Jeremiah 5
1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And see I pray you and know and seek out in the broad places thereof, Whether ye can find, a man, Whether there is one Doing justice Demanding fidelity, —That I may pardon her.
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 Even though they say By the life of Yahweh, Yet in fact falsely, do they swear.
Na ahakoa mea noa ratou, Kei te ora a Ihowa; he pono he oati teka ta ratou.
3 O Yahweh! thine own eyes, are they not directed to fidelity? Thou hast smitten them Yet have they not grieved, Thou hast consumed them—They have refused to receive correction, —They have made their faces bolder than a cliff, They have 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 And, I, said, —Only, poor people, are they, —They act foolishly, For they know not the way of Yahweh, the justice 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 will betake me unto the great men, and will speak, with them! For, they, know the way of Yahweh, the justice of their God! Yea but, they, with one accord have broken the yoke, torn off 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 For this cause, hath the lion out of the forest smitten them, The wolf of the waste plains, preyeth upon them, The leopard, is keeping watch over their cities, Every one that goeth out from thence, is torn in pieces, —For they have multiplied their transgressions, Numerous are their apostasies.
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, for this, can I pardon thee? Thine own sons, have forsaken me, And have sworn by No-gods, —When I had fed them to the full, Then committed they adultery, And the house of the unchaste woman, they used to throng:
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 Lusty, well-fed horses, had they become, Every man unto his neighbour’s wife, would neigh!
Ko to ratou rite kei te hoiho whangai i te ata: e tangi ana ki te wahine a tona hoa, a tona hoa.
9 For these things, shall I not punish? Demandeth Yahweh: Yea on a nation such as this, must not my soul avenge herself?
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 a full end, do not make, —Remove her tendrils, For not to Yahweh, do, they, belong!
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 very treacherously, have the house of Israel and the house of Judah dealt with me, Declareth Yahweh.
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 acted deceptively against Yahweh, And have said, Not He! Neither shall there come upon us, calamity, Nor sword nor famine, shall we 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 But the prophets, shall prove to be wind, And there is no one speaking in them, —Thus, shall it be done to themselves!
Ko nga poropiti he hau kau, kahore hoki he kupu i a ratou: ko enei mea ka pa ki a ratou.
14 Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, God of hosts, Because ye have spoken this word, —Behold me! making my words in thy mouth to be fire, And, this people, —wood, So shall it 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 Behold me! bringing upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, Declareth Yahweh, —A nation invincible, it is, A nation from age-past times, hath it been, A nation whose tongue thou shalt not know, Neither shalt thou understand what it speaketh:
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 Its quiver, is like an open sepulchre, —They all, are heroes:
Ko tana papa pere he urupa tuwhera, he tangata marohirohi katoa ratou.
17 Then shall it eat thy harvest and thy bread which thy sons and thy daughters should eat, —It shall eat thy flock and thy herd, It shall eat thy vine and thy fig-tree, —It shall destroy thy defenced cities wherein thou, art trusting, 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 Yet, even in those days, Declareth Yahweh, Will I not make of you, a full end.
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 shall say, For what cause hath Yahweh our God done to us all these things? Then shalt thou say unto them, —As ye forsook me, and served the gods of the foreigner in your own land, So, shall ye serve aliens in a land not your own.
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 Tell ye this, throughout the house of Jacob, —And let it be heard throughout Judah saying:
Whakaaturia tenei i roto i te whare o Hakopa, kia rangona ano i roto i a Hura; mea atu,
21 Hear this, I pray you ye people—foolish and without heart, —Eyes, have they, and see not, Ears, have they, 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 Even for me, will ye have no reverence? Enquireth Yahweh, And because of me, will ye not be pained? In that though I placed the sand as a bound to the sea, A decree age-abiding, and it should not pass beyond it, —When they would toss themselves Then should they not prevail, When the waves thereof would roar Then should they not pass beyond 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 Yet, this people hath an obstinate and rebellious heart, —They have turned aside, and gone their way;
Ko tenei iwi ia, he tutu, he whakakeke o ratou ngakau; kua peka ke atu ratou, kua riro.
24 Neither have they said in their heart, —Let us we pray you, revere Yahweh our God, Who giveth rain, even the early and the latter, in its season, —The appointed weeks of harvest, he reserveth 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 thrust away these things, Yea, your sins, have withholden that which 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 have been found among my people lawless men, —One lieth in wait, as with the stooping of fowlers, They have set a trap, they capture 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 cage, is full of birds, So, are, their houses, full of unrighteous gain, —For this cause, have they become great and waxen 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 have waxed fat, they shine Yea they have overpassed the records of wickedness. The right, have they not determined, the right of the fatherless that they might prosper, —Yea justice to the helpless, have they not decreed.
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 Upon these things, shall I not bring punishment? Demandeth Yahweh. Or, on a nation such as this, shall not my soul avenge herself?
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 astounding and horrible thing, hath been brought to pass in the land:
Whakamiharo rawa, whakawehi rawa te mea e meatia ana ki te whenua;
31 The prophets, have prophesied, falsely, And the priests tread down by their means, And, my people, love it, so, —What then can ye do as to her latter end?
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?
