Jeremiah 8
1 At that time, an affirmation of Jehovah, They bring the bones of the kings of Judah, And the bones of its princes, And the bones of the priests, And the bones of the prophets, And the bones of inhabitants of Jerusalem, Out of their graves,
I taua wa, e ai ta Ihowa, ka whakaputaina mai ki waho nga wheua o nga kingi o Hura, me nga whenua o ona rangatira, me nga whenua o nga tohunga, ma nga wheua o nga poropiti, me nga wheua o nga tangata o Hiruharama i roto i o ratou tanumanga:
2 And have spread them to sun, and to moon, And to all the host of the heavens, that they have loved, And that they have served, And that they have walked after, And that they have sought, And to which they have bowed themselves, They are not gathered, nor buried, They are for dung on the face of the ground.
A ka tohatohaina e ratou ki mua i te ra, i te marama, i te mano katoa o te rangi, i a ratou i aroha ai, i mahi ai, i whai ai, i rapu ai, i koropiko ai: e kore e kohikohia, e kore e tanumia; ka waiho hei whakawairakau ki te mata o te oneone.
3 And chosen is death rather than life By all the remnant who are left of this evil family, In all the remaining places, whither I have driven them, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.
A pai ake te mate i te ora ki ta nga morehu katoa, ki ta nga toenga o tenei hapu kino e toe ki nga wahi katoa e peia atu ai ratou e ahau, e ai ta Ihowa o nga mano.
4 And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, Do they fall, and not rise? Doth he turn back, and not return?
Mea atu ano ki a ratou, Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Ka hinga ranei, a kore ake e ara? ka tahuri atu ranei ia, a kore ake e tahuri mai?
5 Wherefore hath this people of Jerusalem Turned back — a perpetual backsliding? They have kept hold on deceit, They have refused to turn back.
He aha tenei iwi o Hiruharama i tahuri ke ai, a mau tonu iho te tahuri ke? e hopukia atu ana e ratou te tinihanga, kahore e pai ki te hoki mai.
6 I have given attention, yea, I hearken, They do not speak right, No man hath repented of his wickedness, Saying, What have I done? Every one hath turned to his courses, As a horse is rushing into battle.
I whakarongo ahau, i rongo ano, kihai i tika a ratou korero; kihai tetahi i ripeneta ki tona kino, kihai i mea, He aha taku i mea ai? anga ana te katoa ki tana oma, ki tana oma, pera ana me te hoiho e kokiri atu ana ki te tatauranga.
7 Even a stork in the heavens hath known her seasons, And turtle, and swallow, and crane, Have watched the time of their coming, And — My people have not known the judgment of Jehovah.
Ae ra, ko te taka i te rangi, e mohio ana ki nga wa i whakaritea mona, ko te kukupa ano, ko te kareni, me te warou, mahara tonu ratou ki te wa e haere mai ai ratou; ko taku iwi ia, kahore e mohio ki ta Ihowa i whakarite ai.
8 How do ye say, We [are] wise, And the law of Jehovah [is] with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.
He pehea ta koutou e ki, He hunga whakaaro nui tatou, kei a tatou te ture a Ihowa? Nana, he horihori te mahi a te pene horihori a nga kaituhituhi.
9 Ashamed have been the wise, They have been affrighted, and are captured, Lo, against a word of Jehovah they kicked, And the wisdom of what — have they?
Ko te hunga whakaaro nui, whakama ana ratou, wehi noa iho ratou, hopukia iho; nana, kua paopao nei ratou ki te kupu a Ihowa, a he pehea te whakaaro nui i roto i a ratou?
10 Therefore, I give their wives to others, Their fields to dispossessors, For from the least even unto the greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, From prophet even unto priest, every one is dealing falsely.
Mo reira ka hoatu e ahau a ratou wahine ma te tangata ke, a ratou mara ki nga tangata mona te wahi; ko ratou katoa, i te iti ki te rahi, kei te apo mea ma ratou; ko te poropiti, ko te tohunga, ko ratou katoa, kei te mahi teka.
11 And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, Peace, peace! and there is no peace.
Kua rongoatia e ratou te pakaru o te tamahine a taku iwi, he mea panga noa iho, e mea ana, Ka mau te rongo, ka mau te rongo; i te mea kahore he maunga rongo.
12 They were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, And blushing they have not known, Therefore, they do fall among falling ones, In the time of their inspection they stumble, said Jehovah.
I whakama ranei ratou i ta ratou mahinga i te mea whakarihariha? Hore rawa o ratou whakama; kahore hoki ratou i mohio ki te numinumi: mo reira ka hinga ratou i roto i te hunga e hinga ana; i te wa e whiua ai ratou, ka tutuki o ratou waewae, e ai ta Ihowa.
13 I utterly consume them, an affirmation of Jehovah, There are no grapes in the vine, Yea, there are no figs in the fig-tree, And the leaf hath faded, And the strength they have passeth from them.
Ka moti rawa ratou i ahau, e ai ta Ihowa: kahore he karepe mo te waina, kahore he piki mo te piki; ka memenge ano te rau; a ko nga mea i hoatu e ahau ki a ratou, ka pahemo atu.
14 Wherefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent there, For Jehovah our God hath made us silent, Yea, He causeth us to drink water of gall, For we have sinned against Jehovah.
He aha tatou i noho tonu ai? huihui, kia haere tatou ki nga pa kaha, ki reira whakamoroki kau ai: kua kore hoki i a Ihowa, i to tatou Atua he kupu ma tatou, whakainumia ana tatou e ia ki te wai kawa; no te mea kua hara tatou ki a Ihowa.
15 Looking for peace — and there is no good, For a time of healing, and lo, terror.
Tatari noa ki te rongo mau; heoi kahore he pai; ki te wa e ora ai nga mate, na ko te raruraru.
16 From Dan hath been heard the snorting of his horses, From the voice of the neighings of his mighty ones, Trembled hath all the land, And they come in and consume the land and its fulness, The city and the inhabitants in it.
I rangona ki Rana te whengu o ona hoiho; ngateri ana te whenua katoa i te reo o ana mea kaha e hamama ana; kua haere mai hoki ratou, pau ake i a ratou te whenua me ona mea maha, te pa me nga tangata o roto.
17 For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.
Nana, ka ngarea atu e ahau he nakahi, he neke, e kore nei e whakawaia, ki a koutou; a ka ngau ratou i a koutou, e ai ta Ihowa.
18 My refreshing for me [is] sorrow, For me my heart [is] sick.
Aue, te taea te whakamarie te pouri i ahau! e ngohe nei te ngakau i roto i ahau.
19 Lo, the voice of a cry of the daughter of my people from a land afar off, Is Jehovah not in Zion? is her king not in her? Wherefore have they provoked Me with their graven images, With the vanities of a foreigner?
Nana, he reo tangi no te tamahine a taku iwi, i ahu mai i te whenua tawhiti! He teka ianei kei roto a Ihowa i Hiona? he teka ianei kei roto tona kingi i a ia? He aha ratou i whakapataritari ai i ahau ki a ratou whakapakoko, ki nga horihori rere ke?
20 Harvest hath passed, summer hath ended, And we — we have not been saved.
Kua pahemo te kotinga, kua taka te raumati; ko tatou, kahore he whakaoranga mo tatou.
21 For a breach of the daughter of my people have I been broken, I have been black, astonishment hath seized me.
He mamae ki te tamahine a taku iwi i mamae ai ahau, mangu iho ahau, mau pu ahau i te miharo.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? For wherefore hath not the health of the daughter of my people gone up?
Kahore ianei he hinu whakaora i Kireara? Kahore ianei o reira rata? he aha ra te hoki mai ai te ora ki te tamahine a taku iwi?
