Jeremias 23

Te Whakaoranga ā muri i te Whakamanene

1 "Auē te mate mō ngā hēpara e whakakorekore nei, e whakamarara nei i āku hipi i hēpara ai!" e ai tā Ihowā. 2 Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira mō ngā hēpara e whāngai nei i tāku iwi: "Kua whakamararatia e koutou āku hipi, āia atu ana rātou, kīhai hoki i tirotirohia e koutou. Nanā, ka whiua koutou e ahau mō te kino o ā koutou mahi," e ai tā Ihowā.

3 "Ā, ka huihuia mai e ahau ngā toenga o āku hipi i ngā whenua katoa i peia atu ai rātou e ahau, ka whakahokia mai hoki rātou ki ō rātou puninga, ā, ka hua rātou, ka tini. 4 Ā, ka whakaarahia ake e ahau ētahi hēpara mō rātou, māna rātou e whāngai; ā, e kore rātou e wehi ā muri ake nei, e kore e pāwera, e kore hoki tētahi e ngaro atu," e ai tā Ihowā.

Te Manga Tika o Rāwiri

5 "Nanā, kei te haere mai ngā rā," e ai tā Ihowā,

"e whakaarahia ai e ahau he Manga tika mō Rāwiri,

ā, ka kīngi ia, he kīngi,

ā, ka mahi i runga i te whakaaro nui,

ka whakarite hoki i te whakawā, i te tika ki te whenua.

6 I ōna rā ka whakaorangia a Hūrā,

ka noho hūmārie a Īharaira;

ā, ko tōna ingoa tēnei e karangatia ai ia:

Ko Ihowā Tō Tātou Tika.

7 Nō reira, nā, kei te haere mai ngā rā," e ai tā Ihowā, "e kore ai e kōrerotia, ‘E ora ana a Ihowā nāna nei i kawe mai ngā tama a Īharaira i te whenua o Īhipa,’ 8 engari, ‘E ora ana a Ihowā nāna nei i kawe mai, nāna nei i ārahi mai ngā uri o te whare o Īharaira i te whenua ki te raki, i ngā whenua katoa anō i peia atu ai rātou e ahau.’ Ā, ka noho rātou ki tō rātou oneone."

He Whakawātanga ki ngā Poropiti Teka

9 Nā, mō ngā poropiti:

Kei te marū tōku ngākau i roto i ahau,

ngāueue ana ōku wheua katoa;

e rite ana ahau ki te tangata haurangi,

ki te tangata kua mate i te wāina;

he whakaaro hoki ki a Ihowā,

he whakaaro ki āna kupu tapu.

10 Kei te kapi hoki te whenua i te tangata pūremu;

kei te tangi hoki te whenua, he mea mō te kanga;

kua maroke ngā wāhi kai o te koraha;

ā, ko tō rātou rerenga he kino,

ko tō rātou kaha, kāhore i tika.

11 "Nō te mea ko te poropiti, ko te tohunga, kua poke ngātahi rāua;

āe rā, kua kitea e ahau tō rātou kino i roto i tōku whare,"

e ai tā Ihowā.

12 "Mō reira ka rite tō rātou ara ki a rātou

ki ngā wāhi pāhekeheke i roto i te pōuri,

ka āia atu rātou, ā, ka taka ki reira.

Ka kawea atu hoki e ahau he kino ki runga ki a rātou,

ko te tau hoki e tirotirohia ai rātou,"

e ai tā Ihowā.

13 "Ā, kua kite ahau i te wairangi

i roto i ngā poropiti o Hamaria:

nā Paara tā rātou poropititanga,

ā, whakapōhēhētia ana e rātou tāku iwi, a Īharaira.

14 Kei ngā poropiti anō hoki o Hiruhārama,

kua kitea e ahau tētahi mea whakahouhou rawa:

e pūremu ana rātou, ā, ka haere i runga i te teka,

ā, e whakakahangia ana e rātou ngā ringa o ngā kaimahi o te kino,

e kore rawa ai tētahi e tahuri mai i tōna kino.

Ki ahau kua rite rātou katoa ki Horoma,

ā, ko ngā tāngata o reira, koia anō kei o Komora."

15 Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano mō ngā poropiti:

"Nanā, ka whāngaia rātou e ahau ki te taru kawa,

ā, ka whakainumia rātou ki te wai kawa;

nō te mea i ahu atu i ngā poropiti o Hiruhārama

te takahi tapu puta noa i te whenua katoa."

16 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano:

"Kei whakarongo ki ngā kupu a ngā poropiti e poropiti nā ki a koutou;

e ako ana rātou i a koutou ki te wairangi.

E kōrero ana rātou i te kite a tō rātou ake ngākau,

ā, ehara i te mea nā te māngai o Ihowā.

17 E mea tonu ana rātou ki te hunga e whakahāwea ana ki ahau,

‘kua kī mai a Ihowā: Ka mau te rongo ki a koutou’;

ā, ki te hunga katoa e haere ana i runga i ngā tikanga pakeke o ō rātou ngākau,

e mea ana rātou, ‘E kore te kino e tae mai ki a koutou.’

18 Ko wai oti i tū i runga i tō Ihowā whakaaro,

e kite ai, e rongo ai rānei ki tāna kupu?

Ko wai i mahara ki tāku kupu, i rongo hoki?

19 Nanā, kua puta te tūkauati i a Ihowā,

koia anō ko tōna riri,

āe rā, he tūkauati pōwaiwai;

tērā e pakaru ki runga ki te upoko o te hunga kino.

20 E kore e hoki tō Ihowā riri,

kia oti rā anō, kia whakapūmautia rā anō e ia

ngā whakaaro o tōna ngākau.

I ngā rā whakamutunga

ka tino mārama koutou.

21 Kīhai ahau i unga i ēnei poropiti,

heoi rere ana rātou;

kīhai ahau i kōrero ki a rātou,

heoi kei te poropiti rātou.

22 Otiia me i tū rātou i runga i tōku whakaaro,

kua meinga e rātou tāku iwi kia rongo ki āku kupu,

kua whakahokia mai e rātou i tō rātou ara kino,

i te kino hoki o ā rātou mahi.

23 "He Atua tata ianei ahau,"

e ai tā Ihowā,

"ā, ehara i te Atua i tawhiti?

24 E taea rānei e tētahi te huna i a ia ki ngā wāhi ngaro,

e kore ai ia e kitea e ahau?"

e ai tā Ihowā.

"He teka ianei kapi tonu i ahau te rangi me te whenua?"

e ai tā Ihowā.

25 "Kua rongo ahau i ngā kupu a ngā poropiti, e poropiti teka nā i runga i tōku ingoa, e mea nā, ‘He moe nāku, he moe nāku.’ 26 Kia pēhea te roa o te mau o tēnei i roto i te ngākau o ngā poropiti, e poropiti teka nā; arā o ngā poropiti, e poropiti nā i te tinihanga o tō rātou ngākau? 27 E whakaaro nā, mā ā rātou moe e kōrerotia nā e rātou ki tōna hoa, ki tōna hoa, ka meinga ai tāku iwi kia wareware ki tōku ingoa, kia pērā me ō rātou mātua i wareware nei ki tōku ingoa, i mea nei ki a Paara. 28 Ko te poropiti he moe nei tāna, me kōrero e ia te moe, ā, ko te tangata i a ia tāku kupu, kia pono tāna kōrero i tāku kupu. He aha oti tā te pāpapa ki te wīti?" e ai tā Ihowā. 29 "He teka ianei e rite ana tāku kupu ki te ahi?" e ai tā Ihowā; "ki te hama e wāhi nei i te kāmaka ā mongamonga noa?"

30 "Mō reira, nā, hei hoariri ahau mō ngā poropiti," e ai tā Ihowā, "e tāhae nei i āku kupu i tōna hoa, i tōna hoa. 31 Nanā, hei hoariri ahau mō ngā poropiti," e ai tā Ihowā, "mō te hunga e whakamahi nei i ō rātou arero, e kī nei, ‘E mea ana ia.’ 32 Nanā, hei hoariri ahau," e ai tā Ihowā, "mō te hunga e poropiti ana i ngā moe teka, ā, kōrerotia ana e rātou, whakapōhēhētia ana e rātou tāku iwi ki ā rātou kōrero teka, ki tā rātou whakapehapeha wairangi. Otiia, ehara rātou i ahau i unga, i whakahau rānei; e kore rawa hoki tēnei iwi e whai pai i a rātou," e ai tā Ihowā.

33 "Ā, ki te ui tēnei iwi ki a koe, te poropiti, te tohunga rānei, ki te mea, ‘Tēnā koa tā Ihowā pīkaunga?’ Kātahi koe ka kī atu ki a rātou, ‘E tae te pīkaunga! Ka makā atu koutou e ahau, e ai tā Ihowā.’ 34 Nā, ko te poropiti, ko te tohunga, ko te iwi rānei, e mea ana, ‘Ko te pīkaunga a Ihowā,’ ka whiua e ahau taua tangata, rātou ko tōna whare. 35 Ko te kupu tēnei mā koutou ki tōna hoa, ki tōna hoa, ki tōna teina, ki tōna tuakana, ‘Tēnā koa te kupu i whakahokia mai e Ihowā?’ ā, ‘I pēhea mai a Ihowā?’ 36 Kāti hoki tā koutou whakahua i te pīkaunga a Ihowā; nō te mea ko te kupu ake a tēnei, a tēnei hei pīkaunga māna; kua whakarerekētia hoki, koutou ngā kupu a te Atua ora, a Ihowā o ngā mano, a tō tātou Atua.

37 "Ko tāu tēnei e kōrero atu ai ki te poropiti, ‘He aha te whakautu a Ihowā ki a koe?’ Ko tēnei hoki, ‘I pēhea mai a Ihowā?’ 38 Engari ki te mea koutou, ‘Ko te pīkaunga a Ihowā.’ Nā, ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Mō tā koutou kōrero i tēnā kupu, ‘ko te pīkaunga a Ihowā,’ ā, kua unga tangata ahau ki a koutou, hei mea, Kaua koutou e kī, ‘ko te pīkaunga a Ihowā.’ 39 Mō reira, nā, ka wareware rawa ahau ki a koutou, ka ākiritia atu anō koutou i tōku aroaro, me te pā i hoatu e ahau ki a koutou ko ō koutou mātua. 40 Ka utaina hoki e ahau he ingoa kino ki runga ki a koutou, he mea mau tonu, he whakamā hoki e mau tonu ana, ā, e kore e wareware."

1 Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah. 2 Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, against the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah. 3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply. 4 And I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, saith Jehovah.

5 Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness. 7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that they shall no more say, As Jehovah liveth, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 8 but, As Jehovah liveth, who brought up and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries whither I had driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land.

9 Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of Jehovah, and because of his holy words. 10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. And their course is evil, and their might is not right; 11 for both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah. 12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.

13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. 14 In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. 15 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land.

16 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Jehovah. 17 They say continually unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace; and unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come upon you. 18 For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, that he should perceive and hear his word? who hath marked my word, and heard it? 19 Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, even his wrath, is gone forth, yea, a whirling tempest: it shall burst upon the head of the wicked. 20 The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it perfectly. 21 I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied. 22 But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

23 Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off? 24 Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah. 25 I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. 26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart? 27 that think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgat my name for Baal. 28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? saith Jehovah. 29 Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? 30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbor. 31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. 32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy lying dreams, saith Jehovah, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I sent them not, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, saith Jehovah.

33 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? then shalt thou say unto them, What burden! I will cast you off, saith Jehovah. 34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house. 35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What hath Jehovah answered? and, What hath Jehovah spoken? 36 And the burden of Jehovah shall ye mention no more: for every man’s own word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of Jehovah of hosts our God. 37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath Jehovah answered thee? and, What hath Jehovah spoken? 38 But if ye say, The burden of Jehovah; therefore thus saith Jehovah: Because ye say this word, The burden of Jehovah, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of Jehovah; 39 therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave unto you and to your fathers, away from my presence: 40 and I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.