Jeremias 51

1 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:

"Nanā, ka whakaarahia e ahau he hau whakamōtī mō Papurōna,

mō te hunga hoki e noho ana i Repekamai.

2 Ka ungā anō e ahau he kaitītaritari ki Papurōna,

ā, ka tītaria e rātou;

ka meinga tōna whenua kia takoto kau.

Nō te mea i te rā o te hē

ka tatau rātou ki a ia i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha.

3 Kaua te kaikōpere e whakapiko i tāna kōpere,

kaua anō hoki ia e whakarewa ake i a ia me te pukupuku ki runga i a ia.

Kaua āna taitama e tohungia;

whakangaromia rawatia e koutou tāna ope katoa.

4 Nā, ka hinga ngā tūpāpaku ki te whenua o ngā Karari,

he mea wero ki ōna ara.

5 Kāhore hoki a Īharaira i whakarērea, kāhore anō hoki a Hūrā,

e tōna Atua, e Ihowā o ngā mano;

ahakoa kei te kapi tō rātou whenua

i te hara ki te Mea Tapu o Īharaira.

6 "Rere atu i roto o Papurōna,

e kuhu he tangata i tōna wairua, i tōna.

Kei hātepea atu koutou i roto i tōna hē;

nō te mea ko te wā tēnei o tā Ihowā rapu utu;

ka rite tāna utu ki a ia.

7 He kapu kōura a Papurōna i roto i te ringa o Ihowā,

nāna i haurangi ai te whenua katoa.

Kua inumia tōna wāina e ngā iwi;

nā reira ka haurangi ngā iwi.

8 Inamata kua taka a Papurōna, kua pakaru.

E tangi ki a ia!

E mau i te pama mō tōna mamae;

me kore noa ia e taea te rongoā.

9 " ‘Tērā e rongoātia e mātou a Papurōna,

heoi kīhai ia i ora;

whakarērea ia, ka haere tātou ki tōna whenua, ki tōna whenua;

nō te mea kua tutuki atu tōna whakawā ki te rangi,

kua rewa ake ki ngā kapua rā anō.

10 " ‘Kua whakaputaina e Ihowā tō tātou tika;

haere mai, kia kōrerotia e tātou

te mahi a Ihowā, a tō tātou Atua ki Hiona.’

11 "Whakakoia ngā pere!

Puritia ngā whakangungu rākau, kia mau!

Kua whakaohongia e Ihowā te wairua o ngā kīngi o ngā Meri;

he tikanga hoki tāna mō Papurōna kia whakangaromia.

Nō te mea he rapunga utu tēnei nā Ihowā,

he rapunga utu mō tōna temepara.

12 Whakaarahia he kara ki ngā taiepa o Papurōna;

whakakahangia ngā kaitiaki;

whakaritea ngā kaitiaki;

whakatakotoria ngā pehipehi!

Kua takoto hoki i a Ihowā,

kua oti anō i a ia tāna i kōrero ai mō ngā tāngata o Papurōna.

13 E te wahine e noho nā i runga i ngā wai maha,

he maha nei ōu taonga,

kua tae mai tōu whakamutunga,

te rūri mō tōu apo taonga.

14 Kua oatitia e Ihowā o ngā mano tōna oranga, kua mea:

He pono ka whakakīia koe e ahau ki te tangata, kei te huhu te rite;

ā, ka hāmama rātou ki a koe.

15 "Nāna i hanga te whenua, nā tōna kaha;

ko te ao nāna i whakapūmau, nā ōna whakaaro nui;

ko ngā rangi nā tōna mātauranga i hora.

16 Kia puaki tōna reo, ka haruru ngā wai i ngā rangi,

ka meinga e ia ngā kohu kia piki ake i ngā pito o te whenua.

E hangā ana e ia ngā uira me te ua,

e whakaputaina mai ana te hau i roto i ōna whare taonga.

17 "Ka pōauau katoa te tangata, ka kore he mōhio;

whakamā iho ngā kaiwhakarewa kōura katoa i tāna whakapakoko.

He mea teka hoki tāna i whakarewa ai,

kāhore he manawa i roto i a rātou.

18 He horihori kau rātou, he mea pōhēhē;

ka ngaro rātou i te wā e tirotirohia ai rātou.

19 Kāhore e rite ki ērā te wāhi i a Hākopa;

ko ia hoki te kaiwhakaahua o ngā mea katoa;

ā, ko Īharaira te iwi o tōna kāinga tupu.

Ko Ihowā o ngā mano tōna ingoa."

Te Toki Poutangata a Ihowā

20 "Ko koe tāku toki poutangata,

ko āku patu mō te whawhai;

hei wāwāhi koe māku mō ngā iwi,

hei whakamōtī māku mō ngā kīngitanga;

21 hei wāwāhi anō koe māku mō te hōiho rāua ko tōna kaieke;

hei wāwāhi koe māku mō te hāriata, mō te tangata anō i runga;

22 hei wāwāhi koe māku mō te tangata, mō te wahine;

hei wāwāhi koe māku mō te koroheke, mō te tamariki;

hei wāwāhi koe māku mō te taitama mō te taitamāhine;

23 hei wāwāhi koe māku mō te hēpara, mō tāna kāhui;

hei wāwāhi koe māku mō te kaiparau, mō āna kau hoki kua oti te ioka;

hei wāwāhi koe māku mō ngā rangatira, mō ngā ariki."

Te Turakitanga o Papurōna

24 "Ka utua hoki e ahau a Papurōna, me ngā tāngata katoa o Karari mō tā rātou kino katoa i mea ai rātou ki Hiona i tā koutou tirohanga," e ai tā Ihowā.

25 "Nanā, hei hoariri ahau mōu, e te maunga whakamōtī,"

e ai tā Ihowā,

"e huna nā koe i te whenua katoa;

ā, ka totoro atu tōku ringa ki a koe,

ka hurihia iho koe i runga i ngā toka,

ā, ka meinga koe hei maunga kua oti te tahu.

26 Ā, e kore tētahi kōhatu e tangohia mai e rātou i a koe mō te kokonga,

tētahi kōhatu rānei mō ngā tūranga;

engari ka ururua koe ā ake ake,"

e ai tā Ihowā.

27 "Whakaarahia e koe he kara ki te whenua,

whakatangihia te tētere i roto i ngā iwi,

kia rite mai ngā iwi hei whawhai ki a ia,

kārangarangatia hei whawhai ki a ia ngā kīngitanga

o Ararata, o Mini, o Ahakenaha.

Whakaritea he rangatira hei mea ki a ia;

meinga ngā hōiho kia kōkiri ake ānō he tātarakihi pūhuruhuru.

28 Kia rite mai ngā iwi, ngā kīngi o ngā Meri,

ō rātou rangatira, ō rātou ariki,

me te whenua katoa anō o tōna kīngitanga hei whawhai ki a ia.

29 Nā, kei te wiri te whenua, kei te mamae;

nō te mea kei te tū tonu ngā whakaaro katoa o Ihowā mō Papurōna,

kia meinga te whenua o Papurōna hei ururua, tē ai he tangata.

30 Kua kāhore ngā mārohirohi o Papurōna e whawhai,

kei te noho rātou i roto i ō rātou wāhi kaha;

kua kore tō rātou kaha; kua rite rātou ki te wahine;

kua wera ōna nohoanga; kua whati ōna tūtaki.

31 Ka rere tētahi kaikōrero kia tūtaki ki tētahi,

tētahi karere hoki kia tūtaki ki tētahi,

hei whakaatu ki te kīngi o Papurōna

kua horo tōna pā i ngā taha katoa;

32 kua riro anō ngā whitinga,

kua wera ngā kākaho i te ahi,

ā, kua mataku ngā tāngata whawhai."

33 Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano, a te Atua o Īharaira:

"Ko te rite i te tamāhine a Papurōna kei te patunga wīti

i te wā e takahia ai;

he wā iti ake,

ka tae ki te wā o tōna kotinga.

34 "Kua pau ahau i a Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna,

kua pēpē ahau i a ia, kua meinga ahau e ia hei oko tahanga,

kua horomia ahau e ia ānō nā te tarakona,

whakakīia ana hoki e ia tōna kōpū ki āku kai reka;

kua makā ahau e ia ki waho.

35 Hei runga i Papurōna te tūkinotanga ki ahau, ki ōku kikokiko hoki,"

e ai tā te wahine o Hiona;

"Ā, hei runga i ngā tāngata o Karari ōku toto,"

e ai tā Hiruhārama.

36 Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:

"Nanā, ka tohe ahau i tāu tohe,

ā, ka rapu ahau i ngā utu mōu;

ā, ka mimiti i ahau tōna moana,

ka maroke hoki ōna puna.

37 Ā, ka waiho a Papurōna hei pūranga,

hei nohoanga mō ngā kīrehe mohoao,

hei mīharotanga,

hei whakahīanga atu, tē ai he tangata.

38 Ka hāmama ngātahi rātou, ānō he raiona;

ka ngangara rātou ānō he kūao raiona.

39 Kia werawera rātou, ka takā e ahau he hākari mā rātou,

ā, ka whakahaurangitia rātou e ahau,

kia whakamanamana ai rātou,

kia moe ai i te moe roa, tē korikori," e ai tā Ihowā.

40 "Ka riro rātou i ahau ki raro, ānō he reme ki te patunga;

ānō he hipi toa i huihuia atu ki ngā koati toa.

41 "Taukiri e, kua horo a Hehaka,

kua huakina tatatia te whakamoemiti a te whenua katoa!

Taukiri e, kua waiho a Papurōna

hei ururua i roto i ngā iwi!

42 Kua tae ake te moana ki Papurōna;

kua taupokina ia e ōna ngaru maha.

43 Kua mōtī ōna pā,

he whenua waikore, he ururua,

e kore e nohoia e tētahi tangata,

e kore hoki tētahi tama a te tangata e tika nā reira.

44 Ka whiua hoki e ahau a Pere i Papurōna,

ka whakaputaina mai e ahau i roto i tōna māngai te mea i horomia e ia.

E kore anō ngā iwi e rere ā-wai mai ki a ia ā mua;

āe rā, ka hinga anō te taiepa o Papurōna.

45 "E tāku iwi, puta atu i roto i a ia!

Kāhaki koutou i a koutou, i tērā, i tērā,

i te mura o tō Ihowā riri.

46 Kei hopī ō koutou ngākau, kei wehi hoki koutou

ki te rongo meāke nei rangona ki te whenua –

nō te mea ka tae mai he rongo i tētahi tau,

ā, i muri i tēnā i tētahi atu tau

ka tae mai anō he rongo, he tūkino ki te whenua,

he rangatira e whakatika ana ki te rangatira.

47 Mō reira, nanā, kei te haere mai ngā rā

e whiua ai e ahau ngā whakapakoko o Papurōna,

ā, ka whakamā tōna whenua katoa;

ā, ka hinga ōna tūpāpaku i roto i a ia.

48 Nā, kātahi ka waiata te rangi me te whenua,

me ngā mea katoa i reira ki Papurōna, he hari hoki;

nō te mea ka haere mai ngā kaipāhua ki a ia i te raki,"

e ai tā Ihowā.

49 "I te mea nā Papurōna i mea ngā tūpāpaku o Īharaira kia hinga,

waihoki ka hinga ki Papurōna ngā tūpāpaku o te whenua katoa.

50 E koutou kua mawhiti atu nā i te hoari,

haere koutou, kaua e tū noa;

mahara ki a Ihowā i tawhiti,

tukua mai hoki a Hiruhārama ki roto ki ō koutou ngākau.

51 "Whakamā ana mātou,

mō mātou i rongo i te tāwai;

kua taupokina ō mātou mata e te pōrahurahu;

kua tae mai hoki ngā tautāngata

ki ngā wāhi tapu o te whare o Ihowā."

52 "Mō reira, nanā, kei te haere mai ngā rā," e ai tā Ihowā,

"e whiua ai e ahau āna whakapakoko;

ā tērā e ngunguru te hunga

i werohia ā puta noa i tōna whenua katoa.

53 Ahakoa i kake atu a Papurōna ki runga ki te rangi,

ahakoa i hangā e ia tōna wāhi tiketike kaha kia kaha rawa,

e tae atu anō i ahau ngā kaipāhua ki a ia,"

e ai tā Ihowā.

54 "He reo te hāmama mai nei i Papurōna,

he wawāhanga nui kei te whenua o ngā Karari!

55 Nō te mea kei te pāhua a Ihowā i Papurōna,

ā, kei te whakakore atu i te reo nui i roto i a ia;

ā, ka haruru ō rātou ngaru, ānō ko ngā wai maha,

ka puta te tuki o tō rātou reo.

56 Kua tae mai hoki te kaipāhua ki a ia,

ki Papurōna,

kua mau hoki ōna mārohirohi,

kua mongamonga ā rātou pere.

Nō te mea he Atua a Ihowā nō te whakahoki utu,

ā, he pono ka tino takoto tāna utu.

57 Nā, ka whakahaurangitia e ahau ōna rangatira, ōna tāngata whakaaro nui,

ōna kāwana, ōna ariki, ōna mārohirohi hoki;

ā, ka moe rātou i te moe roa, tē korikori,"

e ai tā te Kīngi, ko tōna ingoa nei ko Ihowā o ngā mano.

58 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano:

"Ka pakaru rawa ngā taiepa whārahi o Papurōna,

ā, ka wera ōna kūwaha tiketike i te ahi;

ā, ka māuiui ngā iwi mō te kore noa iho,

ngā iwi hoki mō te ahi, ā, ruha noa rātou."

Te Whakahau a Heremaia ki a Heraia

59 Ko te kupu i whakahaua e Heremaia poropiti ki a Heraia tama a Neria tama a Maaheia i tō rāua haerenga tahitanga atu ko Terekia kīngi o Hūrā ki Papurōna i te whā o ngā tau o tōna kīngitanga. Nā, ko Heraia te tino rangatira o te whare kīngi. 60 Nā, tuhituhia iho e Heremaia ki te pukapuka te kino katoa meāke puta ki Papurōna, arā ēnei kupu katoa kua tuhituhia nei mō Papurōna. 61 Ā, i mea a Heremaia ki a Heraia, "E tae koe ki Papurōna, me tino kōrero e koe ēnei kupu katoa, 62 ā, ka mea, ‘E Ihowā, kua kōrerotia e koe tēnei wāhi kia hātepea atu, kia kaua hoki tētahi e noho ki konei, tangata rānei, kararehe rānei, engari kia waiho tonu hei ururua ake ake.’ 63 Nā, ka mutu tāu kōrero i tēnei pukapuka, herea e koe ki reira tētahi kōhatu, ka maka atu ai ki waenganui o Uparati, 64 ā, ka mea atu koe, ‘Ka pēnei te totohutanga o Papurōna, e kore hoki e puea ake anō, i te kino e tākina mai e ahau ki runga ki a ia; ā, ka ruha rātou.’ "

I mutu ki konei ngā kupu a Heremaia.

1 Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in Leb-kamai, a destroying wind. 2 And I will send unto Babylon strangers, that shall winnow her; and they shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. 3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his coat of mail: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host. 4 And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.

5 For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, of his God, of Jehovah of hosts; though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel. 6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; be not cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Jehovah’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense. 7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. 8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. 9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. 10 Jehovah hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.

11 Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: Jehovah hath stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple. 12 Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Jehovah hath both purposed and done that which he spake concerning the inhabitants of Babylon. 13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness. 14 Jehovah of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with the canker-worm; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.

15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens. 16 When he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries. 17 Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 18 They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. 19 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

20 Thou art my battle-axe and weapons of war: and with thee will I break in pieces the nations; and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; 21 and with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; 22 and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and him that rideth therein; and with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin; 23 and with thee will I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces governors and deputies. 24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith Jehovah.

25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith Jehovah, which destroyest all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. 26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah.

27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm. 28 Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, the governors thereof, and all the deputies thereof, and all the land of their dominion. 29 And the land trembleth and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant. 30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might hath failed; they are become as women: her dwelling-places are set on fire; her bars are broken. 31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter: 32 and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

33 For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her. 34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out. 35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and, My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. 36 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry. 37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant. 38 They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions’ whelps. 39 When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah. 40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.

41 How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! 42 The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. 43 Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby. 44 And I will execute judgment upon Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of Jehovah. 46 And let not your heart faint, neither fear ye for the tidings that shall be heard in the land; for tidings shall come one year, and after that in another year shall come tidings, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler. 47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment upon the graven images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. 48 Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers shall come unto her from the north, saith Jehovah. 49 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.

50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go ye, stand not still; remember Jehovah from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. 51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of Jehovah’s house. 52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will execute judgment upon her graven images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan. 53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come unto her, saith Jehovah.

54 The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans! 55 For Jehovah layeth Babylon waste, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered: 56 for the destroyer is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite. 57 And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts. 58 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.

59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief chamberlain. 60 And Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon. 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, then see that thou read all these words, 62 and say, O Jehovah, thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. 63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates: 64 and thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary.

Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.