Jeremias 8

1 "At that time," says Yahweh, "they will bring the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of his princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves. 2 They will spread them before the sun, the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have loved, which they have served, after which they have walked, which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered or be buried. They will be like dung on the surface of the earth. 3 Death will be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them," says Yahweh of Armies. 4 "Moreover you shall tell them, ‘Yahweh says:

"‘Do men fall, and not rise up again?

Does one turn away, and not return?

5 Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding?

They cling to deceit.

They refuse to return.

6 I listened and heard, but they didn’t say what is right.

No one repents of his wickedness, saying, "What have I done?"

Everyone turns to his course,

as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.

7 Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times.

The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming;

but my people don’t know Yahweh’s law.

8 "‘How do you say, "We are wise, and Yahweh’s law is with us"?

But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie.

9 The wise men are disappointed.

They are dismayed and trapped.

Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word.

What kind of wisdom is in them?

10 Therefore I will give their wives to others

and their fields to those who will possess them.

For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness;

from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

11 They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying,

"Peace, peace," when there is no peace.

12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination?

No, they were not at all ashamed.

They couldn’t blush.

Therefore they will fall among those who fall.

In the time of their visitation they will be cast down, says Yahweh.

13 "‘I will utterly consume them, says Yahweh.

No grapes will be on the vine,

no figs on the fig tree,

and the leaf will fade.

The things that I have given them

will pass away from them.’"

14 "Why do we sit still?

Assemble yourselves!

Let’s enter into the fortified cities,

and let’s be silent there;

for Yahweh our God has put us to silence,

and given us poisoned water to drink,

because we have sinned against Yahweh.

15 We looked for peace, but no good came;

and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!

16 The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan.

The whole land trembles at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones;

for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it,

the city and those who dwell therein."

17 "For, behold, I will send serpents,

adders among you,

which will not be charmed;

and they will bite you," says Yahweh.

18 Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow!

My heart is faint within me.

19 Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off:

"Isn’t Yahweh in Zion?

Isn’t her King in her?"

"Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images,

and with foreign idols?"

20 "The harvest is past.

The summer has ended,

and we are not saved."

21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people, I am hurt.

I mourn.

Dismay has taken hold of me.

22 Is there no balm in Gilead?

Is there no physician there?

Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

1 " ‘I taua wā, e ai tā Ihowā, ka whakaputaina mai ki waho ngā wheua o ngā kīngi o Hūrā, me ngā wheua o ōna rangatira, me ngā wheua o ngā tohunga, mā ngā wheua o ngā poropiti, me ngā wheua o ngā tāngata o Hiruhārama i roto i ō rātou tanumanga. 2 Ā, ka tohatohaina e rātou ki mua i te rā, i te marama, i te mano katoa o te rangi, i a rātou i aroha ai, i mahi ai, i whai ai, i rapu ai, i koropiko ai. E kore e kohikohia, e kore e tanumia; ka waiho hei whakawairākau ki te mata o te oneone. 3 Ā, pai ake te mate i te ora ki tā ngā mōrehu katoa, ki tā ngā toenga o tēnei hapū kino e toe ki ngā wāhi katoa e peia atu ai rātou e ahau, e ai tā Ihowā o ngā mano.’ "

Te Hara me te Whiunga o te Iwi Katoa

4 "Mea atu anō ki a rātou, ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:

Ka hinga rānei, ā, kore ake e ara?

Ka tahuri atu rānei ia, ā, kore ake e tahuri mai?

5 He aha tēnei iwi o Hiruhārama i tahuri kē ai,

ā, mau tonu iho te tahuri kē?

E hopukia atu ana e rātou te tinihanga,

kāhore e pai ki te hoki mai.

6 I whakarongo ahau, i rongo anō,

kīhai i tika ā rātou kōrero.

Kīhai tētahi i rīpenetā ki tōna kino,

kīhai i mea, "He aha tāku i mea ai?"

Anga ana te katoa ki tāna oma, ki tāna oma,

pērā ana me te hōiho e kōkiri atu ana ki te tatauranga.

7 Āe rā, ko te tāka i te rangi,

e mōhio ana ki ngā wā i whakaritea mōna,

ko te kūkupa anō, ko te kareni, me te warou,

mahara tonu rātou ki te wā e haere mai ai rātou;

ko tāku iwi ia, kāhore e mōhio

ki tā Ihowā i whakarite ai.

8 " ‘He pēhea tā koutou e kī, "He hunga whakaaro nui tātou,

kei a tātou te Ture a Ihowā"?

Nanā, he horihori te mahi

a te pene horihori a ngā kaituhituhi.

9 Ko te hunga whakaaro nui, whakamā ana rātou,

wehi noa iho rātou, hopukia iho.

Nanā, kua paopao nei rātou ki te kupu a Ihowā,

ā, he pēhea te whakaaro nui i roto i a rātou?

10 Mō reira ka hoatu e ahau ā rātou wāhine mā te tāngata kē,

ā rātou māra ki ngā tāngata mōna te wāhi;

ko rātou katoa, i te iti ki te rahi,

kei te apo mea mā rātou;

ko te poropiti, ko te tohunga,

ko rātou katoa, kei te mahi teka.

11 Kua rongoātia e rātou te pakaru o te tamāhine a tāku iwi,

he mea panga noa iho,

e mea ana, "Ka mau te rongo, ka mau te rongo,"

i te mea kāhore he maunga rongo.

12 I whakamā rānei rātou i tā rātou mahinga i te mea whakarihariha?

Hore rawa ō rātou whakamā;

kāhore hoki rātou i mōhio ki te numinumi.

Mō reira ka hinga rātou i roto i te hunga e hinga ana;

i te wā e whiua ai rātou, ka tūtuki ō rātou waewae,

e ai tā Ihowā.

13 " ‘Ka mōtī rawa rātou i ahau, e ai tā Ihowā,

kāhore he karepe mō te wāina,

kāhore he piki mō te piki;

ka memenge anō te rau;

ā, ko ngā mea i hoatu e ahau ki a rātou, ka pahemo atu.’

14 "He aha tātou i noho tonu ai?

Huihui! Kia haere tātou ki ngā pā kaha,

ki reira whakamoroki kau ai;

kua kore hoki i a Ihowā, i tō tātou Atua he kupu mā tātou,

whakainumia ana tātou e ia ki te wai kawa;

nō te mea kua hara tātou ki a Ihowā.

15 Tatari noa ki te rongo mau; heoi kāhore he pai;

ki te wā e ora ai ngā mate, nā, ko te raruraru.

16 I rangona ki Rāna te whengu o ōna hōiho;

ngateri ana te whenua katoa

i te reo o āna mea kaha e hāmama ana.

Kua haere mai hoki rātou, pau ake i a rātou

te whenua me ōna mea maha,

te pā me ngā tāngata o roto.

17 "Nanā, ka ngarea atu e ahau he nākahi, he neke,

e kore nei e whakawaia, ki a koutou;

ā, ka ngau rātou i a koutou,"

e ai tā Ihowā.

Ka Tangi te Poropiti mō te Iwi

18 Auē, tē taea te whakamārie te pōuri i ahau,

e ngohe nei te ngākau i roto i ahau.

19 Nanā, he reo tangi nō te tamāhine a tāku iwi,

i ahu mai i te whenua tawhiti:

"He teka ianei kei roto a Ihowā i Hiona?

He teka ianei kei roto tōna kīngi i a ia?

"He aha rātou i whakapātaritari ai i ahau ki ā rātou whakapakoko,

ki ngā horihori rerekē?

20 "Kua pahemo te kotinga,

kua taka te raumati;

ko tātou, kāhore he whakaoranga mō tātou."

21 He mamae ki te tamāhine a tāku iwi i mamae ai ahau,

mangu iho ahau, mau pū ahau i te mīharo.

22 Kāhore ianei he hinu whakaora i Kireara?

Kāhore ianei ō reira rata?

He aha rā tē hoki mai ai te ora

ki te tamāhine a tāku iwi?