¹The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

¹TOUPA akipana Jeremia kianga thu hongtung,

²Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.

²Thou inla, belvelmi in ah hohsuk inla, huaiah ka thute ka hon theisak ding, a chi a.

³Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making a work on the wheels.

³Huchiiin belvelmi in ah ka hohsukta a, a belbawlna khawl ah na a sem hi.

⁴When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

⁴Tunga bel a bawl lai a honghoih kei leh belvelmiin hoih a sak bangin bel dang din a bawl nawn mai sek hi.

⁵Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

⁵Huchiin TOUPA thu ka kiangah a hongtung nawna:

⁶House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter? says Yahweh. Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

⁶Aw Israel inkote aw, hiai belvelmi hih bangin nou ka honhih theikeia hia? chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi. Ngaidih ua, belvelmi khuta tung bang lelin ka khut ah na om uhi, aw Israel inkote aw.

⁷At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

⁷Chiklaiin leng nam hiam gam hiam tungtang thu ah, Ka hondokkhe dinga, ka honphel dinga, ka hon hihse ding, chiin na nagen zong hi leng,

⁸if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.

⁸Huai namin a tungthu ka gen jiaka a thil hoihlou a lehngatsan leh a tunga thil hoihlou hih ka tup ka kikhelsak ding.

⁹At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

⁹Huan, chiklaiin leng nam hiam gam tungtang thu ah, ka honbawl dinga, ka hon dingsak dinga, chiin nagen zong hileng,

¹⁰if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.

¹⁰Ka paukam suak ngaikhe loua ka mitmuh a thilhoihlou a hih leh amah a dingin thil hoih hih ka tup ka kikhelsak sam ding.

¹¹Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return you now everyone from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.

¹¹Huaijiakin Juda mite leh Jerusalema tengte kiangah, TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Ngaidih ua, na tunguah thil hoihlou ka ngaihtuaha, nou ka honsawm lai na hi uh, mi chihin a omdan hoihlou uh lehngatsan uhen la, na omdan uleh na thilhihte uh bawlpha un, vachi peuhmah in.

¹²But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do everyone after the stubbornness of his evil heart.

¹²Himahleh amua jaw, Kilawm kei e! Koumau phasak bangbangin ka omding ua, mi chih koumau lungtang gilou genhak bangjelin ka om ding uh, a chi sek uhi.

¹³Therefore thus says Yahweh: Ask now among the nations, who has heard such things; the virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.

¹³Huaijiakin TOUPAN chichiin a chi: Nam dangte dong him dih ua, hichibang mahmah kuan a theia? Nungak Israelin thil lauhuai mahmah a hihta.

¹⁴Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?

¹⁴Lebanon vukin a mualvum a nose ngei ahia? gamlaa kipana tui vot hongluang sukte a kangtat ngei ahia?

¹⁵For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false gods; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up;

¹⁵Ka miten a honmangngilh ua, bangmahlou phet kiangah gimlim a hal ua, huaiten a tumalam lampi ua kipan a kisuisaka, lampipen hi lou lamkhem lam a jui uh;

¹⁶to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.

¹⁶A hihse gawpte uh-agam, khantawn a tek khum ding; kiviallehmin lamdangsain a lu uh a sing ua.

¹⁷I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

¹⁷Suahlam hoihpi bangin melma maah ka thehjak ding, a vangtah ni un ka mel hilou, ka dek ka musak ding hi.

¹⁸Then they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

¹⁸Huan, amau, Kisa un, Jeremia i sawm ding uh, siampu akipan lah dan a dai sin ngal keia, mi pil a kipan lah thudot a dai sam kei ding, jawlnei akipan lah thu a dai sam kei ding hi. Kisa un, i gense gawpgawp ding ua, a thu mawngmawng i limsak kei ding, a chi ua.

¹⁹Give heed to me, Yahweh, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.

¹⁹Honlimsak inla, aw TOUPA, kei honngetna thu limsakin.

²⁰Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

²⁰Gilou thil hoih ditna hia hi ngei? amau lah ka khaa dingin kokhuk a tou ngal ua. Amau akipana na hehna heimang ding leh amaua dia thil hoih gen dinga na maa ka din sek theigigein.

²¹Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, and their young men struck of the sword in battle.

²¹Huchiin a tate uh kialpi kiangah pe khia inla, namsau hatna kiangah piain; huan a jite uh taneilouin, meithai uhen; a pasalte uh hipiin si uhenla, a tangvalte uh leng kidouna ah namsauin.

²²Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

²²Simmite a kiang uh na tunsak guih laiin a in ua kipan kap husa thang khia hen: kei adingin kokhuk a tou ngal ua, ka khe awkna dingin thang a kam ngal ua.Himahleh nang aw TOUPA, kei honthat dinga a honsawmna tengteng uh na thei hi; a thulimlouhna uh ngaidam kenla, na mitmuhin a khelhna uh thai mang sam ken: Na maah kipuk uhenla, na ehih niin hih ekin.

²³Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me; don’t forgive their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight; but let them be overthrown before you; deal you with them in the time of your anger.

²³Himahleh nang aw TOUPA, kei honthat dinga a honsawmna tengteng uh na thei hi; a thulimlouhna uh ngaidam kenla, na mitmuhin a khelhna uh thai mang sam ken: Na maah kipuk uhenla, na ehih niin hih ekin.