Jeremiah 17

1 The sin of Judah, is written With a stylus of iron, With the point of a diamond: It is engraved Upon the tablet of their heart, And upon the horns of your altars;

“Kuo tohi ʻae hia ʻa Siuta ʻaki ʻae peni ukamea, pea mo e mata ʻoe taiamoni: kuo tongi ia ʻi he kakano ʻo honau loto, pea ki he ngaahi nifo ʻo homou ngaahi ʻesifeilaulauʻanga.

2 So long as their sons remember their altars, and their Sacred Stems, By the green tree, —Upon the high hills,

‌ʻI he lolotonga ʻae manatuʻi ʻe heʻenau fānau ki heʻenau ngaahi ʻesifeilaulauʻanga mo e ngaahi vao tapu mo e ʻakau lau maʻuiʻui ʻi he ngaahi moʻunga māʻolunga.

3 O my mountain in the field Thy substance all thy treasures, for a prey, will I give: Thy high places for sin, within all thy bounds.

‌ʻE hoku moʻunga, ko e meʻa kotoa pē ʻi hoʻo ngoue mo hoʻo koloa kotoa pē te u foaki ke vetea, pea mo ho potu māʻolunga kotoa pē koeʻuhi ko e angahala, ʻo aʻu ki hono ngataʻanga ʻo ho fonua kotoa pē.

4 So shalt thou even of thyself, suffer to rest the inheritance which I gave thee, Seeing that I will cause thee to serve thine enemies, in the land which thou knowest not; For, a fire, have ye kindled in mine anger, Unto times age-abiding, shall it burn.

Pea ʻe hiki koe mei he tofiʻa, ʻaia naʻaku foaki kiate koe; pea te u pule ke ke tauhi ki ho ngaahi fili ʻi he fonua ʻoku ʻikai te ke ʻilo: koeʻuhi kuo mou tutu ʻae afi ʻi hoku houhau, ʻaia ʻe vela ʻo taʻengata.”

5 Thus, saith Yahweh Accursed is the man—Who trusteth in a son of earth, And hath made flesh his arm, —And whose heart from Yahweh, turneth aside:

ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova; “Ke malaʻia ʻae tangata ʻoku falala ki he tangata, pea ʻoku ne nima ʻaki ʻae kakano, pea kuo mole hono loto meia Sihova,

6 Therefore shall he become as a shrub in the waste plain, Neither shall he perceive when good cometh, But shall inhabit Parched places in a wilderness, A land of salt that cannot be dwelt in.

Koeʻuhi ʻe hangē ia ko e mohuku mae ʻi he toafa, pea ʻe ʻikai te ne mamata ʻoka haʻu ʻae lelei; ka te ne nofo pe ʻi he ngaahi potu laʻā ʻoe toafa, ʻi he fonua lala taʻehanokakai.

7 Blessed is the man Who trusteth in Yahweh, To whom Yahweh is his ground of confidence;

“ʻOku monūʻia ʻae tangata ʻoku falala kia Sihova, pea ko hono ʻamanaki leleiʻanga ʻa Sihova.

8 For he shall become like a tree planted by waters, And, by a stream, shall he send out his roots, Neither shall he perceive when heat cometh, But, his leaf shall continue green: Even in a year of dearth, shall he not be anxious, Neither shall he cease from bearing fruit.

Koeʻuhi ʻe hangē ia ko e ʻakau kuo tō ʻi he veʻe vai, ʻoku totolo atu hono ngaahi aka ki he vaitafe, pea ʻe ʻikai te ne ʻilo ʻae pupuha, ka ʻe mata pe hono lau; pea ʻe ʻikai vaivai ʻi he faʻahitaʻu laʻā, pea ʻe ʻikai fakangata hono fua.

9 Deceitful is the heart above all things And, dangerously wayward, —Who can know it?

“ʻOku kākā lahi taha pe ʻae loto ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, pea ʻoku fungani kovi: ko hai te ne faʻa ʻilo ia?

10 I—Yahweh, Searching the heart, Testing the affections; And giving to every man According to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

Ko au Sihova ʻoku ou vakili ʻae loto, ʻoku ou hakule ʻae ngaahi mahalo, ke foaki ki he tangata taki taha ʻo fakatatau mo ʻene ngaahi ʻulungāanga, pea tatau mo e fua ʻo ʻene faianga.”

11 As a partridge gathereth eggs she did not lay, [So] is he that maketh riches but not with justice, —In the midst of his days, shall he leave them, And in his latter end, prove to have been base.

‌ʻO hangē ko e manupuna ʻoku fōfoaʻi ʻae ngaahi fua naʻe ʻikai te ne fakatō; ʻe pehē foki ia ʻoku tānaki koloa taʻetotonu, ʻe ʻalu ia mei ai ʻi he lolotonga ʻo hono ngaahi ʻaho, pea ʻe vale ia ʻi hono ikuʻanga.

12 A throne of glory, exalted from the beginning, hath been the place of our sanctuary.

Talu mei he kamataʻanga ko e nofoʻanga fakaʻeiʻeiki fakasanisani mo māʻolunga ʻae potu ʻo hotau fale tapu.

13 Thou hope of Israel Yahweh, All who forsake thee, shall turn pale, —Yea, all who depart from me, in the ground, shall be written, For they have forsaken a fountain of living water, even Yahweh.

‌ʻE Sihova, ko e ʻamanaki leleiʻanga ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻe mā ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku liʻaki koe, pea ʻe tohi ki he kelekele ʻakinautolu ʻoku ʻalu meiate koe, koeʻuhi kuo nau liʻaki ʻa Sihova, ko e matavai ʻoe ngaahi vai moʻui.

14 Heal thou me O Yahweh, that I may be healed, Save me that I may be saved, —For, my praise, thou art!

‌ʻE Sihova, ke ke faitoʻo kiate au, pea te u moʻui; fakamoʻui au, pea te u moʻui: he ko koe ʻoku ou fakafetaʻi ki ai.

15 Lo! they, are saying unto me, —Where is the word of Yahweh? Pray thee let it come to pass!

Vakai, ʻoku nau pehē kiate au, “Ko e fē ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova? Tuku ia ke hoko mai.”

16 But as for me, I have neither forced myself away from tending the flock after thee, Nor yet for the woeful day, have I longed—thou, knowest, —That which came out of my lips, before thy face, was uttered.

Pea ko au, naʻe ʻikai te u tuku vave ʻeku muimui kiate koe: pea ʻoku ke ʻafioʻi naʻe ʻikai te u manako ki he ʻaho fakailifia; ko ia naʻe haʻu mei hoku loungutu naʻe ʻi ho ʻao ʻoʻou.

17 Do not thou become to me a terror, —My refuge, art thou, in the day of calamity.

‌ʻOua naʻa ke ʻiate au ko e fakailifia; ko koe ko ʻeku ʻamanaki leleiʻanga ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe kovi.

18 Let my persecutors, turn pale, but let not me, turn pale, Let, them, be terrified, but let not, me, be terrified, —Bring thou upon them a day of calamity, And with a double fracture, destroy them.

Tuku ke mā ʻakinautolu ʻoku fakatangaʻi au, kaeʻoua naʻa tuku au ke u mā: tuku ke nau manavahē, kaeʻoua naʻa tuku au ke u manavahē: ʻomi kiate kinautolu ʻae ʻaho ʻoe mamahi, pea fakaʻauha ʻaki ʻakinautolu ʻae fakaʻauha lahi.

19 Thus, said Yahweh unto me—Go and stand in the gate of the sons of the people, through which the kings of Judah enter in, and through which they come out, —also in all the gates of Jerusalem.

Naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova kiate au, “ʻAlu ʻo tuʻu ʻi he matapā ʻoe fānau ʻa hoku kakai, ʻaia ʻoku hū ai ʻae ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta, pea mo ia ʻoku nau ʻalu ai kituʻa, pea ki he ngaahi matapā kotoa pē ʻo Selūsalema;

20 Then shalt thou say unto them—Hear ye the word of Yahweh Ye kings of Judah and all Judah, And all ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, —who enter in through these gates:

Pea ke lea kiate kinautolu, ʻo pehē, Mou fanongo ki he folofola ʻa Sihova, ʻakimoutolu ko e ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta, pea mo Siuta kotoa pē, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē ʻo Selūsalema, ʻoku hū ʻi he ngaahi matapā ni.

21 Thus, saith Yahweh, Take heed unto your souls, —And do not bear any burden on the sabbath day, Nor bring it in through the gates of Jerusalem, —

‌ʻOku pehē mai ʻe Sihova; Mou tokanga kiate kimoutolu, pea ʻoua naʻa fua ha kavenga ʻi he ʻaho tapu, pe ʻomi ia ʻi he ngaahi matapā ʻo Selūsalema;

22 Neither shall ye take forth any burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, Nor any manner of work, shall ye do, —But ye shall hallow the sabbath day, As I commanded your fathers.

Pea ʻoua naʻa ʻave ha kavenga kituʻa mei homou ngaahi fale ʻi he ʻaho tapu, pea ʻoua naʻa fai ha ngāue, kae fakahaohaoa ʻae ʻaho tapu, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻaku fekau ki hoʻomou ngaahi tamai.

23 Howbeit they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, —but stiffened their neck, that they might not hearken, neither receive correction.

Ka naʻe ʻikai te nau talangofua, pe fakatokanga honau telinga ke ongoʻi, ka naʻe fakakekeva honau kia, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa nau fanongo, pe maʻu ʻae akonaki.

24 And it shall come to pass, —If ye will, indeed hearken, unto me Declareth Yahweh, To bring in no burden through the gates of this city, on the sabbath day, —But to hallow the sabbath day, by not doing thereon any manner of work,

‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ʻe hoko ia ʻo pehē, kapau te mou tokanga lahi kiate au, ke ʻoua naʻa ʻomi ha kavenga ʻi he ngaahi matapā ʻi he ʻaho tapu, kae fakahaohaoa ʻae ʻaho tapu, ke ʻoua naʻa fai ha ngāue ʻi ai:

25 Then shall enter in through the gates of this city, Kings and princes Sitting on the throne of David, Riding in chariots and on horses They, and their princes, The men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, And this city shall remain unto times age-abiding.

Pea ʻe toki hū ʻi he ngaahi matapā ʻoe kolo ni ʻae ngaahi tuʻi mo e houʻeiki ʻoku nofo ʻi he nofoʻa fakatuʻi ʻo Tevita, ʻo heka ʻi he ngaahi saliote, pea mo e ngaahi hoosi, ko kinautolu mo honau houʻeiki, ko e kau tangata ʻo Siuta: pea mo e kakai ʻo Selūsalema: ʻe tuʻumaʻu ʻo taʻengata ʻae kolo ni.

26 And they shall come in—Out of the cities of Judah and Out of the places round about Jerusalem, and Out of the land of Benjamin, and Out of the lowlands, and out of the hill country, and Out of the South, Bringing in ascending-offering, and peace-offering, and meal-offering, and frankincense, —Even they who bring in a thank-offering into the house of Yahweh,

Pea te nau haʻu mei he ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta, pea mei he ngaahi potu ofi ki Selūsalema, pea mei he fonua ʻo Penisimani, pea mei he ngaahi toafa, pea mei ne ngaahi moʻunga, pea mei he potu tonga, ʻo ʻomi ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu, mo e ngaahi feilaulau, mo e ngaahi feilaulau meʻakai, mo e meʻa namu kakala, ʻo ʻomi ʻae ngaahi feilaulau fakafetaʻi, ki he fale ʻo Sihova.

27 But, if ye will not hearken unto me—To hallow the sabbath day, And to bear no burden and bring in through the gates of Jerusalem, on the sabbath day, Then will I kindle a fire within her gates, And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, And shall not be quenched.

Pea ka ʻikai te mou fanongo kiate au ke fakahaohaoa ʻae ʻaho tapu, pea ʻoua naʻa fua ha kavenga, ʻo hū mo ia ki he ngaahi matapā ʻo Selūsalema ʻi he ʻaho tapu, pehē te u toki tutu ʻae afi ki hono ngaahi matapā, pea ʻe fakaʻauha ʻaki ia ʻae ngaahi fale fakaʻeiʻeiki ʻo Selūsalema, pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito tāmateʻi ia.”