¹The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, 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 the captives of Jerusalem and Judah, who were carried away captive to Babylon.

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:

²The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, Yahweh your God pronounced this evil on this place;

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

³and Yahweh has brought it, and done according as he spoke: because you have sinned against Yahweh, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing has come on you.

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.

⁴Now, behold, I release you this day from the chains which are on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but if it seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, don’t: behold, all the land is before you; where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.

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.

⁵Now while he had not yet gone back, Go back then, he said, to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go. So the captain of the guard gave him food and a present, and let him 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.

⁶Then went Jeremiah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the land.

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.

⁷Now when all the captains of the forces who 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 to him men, and women, and children, and of the poorest of the land, of those who were not carried away captive to Babylon;

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;

⁸then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, 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 the Maacathite, they and their men.

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.

⁹Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, Don’t be afraid to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

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.

¹⁰As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans who shall come to us: but you, gather wine and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken.

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.

¹¹Likewise when all the Jews who were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and who 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;

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;

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

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.

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

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

¹⁴and said to him, Do you know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam didn’t believe them.

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

¹⁵Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Please let me go, and I will kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: why should he take your life, that all the Jews who are gathered to you should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?

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.

¹⁶But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, You shall not do this thing; for you speak falsely of Ishmael.

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