Jeremias 37

1 Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. 2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to Yahweh’s words, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.

3 Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, "Pray now to Yahweh our God for us."

4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people, for they had not put him into prison. 5 Pharaoh’s army had come out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

6 Then Yahweh’s word came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 7 "Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘You shall tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: "Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has come out to help you, will return to Egypt into their own land. 8 The Chaldeans will come again, and fight against this city. They will take it and burn it with fire."’

9 "Yahweh says, ‘Don’t deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will surely depart from us;" for they will not depart. 10 For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and only wounded men remained among them, they would each rise up in his tent and burn this city with fire.’"

11 When the army of the Chaldeans had withdrawn from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army, 12 then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the middle of the people. 13 When he was in Benjamin’s gate, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are defecting to the Chaldeans!"

14 Then Jeremiah said, "That is false! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans."

But he didn’t listen to him; so Irijah seized Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. 15 The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.

16 When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days, 17 then Zedekiah the king sent and had him brought out. The king asked him secretly in his house, "Is there any word from Yahweh?"

Jeremiah said, "There is." He also said, "You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon."

18 Moreover Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, "How have I sinned against you, against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison? 19 Now where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you, nor against this land’? 20 Now please hear, my lord the king: please let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there."

21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard. They gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

Te Tūmanako Kore noa o Terekia

1 Nā, kua kīngi a Terekia tama a Hōhia, i muri i a Konia tama a Iehoiakimi, i whakakīngitia nei e Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna ki te whenua o Hūrā. 2 Otiia kīhai ia i whakarongo, rātou ko āna tāngata, ko te iwi anō hoki o te whenua, ki ngā kupu a Ihowā i kōrerotia e Heremaia poropiti.

3 Nā, ka ungā e Terekia, e te kīngi, a Iehukara tama a Heremia rāua ko Tepania tama a Maaheia tohunga ki a Heremaia poropiti, hei kī atu: "Tēnā koa, īnoi mō tātou ki a Ihowā, ki tō tātou Atua."

4 Nā, ko Heremaia, i te haere mai, i te haere atu i roto i te iwi; kāhore hoki ia i makā ki te whare herehere. 5 Nā, kua puta mai te taua a Parao i Īhipa, ā, nō te rongonga o ngā Karari i whakapae rā i Hiruhārama i tō rātou rongo, ka maunu atu rātou i Hiruhārama.

6 Kātahi ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki a Heremaia poropiti, i mea ia: 7 "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira: Kia pēnei tā kōrua kōrero atu ki te kīngi o Hūrā, nāna nei kōrua i unga mai ki te rapu tikanga i ahau; ‘Nanā, ko te ope a Parao i puta mai rā hei āwhina mō koutou, ka hoki ki tōna whenua, ki Īhipa. 8 Ā, ka hoki mai ngā Karari, ka tatau ki tēnei pā, ka horo hoki i a rātou, ka tahuna ki te ahi.’

9 "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Kei tinihanga i a koutou anō, kei mea, ‘Ka haere rawa atu ngā Karari i a tātou.’ Nō te mea e kore rātou e haere. 10 Ahakoa me i patua e koutou te ope katoa o ngā Karari e tatau nā ki a koutou, ā, toe ake o rātou ko ētahi tāngata taotū, ka whakatika anō rātou i tōna tēneti, i tōna tēneti, ā, ka tahu i tēnei pā ki te ahi."

Ka Whakaraua a Heremaia

11 Nā, i te whatinga atu o te ope o ngā Karari i Hiruhārama i te wehi ki te ope a Parao, 12 kātahi a Heremaia ka puta atu i Hiruhārama, he haere ki te whenua o Pineamine, kia riro mai te wāhi māna i reira, i roto i te iwi. 13 Ā, i a ia i te Kūwaha o Pineamine, i reira tētahi rangatira tiaki, ko tōna ingoa ko Irīa, he tama nā Heremia tama a Hanania; heoi hopukia ana a Heremaia poropiti e ia, me te kī anō, "E tahuti atu ana koe ki ngā Karari."

14 Kātahi ka mea a Heremaia, "He teka; kāhore āku tahuti ki ngā Karari." Otiia, kīhai ia i rongo ki tāna; nā, hopukia ana a Heremaia e Irīa, kawea ana ki ngā rangatira. 15 Nā, riri ana ngā rangatira ki a Heremaia, whiua ana ia e rātou, tukua ana ki te whare herehere, ki te whare o Honatana kaituhituhi; kua waiho hoki tērā e rātou hei whare herehere.

16 I te taenga o Heremaia ki roto ki te whare herehere, ki roto ki ngā rūma, ā, ka maha ngā rā e noho ana a Heremaia ki reira. 17 Kātahi a Kīngi Terekia ka unga tāngata ki te tiki i a ia. Nā, ka ui puku te kīngi ki a ia, i roto i tōna whare, ka mea, "He kupu anō rānei tā Ihowā?"

Ā, ka mea a Heremaia, "Tēnei anō." I mea anō ia, "Ka hoatu koe ki te ringa o te kīngi o Papurōna."

18 Nā, i mea atu anō a Heremaia ki a Kīngi Terekia, "He aha tōku hara ki a koe, ki āu tāngata rānei, ki tēnei iwi rānei, i tukua ai ahau e koutou ki te whare herehere? 19 Kei hea ā koutou poropiti i poropiti rā ki a koutou, i mea rā, ‘E kore te kīngi o Papurōna e tae mai ki a koutou, ki tēnei whenua rānei’? 20 Nā, whakarongo āianei, e tōku ariki, e te kīngi. Tukua atu koa tāku īnoi kia manaakitia ki tōu aroaro. Kia kaua ahau e whakahokia ki te whare o Honatana kaituhituhi, kei mate ahau ki reira."

21 Nā, ka whakahaua e Kīngi Terekia, ā, ka kawea a Heremaia ki te marae o te whare herehere, ā, ka hoatu e rātou māna he rohi taro i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā, nō te ara o ngā kaitunu taro, ā pau noa te taro katoa o te pā. Nā, noho ana a Heremaia i te marae o te whare herehere.