Jeremias 32

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. 2 Now at that time the king of Babylon’s army was besieging Jerusalem. Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah’s house.

3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, "Why do you prophesy, and say, ‘Yahweh says, "Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will take it; 4 and Zedekiah king of Judah won’t escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes will see his eyes; 5 and he will bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and he will be there until I visit him," says Yahweh, "though you fight with the Chaldeans, you will not prosper"’?"

6 Jeremiah said, "Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 7 ‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, "Buy my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it."’"

8 "So Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to Yahweh’s word, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours. Buy it for yourself.’

"Then I knew that this was Yahweh’s word. 9 I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels*32:9 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. of silver. 10 I signed the deed, sealed it, called witnesses, and weighed the money in the balances to him. 11 So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open; 12 and I delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses who signed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the guard.

13 "I commanded Baruch before them, saying, 14 Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may last many days.’ 15 For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Houses and fields and vineyards will yet again be bought in this land.’

16 Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to Yahweh, saying,

17 "Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you. 18 You show loving kindness to thousands, and repay the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them. The great, the mighty God, Yahweh of Armies is your name: 19 great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings; 20 who performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, both in Israel and among other men; and made yourself a name, as it is today; 21 and brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, with wonders, with a strong hand, with an outstretched arm, and with great terror; 22 and gave them this land, which you swore to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey. 23 They came in and possessed it, but they didn’t obey your voice and didn’t walk in your law. They have done nothing of all that you commanded them to do. Therefore you have caused all this evil to come upon them.

24 "Behold, siege ramps have been built against the city to take it. The city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, of the famine, and of the pestilence. What you have spoken has happened. Behold, you see it. 25 You have said to me, Lord Yahweh, ‘Buy the field for money, and call witnesses;’ whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans."

26 Then Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, saying, 27 "Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for me? 28 Therefore Yahweh says: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will take it. 29 The Chaldeans, who fight against this city, will come and set this city on fire, and burn it with the houses on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.

30 "For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only that which was evil in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, says Yahweh. 31 For this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even to this day, so that I should remove it from before my face, 32 because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger—they, their kings, their princes, their priests, their prophets, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 33 They have turned their backs to me, and not their faces. Although I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction. 34 But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it. 35 They built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through fire to Molech, which I didn’t command them. It didn’t even come into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin."

36 Now therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says concerning this city, about which you say, "It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:" 37 "Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries where I have driven them in my anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again to this place. I will cause them to dwell safely. 38 Then they will be my people, and I will be their God. 39 I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good and the good of their children after them. 40 I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good. I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me. 41 Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul."

42 For Yahweh says: "Just as I have brought all this great evil on this people, so I will bring on them all the good that I have promised them. 43 Fields will be bought in this land, about which you say, ‘It is desolate, without man or animal. It is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’ 44 Men will buy fields for money, sign the deeds, seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South; for I will cause their captivity to be reversed," says Yahweh.

Ka Hokona e Heremaia he Māra i te Wā Whakapaenga

1 Ko te kupu i puta mai ki a Heremaia, he mea nā Ihowā, i te tekau o ngā tau o Terekia kīngi o Hūrā, arā i te tekau mā waru o ngā tau o Nepukareha. 2 Nā, i taua wā e whakapaea ana a Hiruhārama e te taua a te kīngi o Papurōna, ā, ko Heremaia poropiti kua oti te tūtaki ki roto ki te marae o te whare herehere i te whare o te kīngi o Hūrā.

3 Nā, Terekia hoki, nā te kīngi o Hūrā ia i tūtaki; i mea tērā, "He aha koe i poropiti ai, i kī ai: ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Nanā, ka hoatu e ahau tēnei pā ki te ringa o te kīngi o Papurōna, ā, ka horo i a ia. 4 Ā, ko Terekia kīngi o Hūrā, e kore e mawhiti i te ringa o ngā Karari, engari, ka tukua pūtia ia ki te ringa o te kīngi o Papurōna, ā, ka kōrero ia ki a ia he māngai ki te māngai, ā, e kite hoki ōna kanohi i ōna kanohi. 5 Ā, ka ārahina e ia a Terekia ki Papurōna, ā, ki reira ia noho ai, kia tae atu rā anō ahau ki te tirotiro i a ia, e ai tā Ihowā; ahakoa whawhai koutou ki ngā Karari, e kore e taea e koutou?’ "

6 Nā, ka mea a Heremaia, "I puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea ia: 7 Nanā, tērā e tae mai ki a koe a Hanamēre tama a Harumu, a tōu matua kēkē, ā, ka mea, ‘Māu e hoko tāku māra i Anatoto; kei a koe nā hoki te tikanga o te utu whakahoki.’

8 "Nā, ka haere mai ki ahau a Hanamēre tama a tōku matua kēkē, ka pērā me tā Ihowā i kī ai, ki te marae o te whare herehere, ā, ka mea ki ahau, ‘Tēnā koa, hokona tāku māra i Anatoto, i te whenua o Pineamine; kei a koe hoki te tikanga o taua wāhi, māu anō te utu e hoki ai; hokona māu.’

"Kātahi ahau ka mōhio, he kupu tēnei nā Ihowā, 9 nā, ka hokona e ahau te māra a Hanamēre tama a tōku matua kēkē, tērā i Anatoto, ā, pāunatia atu ana e ahau te moni māna, arā tekau mā whitu ngā hekere hiriwa. 10 Nā, ka tuhituhi ahau ki te pukapuka, hīri rawa, karangatia ana ngā kaititiro, ā, pāunatia atu ana e ahau te moni māna ki te pāuna. 11 Nā, ka mau ahau ki te pukapuka o te hoko, ki te mea hīri i rite nei ki tā te ture, ki tā ngā tikanga, ā, ki te mea hīrikore; 12 ā, hoatu ana e ahau te pukapuka o te hoko ki a Paruku tama a Neria, tama a Maaheia i te tirohanga anō a Hanamēre tama a tōku matua kēkē, i te tirohanga hoki a ngā kaititiro i tuhituhia ai te pukapuka o te hoko, i te tirohanga anō hoki a ngā Hūrai katoa e noho ana i te marae o te whare herehere.

13 "Nā, ka whakahau ahau ki a Paruku i ō rātou aroaro, i mea atu ahau: 14 ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano, a te Atua o Īharaira: Maua atu ēnei pukapuka, tēnei pukapuka o te hoko, te mea hīri me tēnei pukapuka hīrikore, whaowhina ki te oko oneone; kia maha ai ngā rā e mau ai. 15 Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano, a te Atua o Īharaira: Tērā ngā whare, ngā māra, me ngā māra wāina ka hokohokona anō ā muri nei ki tēnei whenua.’ "

Ka Īnoi a Heremaia hei Whai Mārama

16 "Nā, i muri i tāku hoatutanga i te pukapuka o te hoko ki a Paruku tama a Neria, ka īnoi ahau ki a Ihowā, ka mea:

17 "Auē, e te Ariki, e Ihowā! Nanā, kua hangā e koe te rangi me te whenua, nā tōu kaha nui, nā tōu ringa mārō. Kāhore he mea e pakeke ki a koe. 18 He mahi aroha nei tāu ki ngā mano, e utua ana e koe te kino o ngā mātua ki roto ki te uma o ā rātou tamariki i muri i a rātou; ko tōna ingoa ko te Atua nui, ko te Atua mārohirohi, ko Ihowā o ngā mano. 19 He nui ki te whakaaro, he kaha ki te mahi. E tuwhera ana hoki ōna kanohi ki ngā ara katoa o ngā tama a te tangata; he mea kia rite ai ki tōna ara ake, ki ngā hua o āna mahi, ngā mea e hoatu ai ki tēnei, ki tēnei. 20 Nāu nei i hōmai ngā tohu me ngā mea whakamīharo ki te whenua o Īhipa, ā taea noatia tēnei rā, i roto i a Īharaira, i ērā atu hoki; ā, meinga ana e koe he ingoa mōu, pēnei i tēnei ināianei. 21 Nāu nei hoki i kawe mai tāu iwi, a Īharaira, i te whenua o Īhipa i runga i ngā tohu, i ngā mea whakamīharo, i te ringa kaha, i te tākakau mārō hoki, i te wehi nui; 22 ā, hōmai ana e koe ki a rātou tēnei whenua i oati ai koe ki ō rātou mātua ka hōmai ki a rātou, he whenua e rerengia ana e te waiū, e te honi. 23 Nā, haere mai ana rātou, ā, riro ana a konei i a rātou; heoi kīhai rātou i rongo ki tōu reo, kīhai hoki i haere i runga i tāu ture; kīhai rawa i mahia e rātou tētahi o ngā mea i whakahaua e koe ki a rātou kia mahia. Koia i meinga ai e koe tēnei kino katoa kia pā ki a rātou.

24 "Nanā, ngā puke, kua tae mai rātou ki te pā, kia horo ai; ā, ka hoatu te pā ki te ringa o ngā Karari e whawhai nei ki konei, nā te hoari hoki, nā te hemokai, nā te mate urutā; ā, ko tāu i kōrero rā, kua rite; nanā, e kite nei koe. 25 Heoi, kua mea mai nā koe, e te Ariki, e Ihowā, ki ahau, ‘Hokona te māra māu ki te moni, whakatūria anō ngā kaititiro’ – kāhore ia, kua tukua te pā ki te ringa o ngā Karari."

Tā Ihowā Kupu Tūturu mō te Hokinga mai o te Iwi

26 Kātahi ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki a Heremaia; i mea ia: 27 "Nanā, ko Ihowā ahau, ko te Atua o ngā kikokiko katoa. Tērā rānei tētahi mea e pakeke rawa ki ahau? 28 Heoi, ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Nanā, ka hoatu e ahau tēnei pā ki te ringa o ngā Karari, ki te ringa o Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna, ā, ka horo i a ia, 29 ā, ka haere mai ngā Karari e whawhai nei ki tēnei pā, ka tahu i tēnei pā ki te ahi, ka wera hoki i a rātou, me ngā whare i tahu whakakakara ai rātou i runga i ngā tuanui ki a Paara, i ringihia ai hoki ngā ringihanga ki ngā atua kē, hei whakapātaritari i ahau.

30 "Nō te mea ko ngā tamariki a Īharaira rātou ko ngā tamariki a Hūrā, he kino kau tā rātou i mahi ai i tāku tirohanga, nō tō rātou tamarikitanga ake anō; he whakapātaritari kau hoki tā ngā tamariki a Īharaira i ahau ki te mahi a ō rātou ringa, e ai tā Ihowā. 31 Ko te āhua hoki o tēnei pā ki ahau he mea whakaoho i tōku riri, i tōku weriweri, nō te rā i hangā ai e rātou ā tae noa mai ki tēnei rā; kia nekehia i atu rā anō e ahau i tōku aroaro; 32 mō te kino katoa a ngā tamariki a Īharaira rātou ko ngā tamariki a Hūrā, i mahia nei e rātou hei whakapātaritari i ahau – e rātou, e ō rātou kīngi, e ō rātou rangatira, e ō rātou tohunga, e ō rātou poropiti, e ngā tāngata o Hūrā, e ngā tāngata hoki o Hiruhārama. 33 Ā, kua parea mai e rātou te kōhamo, kāhore te kanohi ki ahau; ā, ahakoa nāku rātou i whakaako, moata ai i te ata me te ako i a rātou, kīhai rātou i rongo, i manako ki te ako. 34 Heoi, whakatūria ana e rātou ā rātou mea whakarihariha ki te whare i huaina nei tōku ingoa mō reira, whakapokea iho. 35 Ā, hangā ana e rātou ngā wāhi tiketike o Paara, ērā i te raorao o te tama a Hinomo, kia meinga ai ā rātou tama, me ā rātou tamāhine, kia tika i roto i te ahi ki a Moreke; he mea kīhai i whakahaua e ahau, kīhai hoki i puta ake i tōku ngākau, kia mahia e rātou tēnei mea whakarihariha e hara ai a Hūrā.

36 "Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei ināianei a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira mō tēnei pā, e kī nā koutou, ‘Ka tukua ki te ringa o te kīngi o Papurōna’; mā te hoari, mā te hemokai, mā te mate urutā: 37 Nanā, ka kohikohia mai rātou e ahau i ngā whenua katoa i peia atu nei rātou e ahau ki reira, i tōku riri, i tōku weriweri, i te āritarita nui; ka whakahokia mai anō rātou e ahau ki tēnei wāhi, ā, ka meinga kia noho hūmārie. 38 Ā, ko rātou hei iwi māku, ko ahau hoki hei Atua mō rātou. 39 Ā, ka hoatu e ahau he ngākau kotahi ki a rātou, he ara kotahi, kia wehi ai rātou i ahau ā ake ake; hei pai mō rātou, mō ā rātou tamariki hoki i muri i a rātou. 40 Ka whakaritea anō e ahau he kawenata mau tonu ki a rātou: he mea kore e whakatahuritia atu e ahau i a rātou, kia mahia he pai ki a rātou; ā, ka hoatu e ahau tōku wehi ki ō rātou ngākau, kei whakarere rātou i ahau. 41 Āe rā, ka koa ahau ki a rātou hei mea i te pai ki a rātou, ā, he pono ka whakapaua tōku ngākau, ka whakapaua hoki tōku wairua ki te whakatō a rātou ki tēnei whenua i runga i te pono.

42 "Nō te mea ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Ka pērā i tāku kawenga i tēnei kino nui katoa ki runga ki tēnei iwi, waihoki ka kawea e ahau ki runga ki a rātou te pai katoa i kōrerotia e ahau mō rātou. 43 Ka hokohokona anō he māra ki tēnei whenua, e kī nā koutou mō reira, ‘He ururua, tē ai he tangata, he kararehe rānei; kua hoatu ki te ringa o ngā Karari.’ 44 Ka hokona e te tangata he māra ki te moni, ka tuhituhia anō he pukapuka, ka hīritia, ka whakatūria ngā kaititiro, i te whenua o Pineamine, i ngā taha o Hiruhārama, i ngā pā hoki o Hūrā, i ngā pā o te whenua pukepuke, i ngā pā o ngā raorao, i ngā pā hoki o te tonga; nō te mea ka whakahokia mai rātou e ahau i te whakarau, e ai tā Ihowā."