Jeremias 20

1 Now Paschor the son of Emmer, the priest, who also had been appointed chief of the house of the Lord, heard Jeremias prophesying these words.

Pea kuo fanongo ʻa Pasuli ko e foha ʻo Imeli ko e taulaʻeiki, ʻaia foki ko e fungani pule ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova, naʻe kikite ʻa Selemaia ki he ngaahi meʻa ni.

2 And he struck him, and cast him into the dungeon which was by the gate of the upper house that was set apart, which was by the house of the Lord.

Naʻe toki taaʻi ʻe Pasuli ʻa Selemaia ko e palōfita, pea tuku ia ki he fale fakapōpula ʻaia naʻe ʻi he matapā māʻolunga ʻo Penisimani, ʻaia ʻoku ofi ki he fale ʻo Sihova.

3 And Paschor brought Jeremias out of the dungeon: and Jeremias said to him, [The Lord] has not called your name Paschor, but Exile.

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē ʻi he ʻaho naʻa na feholoi, naʻe ʻomi ʻe Pasuli ʻa Selemaia mei he fale fakapōpula. Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe Selemaia kiate ia, “ʻOku ʻikai ui ʻe Sihova ho hingoa ko Pasuli ka ‘ko Mekoa-Misapipi.’

4 For thus says the Lord, Behold, I [will] give you up to captivity with all your friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see [it]: and I will give you and all Juda into the hands of the king of Babylon, and they shall carry them captives, and cut them in pieces with swords.

He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, ‘Vakai, te u ngaohi koe ko e meʻa ilifia kiate koe, pea mo ho kāinga kotoa pē: pea te nau tō ʻi he heletā ʻo honau ngaahi fili, pea ʻe mamata ki ai ho mata: pea te u tukuange ʻa Siuta kotoa pē ki he nima ʻoe tuʻi ʻo Papilone, pea te ne ʻave fakapōpula ʻakinautolu ki Papilone, pea ʻe tāmateʻi ʻakinautolu ʻaki ʻae heletā.

5 And I will give all the strength of this city, and all the labors of it, and all the treasures of the king of Juda, into the hands of his enemies, and they shall bring them to Babylon.

Pea te u tukuange ʻae mālohi kotoa pē ʻoe kolo ni, pea mo ʻenau ngāue kotoa pē, mo ʻenau ngaahi meʻa maʻungataʻa kotoa pē, pea mo e ngaahi koloa kotoa pē ʻae ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta te u tukuange ki he nima ʻo honau ngaahi fili, ʻaia ʻe maumauʻi ʻakinautolu, pea ʻe toʻo ʻakinautolu mo ʻave ʻakinautolu ki Papilone.

6 And you and all the dwellers in your house shall go into captivity: and you shall die in Babylon, and there you and all your friends shall be buried, to whom you have prophesied lies.

Pea ko koe Pasuli, pea mo kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku nofo ʻi ho fale ʻe ʻave fakapōpula: pea te ke aʻu ki Papilone, pea te ke mate ai, pea tanu ai, ko koe, mo ho ngaahi kāinga, ʻakinautolu kuo ke kikite loi ki ai.’”

7 You have deceived me, O Lord, and I have been deceived: you have been strong, and has prevailed: I am become a laughing stock, I am continually mocked every day.

ʻE Sihova, kuo ke akonakiʻi au, pea kuo u tui ki hoʻo akonaki: ʻoku ke mālohi ʻiate au, pea kuo ke lavaʻi: Ko e manukiʻanga au ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē, pea ʻoku nau manuki kotoa pē kiate au.

8 For I will laugh with my bitter speech, I will call upon rebellion and misery: for the word of the Lord is become a reproach to me and a mockery all my days.

‌ʻO kau ka lea, kuo u kalanga, kuo u kalanga, “Ko e fakamālohi mo e maumauʻi;” koeʻuhi kuo ngaohi ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova ko e meʻa ongoongo kovi kiate au, pea ko e manukiʻanga, ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.

9 Then I said, I will by no means name the name of the Lord, and I will no more at all speak in his name. But it was a burning fire flaming in my bones, and I am utterly weakened on all sides, and can’t bear [up].

Pea naʻaku pehē, “ʻE ʻikai te u toe lea kiate ia, pea ʻe ʻikai te u toe lea ʻi hono huafa.” Ka naʻe tatau ʻene folofola ʻi hoku loto mo e afi vela kuo ʻufia ʻi hoku ngaahi hui, pea naʻaku fiu ʻi he taʻofi, pea naʻe ʻikai teu faʻa fakalongo pe.

10 For I have heard the reproach of many gathering round, [saying], Conspire you, and let us conspire together against him, [even] all his friends: watch his intentions, if perhaps he shall be deceived, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall be avenged on him.

He kuo u fanongo ki he lea launoa pe ʻoe tokolahi, ke ke fakahā ʻae fakailifia ʻi he potu kotoa pē, pea te mau fakahā ia: naʻe ʻamanaki ʻa hoku kāinga tokolahi ki heʻeku hinga, pea naʻe pehē, “Heiʻilo ʻe tauheleʻi nai ia, pea te tau mālohi kiate ia, pea te tau tautea kiate ia.”

11 But the Lord was with me as a mighty man of war: therefore they persecuted [me], but could not perceive [anything against me]; they were greatly confounded, for they perceived not their disgrace, which shall never be forgotten.

Ka ʻoku ʻiate au ʻa Sihova, ʻo hangē ko e tokotaha mālohi fakamanavahē: ko ia ʻe tūkia ʻa hoku kau fakatanga, pea ʻe ʻikai te nau mālohi: te nau mā lahi; koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te nau monūʻia: ʻe ʻikai fakangaloʻi ʻenau mā ʻo taʻengata.

12 O Lord, that prove just [deeds], understanding the reins and hearts, let me see your vengeance upon them: for to you I have revealed my cause.

‌ʻE Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ʻa koe, ʻoku ke ʻahiʻahi ʻae angatonu, pea ʻiloʻi ʻae ngaahi mahalo pea mo e loto, tuku ke u mamata ki ho houhau kiate kinautolu: he kuo u fakahā ʻeku meʻa kiate koe.

13 Sing you to the Lord, sing praise to him: for he has rescued the soul of the poor from the hand of evil-doers.

Mou hiva kia Sihova, mou fakamālō kia Sihova: he kuo ne fakahaofi ʻae laumālie ʻoe masiva mei he nima ʻoe kau fai kovi.

14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: the day wherein my mother brought me forth, let it not be blessed.

Ke malaʻia ʻae ʻaho naʻaku fāʻeleʻi ai: pea ʻoua naʻa monūʻia ʻae ʻaho naʻe fāʻeleʻi ai au ʻe heʻeku faʻē.

15 Cursed be the man who brought the glad tidings to my father, saying, A male child is born to you.

Ke malaʻia ʻae tangata naʻe fakahā au ki heʻeku tamai, ʻo pehē, “Kuo fāʻeleʻi kiate koe ʻae tamasiʻi tangata, ke fakafiefiaʻi ia.”

16 Let that man rejoice as the cities which the Lord overthrew in wrath, and repented not: let him hear crying in the morning, and loud lamentation at noon;

Ke tatau ʻae tangata ko ia mo e ngaahi kolo ʻaia naʻe fakaʻauha ʻe Sihova, pea naʻe ʻikai fakatomala: ke fanongo ia ki he kaila ʻi he pongipongi, pea mo e kalanga ʻi he hoʻatā;

17 because he killed me not in the womb, and my mother became not my tomb, and her womb always great with me.

Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai te ne tāmateʻi au ʻi he manāva; pea u faʻitoka ʻaki ʻeku faʻē, pea u nofomaʻu ʻi hono manāva.

18 Why is it that I came forth of the womb to see troubles and distresses, and my days are spent in shame?

Ko e hā naʻaku haʻu ai mei he manāva ke ʻilo ʻae ongosia mo e mamahi, pea ke fakaʻosi hoku ngaahi ʻaho ʻi he mā?