¹Juda leh Jerusalem sal tengteng, Babulon sala a pite uh laka Jeremia khainiang len kawma a pi laia ngakmi a pawtsak nunga TOUPA kianga kipana Jeremia kianga thu hongtung:

¹The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.

²Huan, ngakmi heutuin Jeremia a pia, a kiangah, TOUPA i Pathianin hiai muna thil hoihlou tung ding a na phuangkhina.

²And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.

³Huan, TOUPAN a hontungsakta ngeia, a gan bangbangin a hitaa; TOUPA tungah thil na hihkhia ua, a paukam na manlouh jiak un hiai thil na tunguah a hong tungahi.

³Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.

⁴Tuin, ngain, tuniin na khuta khainiang but ka honphel sak ahi. Babulon a ka kianga hong na ut leh hong inla, na ut keileh hong dah mai in; endih, gam tengteng na maah a im hi, hoh pha na sak leh hoih na chih chihin pai in, achia.

⁴And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.

⁵A kik main aman, Juda khopite tunga ukpi dia Babulon kumpipan a bawl Shaphan tapa, Ahikam tapa Gedelia kiangah kik inla, mite lakah a kiangah om in, ahihkeilah hoh pha na saksakna ah hoh mai in, achia.

⁵Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.

⁶Huchiin ngakmi heutuin nekding leh thilpiak a piaa, a paisanta hi. Huan, Jeremia bel Ahikam tapa Gedalia kiangah Mizpah khua ah ahoh a, a kianga gama omsun mite lakah a omtei ta hi.

⁶Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.

⁷Huan, sepaih pawl heutu tengteng gamlaka omten, amaute leh a heute uh Babulon kumpipan, Ahikam tapa Gedelia huai gama mi genthei penpen, Babulon sala pi louh tengtengte a kemsak chih a jak un Mizpah khua ah;

⁷Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

⁸Gedalia kiangah a hongpai ua, Nethannia tapa Ismael te, Kare ta, Johanan leh Jonathan te, Tanhumet tapa Serai te, Netophath khuaa Ephai tate leh Maakath khuaa mi tapa Jezani te leh a heute uh.

⁸Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

⁹Huan, Shaphan tapa, Ahikam tapa Gedaliain amau leh a heute uh kiangah, Kaldaite nasep kihta kei un: gamah om dinden unla, Babulon kumpipa na sem unla, nou dingin a hoih mai ding hi.

⁹And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

¹⁰Kei jaw Mizpah khua ah ka om dinga, Kaldai mi ka kianga hong dingte maah noute sikin ka ding ding: nouten ahih leh uain te, nipi thei te, thau te la khawm unla na bel uah koih unla, na khopi lak sate uah teng un, chiin a kichiam hi.

¹⁰As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.

¹¹Huchimahbangin Juda mi tengteng, Moab gama tengte, Amon mite laka tengte leh Edom gama tengte leh gam danga omten Babulon kumpipa Juda mi khenkhat a nusiaa, a tunguah Shaphan tapa, Ahikam tapa, Gedalia a koih chih a jak un;

¹¹Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;

¹²Juda mi tengteng a hawl jakna gam tengteng ua kipanin a hongpai kik ua, Juda gama Mizpah khua ah Gedalia kiangah a hongtung ua, uain leh nipi thei a la khawmta ek mai uhi.

¹²Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.

¹³Huailoiu leng Kare tapa Johanan leh sepaih pawlte heutu, gam laka om tengteng Mizpah khua ah Gedalia kiangah,

¹³Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,

¹⁴Amon mite kumpipa Baalisin na hinna la dingin Nethania tapa, Ismael a sawl chih na ja hia? A chi ua.

¹⁴And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.

¹⁵Huan, kare tapa Johananin Mizpah khuaa Gedalia kiangah, Honpai sak dih ve, Nethania tapa Ismael kava that mai ding, kuamahin a theikei ding uh: Juda mi na kiang om khawm tengteng a dalh vek ua, Juda mi omsunte manthantna hih dingin bangdia na hinna la ding ahia? Chiin a simthamin a gen hi.Ahikam tapa Gedaliain bel Kare tapa Johanan kiangah, Hiai thil na hih ding ahi kei; Ishmael na gendan a dik kei hi, achia.

¹⁵Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?

¹⁶Ahikam tapa Gedaliain bel Kare tapa Johanan kiangah, Hiai thil na hih ding ahi kei; Ishmael na gendan a dik kei hi, achia.

¹⁶But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.