Jeremiah 34

1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, 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:

Ko e folofola naʻe hoko meia Sihova kia Selemaia, ʻi he te u tau ki Selūsalema mo hono ngaahi kolo ʻo ia, ʻa Nepukanesa ko e tuʻi ʻo Papilone, mo ʻene kautau kotoa pē, mo e ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻo māmani naʻa ne pule ki ai, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē, ʻo pehē,

2 “The LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, the LORD says, “Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon and he will burn it with fire.

“ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; ‘ʻAlu ʻo lea kia Setikia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, pea tala kiate ia, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova; “Vakai, te u tukuange ʻae kolo ni ki he nima ʻoe tuʻi ʻo Papilone, pea te ne tutu ʻaki ia ʻae afi:

3 You will not 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.”’

Pea ʻe ʻikai te ke hao koe mei hono nima, ka ʻe maʻu moʻoni koe, pea tukuange koe ki hono nima; pea ʻe mamata ʻe he fofonga ki he fofonga ʻoe tuʻi ʻo Papilone, pea te mo alea mo ia ko e ngutu ki he ngutu, pea te ke ʻalu ki Papilone.”’

4 “Yet hear the LORD’s word, O Zedekiah king of Judah. The LORD says concerning you, ‘You will not die by the sword.

“Ka ke fanongo ki he folofola ʻa Sihova, ʻE Setikia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta: ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, kiate koe, ‘ʻE ʻikai te ke mate koe ʻi he heletā.

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 the LORD.”

Ka te ke pekia ʻi he fiemālie: pea hangē ko e tutu [naʻe fai ]ki hoʻo ngaahi tamai ko e ngaahi ʻuluaki tuʻi naʻe muʻa ʻiate koe, ʻe pehē ʻenau tutu meʻa namu kakala kiate koe; pea te nau mamahi koeʻuhi ko koe, ʻo pehē, “ʻOiauē ʻeiki!” He kuo u fakahā ʻae lea,’ ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova.”

6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,

Pea naʻe toki lea ʻaki ʻe Selemaia ko e palōfita ʻae ngaahi lea ni kotoa pē kia Setikia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta ʻi Selūsalema,

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.

‌ʻI he tau ʻoe kau tau ʻoe tuʻi ʻo Papilone ki Selūsalema, pea mo e kolo kotoa pē ʻo Siuta naʻe toe, ʻa Lakisi, mo ʻAseka: he naʻe toe ʻae ongo kolo tau ni ʻi Siuta.

8 The word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them,

Ko eni ʻae folofola naʻe hoko meia Sihova kia Selemaia, hili hono fai ʻae fuakava ʻe Setikia ko e tuʻi mo e kakai kotoa pē naʻe ʻi Selūsalema, ke fakahā kiate kinautolu ʻae tauʻatāina;

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.

Koeʻuhi ke taki taha tukuange ʻe he tangata ʻa ʻene tamaioʻeiki, mo ʻene kaunanga, ke tauʻatāina, ʻo kapau ko e tangata Hepelū pe ko e fefine Hepelū; koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa tamaioʻeiki ʻaki ʻe ha Siu ʻa hono tokoua.

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,

Pea naʻe tokanga ʻae houʻeiki kotoa pē, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē, ʻakinautolu naʻe fai ʻae fuakava, ke taki taha tukuange ʻene tamaioʻeiki, mo ʻene kaunanga ke tauʻatāina, ke ʻoua naʻa pule ʻe ha taha kiate kinautolu, pea naʻa nau fai ia, ʻonau tuku ke nau ʻalu.

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.

Kae hili ia naʻa nau tafoki, pea pule ki he tamaioʻeiki mo e kaunanga, ko kinautolu kuo nau tukuange ke tauʻatāina, ke toe haʻu, pea toe pule kiate kinautolu ke nau tamaioʻeiki mo kaunanga.

12 Therefore the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Ko ia naʻe haʻu ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kia Selemaia meia Sihova, ʻo pehē,

13 “The LORD, 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:

“ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; ‘Naʻaku fai ʻae fuakava mo hoʻomou ngaahi tamai ʻi he ʻaho naʻaku ʻomi ai ʻakinautolu mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite, mei he fale fakapōpula, ʻo pehē,

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 did not listen to me, and did not incline their ear.

‌ʻOka hili ʻae taʻu ʻe fitu te mou tukuange ʻae tangata taki taha hono tokoua ko e Hepelū, ʻaia kuo fakatau kiate koe, pea hili ʻene tauhi kiate koe ʻi he taʻu ʻe ono, ke ke tukuange ia ke ne tauʻatāina meiate koe: ka naʻe ʻikai fanongo kiate au ʻa hoʻomou ngaahi tamai, pe fakafanongo mai honau telinga.

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;

Pea naʻa mou tafoki eni, ʻo fai totonu ʻi hoku ʻao, ʻi hoʻomou taki taha fakatauʻatāinaʻi ʻa hono kaungāʻapi; pea naʻa mou fai ʻae fuakava ʻi hoku ʻao ʻi he fale kuo ui ʻaki hoku huafa:

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.’”

Ka naʻa mou liliu ʻo fakaʻuliʻi hoku huafa, pea naʻe pule ʻe he tangata taki taha ki heʻene tamaioʻeiki, mo e tangata taki taha ki heʻene kaunanga, ko kinautolu naʻa ne fakatauʻatāinaʻi ke faʻiteliha pe, ke toe haʻu, pea fakamoʻulaloa ʻakinautolu, ke hoko ko e tamaioʻeiki mo e kaunanga kiate kimoutolu.’”

17 Therefore the LORD 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 the LORD, “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.

Ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova; “Naʻe ʻikai te mou fanongo kiate au, ke fakahā ʻae tauʻatāina taki taha ki hono tokoua, mo e tangata taki taha ki hono kaungāʻapi: ko ia,” ʻoku pehē mai ʻa Sihova, “Vakai, Te u fakahā ʻae tauʻatāina kiate kimoutolu, ki he heletā, mo e mahaki fakaʻauha, pea mo e honge; pea te u pule ke fetuku ʻakimoutolu ki he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻo māmani.

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:

Pea te u foaki ʻae kau tangata, ko kinautolu kuo maumauʻi ʻeku fuakava, ko kinautolu ʻoku teʻeki ai ke fakamoʻoni ʻae ngaahi lea ʻoe fuakava ʻaia naʻa nau fai ʻi hoku ʻao, ʻi heʻenau fahi ua ʻae ʻuhikiʻi pulu, pea ʻalu ʻi he vahaʻa ʻoe ongo fahi,

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.

Ko e houʻeiki ʻo Siuta, mo e houʻeiki ʻo Selūsalema, ko e kau talifekau, mo e kau taulaʻeiki, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē ʻoe fonua, ko kinautolu naʻe ʻalu ʻi he vahaʻa ʻoe ongo fahi ʻoe ʻuhikiʻi pulu;

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.

Te u foaki ʻakinautolu ki he nima ʻo honau ngaahi fili, pea ki he nima ʻonautolu ʻoku kumi ki heʻenau moʻui: pea ʻe hoko honau ʻangaʻanga ko e meʻakai ki he fanga manupuna ʻoe langi, pea ki he fanga manu ʻoe fonua.

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.

“Pea te u foaki ʻa Setikia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta mo hono houʻeiki ki he nima ʻo honau ngaahi fili, pea ki he nima ʻokinautolu ʻoku kumi ki heʻenau moʻui, pea ki he nima ʻoe kau tau ʻoe tuʻi ʻo Papilone, ʻakinautolu kuo ʻalu hake ʻiate kimoutolu.”

22 Behold, I will command,” says the LORD, “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.”

‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “Vakai, te u fekau pea pule kiate kinautolu ke nau toe hau ki he kolo ni; pea te nau tauʻi ia, pea lavaʻi ia, pea tutu ia ʻaki ʻae afi pea te u ngaohi ʻae ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta ke lala taʻehanokakai.”