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Douc Waac Gorngv Mbaa^mbi^lon Zuqc Caangv

¹Naaiv se Ziouv longc douc waac mienh, Ye^le^mi, douc waac gorngv Mbaa^mbi^lon, se Ken^ndie Mienh nyei deic-bung.⚓ Ninh gorngv,
²“Oix zuqc yiem maanc guoqv mbu'ndongx zunh gorngv,
liepc jiez geh aengx zunh mbuox,
maiv dungx bingx, oix zuqc gorngv,
‘Mbaa^mbi^lon zuqc caangv mi'aqv.
Mben zienh zuqc nyaiv,
Me^lo^ndakc zienh zuqc gamh nziex.
Mbaa^mbi^lon nyei miuc-fangx zuqc nyaiv,
ninh nyei miuc-fangx zuqc gamh nziex.’
³Weic zuqc maaih norm guoqv yiem baqv bung daaih mborqv ninh,
oix bun ninh nyei deic-bung zuqc baaic huaang nzengc,
maiv maaih haaix dauh yiem naaic,
liemh mienh liemh saeng-kuv oix biaux nzengc.

Douc Waac Gorngv I^saa^laa^en Duqv Nzuonx

⁴Ziouv gorngv,
“Wuov deix hnoi, wuov deix ziangh hoc,
I^saa^laa^en Mienh caux Yu^ndaa Mienh oix gapv zunv daaih,
yietc binc mingh yietc binc nyiemv,
lorz Ziouv, ninh mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh.
⁵Ninh mbuo oix naaic jauv mingh ⟨Si^on,⟩
maaih hmien huin jienv wuov bung mingh ziouc gorngv,
‘Daaih maah! Mbuo oix zuqc
daaih caux Ziouv gapv jienv
liepc yietc liuz nyei ngaengc waac,
dongh maiv haih la'kuqv nyei waac.’
⁶“Yie nyei baeqc fingx hnangv dorngc jauv nyei ba'gi yungh,
ninh mbuo nyei goux ba'gi yungh mienh dorh ninh mbuo dorngc jauv,
bun ninh mbuo yiem mbong gu'nguaaic huin ganh bung.
Ninh mbuo ziouc yiem domh mbong mingh fiuv-mbong,
taux la'kuqv ninh mbuo ganh nyei laanh.
⁷Da'faanh lorz buatc ninh mbuo wuov deix
zorqv ninh mbuo naqv nzengc mingh.
Ninh mbuo nyei win-wangv gorngv, ‘Yie mbuo maiv zoux dorngc
weic zuqc ninh mbuo baamz zuiz dorngc Ziouv,
se ninh mbuo zien yiem nyei dorngx,
dongh ninh mbuo nyei ong-taaix maaih lamh hnamv nyei Ziouv. ’
⁸“I^saa^laa^en Mienh aah!
Oix zuqc yiem Mbaa^mbi^lon gu'nyuoz biaux cuotv.
Cuotv Ken^ndie Mienh nyei deic-bung maah!⚓
Zoux hnangv yiem ba'gi yungh guanh dorh jauv nyei yungh gouv.
⁹Weic zuqc yie oix coqv ziex norm
yiem baqv bung nyei domh guoqv
benx domh guanh daaih mborqv Mbaa^mbi^lon.
Ninh mbuo ziouc mbaih jienv daaih mborqv ninh.
Mbaa^mbi^lon ziouc yiem naaic zuqc zorqv mi'aqv.
Ninh mbuo nyei forng-cang se hnangv
maaih buoz-dauh mborqv jaax henv nyei baeng
maiv kungx-buoz nyei nzuonx.
¹⁰Ken^ndie⚓ oix zuqc luv.
Da'faanh luv ninh nyei mienh buangv eix nzengc.”
Naaiv se Ziouv gorngv nyei waac.

Mbaa^mbi^lon Mbaang

¹¹“Luv yie nzipc nyei baeqc fingx nyei mienh aah!
Maiv gunv meih mbuo njien-youh, maiv gunv meih mbuo orn-lorqc,
maiv gunv meih mbuo a'hneiv hnangv dauh ngongh zeic yiem miev-ciangv,
yaac hnangv maaz-gouv haev haev nyei,
¹²meih mbuo nyei maa oix zuqc nyaiv taux ndoqv,
yungz meih mbuo daaih wuov dauh zuqc baaic hmien.
Ninh oix zuqc benx yiem maanc guoqv mbu'ndongx nqa'haav laai wuov guoqv,
benx nqaai nyei deic-bung-haanz, deic-bung-huaang.
¹³Weic zuqc Ziouv qiex jiez,
Mbaa^mbi^lon ziouc maiv maaih mienh yiem.
Da'faanh jiex Mbaa^mbi^lon nyei mienh gamh nziex haic,
yaac weic ninh yietc zungv zuqc mun nyei dorngx huotv ninh.
¹⁴“Meih mbuo yietc zungv baeng juang-zinx nyei mienh aah!
Mbaih jienv weih gormx buonv Mbaa^mbi^lon maah!
Gunv buonv yaac maiv dungx korv-fiqv forng,
weic zuqc ninh baamz zuiz dorngc Ziouv.
¹⁵Oix zuqc yiem ninh nyei biei bung heuc,
ninh nyiemc suei mi'aqv.
Ninh nyei laauh mbaang njiec,
zingh laatc yaac mbaang.
Weic zuqc naaiv se Ziouv jaauv win bun ninh,
meih gunv jaauv win aqv.
Ninh hnangv haaix nor zoux bun mienh,
oix zuqc hnangv wuov nor zoux bun ninh.
¹⁶Meih mbuo oix zuqc zorqv
yiem Mbaa^mbi^lon zuangx ga'naaiv nyei mienh
caux nanv nzuqc limh siou cun-gaeng nyei mienh pai guangc.
Weic zeix mienh wuov deix nyei nzuqc ndaauv,
mouz dauh mienh ziouc nzuonx ninh ganh nyei baeqc fingx,
dauh dauh yaac biaux nzuonx ninh ganh nyei deic-bung.

I^saa^laa^en Mienh Nzuonx Ganh Nyei Deic-Bung

¹⁷“I^saa^laa^en Mienh se hnangv
zuqc sienh zunc nzaanx nyei ba'gi yungh.
Daauh dangh Atc^si^lie hungh nyanc ninh.
Setv mueiz Mbaa^mbi^lon hungh, Ne^mbu^katv^netv^saa,
hlaix ninh nyei mbungv.”
¹⁸Weic naaiv Nernh Jiex nyei Ziouv, I^saa^laa^en nyei Tin-Hungh, hnangv naaiv gorngv,
“Yie zungv oix dingc Mbaa^mbi^lon hungh caux ninh nyei deic-bung nyei zuiz,
hnangv yie dingc Atc^si^lie hungh nyei zuiz nor.
¹⁹Yie ziouc dorh I^saa^laa^en nzuonx ninh ganh nyei miev-ciangv,
ninh ziouc yiem Kaanmen Mbong caux Mbaasaan nyanc miev.
Ninh yaac yiem E^faa^im Mbong caux Gi^le^aatc Deic duqv nyanc beuv.”
²⁰Ziouv gorngv, “Taux wuov deix hnoi-nyieqc, wuov deix ziangh hoc,
yiem I^saa^laa^en lorz zuiz-nipc yaac maiv maaih aqv.
Yiem Yu^ndaa lorz zuiz yaac lorz maiv duqv aqv.
Weic zuqc yie oix guangc nzengc yie liouh njiec nyei mienh nyei zuiz.”

Tin-Hungh Dingc Mbaa^mbi^lon Nyei Zuiz

²¹Ziouv gorngv, “Mingh mborqv Me^laa^taa^im Deic-Bung,⚓
yaac mborqv Bekotc⚓ nyei baeqc fingx,
oix zuqc daix, zunc jienv mingh mietc nzengc.⚓
Ziux yie paaiv meih nyei yietc zungv waac
oix zuqc zoux ziangx nzengc.
²²Yiem deic-bung maaih mborqv jaax nyei qiex mbui,
yaac maaih mietc nyei sic hlo haic.
²³Lungh ndiev nyei wuov norm hlieqv-zueih
zuqc hngaqv ndutv aengx mborqv huv mi'aqv.
Mbaa^mbi^lon yiem maanc guoqv mbu'ndongx
benx haeqv mienh gamh nziex nyei dorngx.
²⁴Mbaa^mbi^lon aah! Yie weic meih zaeng hlaang,
meih ziouc zuqc hlopv jienv yaac maiv hiuv haaix nyungc.
Meih zuqc ninh mbuo lorz buatc yaac zuqc zorqv mi'aqv,
weic zuqc meih caux Ziouv doix-dekc nzaeng.
²⁵Ziouv koi nqoi ninh mborqv jaax nyei jaa-sic nyei lamz,
zorqv cuotv ninh qiex jiez jienv longc nyei wuoqc ginc,
weic zuqc Ziouv, Nernh Jiex nyei Tin-Hungh, maaih gong zoux
yiem Ken^ndie Mienh nyei deic-bung.
²⁶Yiem biei bung daaih mborqv ninh
aengx koi ninh nyei lamz,
zorqv ninh ndui jienv hnangv mbiauh ndui nor.
Mietc nzengc ninh,
maiv dungx liouh yietc deix.
²⁷Daix nzengc ninh nyei ngongh gouv,
bun ninh mbuo njiec mingh zuqc daix daic nyei dorngx.
Ninh mbuo zuqc kouv aqv,
weic zuqc ninh mbuo nyei hnoi-nyieqc taux,
taux ziangh hoc ninh mbuo zuqc dingc zuiz.
²⁸Muangx maah! Mienh yiem Mbaa^mbi^lon Deic-Bung biaux cuotv
daaih yiem Si^on gorngv,
‘Ziouv, yie mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh, jaauv win,
se weic zaangc ninh wuov norm biauv jaauv win.
²⁹“Oix zuqc heuc buonv juang-zinx nyei mienh daaih,
se yietc zungv haih buonv⚓ juang-zinx nyei mienh.
Oix zuqc liepc ciangv weih gormx zingh,
maiv dungx bun yietc dauh mienh biaux ndutv.
Ziux Mbaa^mbi^lon zoux nyei sic winh bun ninh.
Ninh hnangv haaix nor zoux bun mienh,
oix zuqc hnangv wuov nor zoux bun ninh,
weic zuqc ninh zoux maux, ngaengc jienv Ziouv,
I^saa^laa^en nyei Cing-Nzengc Tin-Hungh.⚓⚓
³⁰Weic naaiv ninh nyei mienh lunx mienh
ziouc yiem domh zuangx zaamc zuqc daix daic,
dongh wuov hnoi ninh nyei yietc zungv baeng oix zuqc mietc nzengc.”
Naaiv se Ziouv gorngv nyei waac.
³¹Ziouv, Nernh Jiex nyei Tin-Hungh, hnangv naaiv gorngv,
“Mbaa^mbi^lon aah! Meih za'gengh maux haic.
Yie ziouc caux meih doix-dekc,
weic zuqc meih nyei hnoi-nyieqc taux aqv,
se yie dingc meih nyei zuiz nyei ziangh hoc.
³²Zoux maux nyei guoqv⚓ oix ndiqv zuqc ndorpc,
yaac maiv maaih haaix dauh ken ninh jiez sin.
Yie oix yiem ninh nyei zingh diemv douz,
douz ziouc buov qui⚓ weih gormx ninh nyei yietc zungv.”
³³Nernh Jiex nyei Ziouv hnangv naaiv gorngv,
“I^saa^laa^en Mienh zuqc zeix,
Yu^ndaa Mienh fih hnangv nyei.
Caangv ninh mbuo wuov deix
nyau jienv ninh mbuo, maiv kangv bungx.
³⁴Zuoqc ninh mbuo Wuov Dauh se henv nyei,
ninh nyei mbuox heuc Nernh Jiex nyei Ziouv.
Ninh ndongc haaix zungv oix tengx ninh mbuo caengx sic,
weic bun lungh ndiev maaih baengh orn,
mv baac bun yiem Mbaa^mbi^lon wuov deix baeqc fingx maiv baengh orn.”
³⁵Ziouv gorngv,
“Ken^ndie Mienh oix zuqc nzuqc ndaauv aqv.
Yiem Mbaa^mbi^lon nyei baeqc fingx,
liemh ninh nyei jien caux cong-mengh mienh yaac oix zuqc nzuqc ndaauv.
³⁶Bun mbouv guaax mienh⚓ zuqc nzuqc ndaauv
weic bun ninh mbuo benx ga'naaiv-hngongx.
Bun ninh henv nyei baeng zuqc nzuqc ndaauv aqv,
weic bun ninh mbuo zuqc mietc.
³⁷Bun ninh nyei maaz caux mborqv jaax nyei maaz-cie
caux yiem ninh mbu'ndongx yietc zungv ganh fingx nyei baeng zuqc nzuqc ndaauv
weic bun ninh mbuo hnangv m'sieqv dorn nor mau.
Bun Mbaa^mbi^lon yietc zungv jaaix nyei ga'naaiv zuqc nzuqc ndaauv aqv,
ziouc bun ninh zuqc luv.
³⁸Bun lungh haanz hoic ninh nyei wuom nqaai nzengc.
Weic zuqc ninh nyei deic-bung benx miuc-fangx nyei dorngx,
mienh laaix oix miuc-fangx zungv hnangv maiv nzang aqv.
³⁹“Weic naaiv deic-bung-huaang nyei hieh zoih
caux hieh juv-ben⚓ ziouc yiem Mbaa^mbi^lon,
yaac maaih norqc lorh torh yiem naaic.
Wuov norm zingh yietc liuz maiv maaih mienh yiem,
yietc seix yietc doic maiv maaih aqv.”⚓
⁴⁰Ziouv gorngv,
“Hnangv Tin-Hungh mbienv ⟨So^ndom⟩ caux Go^mo^laa
caux weih gormx nyei zingh,⚓
Mbaa^mbi^lon fih hnangv nyei maiv maaih mienh yiem naaic,
yaac maiv maaih baamh mienh dingh zepv yiem ninh gu'nyuoz.
⁴¹“Mangc maah! Maaih yietc fingx yiem baqv bung daaih,
benx yietc domh guoqv mienh caux camv-dauh hungh diex
yiem lungh ndiev go jiex nyei dorngx zuqc coqv jiez daaih.
⁴²Ninh mbuo nanv juang-zinx caux cang,
ninh mbuo youc ciouv youc doqc, maiv korv-lienh mienh.
Ninh mbuo nyei qiex mbui hnangv koiv jiez laangc mbui zoz-zoz nyei.
Ninh mbuo geh maaz, mbaih jienv daaih mborqv jaax,
weic mborqv meih Mbaa^mbi^lon.”⚓
⁴³Mbaa^mbi^lon hungh muangx haiz ninh mbuo nyei fienx,
ninh nyei buoz ziouc mau mi'aqv.
Ninh hnyouv za'gengh! mun haic,
hnangv m'sieqv dorn mun gu'nguaaz nor.
⁴⁴Hnangv sienh yiem Jor^ndaen Ndaaih hlen nyei lomc daaih
borngz wuonv haic nyei ba'gi yungh laanh,
yie liemh zeih bun Mbaa^mbi^lon Mienh⚓ tiux biaux, leih nqoi naaiv norm deic-bung.
Yie ginv haaix dauh yie ziouc paaiv wuov dauh gunv naaiv norm guoqv.
Maaih haaix dauh hnangv yie? Maaih haaix dauh haih heuc yie daaih?⚓
Maaih haaix dauh goux ba'gi yungh nyei mienh
haih diev duqv souv yie nyei nza'hmien?”
⁴⁵Hnangv naaic meih mbuo oix zuqc muangx
Ziouv daav nyei za'eix
weic mborqv Mbaa^mbi^lon,
caux ninh mborqv Ken^ndie Mienh dingc nyei za'eix.
Ninh mbuo faix jiex nyei ba'gi yungh dorn
ndongc haaix zungv oix zuqc tor mingh.
Ninh mbuo nyei ba'gi yungh laanh ndongc haaix zungv oix zuqc mietc.
⁴⁶Weic Mbaa^mbi^lon zuqc zorqv nyei qiex mbui
ndanc ndau dongz,
ninh heuc nyei qiex mbui
yiem maanc guoqv mbu'ndongx muangx duqv haiz.”

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A Message About Babylon

¹This is the word the Lord spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Babylonians⚓ :
²“Announce and proclaim among the nations,
lift up a banner and proclaim it;
keep nothing back, but say,
‘Babylon will be captured;
Bel will be put to shame,
Marduk filled with terror.
Her images will be put to shame
and her idols filled with terror.’
³A nation from the north will attack her
and lay waste her land.
No one will live in it;
both people and animals will flee away.

⁴“In those days, at that time,”
declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together
will go in tears to seek the Lord their God.
⁵They will ask the way to Zion
and turn their faces toward it.
They will come and bind themselves to the Lord
in an everlasting covenant
that will not be forgotten.

⁶“My people have been lost sheep;
their shepherds have led them astray
and caused them to roam on the mountains.
They wandered over mountain and hill
and forgot their own resting place.
⁷Whoever found them devoured them;
their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty,
for they sinned against the Lord, their verdant pasture,
the Lord, the hope of their ancestors.’

⁸“Flee out of Babylon;
leave the land of the Babylonians,
and be like the goats that lead the flock.
⁹For I will stir up and bring against Babylon
an alliance of great nations from the land of the north.
They will take up their positions against her,
and from the north she will be captured.
Their arrows will be like skilled warriors
who do not return empty-handed.
¹⁰So Babylonia⚓ will be plundered;
all who plunder her will have their fill,”

¹¹“Because you rejoice and are glad,
you who pillage my inheritance,
because you frolic like a heifer threshing grain
and neigh like stallions,
¹²your mother will be greatly ashamed;
she who gave you birth will be disgraced.
She will be the least of the nations—
a wilderness, a dry land, a desert.
¹³Because of the Lord’s anger she will not be inhabited
but will be completely desolate.
All who pass Babylon will be appalled;
they will scoff because of all her wounds.

¹⁴“Take up your positions around Babylon,
all you who draw the bow.
Shoot at her! Spare no arrows,
for she has sinned against the Lord.
¹⁵Shout against her on every side!
She surrenders, her towers fall,
her walls are torn down.
Since this is the vengeance of the Lord,
take vengeance on her;
do to her as she has done to others.
¹⁶Cut off from Babylon the sower,
and the reaper with his sickle at harvest.
Because of the sword of the oppressor
let everyone return to their own people,
let everyone flee to their own land.

¹⁷“Israel is a scattered flock
that lions have chased away.
The first to devour them
was the king of Assyria;
the last to crush their bones
was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
¹⁸Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
“I will punish the king of Babylon and his land
as I punished the king of Assyria.
¹⁹But I will bring Israel back to their own pasture,
and they will graze on Carmel and Bashan;
their appetite will be satisfied
on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.
²⁰In those days, at that time,”
declares the Lord,
“search will be made for Israel’s guilt,
but there will be none,
and for the sins of Judah,
but none will be found,
for I will forgive the remnant I spare.

²¹“Attack the land of Merathaim
and those who live in Pekod.
Pursue, kill and completely destroy⚓ them,”

“Do everything I have commanded you.
²²The noise of battle is in the land,
the noise of great destruction!
²³How broken and shattered
is the hammer of the whole earth!
How desolate is Babylon
among the nations!
²⁴I set a trap for you, Babylon,
and you were caught before you knew it;
you were found and captured
because you opposed the Lord.
²⁵The Lord has opened his arsenal
and brought out the weapons of his wrath,
for the Sovereign Lord Almighty has work to do
in the land of the Babylonians.
²⁶Come against her from afar.
Break open her granaries;
pile her up like heaps of grain.
Completely destroy her
and leave her no remnant.
²⁷Kill all her young bulls;
let them go down to the slaughter!
Woe to them! For their day has come,
the time for them to be punished.
²⁸Listen to the fugitives and refugees from Babylon
declaring in Zion
how the Lord our God has taken vengeance,
vengeance for his temple.

²⁹“Summon archers against Babylon,
all those who draw the bow.
Encamp all around her;
let no one escape.
Repay her for her deeds;
do to her as she has done.
For she has defied the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel.
³⁰Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets;
all her soldiers will be silenced in that day,”

³¹“See, I am against you, you arrogant one,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
“for your day has come,
the time for you to be punished.
³²The arrogant one will stumble and fall
and no one will help her up;
I will kindle a fire in her towns
that will consume all who are around her.”
³³This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“The people of Israel are oppressed,
and the people of Judah as well.
All their captors hold them fast,
refusing to let them go.
³⁴Yet their Redeemer is strong;
the Lord Almighty is his name.
He will vigorously defend their cause
so that he may bring rest to their land,
but unrest to those who live in Babylon.

³⁵“A sword against the Babylonians!”
declares the Lord—
“against those who live in Babylon
and against her officials and wise men!
³⁶A sword against her false prophets!
They will become fools.
A sword against her warriors!
They will be filled with terror.
³⁷A sword against her horses and chariots
and all the foreigners in her ranks!
They will become weaklings.
A sword against her treasures!
They will be plundered.
³⁸A drought on⚓ her waters!
They will dry up.
For it is a land of idols,
idols that will go mad with terror.

³⁹“So desert creatures and hyenas will live there,
and there the owl will dwell.
It will never again be inhabited
or lived in from generation to generation.
⁴⁰As I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
along with their neighboring towns,”

“so no one will live there;
no people will dwell in it.

⁴¹“Look! An army is coming from the north;
a great nation and many kings
are being stirred up from the ends of the earth.
⁴²They are armed with bows and spears;
they are cruel and without mercy.
They sound like the roaring sea
as they ride on their horses;
they come like men in battle formation
to attack you, Daughter Babylon.
⁴³The king of Babylon has heard reports about them,
and his hands hang limp.
Anguish has gripped him,
pain like that of a woman in labor.
⁴⁴Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets
to a rich pastureland,
I will chase Babylon from its land in an instant.
Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like me and who can challenge me?
And what shepherd can stand against me?”

⁴⁵Therefore, hear what the Lord has planned against Babylon,
what he has purposed against the land of the Babylonians:
The young of the flock will be dragged away;
their pasture will be appalled at their fate.
⁴⁶At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will tremble;
its cry will resound among the nations.