Ieremia 12
1 PONO no oe, e Iehova, i ko'u wa e paio aku ai me oe; aka, e kamailio aku no au ia oe ma ka hooponopono ana. No ke aha la e pomaikai ai ka aoao o ka poe hewa? E maluhia anei ka poe hana ma ka wahahee nui loa?
Righteous are you, O LORD, when I plead with you: yet let me talk with you of your judgments: Wherefore does the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
2 Ua kauu no oe ia lakou, oia, ua kolo ko lakou aa; ke ulu nei no lakou, oia, ke hua mai nei lakou i ka hua; ua kokoke no oe i ko lakou waha, ua loihi aku nae mai ko lakou naau aku.
You have planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: you are near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
3 Aka, o oe e Iehova, ke ike mai nei no oe ia'u; ua nana mai no oe ia'u, ua hoao mai oe i ko'u naau ma ou la. E hookaawale oe ia lakou, e like me na hipa no ke kaluaia, a e hoomakaukau hoi ia lakou no ka la o ka pepehi ana.
But you, O LORD, know me: you have seen me, and tried mine heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
4 Pehea la ka loihi o ke kumakena ana o ka aina, a me ka mae wale ana o na laalaau o ke kula, no ka hewa o ka poe e noho ana maloko? Ua laweia'ku na holoholona, a me na manu; no ka mea, olelo no lakou, Aole ia e ike mai i ko makou hopena.
How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
5 Ina i holo pu oe me ka poe hele wawae, a ua hoomaloeloe mai lakou ia oe, pehea la e hiki ai ia oe ke kukini me na lio? A ina hilinai oe ma ka aina malu, pehea la oe e hana'i maloko o ka nani o Ioredane?
If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein you trusted, they wearied you, then how will you do in the swelling of Jordan?
6 No ka mea, o kou poe hoahanau, o ko ka hale o kou makuakane, oia, ua hana hoopunipuni mai iakou ia oe; a ua hea aku mamuli ou me ka leo nui; mai manaoio aku ia lakou, ina paha lakou e olelo mai i na olelo malimali ia oe.
For even your brethren, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; yea, they have called a multitude after you: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto you.
7 Ua haalele au i ko'u hale, a ua waiho aku au i ko'u aina hooili: a ua haawi aku hoi au i ka mea a kuu uhane i aloha nui ai iloko o ka lima o kona poe enemi.
I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
8 Ua like ko'u aina hooili ia'u me ka liona iloko o ka ululaau. Uwo ku e mai oia ia'u. Nolaila i ukiuki aku ai au ia ia.
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it cries out against me: therefore have I hated it.
9 He hiena hae ko'u aina hooili ia'u; a hae mai ia ia na mea a pau e puni ana. E hele mai oukou, e akoakoa mai, e na holoholona a pau o ke kula, no ka ai aku.
Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come all of you, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
10 Ua nui na kahu i anai aku i ko'u pawaina. ua hahi lakou i ko'u aina, ua hoolilo lakou i ko'u wahi maikai, i waonahele neoneo.
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
11 Ua anai lakou ia wahi, a no kona neoneo, ua uwe mai oia ia'u; au anaiia ka aina a pau, no ka mea, aohe kanaka i manao ma ka naau.
They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourns unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man lays it to heart.
12 Ua hiki mai ka poe luku maluna o na wahi kiekie a pau o ka waonahele; no ka mea, e luku aku no ka pahikaua o Iehova, mai kekahi kukulu o ka aina a i kekahi kukulu o ka aina; aohe io e maluhia ana.
The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
13 Ua lulu lakou i ka hua palaoa, aka, e hooiliili no lakou i kakalaioa. Ua hoeha lakou ia lakou iho, aole nae ia he mea e pomaikai ai: a e hilahila auanei lakou i na mea i loaa'i ia oukou, no ko Iehova huhu nui.
They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
14 Penei ka olelo ana mai a Iehova, no ko'u poe hoalauna hewa, ka poe i pa mai i ka hooilina a'u i, hooili aku ai na ko'u poe kanaka o ka Iseraela; Aia hoi, e lawe no wau ia lakou, mai ko lakou aina aku, a e lawe aku hoi au i ko ka hale o Iuda, mai waena aku o lakou.
Thus says the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
15 A mahope iho o ko'u lawe ana aku ia lakou, alaila, e hoi hou no wau, a e aloha aku ia lakou, a e hoihoi hou mai ia lakou i kela kanaka, i keia kanaka i kona aina hooili, a i kela kanaka keia kanaka i kona aina iho.
And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
16 A e hiki mai no hoi keia, ina e ao ikaika lakou i na aoao o ko'u poe kanaka, e hoohiki ma ko'u inoa, Ke ola la no o Iehova; e like me lakou i ao ai i ko'u poe kanaka e hoohiki ma Baala; alaila, e kukulu hou ia lakou iwaenakonu o ko'u poe kanaka.
And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD lives; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.
17 Aka, ina aole lakou e malama mai, alaila, e uhuki loa wau, a e anai loa aku i kela lahuikanaka, wahi a Iehova.
But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, says the LORD.
