Jeremiah 37
1 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.
Na kua kingi a Terekia tama a Hohia, i muri i a Konia tama a Iehoiakimi, i whakakingitia nei e Nepukareha kingi o Papurona ki te whenua o Hura.
2 But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
Otiia kihai ia i whakarongo, ratou ko ana tangata, ko te iwi ano hoki o te whenua, ki nga kupu a Ihowa i korerotia e Heremaia poropiti.
3 Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”
Na ka unga e Terekia, e te kingi, a Iehukara tama a Heremia raua ko Tepania tama a Maaheia tohunga ki a Heremaia poropiti, hei ki atu, Tena koa, inoi mo tatou ki a Ihowa, ki to tatou Atua.
4 Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
Na, ko Heremaia, i te haere mai, i te haere atu i roto i te iwi: kahore hoki ia i maka ki te whare herehere.
5 Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
Na kua puta mai te taua a Parao i Ihipa; a, no te rongonga o nga Karari i whakapae ra i Hiruharama i to ratou rongo, ka maunu atu ratou i Hiruharama.
6 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet:
Katahi ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowa ki a Heremaia poropiti; i mea ia,
7 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.
Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, a te Atua o Iharaira: Kia penei ta korua korero atu ki te kingi o Hura, nana nei korua i unga mai ki te rapu tikanga i ahau; Nana, ko te ope a Parao i puta mai ra hei awhina mo koutou, ka hoki ki tona whenua, ki Ihipa.
8 Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.
A ka hoki mai nga Karari, ka tatau ki tenei pa, ka horo hoki i a ratou, ka tahuna ki te ahi.
9 This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!
Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Kei tinihanga i a koutou ano, kei mea, Ka haere rawa atu nga Karari i a tatou: no te mea e kore ratou e haere.
10 Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”
Ahakoa me i patua e koutou te ope katoa o nga Karari e tatau na ki a koutou, a toe ake o ratou ko etahi tangata taotu, ka whakatika ano ratou i tona teneti, i tona teneti, a ka tahu i tenei pa ki te ahi.
11 When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
Na, i te whatinga atu o te ope o nga Karari i Hiruharama i te wehi ki te ope a Parao,
12 Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.
Katahi a Heremaia ka puta atu i Hiruharama, he haere ki te whenua o Pineamine, kia riro mai te wahi mana i reira, i roto i te iwi.
13 But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
A, i a ia i te kuwaha o Pineamine, i reira tetahi rangatira tiaki, ko tona ingoa ko Iriia, he tama na Heremia tama a Hanania; heoi hopukia ana a Heremaia e ia, me te ki ano, E tahuti atu ana koe ki nga Karari.
14 “That is a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials.
Katahi ka mea a Heremaia, He teka; kahore aku tahuti ki nga Karari. Otiia kihai ia i rongo ki tana: na hopukia ana a Heremaia e Iriia, kawea ana ki nga rangatira.
15 The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
Na riri ana nga rangatira ki a Heremaia, whiua ana ia e ratou, tukua ana ki te whare herehere, ki te whare o Honatana kaituhituhi: kua waiho hoki tera e ratou hei whare herehere.
16 So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
I te taenga o Heremaia ki roto ki te whare herehere, ki roto ki nga ruma, a ka maha nga ra e noho ana a Heremaia ki reira;
17 Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
Katahi a Kingi Terekia ka unga tangata ki te tiki i a ia. Na ka ui puku te kingi ki a ia, i roto i tona whare, ka mea, He kupu ano ranei ta Ihowa? A ka mea a Heremaia, Tenei ano. I mea ano ia, Ka hoatu koe ki te ringa o te kingi o Papurona.
18 Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?
Na i mea atu ano a Heremaia ki a Kingi Terekia, He aha toku hara ki a koe, ki au tangata ranei, ki tenei iwi ranei, i tukua ai ahau e koutou ki te whare herehere?
19 Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?
Kei hea a koutou poropiti i poropiti ra ki a koutou, i mea ra, E kore te kingi o Papurona e tae mai ki a koutou, ki tenei whenua ranei?
20 But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”
Na, whakarongo aianei, e toku ariki, e te kingi: tukua atu koa taku inoi kia manaakitia ki tou aroaro; kia kaua ahau e whakahokia ki te whare o Honatana kaituhituhi, kei mate ahau ki reira.
21 So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
Na ka whakahaua e Kingi Terekia, a ka kawea a Heremaia ki te marae o te whare herehere, a ka hoatu e ratou mana he rohi taro i tenei ra, i tenei ra, no te ara o nga kaitunu taro, a pau noa te taro katoa o te pa. Na noho ana a Heremaia i te marae o te whare herehere.
