Jeremiah 14
1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
Ko te kupu a Ihowa i puta mai ki a Heremaia, he mea mo te tauraki.
2 “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
Kei te tangi a Hura, ngehe kau ona kuwaha, kua noho ki te whenua he mangu ona kakahu; kua kake te aue o Hiruharama ki runga.
3 The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
Na ka unga o ratou ariki i a ratou tamariki ririki ki nga awa: ka tae ratou ki nga poka, kahore e kite wai; ka hoki me a ratou oko, tahanga kau: ka whakama ratou, ka numinumi, ka hipoki i o ratou mahunga.
4 The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
I te ngatata o te oneone, kahore ano nei hoki he ua ki runga ki te whenua, ka whakama nga kaiparau, ka hipoki i o ratou mahunga.
5 Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
Ae ra, ko te hata ano, whanau ana ia i waenga parae, a whakarerea ake e ia tana kuao, no te mea kahore he tarutaru.
6 Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
Na ka tu nga kaihe mohoao i runga i nga wahi tiketike, ka kihakiha ano he kirehe mohoao; matawaia ana o ratou kanohi, kahore hoki he otaota.
7 Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
Ahakoa whakaatu noa o matou kino i to matou he, e mahi koe, e Ihowa, kia mahara hoki ki tou ingoa: kua tini nei hoki o matou tahuritanga ketanga, kua hara matou ki a koe.
8 O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
E koe, e te tumanako a Iharaira, e tona kaiwhakaora i te wa o te raru, he aha koe i noho ai i te whenua ano he manene, i rite ai ki te tangata haere e peka ana ki tetahi moenga mona i te po?
9 Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
He aha koe i rite ai ki te tangata e ketekete kau ana, ki te marohirohi e kore nei e kaha ki te whakaora? kei waenganui ano ia koe i a matou, e Ihowa, kua huaina tou ingoa mo matou; kaua hoki matou e whakarerea.
10 This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their guilt and call their sins to account.”
Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa ki tenei iwi, He pena tonu to ratou matenui ki te taihaere; kihai i kaiponuhia o ratou waewae; no reira kahore a Ihowa e manako ki a ratou; ka mahara ia aianei ki o ratou he, a ka whiu i o ratou hara.
11 Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.
A ka mea a Ihowa ki ahau, Kaua e inoi mo tenei iwi ki te pai mo ratou.
12 Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”
Ka nohopuku ratou, e kore ahau e rongo ki ta ratou karanga; ka whakaekea e ratou te tahunga tinana me te whakahere, e kore ahau e manako ki a ratou; engari ka poto ratou i ahau, i te hoari, i te hemokai, i te mate uruta.
13 “Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”
Ano ra ko ahau, Aue, e te Ariki, e Ihowa, nana, ko nga poropiti te mea nei ki a ratou, E kore koutou e kite i te hoari, e kore ano te hemokai e pa ki a koutou; engari maku e mea kia tuturu rawa te mau o te rongo ki a koutou i tenei wahi.
14 “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
Ano ra ko Ihowa ki ahau, Kei te poropiti teka nga poropiti i runga i toku ingoa: kihai ratou i unga e ahau, kihai ratou i whakahaua e ahau, kihai hoki ahau i korero ki a ratou: he kitenga teka ta ratou e poropiti na ki a koutou, he whakaaro ki n ga tohu, he mea horihori, he mea tinihanga na o ratou ngakau.
15 Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!
Mo reira ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa mo nga poropiti e poropiti nei i runga i toku ingoa, he hunga kihai i unga e ahau, i a ratou e mea nei, E kore te hoari, te hemokai ranei e pa ki tenei whenua: Ka poto ena poropiti i te hoari, i te hemokai.
16 And the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them.
Na, ko te iwi ki a ia nei ta ratou poropititanga, ka akiritia ki nga ara o Hiruharama i te ngaunga a te hemokai, a te hoari; kahore hoki he tangata hei tanu i a ratou, i a ratou, i a ratou wahine, i a ratou tama, i a ratou tamahine; no te mea ka ringihia e ahau to ratou kino ki runga ki a ratou.
17 You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
Na me korero e koe tenei kupu ki a ratou, Kia hirere iho te roimata o oku kanohi i te po, i te ao, kaua hoki e mutu; no te mea he nui te pakaru i pakaru ai te tamahine a taku iwi, mamae rawa te patunga.
18 If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
Ki te haere ahau ki te parae, nana, ko nga tupapaku a te hoari! ki te tomo ahau ki te pa, nana, ko te hunga e mate ana i te hemokai! ko te poropiti hoki raua tahi ko te tohunga kei te haereere noa iho i te whenua a kahore e mohio.
19 Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.
Kua paopao rawa ranei koe ki a Hura? kua whakarihariha ranei tou wairua ki Hiona? He aha koe i patu ai i a matou, te ai he mahunga mo o matou mate? I tatari matou ki te rongo mau, heoi kahore he pai; ki te wa e mahu ai, na ko te raruraru.
20 We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.
Tenei matou, e Ihowa, te whaki nei i to matou kino, i te he o o matou matua: kua hara hoki matou ki a koe.
21 For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
Kaua e whakarihariha ki a matou, whakaaro ki tou ingoa; kaua e whakaititia te torona o tou kororia; kia mahara, kaua e whakataka tau kawenata ki a matou.
22 Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
Kei roto ranei i nga mea horihori a nga tauiwi tetahi hei mea kia ua? ma nga rangi ranei e homai nga ua nehu? he teka ianei ko koe ia, e Ihowa, e to matou Atua? na reira matou ka tatari ki a koe; nau hoki i hanga enei mea katoa.
