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

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

²to whom the word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. 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, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to 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.

⁴Now the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

⁴Huan TOUPA thu ka kiangah a hongtunga;

⁵“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came forth out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to 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 I said, “Ah, Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to 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 Yahweh said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for to whoever I shall send you, you shall go, and whatever I shall command you, you shall 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.

⁸Don’t be afraid because of them; for I am with you to deliver you,” says Yahweh.

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

⁹Then Yahweh put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.

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

¹⁰Behold, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, 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 Yahweh came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I said, “I see a branch 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 Yahweh said to me, “You have seen well; for I watch over 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.

¹³The word of Yahweh came to me the second time, saying, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a boiling caldron; and it is tipping away from 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 Yahweh said to me, “Out of the north evil will break out on 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, behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” says Yahweh; “and they shall come, and they shall each set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls all around, 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.

¹⁶I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped 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.

¹⁷“You therefore put your belt on your waist, arise, and speak to them all that I command you. Don’t be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you 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 you this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, 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.

¹⁹They will fight against you; but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you,” says Yahweh, “to deliver you.”

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