Jeremiah 19

1 Thus said YHWH: “Go, and you have acquired a potter’s earthen vessel, and from [the] elderly of the people, and from [the] elderly of the priests,

‌ʻOku pehē mai ʻa Sihova, ʻAlu, ʻo toʻo ʻae hina ʻumea ʻoe tufunga ngaohi ipu, pea ʻave ʻae kau mātuʻa niʻihi ʻoe kakai, pea mo e kau mātuʻa ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki;

2 and you have gone forth to the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, that [is] at the opening of the gate of the pottery, and have proclaimed there the words that I speak to you,

Pea ke ʻalu ki he teleʻa ʻoe foha ʻo Henomi, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he matapā hahake, pea fakahā ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi lea ʻaia te u tala kiate koe,

3 and have said, Hear a word of YHWH, you kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem!” Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: “Behold, I am bringing in evil on this place, at which the ears of everyone who is hearing it tingles,

Pea ke pehē, “ʻE ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta, mo e kakai ʻo Selūsalema, mou fanongo ki he folofola ʻa Sihova; ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; Vakai, te u ʻomi ʻae kovi ki he potu ni, pea ko ia ʻe fanongo ki ai, ʻe vavana ai hono telinga.

4 because that they have forsaken Me, and make known this place, and make incense in it to other gods, that they did not know, they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place [with] innocent blood,

Koeʻuhi kuo nau liʻaki au, pea kuo fakakehe ʻae potu ni, kuo tutu ʻi ai ʻae meʻa namu kakala ki he ngaahi ʻotua kehe, ʻaia naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻilo, pe ko ʻenau ngaahi tamai, pe ko e ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta, pea kuo fakapito ʻaki ʻae potu ni ʻae toto ʻoe taʻehalaia.

5 and have built the high places of Ba‘al to burn their sons with fire, burnt-offerings to Ba‘al, that I did not command, nor spoke of, nor did it come up on My heart.

Kuo nau langa foki ʻae ngaahi potu māʻolunga ʻo Peali, ke tutu ai honau ngaahi foha ʻi he afi, ko e feilaulau tutu kia Peali, ʻaia naʻe ʻikai te u fekau, pe lea ki ai, pea naʻe ʻikai siʻi te u fiemālie ki ai:

6 Therefore, behold, days are coming,” a declaration of YHWH, “and this place is no longer called The Tophet and Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but Valley of the Slaughter.

Ko ia, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, ʻOku haʻu ʻae ngaahi ʻaho, ʻe ʻikai toe ui ʻae potu ni ko Tofeti, pe ko e teleʻa ʻoe foha ʻo Henomi, ka Ko e teleʻa ʻoe tāmateʻi.

7 And I have made void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and have caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those seeking their life, and I have given their carcass for food to the bird of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth,

Pea te u fakataʻeʻaonga ʻae fakakaukau ʻa Siuta mo Selūsalema ʻi he potu ni: pea te u pule ke nau tō ʻi he heletā ʻi he ʻao ʻo honau ngaahi fili, pea mo e nima ʻonautolu ʻoku kumi ʻenau moʻui: pea te u foaki honau ʻangaʻanga ke kai ʻe he fanga manu ʻoe ʻatā, pea mo e fanga manu ʻoe fonua.

8 and I have made this city for a desolation, and for a hissing, everyone passing by it is astonished, and hisses for all its plagues.

Pea te u ngaohi ʻae kolo ni ke lala, pea ko e manukiʻanga; pea ʻe ofo mo fakaʻiseʻisa ki ai ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku ʻalu ki ai, koeʻuhi ko hono ngaahi tautea kotoa pē.

9 And I have caused them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters, and they each eat the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the constriction with which their enemies constrict them, and those seeking their life.”

Pea te u pule ke nau kai ʻae kakano ʻo honau ngaahi foha, pea mo e kakano ʻo honau ngaahi ʻofefine, pea te nau taki taha kai ʻae kakano ʻo hono kāinga ʻi he tau mo e mamahi, ʻaia ʻe fakamamahi ʻaki ʻakinautolu ʻe honau ngaahi fili, pea mo kinautolu ʻoku kumi ʻenau moʻui.”

10 “And you have broken the bottle before the eyes of the men who are going with you,

Pea te ke toki foa ʻae hina ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kau tangata ʻoku nau ʻalu mo koe,

11 and have said to them, Thus said YHWH of Hosts: Thus I break this people and this city, as one breaks the potter’s vessel, that is not able to be repaired again, and in Tophet they bury—without place to bury;

Pea te ke lea kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku pehē mai ʻa Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau; ʻE pehē ʻeku maumauʻi ʻae kakai ni, pea mo e kolo ni, ʻo hangē ʻoku foaʻi ʻe ha taha ʻae ipu ʻae tufunga ngaohi ipu, ʻaia ʻe ʻikai toe faʻa ngaohi ke haohaoa: pea ʻe tanu [ʻakinautolu ]ʻi Tofeti, pea ʻe ʻikai ha potu ʻe hao ai honau tanu.

12 so I do to this place—a declaration of YHWH—and to its inhabitants, so as to make this city as Tophet;

‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, Te u fai pehē ki he potu ni, pea mo hono kakai, pea te u ngaohi ʻae kolo ni ke hangē ko Tofeti:

13 and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, have been as the place of Tophet—defiled, even all the houses on whose roofs they have made incense to all the host of the heavens, so as to pour out oblations to other gods.”

Pea ʻe fakaʻuliʻi ʻae ngaahi fale ʻo Selūsalema, pea mo e ngaahi fale ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta, ʻo hangē ko e potu ʻo Tofeti, koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi fale kotoa pē ʻaia kuo tutu ai ʻae meʻa namu kakala ʻi honau tuʻa fale ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoe langi, pea kuo lilingi ai ʻae feilaulau inu ki he ngaahi ʻotua kehe.”

14 And Jeremiah comes in from Tophet, to where YHWH had sent him to prophesy, and he stands in the court of the house of YHWH, and he says to all the people:

Pea naʻe toki haʻu ʻa Selemaia mei Tofeti, ʻaia naʻe fekau ia ki ai ʻe Sihova ke kikite; pea ne tuʻu ʻi he lotoʻā ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova ʻo ne lea ki he kakai kotoa pē,

15 “Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing to this city, and on all its cities, all the calamity that I have spoken against it, for they have hardened their neck to not hear My words!”

‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; “Vakai te u ʻomi ki he kolo ni, pea mo hono ngaahi potu kakai kotoa pē, ʻae kovi kotoa pē ʻaia naʻaku lea ki ai, koeʻuhi kuo nau fakakekeva honau kia, telia naʻa nau fanongo ki heʻeku ngaahi lea.”