Jeremias 50

He Whakawātanga ki Papurōna

1 Ko te kupu i kōrerotia e Ihowā mō Papurōna, mō te whenua o ngā Karari, i puaki i a Heremaia poropiti:

2 "Kauwhautia i roto i ngā tauiwi, pānuitia,

ā, ka whakaara he kara; pānuitia atu,

kaua e hunā, mea atu:

‘Kua horo a Papurōna,

kua whakamā a Pere,

kua pororaru a Meroraka.

Kua whakamā āna whakapakoko,

kua wehi āna whakaahua.’

3 Nō te mea kei te haere mai he iwi ki a ia i te raki,

māna e ururua ai tōna whenua.

E kore anō tētahi e noho ki reira;

kua rere rātou, kua heke, te tangata, te kararehe.

4 "I aua rā, i taua wā hoki,"

e ai tā Ihowā,

"ka haere mai ngā tama a Īharaira,

rātou tahi ko ngā tama a Hūrā;

ka haere rātou me te tangi haere,

ā, ka rapu i a Ihowā, i tō rātou Atua.

5 Tērā rātou e ui mō Hiona,

me te anga anō ō rātou kanohi ki reira, me te kī,

Haere mai koutou, ka hono i a koutou ki a Ihowā,

i runga i te kawenata mau tonu,

e kore e wareware.

6 "Ko tāku iwi he hipi ngaro;

nā ō rātou hēpara rātou i kotiti kē ai,

nā rātou hoki rātou i tahuri kē ai i runga i ngā maunga.

Kua haere atu rātou i te maunga ki te pukepuke,

kua wareware ki tō rātou takotoranga.

7 Kua kainga rātou e te hunga katoa i kite i a rātou;

ā, kua mea ō rātou hoariri,

‘Kāhore ō tātou hē, kua hara nei hoki rātou ki a Ihowā,

ki te nohoanga o te tika, arā ki a Ihowā,

ki tā ō rātou mātua i tūmanako ai.’

8 "Rere atu i roto i Papurōna,

heke atu i te whenua o ngā Karari,

ā, kia rite ki ngā koati toa i mua i ngā kāhui.

9 Nō te mea, nanā, ka whakaarahia e ahau,

ka whakaekea hoki ki Papurōna

he huihuinga o ngā iwi nunui nō te whenua ki te raki;

ā, ka takoto ō rātou matua hei whawhai ki a ia;

ka horo ia i reira.

Ka rite ā rātou pere ki ā te mārohirohi mōhio;

e kore tētahi e hoki kau mai.

10 Ā, ka pāhuatia a Karari;

ka tatū ngā ngākau o te hunga katoa e pāhua ana i a ia,"

e ai tā Ihowā.

11 "Nō te mea e koa ana koutou,

nō te mea e whakamanamana ana koutou,

e te hunga e pāhua nei i tōku kāinga tupu,

nō te mea e tākarokaro ana koutou,

pērā i te kau kūao e takahi ana i te wīti,

e tangi ana pērā i ngā hōiho kaha;

12 ka nui rawa te whakamā o tō koutou whaea;

matangerengere ana te wahine i whānau ai koutou.

Nanā, ko ia hei muri rawa o ngā iwi,

hei koraha, hei whenua waikore, hei ururua.

13 He riri nō Ihowā e kore ai e nohoia,

engari, ka waiho hei ururua katoa a reira.

Ko ngā tāngata katoa e tika ana nā Papurōna ka mīharo,

ka hī ki ōna whiunga katoa.

14 Whakatakoto i ō koutou matua hei whawhai ki Papurōna,

ki tētahi taha, ki tētahi taha, e te hunga whakapiko kōpere katoa;

kōpere atu ki a ia, kaua e kaiponuhia ngā pere;

kua hara hoki ia ki a Ihowā.

15 Hāmama ki a ia i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha!

Kua whakangāwari ia i a ia;

kua hinga ōna parepare,

kua oti ōna taiepa te wāhi iho.

He rapunga utu hoki nā Ihowā;

he rapua he utu i a ia;

kia rite ki tāna i mea ai tā koutou e mea ai ki a ia.

16 Hātepea atu te kairui i roto i Papurōna,

me te kairahurahu o te toronaihi i te wā e kotia ai te wīti.

He wehi nō rātou i te hoari tūkino, ka tahuri ki tōna iwi, ki tōna iwi,

rere ana rātou ki tōna whenua, ki tōna whenua.

17 "He hipi a Īharaira i marara atu;

kua āia atu ia e ngā raiona.

I te tuatahi nā te kīngi o Ahiria ia i kai.

I te whakamutunga nā tēnei Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna

ōna wheua i wāhi."

18 Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano, a te Atua o Īharaira:

"Nanā, ka whiua e ahau te kīngi o Papurōna me tōna whenua,

ka pērā me tāku whiunga i te kīngi o Ahiria.

19 Ā, ka whakahokia e ahau a Īharaira ki tōna takanga,

ā, ka kai ia ki runga ki Karamere, ki Pahana,

ka mākona hoki tōna wairua

ki runga ki ngā pukepuke o Ēparaima, ki Kireara.

20 I aua rā, ā, i taua wā,"

e ai tā Ihowā,

"ka rapua te hē o Īharaira,

ā, kāhore noa iho;

ngā hara hoki o Hūrā,

ā, e kore e kitea.

Ka murua hoki e ahau te kino o te hunga ka whakatoea nei e ahau.

21 "Haere atu ki te whenua o Merataimi,

ki reira tatau ai, ā, ki ngā tāngata hoki o Pekoro.

Whakamōtītia, whakangaromia rawatia,

whāia rātou,"

e ai tā Ihowā,

"mahia hoki ngā mea katoa i whakahaua e ahau ki a koe.

22 He ngangau nō te whawhai kei te whenua,

he whakangaromanga nui.

23 Tōna poroporonga rawatanga,

wāwāhia ana te hama o te ao katoa!

Tōna ururuatanga o Papurōna

i roto i ngā tauiwi!

24 I whakatakotoria e ahau he māhanga mōu,

ā, kua mau koe, e Papurōna,

kīhai hoki koe i mōhio;

kua kitea koe, kua hopukia hoki,

mōu i totohe ki a Ihowā.

25 Kua whakapuaretia e Ihowā tōna whare taonga,

kua whakaputaina mai e ia ki waho ngā patu o tōna riri:

he mahi hoki tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā o ngā mano,

hei mahinga ki te whenua o ngā Karari.

26 Haere mai ki a ia i te pito rawa rā anō,

whakapuaretia ōna toa;

opehia ake hei pūranga, whakangaromia rawatia;

kaua rawa he wāhi ōna e mahue.

27 Patua ana pūru katoa;

tukua rātou kia haere ki raro ki te patunga.

Auē te mate mō rātou!

Kua tae mai hoki tō rātou rā, te wā e whiua ai rātou.

28 Ko te reo o te hunga e rere ana,

e mawhiti ana i te whenua o Papurōna,

hei kōrero ki te whenua o Hiona i te rapu utu a Ihowā, a tō tātou Atua,

i te rapu utu mō tōna temepara.

29 "Kārangarangatia kia hui ngā kaikōpere ki te tatau ki Papurōna,

te hunga katoa e whakapiko ana i te kōpere.

Whakapaea tēnā pā, karapoi noa;

kaua rawa tētahi ōna e mawhiti;

utua tāna mahi;

kia rite ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai ia tā koutou e mea ai ki a ia;

nō te mea kua whakapehapeha ia ki a Ihowā,

ki te Mea Tapu o Īharaira.

30 Mō reira ka hinga āna taitama ki ōna huarahi,

ā, ka whakamōtītia āna tāngata whawhai katoa i taua rā,"

e ai tā Ihowā.

31 "Nanā, hei hoariri ahau mōu, e te mea whakakake,"

e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā o ngā mano,

"nō te mea kua tae mai tōu rā,

te rā e whiua ai koe e ahau.

32 Ā, ka tūtuki ngā waewae o te mea whakapehapeha, ka hinga,

ā, kāhore he kaiwhakaara mōna:

ā, ka ngiha i ahau he ahi ki roto ki ōna pā,

ā, ka pau i tērā ngā mea katoa i tētahi taha ōna, i tētahi taha."

33 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano:

Kei te tūkinotia ngātahitia ngā tamariki a Īharaira,

rātou ko ngā tamariki a Hūrā;

ā, kei te puritia rātou, mau rawa, e ō rātou kaiwhakarau;

e kore rātou e pai ki te tuku i a rātou.

34 He kaha tō rātou kaihoko;

ko Ihowā o ngā mano tōna ingoa.

Ka whakapaua e ia te tohe i tā rātou tohe,

kia hoatu ai e ia he tānga manawa ki te whenua,

ā, he ohooho ki ngā tāngata o Papurōna.

35 "Kei runga i ngā Karari te hoari," e ai tā Ihowā,

"kei runga anō i ngā tāngata o Papurōna,

kei runga i ōna rangatira,

kei runga hoki i ōna tāngata whakaaro nui.

36 Kei runga te hoari i te hunga whakapehapeha,

ā, ka wairangi rātou.

He hoari kei runga i āna mārohirohi,

ā, ka pāwera rātou.

37 Kei runga te hoari i ō rātou hōiho, kei runga i ō rātou hāriata,

kei runga hoki i ngā whakauru katoa i roto i a ia,

ā, ka rite rātou ki te wahine;

kei runga te hoari i ōna taonga,

ā, ka pāhuatia.

38 He mimiti kei runga i ōna wai,

ā, ka maroke.

He whenua whakapakoko hoki ia,

ā, e pōrangi ana rātou ki ngā atua whakawehi.

39 "Mō reira ka nohoia a reira e ngā kīrehe mohoao

o te koraha rātou ngātahi ko ngā wuruhi,

ā, ka noho anō hoki ngā otereti ki reira;

ā, e kore a reira e nohoia ā ake ake.

Kāhore hoki e whai kāinga a reira

i tētahi whakatupuranga ki tētahi whakatupuranga.

40 Ka rite ki tā te Atua hurihanga i Horoma, i Komora,

i ngā pā anō hoki e tata ana ki reira,"

e ai tā Ihowā;

"ka pērā te kore o te tangata e noho ki reira,

e kore anō hoki tētahi tama a te tangata e whai kāinga ki reira.

41 "Nanā, kei te haere mai he iwi i te raki;

ā, he iwi nui, he tokomaha hoki ngā kīngi

e maranga mai i ngā tōpito o te whenua.

42 Ka rarau rātou ki te kōpere, ki te tao;

he iwi nanakia rātou, e kore e tohu tangata;

ā, pararā ana tō rātou reo pērā i te haruru o te moana,

kei runga hōiho hoki e eke ana;

rārangi rawa katoa, ānō he tangata e mea ana ki te whawhai,

hei tatau ki a koe, e te tamāhine a Papurōna.

43 Kua rongo te kīngi o Papurōna i tō rātou rongo,

ā, kei te ngohe ōna ringa.

Kua mau ia i te pāwera,

i te mamae hoki, me te mea he wahine e whānau ana.

44 Nanā, ka haere ake ia ānō he raiona i te ngawhātanga o Horano

ki te nohoanga kaha.

Otiia, e kore e rokohanga tāku meatanga i a rātou kia rere atu i reira;

ā, ko wai te mea e whiriwhiria kia whakaritea e ahau hei rangatira mōna?

Ko wai oti e rite ana ki ahau?

Ko wai hoki hei whakarite wā mai ki ahau?

Ko wai hoki te hēpara hei tū ki tōku aroaro?

45 Mō reira whakarongo ki te tikanga a Ihowā,

kua whakatakotoria e ia mō Papurōna;

ki ōna whakaaro hoki i whakaaroa e ia

mō te whenua o ngā Karari:

He pono ka tōia atu rātou e rātou,

arā ngā mea ririki o te kāhui.

He pono ka whakangaromia rātou

ko ō rātou nohoanga e ia.

46 Ngateri ana te whenua i te haruru o te horonga o Papurōna,

rangona ana te hāmama i roto i ngā iwi."

1 The word that Jehovah spake concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.

2 Declare ye among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed; her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed. 3 For out of the north there cometh 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 beast. 4 In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Jehovah their God. 5 They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come ye, and join yourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.

6 My 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. 7 All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers. 8 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he-goats before the flocks. 9 For, lo, 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 thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain. 10 And Chaldea shall be a prey: all that prey upon her shall be satisfied, saith Jehovah.

11 Because ye are glad, because ye rejoice, O ye that plunder my heritage, because ye are wanton as a heifer that treadeth out the grain, and neigh as strong horses; 12 your mother shall be utterly put to shame; she that bare you shall be confounded: behold, she shall be the hindermost of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. 13 Because of the wrath of Jehovah she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. 14 Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against Jehovah. 15 Shout against her round about: she hath submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Jehovah: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. 16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

17 Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. 18 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. 19 And I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead. 20 In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, 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.

21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: slay and utterly destroy after them, saith Jehovah, and do according to all that I have commanded thee. 22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. 23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! 24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against Jehovah. 25 Jehovah hath opened his armory, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, hath a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans. 26 Come against her from the utmost border; open her store-houses; cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left. 27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. 28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah our God, the vengeance of his temple.

29 Call together the archers against Babylon, all them that bend the bow; encamp against her round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her; for she hath been proud against Jehovah, against the Holy One of Israel. 30 Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith Jehovah. 31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou proud one, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts; for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. 32 And the 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 that are round about him.

33 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all that took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go. 34 Their Redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. 35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith Jehovah, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. 36 A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed. 37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed. 38 A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of graven images, and they are mad over idols. 39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. 40 As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.

41 Behold, a people cometh from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth. 42 They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon. 43 The king of Babylon hath heard the tidings of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail. 44 Behold, 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 whoso 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 that can stand before me? 45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath 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. 46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembleth, and the cry is heard among the nations.