Jeremiah 50
1 The word that the LORD spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Kasdim, by Jeremiah the prophet.
Ko te kupu i korerotia e Ihowa mo Papurona, mo te whenua o nga Karari, i puaki i a Heremaia poropiti.
2 “Declare amongst the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don’t conceal; say, ‘Babylon has been taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed! Her images are disappointed. Her idols are dismayed.’
Kauwhautia i roto i nga tauiwi, panuitia, a ka whakaara he kara; panuitia atu, kaua e huna: mea atu, Kua horo a Papurona, kua whakama a Pere, kua pororaru a Meroraka; kua whakama ana whakapakoko, kua wehi ana whakaahua.
3 For a nation comes up out of the north against her, which will make her land desolate, and no one will dwell in it. They have fled. They are gone, both man and animal.
No te mea kei te haere mai he iwi ki a ia i te raki, mana e ururua ai tona whenua, e kore ano tetahi e noho ki reira: kua rere ratou, kua heke, te tangata, te kararehe.
4 “In those days, and in that time,” says the LORD, “the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way weeping, and will seek the LORD their God.
I aua ra, i taua wa hoki, e ai ta Ihowa, ka haere mai nga tama a Iharaira, ratou tahi ko nga tama a Hura; ka haere ratou me te tangi haere, a ka rapu i a Ihowa, i to ratou Atua.
5 They will enquire concerning Zion with their faces turned towards it, saying, ‘Come, and join yourselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.’
Tera ratou e ui mo Hiona, me te anga ano o ratou kanohi ki reira, me te ki, Haere mai koutou, ka hono i a koutou ki a Ihowa, i runga i te kawenata mau tonu, e kore e wareware.
6 My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have caused them to go astray. They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting place.
Ko taku iwi he hipi ngaro: na o ratou hepara ratou i kotiti ke ai, na ratou hoki ratou i tahuri ke ai i runga i nga maunga: kua haere atu ratou i te maunga ki te pukepuke, kua wareware ki to ratou takotoranga.
7 All who found them have devoured them. Their adversaries said, ‘We are not guilty, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of righteousness, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’
Kua kainga ratou e he hunga katoa i kite i a ratou: a kua mea o ratou hoariri, Kahore o tatou he, kua hara nei hoki ratou ki a Ihowa, ki te nohoanga o te tika, ara ki a Ihowa, ki ta o ratou matua i tumanako ai.
8 “Flee out of the middle of Babylon! Go out of the land of the Kasdim, and be as the male goats before the flocks.
Rere atu i roto i Papurona, heke atu i te whenua o nga Karari, a kia rite ki nga koati toa i mua i nga kahui.
9 For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they will set themselves in array against her. She will be taken from there. Their arrows will be as of an expert mighty man. None of them will return in vain.
No te mea, nana, ka whakaarahia e ahau, ka whakaekea hoki ki Papurona he huihuinga o nga iwi nunui no te whenua ki te raki: a ka takoto o ratou matua hei whawhai ki a ia; ka horo ia i reira: ka rite a ratou pere ki a te marohirohi mohio; e kore t etahi e hoki kau mai.
10 Kasdim will be a prey. All who prey on her will be satisfied,” says the LORD.
A ka pahuatia a Karari: ka tatu nga ngakau o te hunga katoa e pahua ana i a ia, e ai ta Ihowa.
11 “Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong horses,
No te mea e koa ana koutou, no te mea e whakamanamana ana koutou, e te hunga e pahua nei i toku kainga tupu, no te mea e takarokaro ana koutou, pera i te kau kuao e takahi ana i te witi, e tangi ana pera i nga hoiho kaha;
12 your mother will be utterly disappointed. She who bore you will be confounded. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
Ka nui rawa te whakama o to koutou whaea; matangerengere ana te wahine i whanau ai koutou: nana, ko ia hei muri rawa o nga iwi, hei koraha, hei whenua waikore, hei ururua.
13 Because of the LORD’s wrath she won’t be inhabited, but she will be wholly desolate. Everyone who goes by Babylon will be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
He riri no Ihowa e kore ai e nohoia, engari ka waiho hei ururua katoa a reira: ko nga tangata katoa e tika ana na Papurona ka miharo, ka hi ki ona whiunga katoa.
14 Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her. Spare no arrows, for she has sinned against the LORD.
Whakatakoto i o koutou matua hei whawhai ki Papurona, ki tetahi taha, ki tetahi taha, e te hunga whakapiko kopere katoa; kopere atu ki a ia, kaua e kaiponuhia nga pere: kua hara hoki ia ki a Ihowa.
15 Shout against her all around. She has submitted herself. Her bulwarks have fallen. Her walls have been thrown down, for it is the vengeance of the LORD. Take vengeance on her. As she has done, do to her.
Hamama ki a ia i tetahi taha, i tetahi taha: kua whakangawari ia i a ia: kua hinga ona parepare, kua oti ona taiepa te wahi iho: he rapunga utu hoki na Ihowa; rapua he utu i a ia; kia rite ki tana i mea ai ta koutou e mea ai ki a ia.
16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest. For fear of the oppressing sword, they will each return to their own people, and they will each flee to their own land.
Hatepea atu te kairui i roto i Papurona, me te kairahurahu o te toronaihi i te wa e kotia ai te witi. He wehi no ratou i te hoari tukino, ka tahuri ki tona iwi, ki tona iwi, rere ana ratou ki tona whenua, ki tona whenua.
17 “Israel is a hunted sheep. The lions have driven him away. First, the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
He hipi a Iharaira i marara atu; kua aia atu ia e nga raiona: i te tuatahi na te kingi o Ahiria ia i kai: i te whakamutunga na tenei Napukareha kingi o Papurona ona whenua i wahi.
18 Therefore the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
Mo reira ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano, a te Atua o Iharaira: Nana, ka whiua e ahau te kingi o Papurona me tona whenua, ka pera me taku whiunga i te kingi o Ahiria.
19 I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan. His soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
A ka whakahokia e ahau a Iharaira ki tona takanga, a ka kai ia ki runga ki Karamere, ki Pahana, ka makona hoki tona wairua ki runga ki nga pukepuke o Eparaima, ki Kireara.
20 In those days, and in that time,” says the LORD, “the iniquity of Israel will be sought for, and there will be none, also the sins of Judah, and they won’t be found; for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.
I aua ra, a i taua wa, e ai ta Ihowa, ka rapua te he o Iharaira, a kahore noa iho; nga hara hoki o Hura, a e kore e kitea: ka murua hoki e ahau te kino o te hunga ka whakatoea nei e ahau.
21 “Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod. Kill and utterly destroy after them,” says the LORD, “and do according to all that I have commanded you.
Haere atu ki te whenua o Merataimi, ki reira tatau ai, a ki nga tangata hoki o Pekoro: whakamotitia, whakangaromia rawatia, whaia ratou, e ai ta Ihowa, mahia hoki nga mea katoa i whakahaua e ahau ki a koe.
22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
He ngangau no te whawhai kei te whenua, he whakangaromanga nui.
23 How the hammer of the whole earth is cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation amongst the nations!
Tona poroporonga rawatanga, wawahia ana te hama o te ao katoa! tona ururutanga o Papurona i roto i nga tauiwi!
24 I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren’t aware. You are found, and also caught, because you have fought against the LORD.
I whakatakotoria e ahau he mahanga mou, a kua mau koe, e Papurona, kihai hoki koe i mohio: kua kitea koe, kua hopukia hoki, mou i totohe ki a Ihowa.
25 The LORD has opened his armoury, and has brought out the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, GOD of Hosts, has a work to do in the land of the Kasdim.
Kua whakapuaretia e Ihowa tona whare taonga, kua whakaputaina mai e ia ki waho nga patu o tona riri: he mahi hoki ta te Ariki, ta Ihowa o nga mano, hei mahinga ki te whenua o nga Karari.
26 Come against her from the farthest border. Open her storehouses. Cast her up as heaps. Destroy her utterly. Let nothing of her be left.
Haere mai ki a ia i te pito rawa ra ano, whakapuaretia ona toa: opehia ake hei puranga, whakangaromia rawatia: kaua rawa he wahi ona e mahue.
27 Kill all her bulls. Let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their visitation.
Patua ana puru katoa; tukua ratou kia haere ki raro ki te patunga: aue, te mate mo ratou! kua tae mai hoki to ratou ra, te wa e whiua ai ratou.
28 Listen to those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
Ko te reo o te hunga e rere ana, e mawhiti ana i te whenua o Papurona, hei korero ki te whenua o Hiona i te rapu utu a Ihowa, a to tatou Atua, i te rapu utu mo tona temepara.
29 “Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp against her all around. Let none of it escape. Pay her back according to her work. According to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
Karangarangatia kia hui nga kaikopere ki te tatau ki Papurona, te hunga katoa e whakapiko ana i te kopere; whakapaea tena pa, karapoi noa; kaua rawa tetahi ona e mawhiti; utua tana mahi; kia rite ki nga mea katoa i mea ai ia ta koutou e mea ai k i a ia: no te mea kua whakapehapeha ia ki a Ihowa, ki te Mea Tapu o Iharaira.
30 Therefore her young men will fall in her streets. All her men of war will be brought to silence in that day,” says the LORD.
Mo reira ka hinga ana taitama ki ona huarahi, a ka whakamotitia ana tangata whawhai katoa i taua ra, e ai ta Ihowa.
31 “Behold, I am against you, you proud one,” says the Lord, GOD of Hosts; “for your day has come, the time that I will visit you.
Nana, hei hoariri ahau mou, e te mea whakakake, e ai ta te Ariki, ta Ihowa o nga mano: no te mea kua tae mai tou ra, te ra e whiua ai koe e ahau.
32 The proud one will stumble and fall, and no one will raise him up. I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all who are around him.”
A ka tutuki nga waewae o te mea whakapehapeha, ka hinga, a kahore he kaiwhakaara mona: a ka ngiha i ahau he ahi ki roto ki ona pa, a ka pau i tera nga mea katoa i tetahi taha ona, i tetahi taha.
33 The LORD of Hosts says: “The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together. All who took them captive hold them fast. They refuse to let them go.
Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano: Kei te tukinotia ngatahitia nga tamariki a Iharaira, ratou ko nga tamariki a Hura: a kei te puritia ratou, mau rawa, e o ratou kaiwhakarau; e kore ratou e pai ki te tuku i a ratou.
34 Their Redeemer is strong. The LORD of Hosts is his name. He will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
He kaha to ratou kaihoko; ko Ihowa o nga mano tona ingoa: ka whakapaua e ia te tohe i ta ratou tohe, kia hoatu ai e ia he tanga manawa ki te whenua, a he ohooho ki nga tangata o Papurona.
35 “A sword is on the Kasdim,” says the LORD, “and on the inhabitants of Babylon, on her princes, and on her wise men.
Kei runga i nga Karari te hoari, e ai ta Ihowa, kei runga ano i nga tangata o Papurona, kei runga i ona rangatira, kei runga hoki i ona tangata whakaaro nui.
36 A sword is on the boasters, and they will become fools. A sword is on her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.
Kei runga te hoari i te hunga whakapehapeha, a ka wairangi ratou: he hoari kei runga i ana marohirohi, a ka pawera ratou.
37 A sword is on their horses, on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the middle of her; and they will become as women. A sword is on her treasures, and they will be robbed.
Kei runga te hoari i o ratou hoiho, kei runga i o ratou hariata, kei runga hoki i nga whakauru katoa i roto i a ia, a ka rite ratou ki te wahine; kei runga te hoari i ona taonga, a ka pahuatia.
38 A drought is on her waters, and they will be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.
He mimiti kei runga i ona wai, a ka maroke: he whenua whakapakoko hoki ia, a e porangi ana ratou ki nga atua whakawehi.
39 Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves will dwell there. The ostriches will dwell therein. It will be inhabited no more forever, neither will it be lived in from generation to generation.
Mo reira ka nohoia a reira e nga kirehe mohoao o te koraha ratou ngatahi ko nga wuruhi, a ka noho ano hoki nga otereti ki reira; a e kore a reira e nohoia a ake ake; kahore hoki e whai kainga a reira i tetahi whakatupuranga ki tetahi whakatupura nga.
40 As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbour cities,” says the LORD, “so no man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein.
Ka rite ki ta te Atua hurihanga i Horoma, i Komora, i nga pa ano hoki e tata ana ki reira, e ai ta Ihowa; ka pera te kore o te tangata e noho ki reira, e kore ano hoki tetahi tama a te tangata e whai kainga ki reira.
41 “Behold, a people comes from the north. A great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Nana, kei te haere mai he iwi i te raki; a he iwi nui, he tokomaha hoki nga kingi e maranga mai i nga topito o te whenua.
42 They take up bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea. They ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.
Ka rarau ratou ki te kopere, ki te tao; he iwi nanakia ratou, e kore e tohu tangata; a parara ana to ratou reo pera i te haruru o te moana, kei runga hoiho hoki e eke ana; rarangi rawa katoa, ano he tangata e mea ana ki te whawhai, hei tatau ki a koe, e te tamahine a Papurona.
43 The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands become feeble. Anguish has taken hold of him, pains as of a woman in labour.
Kua rongo te kingi o Papurona i to ratou rongo, a kei te ngohe ona ringa: kua mau ia i te pawera, i te mamae hoki, me te mea he wahine e whanau ana.
44 Behold, the enemy will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will suddenly make them run away from it. Whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it, for who is like me? Who will appoint me a time? Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?”
Nana, ka haere ake ia ano he raiona i te ngawhatanga o Horoano ki te nohoanga kaha: otiia e kore e rokohanga taku meatanga i a ratou kia rere atu i reira; a ko wai te mea e whiriwhiria kia whakaritea e ahau hei rangatira mona? Ko wai oti e rite ana ki ahau? ko wai hoki hei whakarite wa mai ki ahau? ko wai hoki te hepara hei tu ki toku aroaro?
45 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes that he has purposed against the land of the Kasdim: Surely they will drag them away, even the little ones of the flock. Surely he will make their habitation desolate over them.
Mo reira whakarongo ki te tikanga a Ihowa, kua whakatakotoria e ia mo Papurona; ki ona whakaaro hoki i whakaaroa e ia mo te whenua o nga Karari: He pono ka toia atu ratou e ratou, ara nga mea ririki o te kahui: he pono ka whakangaromia ratou ko o ratou nohoanga e ia.
46 The earth trembles at the noise of the taking of Babylon. The cry is heard amongst the nations.
Ngateri ana te whenua i te haruru o te horonga o Papurona, rangona ana te hamama i roto i nga iwi.
