Jeremias 21

Ka Hinga a Hiruhārama i a Nepukareha

1 Ko te kupu i puta mai ki a Heremaia, he mea nā Ihowā, i te ngarenga a Kīngi Terekia i a Pahuru tama a Merekia, i a Tepania hoki, tama a Maaheia tohunga, ki a ia, hei kī, 2 "Rapua koa tētahi tikanga i a Ihowā mō tātou, kei te whawhai nei hoki a Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna ki a tātou; tērā pea tā Ihowā mahi ki a tātou e rite ki āna mea whakamīharo katoa, ā, ka haere atu ia i tō tātou wāhi."

3 Kātahi a Heremaia ka mea atu ki a rātou: "Ko tā koutou tēnei e kōrero ai ki a Terekia: 4 ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira: Nanā, ka whakahokia atu e ahau ngā patu mō te whawhai i ō koutou ringa, mō tā koutou whawhai ki te kīngi o Papurōna, ki ngā Karari, e whakapae nei i a koutou i waho o te taiepa, ka huihuia hoki rātou e ahau ki waenganui o tēnei pā. 5 Ā, ko ahau nei anō hei whawhai ki a koutou ki te ringa mārō, ki te tākakau kaha, i runga i te riri, i te weriweri, i te āritarita nui. 6 Ā, ka patua e ahau ngā tāngata o tēnei pā, te tangata, te kararehe; ka mate rātou i te mate urutā nui. 7 Nā muri iho, e ai tā Ihowā, ka hoatu e ahau a Terekia kīngi o Hūrā rātou ko āna tāngata, ko te iwi – arā ko te hunga o tēnei pā e toe i te mate urutā – i te hoari, i te hemokai, ki te ringa o Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna, ki te ringa o ō rātou hoa whawhai, ki te ringa hoki o te hunga e whai ana kia whakamatea rātou. Ā, ka patua rātou e ia ki te mata o te hoari; e kore rātou e tohungia e ia, e kore e manawapātia, e kore e arohaina.’

8 "Kōrero atu anō hoki koe ki tēnei iwi: ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Nanā, kua takoto i ahau ki tō koutou aroaro te ara ki te ora, me te ara ki te mate. 9 Ko te tangata ka noho i tēnei pā, ka mate i te hoari, i te hemokai, i te mate urutā; ko te tangata ia e haere atu ana, ā, ka taka atu ki ngā Karari e whakapae nei i a koutou, ka ora ia, ā, ko tōna oranga hei taonga parakete ki a ia. 10 Nō te mea kua whakamau atu tōku mata ki tēnei pā hei kino, kāhore hoki hei pai, e ai tā Ihowā: ka hoatu ki te ringa o te kīngi o Papurōna, ā, ka tahuna e ia ki te ahi.’ "

He Pānui ki ngā Uri o Rāwiri

11 "Nā, ko te mea mō te whare o te kīngi o Hūrā: ‘Whakarongo koutou ki te kupu a Ihowā, 12 e te whare o Rāwiri! Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:

Whakaritea te whakawā i te ata,

whakaorangia ake hoki te tangata e pāhuatia ana

i roto i te ringa o te kaitūkino,

kei puta tōku riri ānō he ahi,

ā, ka kā, tē taea te tinei,

mō te kino hoki o ā koutou mahi.

13 Nanā, hei hoariri ahau mōu,

e te wahine e noho nā i te raorao,

i te kāmaka hoki o te wāhi papatairite,

e ai tā Ihowā;

koutou nāna nā te kupu, "Ko wai e haere mai ki a tātou

ko wai rānei e tomo ki ō tātou nohoanga?"

14 Ā, ka rite ki ngā hua o ā koutou mahi tāku whiu i a koutou,

e ai tā Ihowā;

ā, ka ngiha i ahau he ahi i tōna ngahere,

e pau ai ngā mea katoa ā taka noa, taka noa i a ia.’ "

1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying, 2 Inquire, I pray thee, of Jehovah for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us: peradventure Jehovah will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.

3 Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: 4 Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans that besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city. 5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation. 6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. 7 And afterward, saith Jehovah, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

8 And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. 9 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth out, and passeth over to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey. 10 For I have set my face upon this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

11 And touching the house of the king of Judah, hear ye the word of Jehovah: 12 O house of David, thus saith Jehovah, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. 13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain, saith Jehovah; you that say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations? 14 And I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith Jehovah; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is round about her.