Jeremias 27

1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, 2 Yahweh says to me: "Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck. 3 Then send them to the king of Edom, to the king of Moab, to the king of the children of Ammon, to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. 4 Give them a command to their masters, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says, "You shall tell your masters: 5 ‘I have made the earth, the men, and the animals that are on the surface of the earth by my great power and by my outstretched arm. I give it to whom it seems right to me. 6 Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant. I have also given the animals of the field to him to serve him. 7 All the nations will serve him, his son, and his son’s son, until the time of his own land comes. Then many nations and great kings will make him their bondservant.

8 "‘"‘It will happen that I will punish the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon,’ says Yahweh, ‘with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. 9 But as for you, don’t listen to your prophets, to your diviners, to your dreams, to your soothsayers, or to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, "You shall not serve the king of Babylon;" 10 for they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land, so that I would drive you out, and you would perish. 11 But the nation that brings their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, that nation I will let remain in their own land,’ says Yahweh; ‘and they will till it and dwell in it.’"’"

12 I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, "Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. 13 Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14 Don’t listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon;’ for they prophesy a lie to you. 15 For I have not sent them," says Yahweh, "but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that you may perish, you, and the prophets who prophesy to you."

16 Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Yahweh says, "Don’t listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Behold, the vessels of Yahweh’s house will now shortly be brought again from Babylon;’ for they prophesy a lie to you. 17 Don’t listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why should this city become a desolation? 18 But if they are prophets, and if Yahweh’s word is with them, let them now make intercession to Yahweh of Armies, that the vessels which are left in Yahweh’s house, in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, don’t go to Babylon. 19 For Yahweh of Armies says concerning the pillars, concerning the sea, concerning the bases, and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city, 20 which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon didn’t take when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem— 21 yes, Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says concerning the vessels that are left in Yahweh’s house, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem: 22 ‘They will be carried to Babylon, and there they will be, until the day that I visit them,’ says Yahweh; ‘then I will bring them up, and restore them to this place.’"

Te Tohu o te Ioka

1 I te tīmatanga o te kīngitanga o Iehoiakimi tama a Hōhia kīngi o Hūrā ka puta mai tēnei kupu a Ihowā ki a Heremaia, i mea ia: 2 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā ki ahau: "Hangā he here, he ioka mōu, ka whakanoho ai ki tōu kakī. 3 Nā, tukua ki te kīngi o Ēroma, ki te kīngi o Moapa, ki te kīngi o ngā tama a Āmona, ki te kīngi o Tāira, ki te kīngi hoki o Hairona. Mā te ringa o ngā karere e haere mai ana ki Hiruhārama, ki a Terekia kīngi o Hūrā, e māu. 4 Me whakahau anō rātou e koe kia kī atu ki ō rātou ariki: ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano, a te Atua o Īharaira: Kia pēnei tā koutou kī atu ki ō koutou ariki: 5 Nāku i hanga te whenua, te tangata me te kararehe i runga i te mata o te whenua, nā tōku kaha nui, nā tōku ringa mārō tonu; nā, e hoatu ana e ahau ki tāku e pai ai. 6 Nā ināianei, kua oti te hoatu e ahau ēnei whenua katoa ki te ringa o Nepukaneha kīngi o Papurōna, ki tāku pononga; ā, kua hoatu anō e ahau ngā kīrehe o te pārae ki a ia kia whakamahia e ia. 7 Ā, ka mahi ngā iwi katoa ki a ia, ki tāna tama, ki te tama anō hoki a tāna tama, kia taka rā anō te wā o tōna ake whenua; ā, hei reira ia whakamahia ai e ngā iwi maha, e ngā kīngi nunui hoki.

8 " ‘Nā, ko te iwi, ā, ko te kīngitanga, e kore e mahi ki taua Nepukaneha kīngi o Papurōna, e kore hoki e tuku i ō rātou kakī ki raro ki te ioka a te kīngi o Papurōna, ka whiua e ahau taua iwi, e ai tā Ihowā, ki te hoari, ki te hemokai, ki te mate urutā, kia mōtī rā anō rātou i ahau ki tōna ringa. 9 Tēnā ko koutou, kaua koutou e rongo ki ō koutou poropiti, ki ō koutou tohunga tūāhu, ki ō koutou moemoeā, ki ō koutou tohunga kapua, ki ō koutou tohunga mākutu, e kōrero nā ki a koutou, e mea nā, "E kore koutou e mahi ki te kīngi o Papurōna." 10 Nō te mea e poropiti ana rātou i te teka ki a koutou, he mea kia matara atu ai koutou i tō koutou oneone; kia peia ai hoki koutou e ahau, kia ngaro ai. 11 Engari ko te iwi e tuku ana i ō rātou kakī ki raro ki te ioka a te kīngi o Papurōna, ā, ka mahi ki a ia, ka waiho rātou e ahau ki tō rātou oneone, e ai tā Ihowā; ā, ka ngakia e rātou, ka noho hoki rātou ki reira.’ "

12 Nā, rite tonu ki ēnei kupu katoa tāku i kōrero ai ki a Terekia kīngi o Hūrā, i mea ahau: "Tukua atu ō koutou kakī ki raro ki te ioka a te kīngi o Papurōna; e mahi ki a ia, ki a rātou ko tōna iwi, ā, ka ora koutou. 13 Kia mate koutou hei aha, koutou ko tōu iwi i te hoari, i te hemokai, i te mate urutā, i tā Ihowā i kī ai mō te iwi e kore nei e mahi ki te kīngi o Papurōna? 14 Kaua hoki e rongo ki ngā kupu a ngā poropiti e kōrero nā ki a koutou, e mea nā, ‘E kore koutou e mahi ki te kīngi o Papurōna,’ e poropiti teka ana hoki rātou ki a koutou. 15 ‘Ehara hoki rātou i ahau i unga atu,’ e ai tā Ihowā, ‘otiia kei te poropiti teka rātou i runga i tōku ingoa. He mea kia peia ai koutou e ahau, ā, kia ngaro ai koutou, me ngā poropiti e poropiti nā ki a koutou.’ "

16 I kōrero anō ahau ki ngā tohunga, ki tēnei iwi katoa, i mea, "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Kei rongo koutou ki ngā kupu a ō koutou poropiti e poropiti nā ki a koutou, e mea nā, ‘Nanā, ka tata te whakahokia mai ngā oko o te whare o Ihowā i Papurōna.’ He poropiti teka hoki tā rātou ki a koutou. 17 Kei whakarongo ki a rātou; e mahi ki te kīngi o Papurōna, kia ora ai koutou. Kia ururuatia tēnei pā hei aha? 18 Otirā, ki te mea he poropiti rātou, ki te mea kei a rātou te kupu a Ihowā, me īnoi rātou ināianei ki a Ihowā o ngā mano, kia kaua ngā oko e toe nei ki te whare o Ihowā, ki te whare o te kīngi o Hūrā, ki Hiruhārama, e tae ki Papurōna. 19 Ina hoki te kupu a Ihowā o ngā mano mō ngā pou, mō te moana, mō ngā tūranga, ā, mō ngā toenga o ngā oko kua mahue nei ki tēnei pā, 20 kīhai nei i riro i a Nepukaneha kīngi o Papurōna i tāna whakaraunga atu i a Hekonia tama a Iehoiakimi; kīngi o Hūrā i roto i Hiruhārama ki Papurōna, rātou ko ngā rangatira katoa o Hūrā, o Hiruhārama – 21 āe rā, ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano, a te Atua o Īharaira, mō ngā oko e toe nei ki te whare o Ihowā, ki te whare hoki o te kīngi o Hūrā, ki Hiruhārama: 22 ‘Ka kawea aua mea ki Papurōna, ka takoto hoki ki reira, taea noatia te rā e pā ai ahau ki a rātou,’ e ai tā Ihowā. ‘Hei reira ka maua mai e ahau, ka whakahokia mai ki tēnei wāhi.’ "