Jeremiah 21
1 The word that has been to Jeremiah from YHWH, in King Zedekiah’s sending to him Pashhur son of Malchiah and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
Ko te kupu i puta mai ki a Heremaia, he mea na Ihowa, i te ngarenga a Kingi Terekia i a Pahuru tama a Merekia, i a Tepania hoki, tama a Maaheia tohunga, ki a ia, hei ki,
2 “Please inquire of YHWH for us, for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has fought against us; perhaps YHWH deals with us according to all His wonders, and causes him to go up from off us.”
Rapua koa tetahi tikanga i a Ihowa mo tatou; kei te whawhai nei hoki a Nepukareha kingi o Papurona ki a tatou: tera pea ta Ihowa mahi ki a tatou e rite ki ana mea whakamiharo katoa, a ka haere atu ia i to tatou wahi.
3 And Jeremiah says to them, “Thus you say to Zedekiah,
Katahi a Heremaia ka mea atu ki a ratou, Ko ta koutou tenei e korero ai ki a Terekia:
4 Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Behold, I am turning around the weapons of battle That [are] in your hand, With which you fight the king of Babylon, And the Chaldeans, who are laying siege against you, At the outside of the wall, And I have gathered them into the midst of this city,
Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, a te Atua o Iharaira, Nana, ka whakahokia atu e ahau nga patu mo te whawhai i o koutou ringa, mo ta koutou whawhai ki te kingi o Papurona, ki nga Karari, e whakapae nei i a koutou i waho o te taiepa, ka huihuia hoki rato u e ahau ki waenganui o tenei pa.
5 And I have fought against you, With an outstretched hand, and with a strong arm, And in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath,
A ko ahau nei ano hei whawhai ki a koutou ki te ringa maro, ki te takakau kaha, i runga i te riri, i te weriweri, i te aritarita nui.
6 And I have struck the inhabitants of this city, Both man and beast, They die by a great pestilence.
A ka patua e ahau nga tangata o tenei pa, te tangata, te kararehe: ka mate ratou i te mate uruta nui.
7 And after this,” A declaration of YHWH, “I give Zedekiah king of Judah, And his servants, and the people, And those left in this city, From the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, Into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of their enemies, And into the hand of those seeking their life, And he has struck them by the mouth of the sword, He has no pity on them, Nor does he spare, nor does he have mercy.”
Na, muri iho, e ai ta Ihowa, ka hoatu e ahau a Terekia kingi o Hura ratou ko ana tangata, ko te iwi, ara ko te hunga o tenei pa e toe i te mate uruta, i te hoari, i te hemokai, ki te ringa o Nepukareha kingi o Papurona, ki te ringa o o ratou hoa whawhai, ki te ringa hoki o te hunga e whai ana kia whakamatea ratou: a ka patua ratou e ia ki te mata o te hoari; e kore ratou e tohungia e ia, e kore e manawapatia, e kore e arohaina.
8 “And you say to this people, Thus said YHWH: Behold, I am setting before you the way of life, And the way of death!
Korero atu ano hoki koe ki tenei iwi, Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Nana, kua takoto i ahau ki to koutou aroaro te ara ki te ora, me te ara ki te mate.
9 Whoever is abiding in this city—dies, By sword, and by famine, and by pestilence, And whoever is going forth, And has fallen to the Chaldeans, Who are laying siege against you—lives, And his life has been for a spoil to him.
Ko te tangata ka noho i tenei pa, ka mate i te hoari, i te hemokai, i te mate uruta; ko te tangata ia e haere atu ana, a ka taka atu ki nga Karari e whakapae nei i a koutou, ka ora ia, a ko tona oranga hei taonga parakete ki a ia.
10 For I have set My face against this city for calamity, And not for good,” A declaration of YHWH. “It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon, And he has burned it with fire.
No te mea kua whakamau atu toku mata ki tenei pa hei kino, kahore hoki hei pai, e ai ta Ihowa: ka hoatu ki te ringa o te kingi o Papurona, a ka tahuna e ia ki te ahi.
11 And as for the house of the king of Judah,” Hear a word of YHWH;
Na, ko te mea mo te whare o te kingi o Hura, whakarongo koutou ki te kupu a Ihowa;
12 O house of David, thus said YHWH: “Decide judgment in the morning, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, Lest My fury go forth as fire, And has burned, and none is quenching, Because of the evil of your doings.
E te whare o Rawiri, ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Whakaritea te whakawa i te ata, whakaorangia ake hoki te tangata e pahuatia ana i roto i te ringa o te kaitukino, kei puta toku riri ano he ahi, a ka ka, te taea te tinei, mo te kino hoki o a koutou mahi.
13 Behold, I [am] against you,” A declaration of YHWH, “O inhabitant of the valley, rock of the plain, Who are saying, Who comes down against us? And who comes into our habitations?
Nana, hei hoariri ahau mou, e te wahine e noho na i te raorao, i te kamaka hoki o te wahi papatairite, e ai ta Ihowa; koutou nana na te kupu, Ko wai e haere mai ki a tatou? ko wai ranei e tomo ki o tatou nohoanga?
14 And I have laid a charge against you, According to the fruit of your doings,” A declaration of YHWH, “And I have kindled a fire in its forest, And it has consumed all its outskirts!”
A ka rite ki nga hua o a koutou mahi taku whiu i a koutou, e ai ta Ihowa: a ka ngiha i ahau he ahi i tona ngahere, e pau ai nga mea katoa a taka noa, taka noa i a ia.
