Jeremiah 5
1 Roam about through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and notice, and search in its broad places, if ye can find one man, if there be one that executeth justice, that searcheth for truth: and I will pardon it.
E oma, kopikopiko koutou i nga ara o Hiruharama, tirohia kia mohio ai koutou, rapua i nga waharoa o reira, me kahore e kite i tetahi tangata, mehemea tera he tangata e whakarite pai ana, e rapu ana i te pono; a ka murua e ahau nga he o reira.
2 And though they say, “As the Lord liveth!” surely they only swear to a falsehood.
Na ahakoa mea noa ratou, Kei te ora a Ihowa; he pono he oati teka ta ratou.
3 O Lord, are not thy eyes [directed] to the truth? thou didst strike them, but they felt it not; thou didst make an end of them, [yet] they refused to accept correction: they made their faces harder than a rock, they refused to return.
He teka ianei, e Ihowa, kei runga ou kanohi i te pono? i whiua ratou e koe, heoi kihai i pouri; moti iho ratou i a koe, heoi kahore i pai kia anga mai ki te ako; kua meinga e ratou o ratou mata kia maro atu i te kohatu, kua kore e pai ki te hoki mai.
4 Yet I myself thought, Oh these are but poor; they are foolish; for they knew not the way of the Lord, the ordinance of their God.
Koia ahau i mea ai, He pono he rawakore enei, he kuware, kahore hoki ratou e mohio ki te ara a Ihowa, ki te whakarite a to ratou Atua;
5 I had better go unto the great men, and let me speak with them; for these surely know the way of the Lord, the ordinance of their God; but these altogether have broken the yoke, burst the bands.
Ka haere ahau ki nga tangata rarahi, ka korero ki a ratou; e mohio ana hoki ratou ki te ara a Ihowa, ki te whakarite a to ratou Atua: heoi ko enei, kotahi tonu ratou tahi nana i wawahi te ioka, i motumotu hoki nga here.
6 Therefore slayeth them the lion out of the forest, the wolf of the deserts wasteth them, the leopard lieth in wait against their cities: every one that cometh out thence shall be torn in pieces; because many are their transgressions, very numerous are their backslidings.
Mo reira ka whakamatea ratou e te raiona i roto i te ngahere, ka pahuatia e te wuruhi o nga ahiahi, ka tuteia o ratou pa e te reparo, ko te hunga katoa e puta mai ki waho ka haehaea; he maha hoki o ratou pokanga ketanga, kua nui haere o ratou tah uritanga ketanga.
7 How shall I for this pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by those that are not gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlot's house.
Me pehea e murua ai e ahau tenei he ou? kua whakarere nei au tama i ahau, oatitia ana e ratou nga mea ehara nei i te atua; i to ratou makonatanga i taku kai, na kei te puremu, ropu tonu ratou i roto i nga whare o nga wahine kairau.
8 As robust horses they rose by times in the morning: every one neighed after the wife of his neighbor.
Ko to ratou rite kei te hoiho whangai i te ata: e tangi ana ki te wahine a tona hoa, a tona hoa.
9 Shall I not for these things inflict punishment? saith the Lord: and shall on a nation such as this my soul not be avenged?
E kore ianei ahau e whiu mo enei mea? e ai ta Ihowa: e kore ianei toku wairua e rapu utu i te iwi penei?
10 Scale ye her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: remove her young shoots; for they are not the Lord's.
Haere koutou ki runga ki ona taiepa wawahi ai; otiia kaua e whakapaua rawatia; whakakahoretia ona pekerangi; ehara hoki ena i a Ihowa
11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord.
He nui hoki te tinihanga o te whare o Iharaira raua ko te whare o Hura ki ahau, e ai ta Ihowa.
12 They have denied the Lord, and said, “He existeth not; nor will evil come over us; and the sword and famine shall we not see.
Kua whakakahore ratou ki ta Ihowa, kua mea, ehara i a ia; e kore hoki te he e tae mai ki a tatou; e kore ano tatou e kite i te hoari, i te hemokai.
13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them:” thus shall it be done unto them.
Ko nga poropiti he hau kau, kahore hoki he kupu i a ratou: ko enei mea ka pa ki a ratou.
14 Therefore thus hath said the Lord the God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth to be a fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
Na reira tenei kupu a Ihowa, a te Atua o nga mano, Mo ta koutou korerotanga i tena kupu, tenei ahau te mea nei i aku kupu i roto i tou mangai hei ahi, ko tenei iwi hoki hei rakau, a ka pau ratou.
15 Lo, I will bring over you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is a most ancient nation, a nation whose language thou wilt not know, and thou wilt not understand what they speak.
Tenei ahau te kawe nei i tetahi iwi o tawhiti ki a koutou, e te whare o Iharaira, e ai ta Ihowa; he iwi kaha, he iwi nonamata riro, he iwi kahore nei koe e mohio ki tona reo, kahore ano hoki e marama ki tana e korero ai.
16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre: they are all mighty men.
Ko tana papa pere he urupa tuwhera, he tangata marohirohi katoa ratou.
17 And they shall consume thy harvest, and thy bread; they shall consume thy sons and thy daughters; they shall consume thy flocks and thy herds; they shall consume thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall depopulate thy fortified cities, those wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
A ka pau i a ratou au hua e kotia ana, me tau taro, nga kai hei kainga ma au tama, ma au tamahine; ka pau i a ratou au hipi me au kau; ka pau i a ratou au waina me au piki; ka hautopea iho ki te hoari ou pa taiepa, au i whakawhirinaki ai.
18 Nevertheless even in those days, saith the Lord, will I not make a full end of you.
Ahakoa i aua ra ano, e ai ta Ihowa, e kore e whakapaua rawatia taku ki a koutou.
19 And it shall come to pass, when ye will say, For what reason hath the Lord our God done all these things unto us? that thou shalt say unto them, In the same manner as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
Na, ki te ki mai koutou a mua, He aha a Ihowa, to tatou Atua i mea ai i enei mea katoa ki a tatou? ko reira koe ki atu ai ki a ratou, Ka pena i a koutou kua whakarere na i ahau, kua mahi na ki nga atua ke i to koutou whenua, waihoki ka mahi kout ou ki nga tangata ke i te whenua ehara nei i a koutou.
20 Announce this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
Whakaaturia tenei i roto i te whare o Hakopa, kia rangona ano i roto i a Hura; mea atu,
21 Do now hear this, O sottish people, who have no heart; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not;
Tena, whakarongo ki tenei, e te iwi wairangi kahore nei he ngakau, he kanohi nei o ratou, heoi kahore e kite, he taringa o ratou, a kahore e rongo.
22 Will ye not fear me? saith the Lord; will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand as a bound for the sea by an everlasting law, which it can never pass over? and though the waves thereof be upheaved, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.
Kahore ranei o koutou wehi ki ahau? e ai ta Ihowa; e kore ianei koutou e hopohopo ki toku aroaro? naku nei hoki i mea te onepu hei rohe ki te moana, he tikanga mau tonu, e kore ano e koni mai: ahakoa ngana noa ona ngaru, e kore e taea ta ratou; hamama noa, e kore ano e koni mai.
23 But this people hath a stubborn and a rebellious heart: they have departed [from the right] and have gone their way.
Ko tenei iwi ia, he tutu, he whakakeke o ratou ngakau; kua peka ke atu ratou, kua riro.
24 And they have not said in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, the early and the latter rain, in its season: the appointed weeks of the harvest doth he ever preserve for us.
Kahore hoki a ratou kianga ake i roto i o ratou ngakau, Tena, kia wehi tatou ki a Ihowa, ki to tatou Atua, ko ia nei te kaihomai i te ua; i to mua, i to muri, i te wa e tika ai; nana nei i mau ai ki a tatou nga wiki i whakaritea mo te kotinga.
25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden what is good from you.
Na o koutou he enei i puta ke ai, ko o koutou hara ano hei kaiponu atu i te pai i a koutou.
26 For there are found among my people wicked men: they lie in wait, as he that layeth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
E kitea ana hoki he hunga kino i roto i taku iwi: titiro matatau mai ana ratou, me te mea he kaihopu manu e kupapa ana; kei te whakatakoto mahanga ratou, kei te hopu tangata.
27 As a coop is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore are they become great, and grown rich.
Kei te whare manu e ki ana i nga manu te rite o o ratou whare e ki tonu nei i te tinihanga: na reira ratou i nui ai, i whai taonga ai.
28 They are grown fat, they are stout; yea, they surpass even the deeds of the wicked: they pronounce no [just] sentence, the sentence of the fatherless, that they might prosper; and the cause of the needy do they not judge.
Tetere tonu ratou, towahiwahi ana; kua neke rawa ake ta ratou i nga mahi a te hunga kino: ko te whakawa, ko te whakawa a te pani, kahore i whakaritea e ratou, heoi kake tonu ratou; kahore hoki e whakatikaia e ratou te whakawa a nga rawakore.
29 shall I not for these things inflict punishment? saith the Lord: or shall on a nation such as this my soul not be avenged?
E kore ranei ahau e whai mahara ki enei mea? e ai ta Ihowa; e kore ranei toku wairua e rapu utu i te iwi penei?
30 An astonishing and horrible thing is committed in the land;
Whakamiharo rawa, whakawehi rawa te mea e meatia ana ki te whenua;
31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so; but what will ye do in the end thereof?
E poropiti teka ana nga poropiti; a e whakahaere ana nga tohunga, ko ta ratou te tikanga; a pai tonu taku iwi ki te pena. Na ka pehea ra koutou i tona tukunga iho?
