Jeremiah 16

1 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,

Ko e folofola ʻa Sihova ʻaia naʻe hoko kiate au, ʻo pehē,

2 “You do not take a wife to yourself, Nor do you have sons and daughters in this place.”

“ʻOua naʻa ke toʻo kiate koe ha husepāniti, pea ʻe ʻikai te ke maʻu ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine ʻi he potu ni.

3 For thus said YHWH, Of the sons and of the daughters who are born in this place, And of their mothers—those bearing them, And of their fathers—those begetting them in this land:

He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ki he ngaahi foha pea mo e ngaahi ʻofefine ʻaia ʻoku fāʻeleʻi ʻi he potu ni, pea ki heʻenau ngaahi faʻē ʻaia naʻe fāʻeleʻi ʻakinautolu, pea ki heʻenau ngaahi tamai ʻaia naʻe fakatupu ʻakinautolu ʻi he fonua ni;

4 “They die painful deaths, They are not lamented, nor are they buried, For they are dung on the face of the ground, And are consumed by sword and by famine, And their carcass has been for food To the bird of the heavens, And to the beast of the earth.”

Te nau mate ʻi he ngaahi mate kovi; pea ʻe ʻikai ha tangi koeʻuhi ko kinautolu; pea ʻe ʻikai tanu ʻakinautolu; ka te nau hangē ko e kinohaʻa ʻi he funga ʻoe fonua: pea ʻe fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu ʻe he heletā, mo e honge: pea ʻe kai honau ʻangaʻanga ʻe he fanga manupuna ʻoe ʻatā, pea mo e fanga manu ʻoe fonua.

5 For thus said YHWH: “Do not enter the house of a mourning-feast, Nor go to lament nor bemoan for them, For I have removed My peace from this people,” A declaration of YHWH, “The kindness and the mercies.

He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, ʻoua naʻa ke hū ki he fale ʻoe mamahi, pea ʻoua naʻa ʻalu ke tangi mo fakafiemālieʻi ʻakinautolu: he ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, kuo u toʻo ʻeku fiemālie mei he kakai ni, ʻio, ko e angalelei mo e ʻaloʻofa.

6 And great and small have died in this land, They are not buried, and none lament for them, Nor does any cut himself, nor become bald for them.

‌ʻE mate fakatouʻosi ʻi he fonua ni ʻae lalahi pea mo e iiki: pea ʻe ʻikai tanu ʻakinautolu, pea ʻe ʻikai tangi ʻae kakai, pe fai ʻae foa, pe ko e tekefua koeʻuhi ko kinautolu:

7 Nor do they deal out to them for mourning, To comfort him concerning the dead, Nor cause them to drink a cup of consolations For his father and for his mother.

Pea ʻe ʻikai maumauʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe he kakai, koeʻuhi ko ʻenau mamahi, ke fakafiemālie ʻakinautolu koeʻuhi ko e mate; pea ʻe ʻikai foaki kiate kinautolu ʻae ipu ʻoe fiemālie ke inu, koeʻuhi ko ha tamai pe ha faʻē.

8 You do not enter a house of banqueting, To sit with them, to eat and to drink,”

‌ʻOua foki naʻa ke ʻalu ki he fale ʻoe kātoanga, ke nofo mo kinautolu ke kai mo inu.

9 For thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: “Behold, I am causing to cease from this place, Before your eyes, and in your days, The voice of joy, and the voice of rejoicing, The voice of bridegroom and voice of bride.

He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; Vakai, te u pule ke ʻosi ʻi he potu ni ʻi homou ʻao, pea ʻi homou ngaahi ʻaho, ʻae leʻo ʻoe fiefia, pea mo e leʻo ʻoe nekeneka, pea mo e leʻo ʻoe tangata taʻane, pea mo e leʻo ʻoe taʻahine.”

10 And it has come to pass, When you declare all these words to this people, And they have said to you, Why has YHWH spoken all this great evil against us? Indeed, what [is] our iniquity, and what [is] our sin, That we have sinned against our God YHWH?

Pea ke hoko ʻo pehē, “ʻOka ke ka fakaʻilo ki he kakai ni ʻae ngaahi lea ni kotoa pē, te nau pehē kiate koe, ‘Ko e hā kuo folofolaʻaki ʻe Sihova kiate kimautolu ʻae kovi lahi ni kotoa pē? He ko e hā ʻemau hia? Pea ko e hā ʻemau angahala ʻaia kuo mau fai kia Sihova ko homau ʻOtua?’

11 Then you have said to them: Because that your fathers have forsaken Me, A declaration of YHWH, And go after other gods, and serve them, And they bow themselves to them, And have forsaken Me, and not kept My law,

Pea te ke toki lea kiate kinautolu, ‘ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, koeʻuhi kuo liʻaki au ʻe hoʻomou ngaahi tamai, pea kuo nau muimui ki he ngaahi ʻotua kehe, pea tauhi ʻakinautolu, pea kuo lotu kiate kinautolu, pea kuo nau liʻaki au, pea ʻoku ʻikai fai ki heʻeku fono;

12 You also have done evil above your fathers, And behold, you are each walking after the stubbornness of his evil heart, So as not to listen to Me.

Pea kuo mou fai kovi lahi hake ʻakimoutolu ʻi hoʻomou ngaahi tamai; pea vakai, ʻoku mou taki taha muimui ki he holi ʻa hono loto kovi, ke ʻoua naʻa nau fanongo kiate au:

13 And I have cast you from off this land, On to a land that you have not known, You and your fathers, And you have served other gods there by day and by night, Where I do not give grace to you.

Ko ia te u kapusi ʻakimoutolu ʻi he fonua ni, ki he fonua ʻoku ʻikai te mou ʻilo, ko kimoutolu, pe ko hoʻomou ngaahi tamai; pea te mou tauhi ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi ʻotua kehe ʻi he ʻaho mo e pō; pea ʻe ʻikai te u ʻofa kiate kimoutolu ʻi ai.’”

14 Therefore, behold, days are coming,” A declaration of YHWH, “And it is not said anymore, YHWH lives, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,

ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “Ko ia, vakai, ʻoku haʻu ʻae ngaahi ʻaho, ʻaia ʻe ʻikai toe pehē ai, ʻOku moʻui ʻa Sihova, ʻaia naʻe ʻomi ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite;

15 But, YHWH lives, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of the north, And out of all the lands to where He drove them, And I have brought them back to their land, That I gave to their fathers.

Ka, ʻOku moʻui ʻa Sihova, ʻaia naʻe ʻomi ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli mei he fonua tokelau, pea mei he ngaahi fonua kotoa pē naʻa ne kapusi ʻakinautolu ki ai: pea te u toe ʻomi ʻakinautolu ki honau fonua ʻaia naʻaku foaki ki heʻenau ngaahi tamai.”

16 Behold, I am sending for many fishers,” A declaration of YHWH, “And they have fished them, And after this I send for many hunters, And they have hunted them from off every mountain, And from off every hill, and from holes of the rocks.

ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “Vakai, te u fekau ke ʻomi ʻae kau toutai tokolahi, pea te nau toutai ʻakinautolu; pea hili ia te u fekau ki he kau tuli manu tokolahi, pea te nau tuli ʻakinautolu mei he moʻunga kotoa pē, pea mei he tafungofunga kotoa pē, pea mei he ngaahi ʻanaʻi maka.

17 For My eyes [are] on all their ways, They have not been hidden from My face, Nor has their iniquity been concealed from before My eyes.

He ʻoku ou fofonga ki honau hala kotoa pē: pea ʻoku ʻikai te nau puli ʻi hoku ʻao, pea ʻoku ʻikai fakafufū ʻenau angahala mei hoku fofonga.

18 And I have repaid a first—A second time—their iniquity and their sin, Because of their defiling My land, With the carcass of their detestable things, Indeed, their abominations have filled My inheritance.”

Pea te u tomuʻa totongi ke liunga ua ki heʻenau hia pea mo ʻenau angahala; koeʻuhi kuo nau fakakoviʻi hoku fonua, pea kuo nau fakapito ʻaki hoku tofiʻa ʻae ngaahi ʻangaʻanga ʻo ʻenau ngaahi meʻa kovi mo fakalielia.”

19 O YHWH, my strength, and my fortress, And my refuge in a day of adversity, Nations come to You from the ends of the earth, And say, “Our fathers only inherited falsehood, Vanity, and none among them is profitable.”

‌ʻE Sihova, ko hoku mālohi, mo ʻeku kolo, pea mo hoku hūfanga ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe mamahi, ʻe haʻu kiate koe ʻae kakai Senitaile mei he ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo māmani, pea te nau pehē, “Ko e moʻoni naʻe maʻu ʻi he ʻemau ngaahi tamai ʻae ngaahi loi, mo e meʻa vaʻinga, pea mo e ngaahi meʻa taʻeʻaonga.

20 Does man make gods for himself, And they—no gods?

‌ʻE ngaohi ʻe he kau tangata ʻae ngaahi ʻotua moʻonautolu, kae ʻosi ʻoku ʻikai ko e ngaahi ʻotua ʻakinautolu?”

21 “Therefore, behold, I am causing them to know at this time, I cause them to know My hand and My might, And they have known that My Name [is] YHWH!”

Ko ia, vakai, te u pule ni kiate kinautolu ke nau ʻilo hoku nima, mo hoku mālohi; pea te nau ʻilo ko hoku huafa, Ko Sihova.