Jeremias 34

1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, with all his army, all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem and against all its cities, saying: 2 "Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Yahweh says, "Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon and he will burn it with fire. 3 You won’t escape out of his hand, but will surely be taken and delivered into his hand. Your eyes will see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he will speak with you mouth to mouth. You will go to Babylon."’

4 "Yet hear Yahweh’s word, O Zedekiah king of Judah. Yahweh says concerning you, ‘You won’t die by the sword. 5 You will die in peace; and with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so they will make a burning for you. They will lament you, saying, "Ah Lord!" for I have spoken the word,’ says Yahweh."

6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, 7 when the king of Babylon’s army was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these alone remained of the cities of Judah as fortified cities.

8 The word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them, 9 that every man should let his male servant, and every man his female servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free, that no one should make bondservants of them, of a Jew his brother. 10 All the princes and all the people obeyed who had entered into the covenant, that everyone should let his male servant and everyone his female servant go free, that no one should make bondservants of them any more. They obeyed and let them go, 11 but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids whom they had let go free to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.

12 Therefore Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, 13 "Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying: 14 At the end of seven years, every man of you shall release his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years. You shall let him go free from you. But your fathers didn’t listen to me, and didn’t incline their ear. 15 You had now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes, in every man proclaiming liberty to his neighbor. You had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name; 16 but you turned and profaned my name, and every man caused his servant and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to return. You brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids.’"

17 Therefore Yahweh says: "You have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor. Behold, I proclaim to you a liberty," says Yahweh, "to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine. I will make you be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth. 18 I will give the men who have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts: 19 the princes of Judah, the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf. 20 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life. Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.

21 "I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes into the hands of their enemies, into the hands of those who seek their life and into the hands of the king of Babylon’s army, who has gone away from you. 22 Behold, I will command," says Yahweh, "and cause them to return to this city. They will fight against it, take it, and burn it with fire. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant."

Te Matenga i te Herehere i Poropititia mō Terekia

1 Ko te kupu i puta mai ki a Heremaia nā Ihowā, i a Nepukaneha kīngi o Papurōna rātou ko tāna ope katoa, ko ngā kīngitanga katoa o te whenua i raro i tōna mana, me ngā iwi katoa, i whawhai ai ki Hiruhārama me ōna pā katoa, i mea ia: 2 "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira: Haere, kōrero ki a Terekia kīngi o Hūrā, mea atu ki a ia: ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Nanā, ka hoatu e ahau tēnei pā ki te ringa o te kīngi o Papurōna, ā, ka tahuna e ia ki te ahi. 3 Ā, e kore koe e mawhiti i roto i tōna ringa, engari ka mau pū koe, ka tukua hoki ki tōna ringa; ā, ka kite ōu kanohi i ngā kanohi o te kīngi o Papurōna, ā, ka kōrero ia ki a koe he māngai ki te māngai, ka tae anō hoki koe ki Papurōna.

4 " ‘Whakarongo anō hoki ki te kupu a Ihowā, e Terekia kīngi o Hūrā; ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā mōu: E kore koe e mate i te hoari; 5 engari, ka mate koe i runga i te rangimārie. Nā, ko ngā tahunga o ōu mātua, o ngā kīngi o mua, i mua atu i a koe, ka pēnā anō he tahunga mōu; ā, ka tangi rātou ki a koe, ka mea, "Auē, e te Ariki!" Nāku nei hoki te kupu i kōrero, e ai tā Ihowā.’ "

6 Kātahi a Heremaia poropiti ka kōrero i ēnei kupu katoa ki a Terekia kīngi o Hūrā i Hiruhārama. 7 I te mea e whawhai ana te ope o te kīngi o Papurōna ki Hiruhārama, ki ngā pā katoa o Hūrā i mahue, ki Rakihi, ki Ateka. Ko ēnei anake hoki o ngā pā o Hūrā i mahue, he pā taiepa.

Te Mahi Nanakia ki ngā Pononga

8 Ko te kupu i puta mai ki a Heremaia nā Ihowā, i muri i te whakaritenga kawenata a Kīngi Terekia ki te hunga katoa i Hiruhārama, kia karangatia ki a rātou te haere noa; 9 kia tukua e tērā, e tērā, tāna pononga tāne, tāna pononga wahine, ki te mea he tāne, he wahine rānei nō ngā Hiperu, kia haere noa atu; kia kaua tētahi e whakamahi i a rātou, arā i tōna teina, i te Hūrai. 10 Ā, ka rongo ngā rangatira katoa rātou ko te iwi katoa i uru nei ki te kawenata, kia tukua e tērā, e tērā, tāna pononga tāne, tāna pononga wahine kia haere noa atu, kia kaua e whakamahia rātou i muri atu. Nā rongo tonu rātou, ā, tukua atu ana e rātou. 11 Engari, i muri iho ka tahuri anō rātou, ā, meinga ana e rātou kia hoki mai ngā pononga tāne, me ngā pononga wāhine i tukua rā e rātou kia haere noa atu, whakataurekarekatia iho rātou hei pononga tāne, hei pononga wāhine.

12 Nā reira, ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki a Heremaia, he mea nā Ihowā, i kī ia: 13 "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira: I whakaritea e ahau he kawenata ki ō koutou mātua i te rā i kawea mai ai rātou e ahau i te whenua o Īhipa, i te whare pononga; i mea ahau, 14 ‘I te mutunga o ngā tau e whitu me tuku e koutou tōna tuakana, tōna teina, ki te mea he Hiperu i hokona ki a koe, ā, kua mahi ki a koe e ono ngā tau, me tuku e koe kia haere noa atu i tōu taha.’ Otirā, kīhai ō koutou mātua i rongo ki ahau, kīhai anō ō rātou taringa i anga mai. 15 Nā, i tahuri nei koutou i tēnei rā, i mahi i te mea e tika ana ki tāku titiro, i te karangatanga ai he haere noa atu e tērā, e tērā, ki tōna hoa, ki tōna hoa; ā, i whakaritea e koutou he kawenata ki tōku aroaro i roto i te whare kua huaina nei tōku ingoa ki reira. 16 Otiia, tahuri ana koutou, whakapokea ana e koutou tōku ingoa, whakahokia ana e koutou tāna pononga tāne, tāna pononga wahine i tukua rā e koutou kia haere noa atu ki tā rātou i pai ai, whakataurekarekatia iho rātou e koutou hei pononga tāne, hei pononga wāhine mā koutou.

17 "Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Kīhai koutou i rongo ki ahau, ki te karanga i te haere noa atu ki tōna teina, ki tōna tuakana, ki tōna hoa, ki tōna hoa. Nanā, māku e karanga ki a koutou he haere noa atu, e ai tā Ihowā, mā te hoari, mā te mate urutā, mā te matekai; ā, ka meinga koutou e ahau kia poipoia haeretia i waenganui i ngā kīngitanga katoa o te whenua. 18 Ka hoatu hoki e ahau ngā tāngata i whakataka nei i tāku kawenata, ā, kīhai i whakamana i ngā kupu o te kawenata i whakaritea e rātou i tōku aroaro, i a rātou i tapahi ai i te kūao kau kia rua, ā, haere ana i waenganui i ōna wāhi: 19 ngā rangatira o Hūrā, ngā rangatira hoki o Hiruhārama, ngā unaka, ngā tohunga, me te iwi katoa o te whenua i haere nei i waenganui o ngā wāhi o te kūao kau. 20 Ka tino hoatu rātou e ahau ki te ringa o ō rātou hoariri, ki te ringa hoki o te hunga e whai ana kia whakamatea rātou; ā, hei kai ō rātou tinana mā te manu o te rangi, mā te kararehe o te whenua.

21 "Ka hoatu anō e ahau a Terekia kīngi o Hūrā rātou ko āna rangatira, ki te ringa o ō rātou hoariri, ki te ringa hoki o te hunga e whai ana kia whakamatea rātou, ki te ringa anō o te ope o te kīngi o Papurōna i haere atu nei i a koutou. 22 Nanā, māku e whakahau, e ai tā Ihowā, ā, ka meinga rātou kia hoki mai ki tēnei pā. Ā, ka whawhai rātou ki reira, ka horo hoki i a rātou, ā, ka tahuna ki te ahi. Ā, ka meinga e ahau ngā pā o Hūrā kia ururuatia, tē ai he tāngata hei noho."