Jeremias 17

1 "The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron,

and with the point of a diamond.

It is engraved on the tablet of their heart,

and on the horns of your altars.

2 Even their children remember their altars

and their Asherah poles by the green trees on the high hills.

3 My mountain in the field,

I will give your substance and all your treasures for a plunder,

and your high places, because of sin, throughout all your borders.

4 You, even of yourself, will discontinue from your heritage that I gave you.

I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you don’t know,

for you have kindled a fire in my anger which will burn forever."

5 Yahweh says:

"Cursed is the man who trusts in man,

relies on strength of flesh,

and whose heart departs from Yahweh.

6 For he will be like a bush in the desert,

and will not see when good comes,

but will inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,

an uninhabited salt land.

7 "Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh,

and whose confidence is in Yahweh.

8 For he will be as a tree planted by the waters,

who spreads out its roots by the river,

and will not fear when heat comes,

but its leaf will be green,

and will not be concerned in the year of drought.

It won’t cease from yielding fruit.

9 The heart is deceitful above all things

and it is exceedingly corrupt.

Who can know it?

10 "I, Yahweh, search the mind.

I try the heart,

even to give every man according to his ways,

according to the fruit of his doings."

11 As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid,

so is he who gets riches, and not by right.

In the middle of his days, they will leave him.

At his end, he will be a fool.

12 A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning,

is the place of our sanctuary.

13 Yahweh, the hope of Israel,

all who forsake you will be disappointed.

Those who depart from me will be written in the earth,

because they have forsaken Yahweh,

the spring of living waters.

14 Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed.

Save me, and I will be saved;

for you are my praise.

15 Behold, they ask me,

"Where is Yahweh’s word?

Let it be fulfilled now."

16 As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you.

I haven’t desired the woeful day. You know.

That which came out of my lips was before your face.

17 Don’t be a terror to me.

You are my refuge in the day of evil.

18 Let them be disappointed who persecute me,

but don’t let me be disappointed.

Let them be dismayed,

but don’t let me be dismayed.

Bring on them the day of evil,

and destroy them with double destruction.

19 Yahweh said this to me: "Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, through which the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem. 20 Tell them, ‘Hear Yahweh’s word, you kings of Judah, all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: 21 Yahweh says, "Be careful, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem. 22 Don’t carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day. Don’t do any work, but make the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your fathers. 23 But they didn’t listen. They didn’t turn their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction. 24 It will happen, if you diligently listen to me," says Yahweh, "to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to make the Sabbath day holy, to do no work therein; 25 then there will enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on David’s throne, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city will remain forever. 26 They will come from the cities of Judah, and from the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the lowland, from the hill country, and from the South, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, meal offerings, and frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to Yahweh’s house. 27 But if you will not listen to me to make the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem. It will not be quenched."’"

Te Hara me te Whiunga o Hūrā

1 "Kua oti te hara o Hūrā te tuhituhi ki te pene rino,

ki te mata hoki o te taimana;

he mea whaowhao rawa ki te papa o tō rātou ngākau,

ki runga hoki ki ngā haona o ā koutou āta,

2 i ā rātou tamariki e mahara ana ki ā rātou āta,

ki ā rātou Aherimi hoki i te taha o ngā rākau kōuru nui

i runga i ngā pukepuke tiketike.

3 E tōku maunga i te pārae,

ka hoatu e ahau ōu rawa,

ōu taonga katoa kia pāhuatia,

me ōu wāhi tiketike,

he mea mō te hara, puta noa i ōu rohe katoa.

4 Ā, ko koe, nāu ake anō, ka mutu ki tōu kāinga tupu

i hoatu nā e ahau ki a koe;

ā, ka meinga koe e ahau kia mahi ki ōu hoariri

ki te whenua kīhai i mōhiotia e koe.

Nō te mea kua tahuna e koutou he ahi i ahau e riri ana,

ko tōna kā mō ake tonu atu."

5 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:

"Ka kangā te tangata e whakawhirinaki ana ki te tangata,

e mea ana hoki i te kikokiko hei ringa mōna,

e kotiti kē ana hoki tōna ngākau i a Ihowā.

6 Ka rite hoki ia ki te manoao i te koraha,

e kore hoki e kite i te putanga mai o te pai.

Engari, ko ngā wāhi waikore o te koraha hei kāinga mōna,

he whenua tote, e kore nei e nohoia.

7 "Ka manaakitia te tangata e whakawhirinaki ana ki a Ihowā,

ko Ihowā tāna e tūmanako ai.

8 Ka rite hoki ia ki te rākau i whakatōkia ki te taha o ngā wai,

e toro nei ōna pakiaka ki te awa,

ā, kāhore e wehi i te tīkākātanga mai o te rā,

engari, ka matomato tonu tōna rau.

E kore e mānukanuka i te tāu raki,

e kore anō hoki e mutu tōna whai hua."

9 Ko te ngākau, he mea tinihanga atu i ngā mea katoa,

ā, he tino mate rawa –

e mōhiotia rānei e wai?

10 "Ko tāku, ko tā Ihowā, he rapu i te ngākau,

he whakamātautau i ngā whatumanawa,

kia hoatu ai ki tēnei, ki tēnei kia rite ki tōna ara ake,

kia rite hoki ki ngā hua o āna mahi."

11 Ka rite ki te pātiri, e whakawhāiti nei i ngā pī, ehara i a ia i whakawhānau,

he pērā te tangata e whiwhi ana ki te taonga, ā, kāhore i tika māna;

i waenganui o ōna rā ka mahue ia i a rātou,

ā, wairangi noa iho ia i tōna mutunga iho.

12 Ko tō tātou wāhi tapu he torōna korōria,

he mea whakanoho ki te wāhi tiketike mai i te tīmatanga.

13 E Ihowā, e tā Īharaira e tūmanako nei,

ka whakamā te hunga katoa e whakarere ana i a koe;

ka tuhituhia ki te whenua te hunga e kotiti ana i ahau,

mō rātou i whakarere i a Ihowā,

i te puna wai ora.

Ka Īnoi a Heremaia mō te Whakawāteatanga

14 Rongoātia ahau, e Ihowā, ā, ka mahu tōku mate;

whakaorangia ahau, ā, ka ora ahau;

ko koe hoki tāku e whakamoemiti ai.

15 Nanā, kei te kī mai rātou ki ahau,

"Kei hea te kupu a Ihowā?

Tēnā rā, kia puta mai."

16 Nā, ko ahau nei, kīhai ahau i hohoro atu i te mahi hēpara i muri i a koe,

kīhai hoki i hiahia ki te rā o te mamae.

E mōhio ana anō koe, i mua i tōu kanohi

te mea i puta mai i ōku ngutu.

17 Kei waiho koe hei whakawehi mōku;

ko koe tāku e whakamanawa atu ai i te rā o te hē.

18 Kia whakamā te hunga e tūkino ana i ahau,

kaua ia ahau e whakamā;

kia wehi rātou, kaua ia ahau e wehi;

kawea te rā o te kino ki runga ki a rātou,

kia rua hoki ngā whakangaromanga

e whakangaro ai koe i a rātou.

Me Whakatapu te Rā o te Hāpati

19 I pēnei mai tā Ihowā kupu ki ahau: "Haere, e tū ki te kūwaha o ngā tama a te iwi, e tomo ai ngā kīngi o Hūrā, e haere atu ai hoki, ā, ki ngā kūwaha katoa o Hiruhārama, 20 ā, ka mea ki a rātou, ‘Whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā, e ngā kīngi o Hūrā, e Hūrā katoa, e ngā tāngata katoa hoki o Hiruhārama, e tomo nei mā ēnei kūwaha. 21 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, tūpato ki a koutou, ā, kaua he kawenga e waha i te rā hāpati, kaua anō e maua mai ki roto mā ngā kūwaha o Hiruhārama. 22 Kaua hoki he kawenga e maua atu i ō koutou whare i te rā hāpati, kaua hoki koutou e mahi i tētahi mahi; engari me whakatapu e koutou te rā hāpati, kia rite ki tāku i whakahau ai ki ō koutou mātua. 23 Otiia, kīhai rātou i rongo, kīhai hoki i tahuri tō rātou taringa, engari i whakapakeke i tō rātou kakī, kei rongo rātou, kei manako hoki ki te ako.

24 " ‘Nā, ki te āta whakarongo koutou ki ahau, e ai tā Ihowā, kia kaua e mau kawenga mā ngā kūwaha o tēnei pā i te rā hāpati, engari kia whakatapu i te rā hāpati, kia kaua e mahi i tētahi mahi i reira; 25 kātahi ka tomo ki ngā kūwaha o tēnei pā he kīngi, he rangatira, e noho ana i runga i te torōna o Rāwiri, e eke ana ki te hāriata, ki te hōiho, rātou, ā rātou rangatira, me ngā tāngata o Hūrā, me te hunga e noho ana i Hiruhārama; ā, ka tūturu tēnei pā ā ake ake. 26 Ā, ka haere mai ngā tāngata i ngā pā o Hūrā, i ngā wāhi i ngā taha o Hiruhārama, i te whenua o Pineamine, i te mānia, i ngā maunga, i te tonga hoki, me te mau mai he tahunga tinana, he patunga tapu, he whakahere, he whakakakara, ā, ka maua mai hoki he whakawhetai, ki te whare o Ihowā. 27 Ki te kore ia koutou e whakarongo ki tāku kia whakatapua te rā hāpati, kia kaua hoki e maua he kawenga, ā, ka tomo ki ngā kūwaha o Hiruhārama i te rā hāpati; kātahi ka ngiha i ahau he ahi i ngā kūwaha o reira, ā, ka pau ngā whare kīngi o Hiruhārama, e kore anō e tineia.’ "