Jeremias 42

1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, came near, 2 and said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Please let our supplication be presented before you, and pray for us to Yahweh your God, even for all this remnant, for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes see us, 3 that Yahweh your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the things that we should do."

4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, "I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to Yahweh your God according to your words; and it will happen that whatever thing Yahweh answers you, I will declare it to you. I will keep nothing back from you."

5 Then they said to Jeremiah, "May Yahweh be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don’t do according to all the word with which Yahweh your God sends you to tell us. 6 Whether it is good, or whether it is bad, we will obey the voice of Yahweh our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of Yahweh our God."

7 After ten days, Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah. 8 Then he called Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, 9 and said to them, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your supplication before him, says: 10 ‘If you will still live in this land, then I will build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I grieve over the distress that I have brought on you. 11 Don’t be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid. Don’t be afraid of him,’ says Yahweh, ‘for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand. 12 I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to return to your own land.

13 "‘But if you say, "We will not dwell in this land," so that you don’t obey Yahweh your God’s voice, 14 saying, "No, but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we will see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there we will dwell;"’ 15 now therefore hear Yahweh’s word, O remnant of Judah! Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘If you indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to live there, 16 then it will happen that the sword, which you fear, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are afraid, will follow close behind you there in Egypt; and you will die there. 17 So will it be with all the men who set their faces to go into Egypt to live there. They will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. None of them will remain or escape from the evil that I will bring on them.’ 18 For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘As my anger and my wrath has been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you, when you enter into Egypt; and you will be an object of horror, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach; and you will see this place no more.’

19 "Yahweh has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah, ‘Don’t go into Egypt!’ Know certainly that I have testified to you today. 20 For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God says, so declare to us, and we will do it.’ 21 I have declared it to you today; but you have not obeyed Yahweh your God’s voice in anything for which he has sent me to you. 22 Now therefore know certainly that you will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence in the place where you desire to go to live."

He Whakatūpato hei Noho tonu i Hūrā

1 Kātahi ngā rangatira katoa o ngā ope, rātou ko Hohanana tama a Karea, ko Tetania tama a Hōhaia, ko te iwi katoa hoki, i te iti ki te rahi, ka haere mai, 2 ā, ka mea ki a Heremaia poropiti, "Tēnā, tukua atu tā mātou īnoi kia manaakitia ki tōu aroaro; māu hoki e īnoi mō mātou ki a Ihowā, ki tōu Atua, arā mō ēnei mōrehu katoa. He torutoru noa hoki mātou o te tokomaha i toe iho, e kite nā ōu kanohi i a mātou. 3 Kia whakaaturia mai e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki a mātou te ara e haere ai mātou, te mea e mahi ai mātou."

4 Anō rā ko Heremaia poropiti ki a rātou, "Kua rongo ahau ki a koutou; nanā, ka īnoi ahau ki a Ihowā, ki tō koutou Atua, ka rite ki ā koutou kupu nā; ā, ko ngā kupu katoa e whakahokia mai e Ihowā ki a koutou, ka whakaaturia e ahau ki a koutou; e kore tētahi kupu e kaiponuhia e ahau ki a koutou."

5 Anō rā ko rātou ki a Heremaia, "He pono, he tika hoki a Ihowā hei kaiwhakaatu mō tā tātou, ki te kāhore e rite tā mātou e mea ai ki ngā kupu katoa e ungā mai ai koe e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki a mātou. 6 Ahakoa pai, ahakoa kino, ka rongo mātou ki te reo o Ihowā, o tō tātou Atua, ka ungā nei koe e mātou ki a ia; kia whai pai ai mātou, ki te rongo mātou ki te reo o Ihowā, o tō tātou Atua."

7 Nā, i te mutunga o ngā rā kotahi tekau ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki a Heremaia. 8 Kātahi ia ka karanga ki a Hohanana tama a Karea, rātou ko ōna hoa, ko ngā rangatira katoa o ngā ope, ki te iwi katoa hoki, ki te iti, ki te rahi, 9 ā, ka mea ki a rātou, "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira, i ungā nei ahau e koutou ki te whakatakoto i tā koutou īnoi ki tōna aroaro: 10 ‘Ki te noho tonu koutou ki tēnei whenua, kātahi ahau ka hanga i a koutou, ā, kāhore e wāhi iho i a koutou, ka whakatōkia hoki koutou e ahau, ā, kāhore e hūtia ake. Nō te mea e rīpenetā ana ahau ki te kino kua oti nei i ahau te mea ki a koutou. 11 Kaua e wehi i te kīngi o Papurōna, e wehingia nā e koutou. Kaua e wehi i a ia, e ai tā Ihowā; nō te mea kei a koutou ahau hei whakaora i a koutou, hei tango i a koutou i roto i tōna ringa. 12 Ā, ka tukua atu āku mahi atawhai ki a koutou, kia atawhai ai ia i a koutou, ā, ka whakahoki i a koutou ki tō koutou oneone.’

13 "Tēnā ki te mea koutou, ‘E kore mātou e noho ki tēnei whenua,’ ā, ka kore koutou e rongo ki te reo o Ihowā, o tō koutou Atua 14 ka mea, ‘Kāhore; engari ka haere mātou ki te whenua o Īhipa, ki te wāhi e kore ai mātou e kite i te whawhai, e kore ai hoki e rongo i te tangi o te tētere, ā, e kore ai e hiakai ki te taro; ā, hei reira tātou noho ai.’ 15 Nā, kia rongo koutou āianei, e ngā mōrehu o Hūrā, ki te kupu a Ihowā, Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano, a te Atua o Īharaira: ‘Ki te mārō tonu ō koutou kanohi ki te haere ki Īhipa, ā, ka haere koutou ki reira noho ai; 16 nā, ka mau koutou i te hoari, e wehingia nei e koutou, ki reira, ki te whenua o Īhipa, ā, ka whāia tatatia koutou e te hemokai, e wehi nā koutou, ki reira, ki Īhipa; ā, ka mate koutou ki reira. 17 Nā, ka pēnā ngā tāngata katoa e mārō ana ō rātou kanohi ki te haere ki Īhipa ki reira noho ai; ka mate rātou i te hoari, i te hemokai, i te mate urutā; ā, e kore tētahi o rātou e toe, e mawhiti i te kino e tākina mai e ahau ki runga ki a rātou.’

18 "Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano, a te Atua o Īharaira: ‘Ka rite ki tāku ringihanga i tōku riri, i tōku weriweri, ki runga ki ngā tāngata o Hiruhārama, ka pēnā anō tāku ringihanga i tōku weriweri ki runga ki a koutou, ina tae koutou ki Īhipa. Ā, hei kanga koutou, hei mīharotanga, hei kohukohutanga, hei hahanitanga; ā, e kore koutou e kite i tēnei wāhi ā muri atu.’

19 "Kua puaki tā Ihowā kupu mō koutou, e ngā mōrehu o Hūrā, ‘Kaua e haere ki Īhipa.’ Kia tino mōhio koutou kua oti te whakaatu e ahau ki a koutou i tēnei rā. 20 Kua tinihanga hoki koutou ki ō koutou nā wairua anō; i unga hoki koutou i ahau ki a Ihowā, ki tō koutou Atua, i kī mai, ‘Īnoi mō mātou ki a Ihowā, ki tō tātou Atua; ā, ko ngā mea katoa e kōrerotia e Ihowā, e tō tātou Atua, māu e whakaatu ki a mātou, ā, ka mahia e mātou.’ 21 Nā, kua whakaaturia nei e ahau ki a koutou i tēnei rā; otirā kīhai koutou i rongo ki te reo o Ihowā, o tō koutou Atua, i ngā mea katoa i unga ai ahau e ai ki a koutou. 22 Ko tēnei, kia tino mōhio koutou, tērā koutou e mate i te hoari, i te hemokai, i te mate urutā, ki te wāhi i hiahia ai koutou kia haere ki reira noho ai."