Jeremiah 7

1 The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord, saying:

Ko e folofola naʻe haʻu meia Sihova, kia Selemaia, ʻo pehē,

2 Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord, and proclaim there this word, and say: Hear ye the word of the Lord, all ye men of Juda, that enter in at these gates, to adore the Lord.

“Tuʻu ʻi he matapā ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova, pea fakahā ʻi ai ʻae lea ni, ʻo pehē, ‘Fanongo ki he folofola ʻa Sihova ʻakimoutolu kotoa pē ʻo Siuta ʻoku hū ki he ngaahi matapā ni ke lotu kia Sihova.’”

3 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Make your ways and your doings good: and I will dwell with you in this place.

‌ʻOku pehē mai ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, “Fakatonutonu hoʻomou ʻulungāanga pea mo hoʻomou ngaahi faianga, pea te u pule ke mou nofo ʻi he potu ni.

4 Trust not in lying words, saying: The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, it is the temple of the Lord.

‌ʻOua naʻa mou falala ki he ngaahi lea loi, ʻo pehē, ‘Ko e fale ʻo Sihova, Ko e fale ʻo Sihova, Ko e fale ʻo Sihova, ʻakinautolu ni.’

5 For if you will order well your ways, and your doings: if you will execute judgement between a man and his neighbor,

He kapau te mou fai ke lelei moʻoni hoʻomou ʻulungāanga, pea mo hoʻomou ngaahi faianga: kapau te mou fakamaau totonu ki ha tangata mo hono kaungāʻapi;

6 If you opress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, and walk not after strange gods to your own hurt,

Kapau ʻe ʻikai te mou fakamamahi ki he muli, mo e tamai mate, pea mo e fefine kuo mate hono husepāniti, pea ʻikai lilingi ʻae toto ʻoe taʻehalaia ʻi he potu ni, pea ʻikai muimui ki he ngaahi ʻotua kehe ke mou kovi ai:

7 I will dwell with you in this place: in the land, which I gave to your fathers from the beginning and for evermore.

Pea te u toki pule ke mou nofo ʻi he potu ni, ko e fonua naʻaku foaki ki hoʻomou ngaahi tamai, ʻo taʻengata pea taʻengata.

8 Behold you put your trust in lying words, which shall not profit you:

“Vakai, ʻoku mou falala ki he ngaahi lea loi, ʻaia ʻoku taʻeʻaonga.

9 To steal, to murder, to commit adultery, to swear falsely, to offer to Baalim, and to go after strange gods, which you know not.

Te mou kaihaʻa, mo fakapō, mo feʻauaki, mo fuakava loi, mo tutu meʻa namu kakala kia Peali, pea muimui ki he ngaahi ʻotua kehe ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai te mou ʻiloʻi;

10 And you have come, and stood before me in this house, in which my name is called upon, and have said: We are delivered, because we have done all these abominations.

Pea toki haʻu ʻo tuʻu ʻi hoku ʻao ʻi he fale ni, ʻaia ʻoku ui ʻi hoku huafa, pea lea pehē, ‘Kuo tukuange ʻakimautolu ke mau fai ki he ngaahi meʻa fakalielia ni?’

11 Is this house then, in which my name hath been called upon, in your eyes become a den of robbers? I, I am he: I have seen it, saith the Lord.

Kuo hoko ʻae fale ni, ʻaia ʻoku ui ʻi hoku huafa, ko e ʻananga ʻoe kau kaihaʻa ʻi homou ʻao?” ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “Vakai kuo u mamata ʻeau ki ai.”

12 Go ye to my place in Silo, where my name dwelt from the beginning: and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel:

“Kā mou ʻalu eni ki hoku potu naʻe ʻi Sailo, ʻaia naʻe tomuʻa tuku ki ai hoku huafa, pea mamata ki he meʻa naʻaku fai ki ai koeʻuhi ko e angahala ʻa hoku kakai ko ʻIsileli.

13 And now, because you have done all these works, saith the Lord: and I have spoken to you rising up early, and speaking, and you have not heard: and I have called you, and you have not answered:

Pea ko eni, koeʻuhi kuo mou fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa pē, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, Naʻaku lea kiate kimoutolu, ʻo tuʻu hengihengi hake ʻo lea, ka naʻe ʻikai te mou fanongo; pea naʻaku ui ʻakimoutolu, ka naʻe ʻikai te mou tali;

14 I will do to this house, in which my name is called upon, and in which you trust, and to the places which I have given you and your fathers, as I did to Silo.

Ko ia te u fai ki he fale ni ʻaia ʻoku ui ʻi hoku huafa, ʻaia ʻoku mou falala ki ai, pea ki he potu naʻaku foaki kiate kimoutolu mo hoʻomou ngaahi tamai, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai ki Sailo.

15 And I will cast you away from before my face, as I have cast away all your brethren, the whole seed of Ephraim.

Pea te u kapusi ʻakimoutolu mei hoku ʻao, ʻo hangē ko ʻeku kapusi homou kāinga kotoa pē, ko e hako kotoa pē ʻo ʻIfalemi.

16 Therefore, do not thou pray for this people, nor take to thee praise and supplication for them: and do not withstand me: for I will not hear thee.

Ko ia ʻoua naʻa ke lotua ʻae kakai ni, pea ʻoua naʻa ʻohake ha tangi, pe hūfia ʻakinautolu, pea ʻoua naʻa fai ha kole kiate au; koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te u ongoʻi koe.

17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem?

“ʻIkai kuo ke mamata ki he meʻa ʻoku nau fai ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta, pea ʻi he ngaahi hala ʻo Selūsalema?

18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to offer libations to strange gods, and to provoke me to anger.

‌ʻOku okooko ʻae fānau, pea ʻoku tutu ʻae afi ʻe he ngaahi tamai, pea ʻoku natu mā ʻe he kau fefine, koeʻuhi ke ngaohi ʻaki ʻae mā ki he ʻeiki fefine ʻoe langi, pea lilingi ʻae feilaulau ki he ngaahi ʻotua kehe, koeʻuhi ke fakatupu hoku houhau.”

19 Do they provoke me to anger, saith the Lord? Is it not themselves, to the confusion of their contenance?

‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “ʻIkai kuo nau fakatupu hoku houhau? ʻIkai kuo nau fakatupu ʻae mā ki honau mata ʻonautolu pe?”

20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold my wrath and my indignation was enkindled against this place, upon men and upon beasts, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruits of the land, and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

Ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻe he ʻOtua ko Sihova, “Vakai, te u lilingi hoku houhau mo hoku houhau kakaha ki he potu ni, ki he tangata, pea ki he manu, pea ki he ngaahi ʻakau ʻoe ngoue, pea ki he ngaahi fua ʻoe fonua; pea ʻe vela ia, pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito tāmateʻi.”

21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat ye the flesh.

ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, “Ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; fakahoko hoʻomou ngaahi feilaulau tutu ki hoʻomou ngaahi feilaulau, pea kai ʻae kakano.

22 For I spoke not to your fathers, and I commanded them not, in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning the matter of burnt offerings and sacrifices.

He naʻe ʻikai te u lea ki hoʻomou ngaahi tamai, pe fekau kiate kinautolu ʻi he ʻaho naʻaku ʻomi ai ʻakinautolu mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite, ke fai ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu, pe ha ngaahi feilaulau.

23 But this thing I commanded them, saying: Hearken to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people: and walk ye in all the way that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.

Ka ko e meʻa ni naʻaku fekau kiate kinautolu, ʻo pehē, ‘Mou talangofua ki hoku leʻo, pea teu hoko ko homou ʻOtua, pea te mou hoko ko hoku kakai: pea mou ʻaʻeva ʻi he hala kotoa pē ʻaia kuo u fekau kiate kimoutolu, koeʻuhi ke mou lelei ai.’

24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear: but walked in their own will, and in the perversity of their wicked heart: and went backward and not forward,

Ka naʻe ʻikai te nau fanongo, pe fakatokangaʻi honau telinga, ka naʻa nau ʻaʻeva ʻi he fakakaukau pea mo e mahalo ʻa honau loto kovi, pea naʻe ʻikai te nau fakaʻaʻau ki muʻa kae fakaholomui.

25 From the day that their fathers came out of the land of Egypt, even to this day. And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets from day to day, rising up early and sending.

Talu ʻae ʻaho ko ia naʻe haʻu ai hoʻomou ngaahi tamai mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite, ʻio ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni, kuo u fekau kiate kimoutolu ʻeku kau tamaioʻeiki kotoa pē ko e kau palōfita, ʻo tuʻu hengihengi hake ʻo fekau ʻakinautolu ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.

26 And they have not hearkened to me: nor inclined their ear: but have hardened their neck, and have done worse than their fathers.

Ka naʻe ʻikai te nau fanongo kiate au, pe fakatokangaʻi honau telinga, ka naʻe fakakekeva honau kia: naʻa nau fai kovi lahi ʻi heʻenau ngaahi tamai.

27 And thou shalt speak to them all these words, but they will not hearken to thee: and thou shalt call them, but they will not answer thee.

“Ko ia te ke lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea ni kotoa pē kiate kinautolu; ka ʻe ʻikai te nau tokanga kiate koe: te ke ui foki kiate kinautolu; ka ʻe ʻikai te nau talia koe.

28 And thou shalt say to them: This is a nation which hath not hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, nor received instruction: Faith is lost, and is carried away out of their mouth.

Ko ia ke ke lea pehē kiate kinautolu, ‘Ko e kakai ni ʻoku ʻikai talangofua ki he leʻo ʻo Sihova ko honau ʻOtua, pe maʻu ʻae akonaki; kuo mole ʻae moʻoni kuo tuʻusi ia mei honau ngutu.’

29 Cut off thy hair, and cast it away: and take up a lamentation on high: for the Lord hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath,

“Kosi ho louʻulu, pea liʻaki ia, pea fai ʻae tangilāulau ʻi he ngaahi potu māʻolunga; he kuo liʻaki mo kapusi atu ʻe Sihova ʻae toʻutangata ʻo hono houhau.”

30 Because the children of Juda have done evil in my eyes, saith the Lord. They have set their abominations in the house in which my name is called upon, to pollute it;

He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, “Kuo fai kovi ʻi hoku ʻao ʻae fānau ʻa Siuta: kuo nau fokotuʻu ʻenau ngaahi meʻa fakalielia ʻi hoku fale ʻaia ʻoku ui ʻi hoku hingoa, ke fakaʻuli ia.

31 And they have built the high places of Topeth, which is in the valley of the son of Ennom, to burn their sons, and their daughters in the fire: which I commanded not, nor thought on in my heart.

Pea kuo nau langa ʻae ngaahi potu māʻolunga ʻo Tofeti, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he teleʻa ʻoe foha ʻo Henomi, ke tutu honau ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine ʻi he afi; ʻaia naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te u fekau pe loto ki ai.”

32 Therefore behold the days shall come, saith the Lord, and it shall no more be called Topeth, nor the valley of the son of Ennom: but the valley of slaughter, and they shall bury in Topeth, because there is no place.

Ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, “Vakai, ʻe haʻu ʻae ngaahi ʻaho, ʻaia ʻe ʻikai toe ui ai ia ko Tofeti, pe ko e teleʻa ʻoe foha ʻo Henomi, ka ko e teleʻa ʻoe tāmateʻi. Pea te nau tanu ʻi Tofeti, ke ʻoua ke pito,

33 And the carcasses of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth, and there shall be non to drive them away.

Pea ʻe hoko ʻae ʻangaʻanga ʻoe kakai ni ko e meʻakai ki he fanga manupuna ʻoe langi, pea mo e ngaahi manu ʻoe kelekele; pe ʻe ʻikai seseʻe ʻakinautolu ʻe ha taha.

34 And I will cause to cease out of the cities of Juda, and out of the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.

Pea te u toki fakangatangata mei he ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta, pea mo e ngaahi hala ʻo Selūsalema, ʻae leʻo ʻoe fiefia, mo e leʻo ʻoe nekeneka, ko e leʻo ʻoe tangata taʻane, pea mo e leʻo ʻoe taʻahine; koeʻuhi ʻe hoko ʻo lala ʻae fonua.”