Jeremiah 10
1 Hear ye the word, O house of Israel, That Jehovah hath spoken for you.
ʻE fale ʻo ʻIsileli, mou fanongo ki he lea ʻoku folofolaʻaki ʻe Sihova kiate kimoutolu!
2 Thus said Jehovah: Unto the way of the nations accustom not yourselves, And by the signs of the heavens be not affrighted, For the nations are affrighted by them.
ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “ʻOua te mou ako ki he hala ʻoe hiteni, pea ʻoua te mou ilifia ki he ngaahi fakaʻilonga ʻi he langi, he ʻoku ilifia ki ai ʻae hiteni.
3 For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, For a tree from a forest hath one cut, Work of the hands of an artificer, with an axe,
He ko e vaʻinga ʻae ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ʻae kakai: he ʻoku tā ʻaki ha toki ʻe ha taha ʻae ʻakau ʻi he vao, ko e ngāue ʻae tufunga.
4 With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble.
ʻOku nau teuteu ia ʻaki ʻae siliva mo e koula; pea ʻoku nau fakamaʻu ia ʻaki ʻae ngaahi faʻo pea mo e ngaahi hamala, ke ʻoua naʻa ngaueue ia.
5 As a palm they [are] stiff, and they speak not, They are surely borne, for they step not, Be not afraid of them, for they do no evil, Yea, also to do good is not in them.
ʻOku nau tuʻu tonu ʻo hangē ko e ʻakau ko e ponga, ka ʻoku ʻikai lea: ʻoku fua ʻakinautolu, he ʻoku ʻikai te nau faʻa ʻeveʻeva. Pea ʻoua naʻa manavahē kiate kinautolu; he ʻoku ʻikai te nau faʻa fai ha kovi, pea ʻoku ʻikai ʻiate kinautolu ha fai lelei.”
6 Because there is none like Thee, O Jehovah, Great [art] Thou, and great Thy name in might.
He ʻoku ʻikai ha taha ʻoku hangē ko koe, ʻE Sihova; ʻoku ke lahi koe, pea ʻoku lahi ho huafa ʻi he māfimafi.
7 Who doth not fear Thee, king of the nations? For to Thee it is becoming, For among all the wise of the nations, And in all their kingdom there is none like Thee.
Ko hai ʻe taʻemanavahē kiate koe, ʻA koe, ko e Tuʻi ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga? He ʻoku ʻaʻau ia. He ʻoku ʻikai ha taha ʻoku tatau mo koe, ʻi he kau tangata poto kotoa pē ʻoe ngaahi kakai, pe ʻi honau ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē.
8 And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities [is] the tree itself.
Ka ʻoku nau anga fakamanu pea vale ʻaupito: ko e meʻa akonaki ki he vale ʻae tamapua.
9 Spread-out silver from Tarshish is brought, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artisan, and of the hands of a refiner, Blue and purple [is] their clothing, Work of the skilful — all of them.
ʻOku ʻomi ʻae siliva lafalafa mei Tasisi, pea mo e koula mei ʻUfase, ko e ngāue ʻae tufunga, mo e nima ʻoe tangata ngaohi ukamea; ko honau kofu ʻoku ʻuliʻuli mo kulokula: ko e ngāue kotoa pē ʻae kau tangata poto.
10 And Jehovah [is] a God of truth, He [is] a living God, and a king age-during, From His wrath shake doth the earth, And nations endure not His indignation.
Ka ko Sihova ko e ʻOtua moʻoni, ko e ʻOtua moʻui ia, pea ko e Tuʻi taʻengata: pea ʻe ngaueue ʻa māmani ʻi hono houhau, pea ʻe ʻikai faʻa kātaki ʻe he ngaahi puleʻanga ʻa ʻene tuputāmaki.
11 Thus do ye say to them, The gods Who the heavens and earth have not made, They do perish from the earth, And from under these heavens.
“Pea te ke lea pehē kiate kinautolu, ‘Ko e ngaahi ʻotua naʻe ʻikai ngaohi ʻae ngaahi langi, mo māmani, ʻe fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu ʻi māmani, pea mei he lalo langi.’”
12 The maker of the earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens,
Kuo ne ngaohi ʻae kelekele ʻaki hono mālohi, kuo ne fokotuʻumaʻu ʻa māmani ʻaki ʻene ʻilo, pea kuo ne folahi ʻae ngaahi langi ʻi heʻene poto.
13 At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters [is] in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And bringeth out wind from His treasures.
ʻOku folofola ia ʻaki hono leʻo, ʻoku lahi ʻae ngaahi vai ʻi he langi, pea ʻoku ne fakatupu hake ʻae ngaahi ʻao mei he ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo māmani; ʻoku ne fakatupu ʻae ngaahi ʻuhila mo e ʻuha, pea ne ʻomi ʻae matangi mei hono ngaahi tukuʻanga koloa.
14 Brutish is every man by knowledge, Put to shame is every refiner by a graven image, For false [is] his molten image. And there is no breath in them.
ʻOku vale ʻi he ʻilo ʻae tangata kotoa pē: ʻoku puputuʻu ʻae tufunga kotoa pē ʻi he tamapua kuo tā: he ko e loi ʻene tamapua, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha mānava ʻi ai.
15 Vanity [are] they, work of erring ones, In the time of their inspection they perish.
Ko e vaʻinga ʻakinautolu, ko e ngāue ʻae vale: pea ʻe ʻauha ʻakinautolu ʻi he ʻaho ʻe tautea ai ʻakinautolu.
16 Not like these [is] the Portion of Jacob, For framer of all things [is] He, And Israel [is] the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name.
ʻOku ʻikai tatau mo kinautolu ʻae ʻinasi ʻo Sēkope: he ko e tupuʻanga ia ʻoe ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē; pea ko e fuofua ʻo hono tofiʻa ko ʻIsileli: Ko hono huafa ko Sihova.
17 Gather from the land thy merchandise, O dweller in the bulwark,
ʻA koe ko e nofo kolo, ke ke tānaki ho ngaʻotoʻota ʻo ke hola ʻi he fonua.
18 For thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this time, And have been an adversary to them, So that they are found out.
He ʻoku pehē mai ʻa Sihova, “Vakai, te u lī ʻae kakai ni ʻi he fonua, ʻo hangē ko e maka tā, pea te u fakamamahiʻi ʻakinautolu, koeʻuhi ke nau ongoʻi ia.”
19 Woe to me for my breaking, Grievious hath been my smiting, And I said, Only, this [is] my sickness, and I bear it.
Kuo u malaʻia ʻi hoku lavea! ʻOku lahi hoku kafu: ka naʻaku pehē, “Ko e mamahi moʻoni eni, ka te u kātaki pe ia.”
20 My tent hath been spoiled, And all my cords have been broken, My sons have gone out from me, and they are not, There is none stretching out any more my tent, And raising up my curtains.
Kuo hae hoku fale fehikitaki, pea kuo motuhi ʻeku maea kotoa pē: kuo ʻalu ʻiate au ʻeku fānau, pea kuo ʻikai ʻakinautolu: ʻoku ʻikai toe ha niʻihi ke toe folahi ʻa hoku fale fehikitaki, pea ke tautau hoku puipui.
21 For the shepherds have become brutish, And Jehovah they have not sought, Therefore they have not acted wisely, And all their flock is scattered.
He kuo liliu ʻo anga fakakakano ʻae kau tauhi, pea ʻoku ʻikai te nau kumi kia Sihova: ko ia ʻe ʻikai te nau monūʻia, pea ʻe fakamovetevete honau kakai.
22 A voice of a report, lo, it hath come, Even a great shaking from the north country, To make the cities of Judah a desolation, A habitation of dragons.
Vakai, ʻoku ongo mai ʻae ongoongo ʻoe longoaʻa, pea mo e maveuveu lahi mei he fonua tokelau, ke fakalala ʻae ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta, pea ke ngaohi ia ko e ʻana ʻoe fanga talākoni.”
23 I have known, O Jehovah, that not of man [is] his way, Not of man the going and establishing of his step.
ʻE Sihova, ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻoku ʻikai ʻi he tangata pe hono hala: ʻoku ʻikai ʻi he tangata ʻoku ʻeveʻeva ke fakahinohino hono ʻaluʻanga.
24 Chastise me, O Jehovah, only in judgment, Not in Thine anger, lest Thou make me small.
ʻE Sihova, ke ke taaʻi au, pea ke fai ʻi he ʻofa; ʻoua naʻa ʻi ho houhau, telia naʻa ke fakaʻauha au.
25 Pour out Thy fury on the nations that have not known Thee, And on the families that have not called in Thy name, For they have eaten up Jacob, Yea, they have eaten him up, yea, they consume him, And his habitation they have made desolate!
Lilingi ho houhau ki he hiteni ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻilo koe, pea ki he ngaahi kaunga fale ʻoku ʻikai ui ki ho huafa: he kuo nau kai ʻo ʻosi ʻa Sēkope, pea kuo folo hifo ia, pea kuo nau fakaʻauha ia, pea fakalala hono nofoʻanga.
