Jeremiah 1
1 THE WORDS of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,
Ko e ngaahi lea ʻa Selemaia, ko e foha ʻo Hilikia, ko e tokotaha ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki naʻe nofo ʻi ʻAnatoti ʻi he fonua ʻo Penisimani:
2 to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
ʻAia naʻe hoko ki ai ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Siosaia, ko e foha ʻo ʻAmoni, ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, ʻi hono hongofulu ma tolu taʻu ʻo ʻene pule.
3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
Naʻe hoko foki ia ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Sihoiakimi ko e foha ʻo Siosaia ko e tuʻi Siuta, ʻo aʻu ki hono fakaʻosi hono hongofulu ma taha taʻu ʻo Setikia ko e foha ʻo Siosaia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, ʻo aʻu ki hono ʻave fakapōpula ʻa Selūsalema ʻi hono nima māhina.
4 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
Pea naʻe toki hoko mai ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻo pehē,
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.
“Naʻaku ʻilo koe ʻi he teʻeki ai te u fakatupu koe ʻi he fatu; pea naʻaku fakatapui koe, pea tuʻutuʻuni koe, ko e palōfita ki he ngaahi puleʻanga, ʻi he teʻeki ai te ke haʻu mei he manāva.”
6 Then said I: 'Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child.'
Pea naʻaku toki pehē, “ʻOiauē! ʻE ʻEiki ko Sihova! Vakai, ʻOku ʻikai te u faʻa lea: he ko e tamasiʻi au.”
7 But the LORD said unto me: say not: I am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak.
Ka naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova kiate au, “ʻOua naʻa ke pehē, ko e tamasiʻi koe: ka ke ʻalu kiate kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku ou fekau koe ki ai, pea ko ia te u fekau kiate koe ke ke lea ʻaki.
8 Be not afraid of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
Pea ʻoua naʻa ke manavahē ki honau mata: he ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, ʻoku ou ʻiate koe, ke fakamoʻui koe.”
9 Then the LORD put forth His hand, and touched my mouth; and the LORD said unto me: Behold, I have put My words in thy mouth;
Pea naʻe toki mafao mai ʻe Sihova hono nima, ʻo ala ki hoku ngutu. Pea pehē mai ʻe Sihova kiate au, “Vakai, ʻoku ou ʻai ʻeku ngaahi lea ki ho ngutu.
10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, and to destroy and to overthrow; to build, and to plant.
Vakai, Kuo u foaki kiate koe ʻi he ʻaho ni ʻae mālohi ki he ngaahi kakai, mo e ngaahi puleʻanga, ke taʻaki, mo veteki, ke fakaʻauha, mo lī ki lalo, ke langa hake, mo tō.”
11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: 'Jeremiah, what seest thou?' And I said: 'I see a rod of an almond-tree.'
Pea naʻe hoko mai ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻo pehē, “ʻE Selemaia, ko e hā ʻoku ke mamata ki ai?” Pea naʻaku pehē, “ʻOku ou mamata ki he vaʻa ʻoe ʻakau ko e ʻalimoni.”
12 Then said the LORD unto me: 'Thou hast well seen; for I watch over My word to perform it.'
Pea naʻe pehē mai ʻe Sihova kiate au, “Kuo ke mamata totonu: he te u fakavave ʻeku lea ke fakahoko ia.”
13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying: 'What seest thou?' And I said: 'I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is from the north.'
Pea naʻe hoko mai ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova ʻo liunga ua kiate au, ʻo pehē, “Ko e hā ʻoku ke mamata ki ai?” Pea naʻaku pehē, “ʻOku ou mamata ki he kulo vela; ʻoku hanga mai hono ngutu mei he tokelau.”
14 Then the LORD said unto me: 'Out of the north the evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova kiate au, “ʻE tupu mei he tokelau ʻae kovi ki he kakai kotoa pē ʻoe fonua.
15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
He, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, Vakai, te u ui ki he faʻahinga kotoa pē ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga ʻi he tokelau; “pea te nau haʻu, pea te nau taki taha nofo ʻi hono nofoʻanga ʻi he hūʻanga ki he ngaahi matapā ʻo Selūsalema, pea ki hono ngaahi ʻā kotoa pē ʻo takatakai, pea ki he ngaahi kolo kotoa pē ʻo Siuta.
16 And I will utter My judgments against them touching all their wickedness; in that they have forsaken me, and have offered unto other gods, and worshipped the work of their own hands.
Pea te u fakahā ʻeku ngaahi tautea kiate kinautolu, koeʻuhi ko ʻenau angahala kotoa pē, he kuo nau liʻaki au, pea tutu ʻae meʻa namu kakala ki he ngaahi ʻotua kehe, pea tauhi ki he ngaahi ngāue ʻa honau nima.
17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee; be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them.
“Ko ia ke ke nonoʻo hoʻo noʻotanga vala, pea tuʻu hake, pea lea ʻaki kiate kinautolu ʻaia kotoa pē ʻoku ou fekau kiate koe: pea ʻoua naʻa ke manavahē ki honau mata, telia naʻaku fakamaaʻi koe ʻi honau ʻao.
18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
He vakai, kuo u ngaohi koe he ʻaho ni ko e kolo kuo teu ki he tau, ko e pou ukamea, ko e ngaahi ʻā palasa, ki he fonua kotoa pē, ki he ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta, mo hono houʻeiki, pea ki hono kau taulaʻeiki, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē ʻoe fonua.
19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.'
Pea te nau tauʻi koe; ka ʻe ʻikai te nau mālohi kiate koe;” he ʻoku pehē mai ʻe Sihova, “ʻOku ou ʻiate koe, ke fakamoʻui koe.”
