suan te un leng khantawna uain na dawn ding uh ahi kei;

⁶But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:

⁷In te na lam un haichi na tuh un, grep huan te leng na bawl un na nei ding uh ahi sam kei hi: na damsung nite un puanin khawnga na ten zawk ding uh ahi, na omna gam ua na damsawt theihna ding un, chiin thu a honpia hi.

⁷Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.

⁸Huchiin kou honsuangpa Rekab tapa Jonadabin paukama thu honthukhah tengteng, ka damsung ua kou leh ka jite uh, ka tapa te uh leh ka tanute un uain dawn louh ding khawng,

⁸Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

⁹Ka tenna in uh lam louh ding khawng, grep huan hiam lou hiam haichi hiam neih louh ding tanin ka jui uhi:

⁹Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

¹⁰Puanin ahte ka teng jaw ua, kou honsuangpa Jonadab thupiak tengteng mangin ka jui vek uhi.

¹⁰But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

¹¹Huan, hichi ahia, Babulon kumpipa Nebukadnezzarin gam a hongsual laiin kou, Kisa un, Kaldai sepaih honte leh Suria sepaih honte lau jiakin Jerusalem ah i hoh ding uh, ka chi ua, huchiin Jerusalem ah ka natengta uh ahi, a chi ua.

¹¹But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.

¹²Huan, TOUPA thu Jeremia kiangah a hongtung nawna:

¹²Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,

¹³Israel Pathian sepaihte TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Juda gama mite leh Jerusalema mi tengte kiangah vagen inla, Ka thute ngaikhe dingin sinsakna na sang kei ding uh maw? chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

¹³Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.

¹⁴Rekab tapa Jonadab thu, a tapate kianga a piak, uain dawn louh ding pen a jui ua, tuni tanin bangmah a dawn kei ua, amau suangpa thupiak a zui mahmah uh hi: ken bel jing pipia thouin na kiang uah thu ka gena, non ngaikhe kei uh.

¹⁴The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.

¹⁵Ka nasem jawlneite jing pipia thouin na kiang uah ka sawla, mi chih na omdan gilou ua kipan hongkik vek unla, na thilhihte uh bawl hoih unla, pathian dangte jaw a na uh sem dingin jui kei unla; huan, nou leh na pipute ih kiang a gam ka piak ah na teng ding uh chiin; himahleh na bil uh na doh kei ua, non ngaikhe sam kei uh.

¹⁵I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.

¹⁶Rekab taba Jonadab suanten amau suangpa thupiak a jui ua, hiai miten jaw a honngaikhe ngal kei uh;

¹⁶Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:

¹⁷Huaijiak TOUPA Israel Pathian sepaihte Pathianin hichiin a chi: Ngai un, Juda leh Jerusalem a teng tengteng tungah thil hoihlou a tung ua hongtung ding ka gen khiaksate ka hontun ding: a kiang uah thu ka gena, lah a ngaikhe ngal kei ua, amau ka sap leh lah hondawng sam kei uh, chiin.

¹⁷Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.

¹⁸Huan, Jeremiain Rekab suante kiangah, Sepaihte TOUPA, Israel Pathianin hichiin a chi: Na pa Jonadab thupiak na jui ua, a thu pawt tengteng bangbanga na hih jiak un;Rekab tapa Jonadabin khantawnin ka maa ding ding mi a tasam ngei kei ding, chiin sepaihte TOUPA, Israel Pathianin a chi hi.

¹⁸And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:

¹⁹Rekab tapa Jonadabin khantawnin ka maa ding ding mi a tasam ngei kei ding, chiin sepaihte TOUPA, Israel Pathianin a chi hi.

¹⁹Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.