¹Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, came near,

¹Huan, sepaih pawl heutute leh Kare tapa Johanan leh Hosai tapa Azaria leh mipi tengteng, a neupen akipana a lianpen tanin a hongnai ua, jawlnei Jeremia kiangah;

²and said to Jeremiah the prophet, Please let our supplication be presented before you, and pray for us to Yahweh your God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes do see us:

²Na maah ka ngetna uh pom hi henla, hiai omsun mi tengteng a ding ngein na Pathian kiangah hon thumsak dingin kon ngen uhi; na honmuh bang ngeiin mi tampite lak akipan tawmchik kia nutsiatin ka omta uhi.

³that Yahweh your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the thing that we should do.

³TOUPA na Pathianin ka paina ding thil uh honkokmuh theihna dingin, a chi ua.

⁴Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray to Yahweh your God according to your words; and it shall happen that whatever thing Yahweh shall answer you, I will declare it to you; I will keep nothing back from you.

⁴Huan, jawlnei Jeremiain a kiang uah, Na thu uh ka ja hi, ngai un, na thu uh bangbangin TOUPA na Pathian kiang uah ka ngen ding hi: huan, hichi ahi dinga, TOUPAN nou ahon dawn peuhmah ka honhilh jel ding: na lak uah bang mah ka im kei ding, a chi a.

⁵Then they said to Jeremiah, Yahweh be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don’t do according to all the word with which Yahweh your God shall send you to us.

⁵Huan, amau Jeremia kiang ah, TOUPA na Pathianin ka kiang ua nang a hongawlna thu tengteng bang jela ka hihkei uleh ka lak uah TOUPA thu theipa dik leh muanhuai hi hen.

⁶Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of Yahweh our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of Yahweh our God.

⁶A sia hiam a pha hiam ka honsawl na uh TOUPA ka Pathian uh paukam suak ka mang ngeingei ding uh: TOUPA ka Pathian uh paukam suak ka man uleh kou hoih theihna ding ahi, a chi ua.

⁷It happened after ten days, that the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah.

⁷Huan, hichi a honghi a, ni sawm nungin TOUPA thu Jeremia kiangah a hongtunga.

⁸Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,

⁸Huchiin, Kare tapa Johanan leh a kianga sepaih heutu om tengteng leh sepaih tengteng, neupena akipana lianpen tanin a sama, a kiang uah,

⁹and said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your supplication before him:

⁹TOUPA na Pathian uh, a maa na ngetna tundia tun dia na honsawlnapa uh hichiin a chi hi;

¹⁰If you will still live in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I grieve over the distress that I have brought on you.

¹⁰Hiai gama na om thek uleh ka hontunding dinga, ka honphel kei ding hi, ka hon phut dinga, ka honbotkhe kei ding, na tung ua thil hoih lou ka tutte lah ka lungheita ngala.

¹¹Don’t be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid; don’t be afraid of him, says Yahweh: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

¹¹Babulon kumpipa na lau sek uh lau nawn kei un, amah lau kei un chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi; a khut akipan noute hondam ding leh honkhe dingin na kiang uah lah ka om ngala.

¹²I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to return to your own land.

¹²Huan, na tung ua zah a ngaih theihna dingin zahngaihna nou ka honphal dinga, na gam mah uah ka honkiksak ding hi.

¹³But if you say, We will not dwell in this land; so that you don’t obey the voice of Yahweh your God,

¹³Ahihhangin, hiai gamah i omkei ding uh, chia TOUPA na Pathian uh aw na man kei ua,

¹⁴saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:

¹⁴Hi het lou Aigupta gamah i pai zaw ding ua, huaiah i kidouna himhim i tuak kei dinga, pengkul ging leng iza kei dinga, an taksap a om sam kei ding, huaiah i teng zaw ding uh, na chih uleh,

¹⁵now therefore hear the word of Yahweh, O remnant of Judah: Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, If you indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to live there;

¹⁵Aw Juda omsunte aw, TOUPA thu ngai dih ua; sepaihte TOUPA Israel Pathianin hichinin a chi:

¹⁶then it shall happen, that the sword, which you fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are afraid, shall follow close behind you there in Egypt; and there you shall die.

¹⁶Aigupta gama lutding leh huaia teng dingin kihei teitei na hih uleh hicih a hong hi dinga, namsau na kiktak ngei un Aigupta gamahon pha dinga, kial na kiktak sek un leng Aigupta gamah nou a hondelh jui jel dinga, huaiah na si ding uhi.

¹⁷So shall it be with all the men who set their faces to go into Egypt to live there: they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring on them.

¹⁷Aigupta gama teng dinga kihei teiteite tengteng huchibangin a om ding ua, namsau te, kial te, hi tein a si ding uh, thil hoihlou a tung ua ka tut ding akipan kuamah a suakta un a nit kei ding uh.

¹⁸For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: As my anger and my wrath has been poured forth on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured forth on you, when you shall enter into Egypt; and you shall be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.

¹⁸Sepaihte TOUPA, Israel te Pathianin hichiin, a chi ahi: Jerusalema tengte tunga ka hehna ka sun bang mahin Aigupta gamna lut hun chiang un na tunguah ka hehna ka sung sam ding: hamse thuak leh lamdangsak chiat, mi kamse banna, gensiat na hi ding ua, hiai mun na mu nawn himhim kei ding uh.

¹⁹Yahweh has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah, Don’t you go into Egypt: know certainly that I have testified to you this day.

¹⁹Aw Juda omsunte aw, TOUPAN na tungtang uh a genta hi, Aigupta gamah lut kei un, hiai niin nou ka hon thei chian sak ahi chih thei mahmah un. Na hinna uh

²⁰For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it:

²⁰TOUPA na Pathian uh kiangah nonsawl ua, TOUPA ka Pathian uh kiangah honthumsak inla, TOUPA ka Pathian un a chihchih honhilh inla, ka hihzel ding uhi na chi ngal ua.

²¹and I have this day declared it to you; but you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh your God in anything for which he has sent me to you.

²¹Tuniin na kiang uah ka phuangta ahi; himahleh na kiang ua a honsawlna bangmahin TOUPA na Pathian uh paukam lah na mang ngal kei uh.Huaijiakin tun jawtheita un, ten na lunggulhna mun ngei uah namsau te, kial te, hi tein na singei sin uhi, chiin a chi a.

²²Now therefore know certainly that you shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place where you desire to go to live there.

²²Huaijiakin tun jawtheita un, ten na lunggulhna mun ngei uah namsau te, kial te, hi tein na singei sin uhi, chiin a chi a.