Jeremias 21

1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying, 2 "Please inquire of Yahweh for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us. Perhaps Yahweh will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may withdraw from us."

3 Then Jeremiah said to them, "Tell Zedekiah: 4 ‘Yahweh, the God of Israel says, "Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls; and I will gather them into the middle of this city. 5 I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation. 6 I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal. They will die of a great pestilence. 7 Afterward," says Yahweh, "I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants, and the people, even those who are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life. He will strike them with the edge of the sword. He will not spare them, have pity, or have mercy."’

8 "You shall say to this people, ‘Yahweh says: "Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. 9 He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he who goes out and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he will live, and he will escape with his life. 10 For I have set my face on this city for evil, and not for good," says Yahweh. "It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire."’

11 "Concerning the house of the king of Judah, hear Yahweh’s word: 12 House of David, Yahweh says,

‘Execute justice in the morning,

and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor,

lest my wrath go out like fire,

and burn so that no one can quench it,

because of the evil of your doings.

13 Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley,

and of the rock of the plain,’ says Yahweh.

‘You that say, "Who would come down against us?"

or, "Who would enter into our homes?"

14 I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings,’ says Yahweh;

‘and I will kindle a fire in her forest,

and it will devour all that is around her.’"

Ka Hinga a Hiruhārama i a Nepukareha

1 Ko te kupu i puta mai ki a Heremaia, he mea nā Ihowā, i te ngarenga a Kīngi Terekia i a Pahuru tama a Merekia, i a Tepania hoki, tama a Maaheia tohunga, ki a ia, hei kī, 2 "Rapua koa tētahi tikanga i a Ihowā mō tātou, kei te whawhai nei hoki a Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna ki a tātou; tērā pea tā Ihowā mahi ki a tātou e rite ki āna mea whakamīharo katoa, ā, ka haere atu ia i tō tātou wāhi."

3 Kātahi a Heremaia ka mea atu ki a rātou: "Ko tā koutou tēnei e kōrero ai ki a Terekia: 4 ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira: Nanā, ka whakahokia atu e ahau ngā patu mō te whawhai i ō koutou ringa, mō tā koutou whawhai ki te kīngi o Papurōna, ki ngā Karari, e whakapae nei i a koutou i waho o te taiepa, ka huihuia hoki rātou e ahau ki waenganui o tēnei pā. 5 Ā, ko ahau nei anō hei whawhai ki a koutou ki te ringa mārō, ki te tākakau kaha, i runga i te riri, i te weriweri, i te āritarita nui. 6 Ā, ka patua e ahau ngā tāngata o tēnei pā, te tangata, te kararehe; ka mate rātou i te mate urutā nui. 7 Nā muri iho, e ai tā Ihowā, ka hoatu e ahau a Terekia kīngi o Hūrā rātou ko āna tāngata, ko te iwi – arā ko te hunga o tēnei pā e toe i te mate urutā – i te hoari, i te hemokai, ki te ringa o Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna, ki te ringa o ō rātou hoa whawhai, ki te ringa hoki o te hunga e whai ana kia whakamatea rātou. Ā, ka patua rātou e ia ki te mata o te hoari; e kore rātou e tohungia e ia, e kore e manawapātia, e kore e arohaina.’

8 "Kōrero atu anō hoki koe ki tēnei iwi: ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Nanā, kua takoto i ahau ki tō koutou aroaro te ara ki te ora, me te ara ki te mate. 9 Ko te tangata ka noho i tēnei pā, ka mate i te hoari, i te hemokai, i te mate urutā; ko te tangata ia e haere atu ana, ā, ka taka atu ki ngā Karari e whakapae nei i a koutou, ka ora ia, ā, ko tōna oranga hei taonga parakete ki a ia. 10 Nō te mea kua whakamau atu tōku mata ki tēnei pā hei kino, kāhore hoki hei pai, e ai tā Ihowā: ka hoatu ki te ringa o te kīngi o Papurōna, ā, ka tahuna e ia ki te ahi.’ "

He Pānui ki ngā Uri o Rāwiri

11 "Nā, ko te mea mō te whare o te kīngi o Hūrā: ‘Whakarongo koutou ki te kupu a Ihowā, 12 e te whare o Rāwiri! Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:

Whakaritea te whakawā i te ata,

whakaorangia ake hoki te tangata e pāhuatia ana

i roto i te ringa o te kaitūkino,

kei puta tōku riri ānō he ahi,

ā, ka kā, tē taea te tinei,

mō te kino hoki o ā koutou mahi.

13 Nanā, hei hoariri ahau mōu,

e te wahine e noho nā i te raorao,

i te kāmaka hoki o te wāhi papatairite,

e ai tā Ihowā;

koutou nāna nā te kupu, "Ko wai e haere mai ki a tātou

ko wai rānei e tomo ki ō tātou nohoanga?"

14 Ā, ka rite ki ngā hua o ā koutou mahi tāku whiu i a koutou,

e ai tā Ihowā;

ā, ka ngiha i ahau he ahi i tōna ngahere,

e pau ai ngā mea katoa ā taka noa, taka noa i a ia.’ "