Jeremiah 7

1 The woordes that came to Ieremiah from the Lord, saying,

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

2 Stand in the gate of the Lordes house and crie this woorde there, and say, Heare the woorde of the Lord, all yee of Iudah that enter in at these gates to worship 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 sayeth the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Amend your waies and your woorkes, and I will let you dwell 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 woordes, saying, The Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord: this 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 amende and redresse your waies and your woorkes: if you execute iudgement betweene a man and his neighbour,

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 And oppresse not the stranger, the fatherlesse and the widow and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walke after other gods to your destruction,

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 Then will I let you dwell in this place in the lande that I gaue vnto your fathers, for euer and euer.

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 Beholde, you trust in lying woordes, that can not profite.

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

9 Will you steale, murder, and commit adulterie, and sweare falsely and burne incense vnto Baal, and walke after other gods whome yee knowe 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 come and stande before mee in this House, whereupon my Name is called, and saye, We are deliuered, though we haue 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 become a denne of theeues, whereupon my Name is called before your eyes? Beholde, euen I see it, sayeth 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 But go ye nowe vnto my place which was in Shilo, where I set my Name at the beginning, and beholde, what I did to it for the wickednesse 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 Therefore nowe because yee haue done all these woorkes, sayeth the Lord, (and I rose vp earely and spake vnto you: but when I spake, yee would not heare me, neither when I called, would yee answere).

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 Therefore will I do vnto this House, wherupon my Name is called, wherein also yee trust, euen vnto the place that I gaue to you and to your fathers, as I haue done vnto Shilo.

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 out of my sight, as I haue cast out all your brethren, euen the whole seede 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 Therfore thou shalt not pray for this people, neither lift vp crie or praier for them neither intreat me, for I will not heare 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 doe in the cities of Iudah and in the streetes of Ierusalem?

“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 knede the dough to make cakes to the Queene of heauen and to powre out drinke offrings vnto other gods, that they may prouoke me vnto 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 Doe they prouoke me to anger, sayeth the Lord, and not themselues to the confusion of their owne faces?

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

20 Therefore thus sayeth the Lord God, Beholde, mine anger and my wrath shall be powred vpon this place, vpon man and vpon beast, and vpon the tree of the fielde, and vpon the fruite of the grounde, and it shall burne and not bee 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 sayth the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Put your burnt offerings vnto your sacrifices, and eat 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 spake not vnto your fathers, nor commanded them, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offrings 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 commanded I them, saying, Obey my voyce, and I will be your God, and yee shalbe my people: and walke yee in all the wayes which I haue commanded you, that it may be well vnto 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 would not obey, nor incline their eare, but went after the counsels and the stubbernesse of their wicked heart, and went backewarde and not forwarde.

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 Since the day that your fathers came vp out of the lande of Egypt, vnto this day, I haue euen sent vnto you al my seruants the Prophets, rising vp earely euery day, and sending them.

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 Yet would they not heare me nor encline their eare, but hardened their necke and did worse then 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 Therefore shalt thou speake al these words vnto them, but they will not heare thee: thou shalt also crie vnto them, but they will not answere 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 But thou shalt say vnto them, This is a nation that heareth not the voice of the Lord their God, nor receiueth discipline: trueth is perished, and is cleane gone 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 thine heare, O Ierusalem, and cast it away, and take vp a complaint on the hie places: for the Lord hath reiected 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 For the children of Iudah haue done euill in my sight, sayth the Lord: they haue set their abominations in the House, whereupon my Name is called, 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 haue built the hie place of Topheth, which is in the valley of Ben-Hinnom to burne their sonnes and their daughters in the fire, which I commanded them not, neither came it in mine 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 beholde, the dayes come, sayeth the Lord, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor the valley of Ben-Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall burie in Topheth til there be 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 ye carkeises of this people shalbe meat for the foules of the heauen and for the beastes of the earth, and none shall fraie 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 Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Iudah and from the streetes of Ierusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladnesse, the voice of the bridegrom and the voice of the bride: for the lande shalbe 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.”