¹The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.

¹Babulon tungtang, Kaldai mite gam tungtanga, jawlnei Jeremia kama TOUPA thu gen:

²Declare among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don’t conceal: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed; her images are disappointed, her idols are dismayed.

²Nam chih lakah gen unla, phuang un, puanjak khai unla, phuang unla, sel kei un, Babulon lak ahita. Bel bel a zahlak a, a milim a se khinta.

³For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal.

³Mal akipanin amah nam khatin a honsuala, huaiin a gam a hihgawp dinga, huailaiah kuamah a teng nawn kei ding ua; a taikek ua, a mangkhin ta uh, mi leh sate leng.

⁴In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Yahweh their God.

⁴Huai nitein leh huai hun chiangin Israel tate a hongpai ding ua, amau leh Juda tate toh; kap kawmin a honpai ding ua, TOUPA a Pathian uh a zong ding uh; chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

⁵They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it, saying, Come, and join yourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.

⁵Zion lam ngain a kalsuanna ding uh a ding ding ua, Kisa un, khantawn thukhun manghilh nawn loh dingah TOUPA honglen un, a chi ding uh.

⁶My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.

⁶Ka mite jaw belam mang ahi ua; amau chingmiten a pi mang ua, mual ahte a pai mangsak ua, tangah te, mual dungahte a pai ua, a huang uh a manghilh khinta uh.

⁷All who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.

⁷A mu peuhin a ne jel ua, a melmate un, I gilou kei, Toupa dikna omna a pipute uh lamet TOUPA hilhial tunga thil a hihkhelh jiak ahi, a chi ua.

⁸Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks.

⁸Babulon sung akipanin tai khia unla, Kaldaite gam akipan pai khia unla, kel hon laka keltalte bangin om un.

⁹For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.

⁹Ngaidih ua, Babulon hongsual dingin mal gam akipan nam honpi thupi tak kikaikhawm ka tokthou dinga, amah dou dingin a kisa ding ua: huai akipanin lak ahi ding uh: a thalte uh lah galbawl siamtak vuaksuak ngeilou bang ahi ding uh.

¹⁰Chaldea shall be a prey: all who prey on her shall be satisfied, says Yahweh.

¹⁰Huan, Kaldai lokin a om ding, a lok mite a tai ngial ding uh, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

¹¹Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong horses;

¹¹Kipak mahle uchin, nuamsa mahle uchin, aw ka goutan lok mite aw, lou lakah bawngla ta khialkhial bang leh sakoltal ham ngengek bang himahle uchin;

¹²your mother shall be utterly disappointed; she who bore you shall be confounded: behold, she shall be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

¹²Na nu uh a hongzum mahmah dinga, nou hongsuangnu a hongzahlak ding hi. Ngai un, namte laka nuainungpen, gamdai gam, gam keu, gam vuak ahi ding.

¹³Because of the wrath of Yahweh she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate: everyone who goes by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

¹³TOUPA hehna jiakin luahmi a om kei dinga, a sevek zo ding hi, Babulon hoh peuhmah a mulkim sak dinga, a siatna tengteng ziakin a tek ding uhi.

¹⁴Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against Yahweh.

¹⁴Thalpeu tawimi tengteng aw, Babulon um suakin kivual unla, kap unla, thalte chil kei un, TOUPA tungah lah a khialta ngal ua.

¹⁵Shout against her all around: she has submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Yahweh: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.

¹⁵A kimvelin awng unla, amah leh amah a kipeta, a kulhte a puktaa, a bangte a chimta, TOUPA phu lakna ahi ngala, a tungah phu la unla, a hih bangbangin a tungah hih un.

¹⁶Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone to his own land.

¹⁶Babulon akipan chi thehmi attan unla, buh lak laia kawite tawimi toh, nuaisiahna namsau lauin amau mite lam a juan chiat ding ua, amau gam chiat ah a atai ding uh.

¹⁷Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.

¹⁷Isreal bel belam dalh jak ahia; humpinelkaiten a delh mang ua; Assuria kumpipan amah a ne phota, a tawpin Babulon kumpipa Nebukadnezzarin a guhte a haijanta hi.

¹⁸Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.

¹⁸Huaijiakin sepaihte TOUPA, Israelte Pathianin hichiin a chi: Ngai un, Assuria kumpipa ka gawt bangin Babulon kumpipa leh a gam ka gawt ding.

¹⁹I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.

¹⁹Huan, Israel a tatna ah ka pi nawn dinga, Karmel leh Bashan ah a ta dinga, Ephraim tangah leh Gilead ah amah a ta ding hi.

²⁰In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.

²⁰Huai nite chiang huai hun chiangin Israel thulimlouhnate a zong ding ua, muh ding a om kei ding; Juda thilhihkhelhte leng muh ding a om sam kei ding; omsun dinga ka koihte lah ka ngaidam sin ngala, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

²¹Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: kill and utterly destroy after them, says Yahweh, and do according to all that I have commanded you.

²¹Merathim gam sual un, a gam leh Pekod luah mite mahmah; that unla, hihgam sipsip unla, thu ka honpiak bangbangin hih un, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

²²A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

²²Huai gamah gal husa a om, siatna thupi mahmah husa toh.

²³How is the hammer of the whole earth cut apart and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

²³Khovel pumpi sek a kitamin, nak kek nen hina tel e:

²⁴I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren’t aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against Yahweh.

²⁴Aw Babulon, nang dingin thang kama, theiloua awk neita ve; muhkhiak leh matin na omta, TOUPA na sual ziakin.

²⁵Yahweh has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.

²⁵TOUPAN a galvan bawm a hongta, a hehna vanzatte a lakhiaa, TOUPA, sepaihte TOUPAN Kaldaite gamah hih ding a nei hi.

²⁶Come against her from the utmost border; open her storehouses; cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left.

²⁶Gamgi tawp pek akipanin honsual unla, a thil koihkhawmna inte hong vek unla, pai khawm unla, hihse vek un, a bangmah himhim hawi kei un.

²⁷Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day has come, the time of their visitation.

²⁷A bawngtal tuaite hihlum vek unla, gohin om uhen. A tung uh gik hina tel e! A ni uh la a hongtungta ngala, amaute gawtna ni mahmah.

²⁸The voice of those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Yahweh our God, the vengeance of his temple.

²⁸TOUPA i Pathian phu lak, a biakin phu lakna ngei Ziona gen dinga Babulon akipana tai khia leh tai mangte husa ngei:

²⁹Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow; encamp against her all around; let none of it escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel.

²⁹Babulon sual dingin thal kap siam, thalpeu zangmi tengteng sam khawm un; a kimvelin buk bawl unla, kuamah suakta kei uhen; A thilhih bangbangin thuk un, a hihsa bang tengteng amah tungah hih un: TOUPA, Israel Mi Siangthou lah a tou ngam a.

³⁰Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all her men of war will be brought to silence in that day, says Yahweh.

³⁰Huaijiakin tangvalte a kholakte ah a puk ding ua, galkapmi tengteng huai niin a mangthang ding uh chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

³¹Behold, I am against you, you proud one, says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies; for your day has come, the time that I will visit you.

³¹Ngai in, nang mi kisathei, ka hondou ahi, TOUPA, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi. Na ni a hongtungta, na gawtna ding ni mah.

³²The proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are around him.

³²Huan mi kisathei a kisuiin a puk dinga, kuamahin a phong kei ding ua, huan, a khopite ah mei ka khah dinga, a kimvela om tengteng ka kang siangsak vek ding.

³³Thus says Yahweh of Armies: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all who took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.

³³Sepaihte TOUPAN hichiin a chi: Israel tate leh Juda tate nuaisiahin a om khawmta ua; sala amaute pimite tengtengin amau a len chinten ua, a khah nuam het kei uh. Amaute tanpha bel a hata; amin sepaihte TOUPA ahi.

³⁴Their Redeemer is strong; Yahweh of Armies is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

³⁴Amah amau lama a panga, Babulona tengte hihbuaiin, khovela muanna a tut theihna dingin.

³⁵A sword is on the Chaldeans, says Yahweh, and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her princes, and on her wise men.

³⁵Kaldai mite tungah namsau a leng hi, Babulona tengte, a heutute uh leh a mi pilte uh tungah leng, chih TOUPA thu pawt ahi.

³⁶A sword is on the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is on her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.

³⁶Mi juautheite tungah namsau, mi hai a hongsuak ding uh: a galkap mi tungah namsau, a lunglel khin ding uh.

³⁷A sword is on their horses, and on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is on her treasures, and they shall be robbed.

³⁷A sakolte uh leh kangtalaite uh tungah namsau, a sunga mi kilak-hel tengtengte tungah leng, numei bang phet a honghi ding uh: a gou thil tungah namsau, lokin a om maimai ding uhi.

³⁸A drought is on her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.

³⁸A tuite kangin a keu khina, milimte gam lah ahi ngal a, milimte lah a hailoh uhi.

³⁹Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be lived in from generation to generation.

³⁹Huaijiakin gamdai gam sahangte, ngiate toh huailaiah a teng ding ua, Ostritte leng huailaiah a teng ding uh; luahin a om ngei nawn kei ding; suan tengteng phain leng luahin a om kei ding.

⁴⁰As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it, says Yahweh, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man live therein.

⁴⁰Pathianin Sodom leh Gomora leh a kho insakinkhangte a hihsiat bangbangin; huailaiah kuamah a tengta kei ding ua, mihing ta kuamahin a veh nawnta kei ding uh, TOUPA thu pawtin a chi.

⁴¹Behold, a people comes from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

⁴¹Ngai un, mal lam gam akipan mite a hong ua, leh mun tawpa kipan nam thupi tak leh kumpipa tampi a hongkuan uhi.

⁴²They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.

⁴²Thalpeu leh tei a tawi ua, hiamgam tak, zahngaihna himhim neilou ahi uh. A husa uh tuipi ging huhu bang ahia, sakol tungah a tuang ua, mi chih galkapmi banga kivanin, aw, Babulon tanu, nang a hongsual sin uhi.

⁴³The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of him, pains as of a woman in labor.

⁴³A husa uh jain Babulon kumpipa khut a zota, numei nauvei lainatna bangin, natna thupitakin a manta hi.

⁴⁴Behold, the enemy shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who can stand before me?

⁴⁴Ngai un, Jordan gam gammang akipan humpinelkai, kahna muna a hongtou bangin a hingpaitou dinga; amah akipanin amaute ka taimangsak pah ding; a tunga thu nei ding ka ut-ut ka sep ding. Kei bang kua a oma! Kuan sep ding. Kei bang kua kua a oma? Kuan ahia hunbi honsehsak ding? Belamchingmi kua ahia ka maa ding ding?

⁴⁵Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.

⁴⁵Huaijiakin Babulon tungah TOUPA thu hilh, Kaldai mite tunga a thil seh ngaikhia un. Gan hon noute ngei kaihmangin a om ding ua, gan kahna muna mite a mulkim sak ding.Babulon lakna husa ah lei a ling dinga, a kahna husa namte laka jak ahi ding hi.

⁴⁶At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembles, and the cry is heard among the nations.

⁴⁶Babulon lakna husa ah lei a ling dinga, a kahna husa namte laka jak ahi ding hi.