Jeremias 44

Tā Ihowā Pānui ki ngā Hūrai kei Īhipa e Noho ana

1 Ko te kupu i puta mai ki a Heremaia mō ngā Hūrai katoa e noho ana i te whenua o Īhipa, e noho ana i Mikitoro, i Tahapanehe, i Nopo, i te whenua hoki o Pātoro, i mea ia: 2 "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano, a te Atua o Īharaira: Kua kite koutou i te kino katoa i tākina mai nei e ahau ki runga ki Hiruhārama, ki ngā pā katoa hoki o Hūrā. Nā, i tēnei rā he ururua rātou; kāhore hoki he tangata e noho ana i reira, 3 mō tā rātou kino i mahia e rātou hei whakapātaritari i ahau, i tō rātou haerenga ki te tahu whakakakara, ā, ki te mahi ki ngā atua kē, kīhai nei rātou i mōhio, rātou, koutou rānei, ō koutou mātua rānei. 4 He ahakoa rā, i ungā atu e ahau āku pononga katoa, ngā poropiti, ki a koutou, maranga wawe ana ahau ki te unga i a rātou; i mea ahau, ‘Kaua rā e mahia tēnei mea whakarihariha e kino nei ahau.’ 5 Otiia, kīhai rātou i rongo, kīhai hoki i tahuri mai ō rātou taringa, kīhai i hoki mai i tō rātou kino, arā i te tahu whakakakara ki ngā atua kē. 6 Koia i ringihia atu ai tōku weriweri, tōku riri, ngiha tonu ki ngā pā o Hūrā, ki ngā ara hoki o Hiruhārama; nā, he ururua rātou, he tūhea, koia anō tēnei ināianei.

7 "Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei ināianei a Ihowā, a te Atua o ngā mano, a te Atua o Īharaira: He aha koutou i mahi ai i tēnei kino nui mō ō koutou wairua, ka hātepe atu i a koutou, i ngā tāne, i ngā wāhine, i te kōhungahunga, i te mea ngote ū, i roto i a Hūrā, ā, kore iho he toenga o koutou e mahue? 8 I a koutou i whakapātaritari nā i ahau ki ngā mahi a ō koutou ringa, i a koutou ka tahu whakakakara nei ki ngā atua kē i te whenua o Īhipa, kua haere atu nā koutou ki reira noho ai, e hātepea atu ai koutou, e waiho ai koutou hei kanga, hei ingoa kino roto i ngā iwi katoa o te whenua. 9 Kua wareware rānei koutou ki te kino o ō koutou mātua, ki te kino o ngā kīngi o Hūrā, ki te kino hoki o ā rātou wāhine, ki ō koutou nā kino, ki te kino hoki o ā koutou wāhine i mahia nei e rātou ki te whenua o Hūrā, ki ngā ara hoki o Hiruhārama? 10 Taea noatia tēnei rā kāhore anō rātou i whakaiti i a rātou, kāhore anō i wehi, kāhore i haere i runga i tāku ture, i runga i āku tikanga i hoatu e ahau ki tō koutou aroaro, ki te aroaro hoki o ō koutou mātua.

11 "Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano, a te Atua o Īharaira: Nanā, ka anga kē atu tōku mata i a koutou mō te kino, he hātepe i a Hūrā katoa. 12 Nā, ka mau ahau ki ngā mōrehu o Hūrā, kua mārō nei ō rātou mata ki te haere ki te whenua o Īhipa, ki reira noho ai, ā, ka poto rātou katoa; ka hinga rātou ki te whenua o Īhipa; ka pau rātou i te hoari, i te hemokai. Ka mate rātou, mai i te iti ki te rahi, i te hoari, i te hemokai; ā, ka waiho rātou hei kanga, hei mīharotanga, hei kohukohutanga, hei ingoa kino. 13 Nō te mea ka whiua e ahau te hunga e noho ana i te whenua o Īhipa, ka rite ki tāku whiunga i Hiruhārama ki te hoari, ki te hemokai, ki te mate urutā. 14 Nā, ka kore tētahi o ngā mōrehu o Hūrā i haere nei ki te whenua o Īhipa noho ai e mawhiti, e toe, hei hoki ki te whenua o Hūrā, ki te wāhi e hiahia nei rātou kia hoki ki reira noho ai. Nā, e kore tētahi e hoki, ko te hunga anake e mawhiti atu."

15 Nā, kātahi ngā tāngata katoa i mōhio kua tahu whakakakara ā rātou wāhine ki ngā atua kē, ngā wāhine katoa hoki e tū mai ana, he nui te huihui, me te iwi katoa hoki e noho ana i te whenua o Īhipa, i Pātoro, ka whakahoki ki a Heremaia, ka mea, 16 "Nā, mō te kupu kua kōrerotia nei e koe ki a mātou i runga i te ingoa o Ihowā, e kore mātou e rongo ki a koe. 17 Engari, ka tino mahi mātou i ngā mea katoa i puaki i ō mātou māngai, ka tahu whakakakara ki te kuīni o te rangi, ka riringi anō i ngā ringihanga ki a ia, ka pērā me tā mātou, me tā ō mātou mātua, me tā ō mātou kīngi, me tā ō mātou rangatira i ngā pā o Hūrā, i ngā ara o Hiruhārama. I mākona hoki mātou i reira i te kai, i pai hoki mātou, ā, kīhai i kite i te hē. 18 Otiia, nō te mutunga o tā mātou tahu whakakakara ki te kuīni o te rangi, o tā mātou ringihanga i ngā ringihanga ki a ia, kua kore ngā mea katoa i a mātou, ā poto iho mātou i te hoari, i te hemokai.

19 "Ā, i a mātou i tahu whakakakara ai ki te kuīni o te rangi, i riringi ai hoki i ngā ringihanga ki a ia, e ngaro ana rānei ā mātou tāne i a mātou e hanga ana i ngā keke māna, hei karakia ki a ia, i a mātou hoki i riringi ai i ngā ringihanga māna?"

20 Kātahi a Heremaia ka kōrero ki te iwi katoa, ki ngā tāne, ki ngā wāhine, ki te iwi katoa anō nāna taua kupu whakautu ki a ia, ka mea, 21 "Ko te whakakakara i tahuna rā e koutou ki ngā pā o Hūrā, ki ngā ara hoki o Hiruhārama, e koutou, e ō koutou mātua, e ō koutou kīngi, e ō koutou rangatira, e te iwi hoki o te whenua, kīhai ianei ēnā mea i maharatia e Ihowā, kīhai ianei i puta ake ki tōna ngākau? 22 Ā, tē āhei a Ihowā te whakamanawanui tonu i te kino o ā koutou hanga, i ngā mea whakarihariha i mahia e koutou; heoi kua ururua tō koutou whenua, kua waiho hei mīharotanga, hei kohukohutanga, tē ai he tangata hei noho, koia anō tēnei ināianei. 23 Nō te mea kua tahu koutou i te whakakakara, kua hara hoki ki a Ihowā, ā, kīhai i rongo ki te reo o Ihowā, kīhai hoki i haere i runga i tāna ture, i runga i āna tikanga, i runga i āna whakaatu; mō reira i tūtaki ai tēnei hē ki a koutou, koia anō tēnei ināianei."

24 I mea atu anō a Heremaia ki te iwi katoa, ki ngā wāhine katoa hoki, "Whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā, e Hūrā katoa i te whenua o Īhipa nei. 25 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano, a te Atua o Īharaira; e kī ana ia: Ko koutou, me ā koutou wāhine, kua kōrero ō koutou māngai, kua rite anō i ō koutou ringa te kupu, ‘Ka mahia mārietia e mātou ā mātou kupu taurangi i kōrerotia e mātou, kia tahu whakakakara ki te kuīni o te rangi, kia riringi i ngā ringihanga ki a ia.’

"Tēnā whakaūngia ā koutou kupu taurangi, mahia hoki ā koutou kupu taurangi. 26 Mō reira whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā, e Hūrā katoa e noho nei i te whenua o Īhipa: ‘Nanā, kua oatitia e ahau tōku ingoa nui,’ e ai tā Ihowā, ‘e kore tōku ingoa e whakahuatia ā muri ake nei e te māngai o tētahi tangata o Hūrā i te whenua katoa o Īhipa, e kore e kīia, "E ora ana te Ariki, a Ihowā." 27 Nanā, kei te tirotiro ahau i a rātou mō te kino, ehara i te mea hei pai; ā, ko ngā tāngata katoa o Hūrā i te whenua o Īhipa, ka poto i te hoari, i te hemokai hoki, ā mōtī noa rātou. 28 Ā, ko ngā mōrehu i te hoari, ka hoki atu i te whenua o Īhipa ki te whenua o Hūrā, he hunga torutoru; ā, ka mōhio ngā mōrehu katoa o Hūrā i haere nei ki te whenua o Īhipa noho ai, ko tā wai kupu e tū, ko tāku rānei, ko tā rātou rānei.

29 " ‘Ā, ko te tohu tēnei ki a koutou,’ e ai tā Ihowā, ‘ka whiua koutou e ahau ki tēnei wāhi, kia mōhio ai koutou ka mau tonu āku kupu ki te kino mō koutou.’ 30 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: ‘Nanā, ka hoatu e ahau a Parao Hopara kīngi o Īhipa ki te ringa o ōna hoariri, ki te ringa hoki o te hunga e whai ana kia whakamatea ia; ka rite anō ki tāku hoatutanga i a Terekia kīngi o Hūrā ki te ringa o Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna, o tōna hoariri i whai nei kia whakamatea ia.’ "

1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews that dwelt in the land of Egypt, that dwelt at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying, 2 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein, 3 because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, that they knew not, neither they, nor ye, nor your fathers. 4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. 5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. 6 Wherefore my wrath and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day. 7 Therefore now thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your own souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave you none remaining; 8 in that ye provoke me unto anger with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are gone to sojourn; that ye may be cut off, and that ye may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? 9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? 10 They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.

11 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah. 12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. 13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; 14 so that none of the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or be left, to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return save such as shall escape.

15 Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great assembly, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, 16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee. 17 But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. 18 But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pouring out drink-offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. 19 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink-offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink-offerings unto her, without our husbands?

20 Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people that had given him that answer, saying, 21 The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not Jehovah remember them, and came it not into his mind? 22 so that Jehovah could not longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day. 23 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as it is this day.

24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of Jehovah, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt: 25 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her: establish then your vows, and perform your vows. 26 Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith Jehovah, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, As the Lord Jehovah liveth. 27 Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them. 28 And they that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs. 29 And this shall be the sign unto you, saith Jehovah, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil: 30 Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy, and sought his life.