¹The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,

¹Juda kumpipa Jehoiakim, Josia tapa kum lina ah Jeremia kama kipan hiai thute laibu ah a gelh laia Neria tapa Baruk kianga Jawlnei Jeremia thugen:

²Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to you, Baruch:

²TOUPA Israel Pathianin, Aw Baruk, na kiangah hichiin a chi: Nang, ka tung gikta na mai e:

³You said, Woe is me now! for Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.

³TOUPAN lah ka thuakna ah lungkhamna a honbehlap ta ngala: ka thum ka bahpiha, tawldamna himhim ka mu zou kei na chi a.

⁴You shall tell him, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.

⁴A kianga hichia na gen ding ahi: TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Ngai in, ka lamsa ka phel nawn dinga, ka phuhsa ka bot khe nawn ding gam pumpi mahmah:Huan, nang adingin thil thupi na zong hia? Zong dah maiin: sa tengteng tungah lah thil hoihlou ka hontungsak sin ngala, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi: himahleh na hinna bel mun chiha na painana ah gallak dingin ka honpe ding, chiin.

⁵Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh, says Yahweh; but your life will I give to you for a prey in all places where you go.

⁵Huan, nang adingin thil thupi na zong hia? Zong dah maiin: sa tengteng tungah lah thil hoihlou ka hontungsak sin ngala, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi: himahleh na hinna bel mun chiha na painana ah gallak dingin ka honpe ding, chiin.