Ieremia 2
1 A HIKI mai la ka olelo a Iehova ia'u, i mai la,
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
2 O hele, e kala ma na pepeiao o ko Ierusalema, e i aku, Ke olelo mai nei o Iehova, penei, Ua hoomanao aku au ia oe, i ka lokomaikai o kou wa opiopio, i ke aloha o kou wa i mare hou ia'i, i kou hahai ana mamuli o'u maloko o ka waonahele, ma ka aina i lulu ole ia.
“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘The LORD says, “I remember for you the kindness of your youth, your love as a bride, how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
3 Ua laa no ka Iseraela no Iehova, a me na hua mua o kona mea ulu. O na mea a pau i hoopau ia ia, ua hewa no lakou; e hiki mai no ka hewa maluna o lakou, wahi a Iehova.
Israel was holiness to the LORD, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him will be held guilty. Evil will come on them,”’ says the LORD.”
4 E hoolohe mai oukou i ka olelo a Iehova, e ko ka hale o Iakoba, a me na ohana a pau o ka hale o ka Iseraela.
Hear the LORD’s word, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!
5 Ke i mai nei o Iehova penei, Heaha ka hewa i loaa i ko oukou mau makua iloko o'u, i hele loihi aku ai lakou mai o'u aku nei, a ua hele hoi mamuli o ka lapuwale, a ua lilo lakou i mea lapuwale?
The LORD says, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after worthless vanity, and have become worthless?
6 Aole hoi lakou i ninau iho, Auhea o Iehova, ka mea nana i lawe mai ia kakou, mai ka aina o Aigupita mai, a alakai hoi ia kakou maoko o ka waonahele, maloko hoi o ka aina i paapu i na auakua, a me na lua, mawaena hoi o ka aina maloo, a me ke aka o ka make, mawaena o ka aina i hele ole ia e kanaka, a noho ole ia hoi e ke kanaka?
They didn’t say, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that no one passed through, and where no man lived?’
7 A lawe mai au ia oukou maloko o ka aina ai nui i ai oukou i kolaila hua, a me kolaila maikai. Aka, i ko oukou komo ana, hoohaumia oukou i ko'u aina, a hoolilo hoi i ko'u hooilina i mea e hoopailua ai.
I brought you into a plentiful land to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
8 Aole i olelo na kahuna, Auhea o Iehova? A o ka poe hoi i lawelawe ma ke kanawai, aole lakou i ike mai ia'u. A hana hewa mai no hoi ia'u ka poe kahu, a ao mai no hoi na kaula ma Baala, a hahai no hoi lakou mamuli o na mea kokua ole.
The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is the LORD?’ and those who handle the law didn’t know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed things that do not profit.
9 Nolaila, e paio aku au ia oukou, wahi a Iehova, a e paio aku no hoi au i na keiki a ka oukou keiki.
“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says the LORD, “and I will contend with your children’s children.
10 E hele ae hoi ma na aina o Kitima, a e nana; a e hoouna aku hoi i Kedara, a e noonoo pono, a ike, ina paha he mea like me ia.
For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see. Send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing.
11 Ua hoololi ae nei anei he lahuikanaka i na'kua, i na mea akua ole? Aka, ua hoololi ae nei no ko'u poe kanaka i ko lakou nani i mea kokua ole.
Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which doesn’t profit.
12 E kahaha mai, e na lani i keia, a e weliweli loa hoi, e lilo oukou i neoneo loa hoi, wahi a Iehova.
“Be astonished, you heavens, at this and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate,” says the LORD.
13 No ka mea, ua hana ko'u poe kanaka i na hewa elua; ua haalele mai lakou ia'u, i ke kumu wai ola, a ua eli lakou i na luawai, i na luawai nahaha, aole e paa ka wai maloko.
“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.
14 He mea hooluhiia anei o Iseraela? he kauwa i hanau ohua ia? No ke aha la ia i lilo ai i ka haoia?
Is Israel a slave? Is he born into slavery? Why has he become a captive?
15 Uwo mai la na liona hou ia ia, a hoonui aku hoi i ko lakou leo, a hooneoneo iho la i kona aina. Ua pau i ka wela kona mau kulanakauhale, aohe mea e noho ana.
The young lions have roared at him and raised their voices. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
16 Ua hoopau no hoi na keiki o Nopa, a me Tahapanesa i kou piko poo.
The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.
17 Aole anei nau iho i hana i keia maluna ou, i kou haalele ana ia Iehova, i kou Akua, ia ia i alakai aku ai ia oe ma ke ala?
“Haven’t you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way?
18 Heaha hoi kau ma ka aoao o Aigupita, e inu ai i na wai o Sihora? Heaha hoi kau ma ka aoao o Asuria, e inu ai i na wai o ka muliwai?
Now what do you gain by going to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or why do you go on the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
19 Na kou hewa iho no e paipai ia oe, a na kou mau lawehala e ao mai ia oe. E ike hoi oe, a e hoomaopopo, he mea ino, a he mea walania hoi kou haalele ana ia Iehova, i kou Akua, a me ka noho ole ana o ka makau ia'u iloko ou, wahi a Iehova, ka Haku o na kaua.
“Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, GOD of Armies.
20 No ka mea, mai kahiko loa mai, ua uhaki au i kou auamo, a ua moku hoi ia'u kou mau kaula i paa ai; a olelo iho la oe, Aole au e noho i kauwa, oiai, ua kulou oe maluna o na puu kiekie a pau, a malalo hoi o na laau uliuli a pau, a ua moe kolohe hoi oe.
“For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.
21 Aka, ua kanu no wau ia oe i kumu waina maikai, he hua pono wale no. Pehea la hoi oe i hoololiia'i i lala o ke kumu waina e ia'u?
Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?
22 Ina e holoi oe ia oe i ka paakai holoi, a hoonui hoi i ka sopa, ua palahea no kou hewa imua o'u, wahi a Iehova, ka Haku.
For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,” says the Lord GOD.
23 Pehea la e hiki ai ia oe ke olelo, Aole au i haumia, aole au i hahai mamuli o na Baala? E nana i kou ala ma ke awawa, e hoomaopopo hoi i ka mea au i hana'i. He kamelo mama no oe e holoholo ana i kona mau ala iho:
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways,
24 He hoki hihiu hoi, ua maa ma ka waonahele, e hau ana i ka makani no kona makemake iho. Ia ia e lapa kane ai, owai ka mea hiki ke hoohuli aku ia ia? o ka poe a pau e imi ana ia ia, aole lakou e hoomaloeloe ia lakou iho, no ka mea, a hiki i kona mahina, loaa no ia ia lakou.
a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs the wind in her craving. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.
25 E malama oe i kou wawae, o kamaa ole, a me kou puu, o maloo. Aka, olelo mai la oe, Make hewa. Oia, ua makemake au i na malihini, a e hahai no au ia lakou.
“Keep your feet from being bare, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’
26 E like me ka aihue i hilahila i kona wa e loaa'i, pela no e hilahila ai ko ka hale o ka Iseraela, o lakou, a me ko lakou alii, a me ko lakou poe luna, a me ko lakou poe kahuna, a me ko lakou poe kaula,
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so the house of Israel is ashamed— they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets,
27 E olelo ana hoi i ka laau, O oe ko'u makuakane; a i ka pohaku hoi, Nau no wau i hanau: a ua huli lakou i ke kua ia'u, aole i ka maka. Aka, i ka manawa o ko lakou poino, e olelo mai no lakou, E ala, e hoola mai oe ia makou.
who tell wood, ‘You are my father,’ and a stone, ‘You have given birth to me,’ for they have turned their back to me, and not their face, but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us!’
28 Auhea kou poe akua au i hana'i nou? E ala mai lakou, ina paha e hiki ia lakou ke hoola ia oe i kou popilikia. No ka mea, o ka heluna o kou mau kulanakauhale, oia no ka heluna o kou poe akua, e Iuda.
“But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble, for you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah.
29 No ke aha la oukou e paio mai ia'u? Ua hana hewa mai ia'u, oukou a pau, wahi a Iehova.
“Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says the LORD.
30 Ua make hewa ko'u paipai ana i ka oukou poe keiki: aole i loaa ia lakou ka naauao. Na ka oukou pahikaua no i hoopau i ko oukou poe kaula, e like me ka liona luku.
“I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
31 E ka hanauna kanaka, e nana oukou i ka olelo a Iehova. He waouahele anei au ne ka Iseraela? He aina pouli hai? No ke aha la i olelo ai ko'u poe kanaka, E aea lealea aku makou, aole makou hei hou aku iou la?
Generation, consider the LORD’s word. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more’?
32 E hiki anei ke kaikamahine ke hoopoina i kona kahike ana, a me ka wahine mare hoi i kona kaei? Aka, ua hoopoina ko'u poe kanaka ia'u i na la pau ole i ka helu.
“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.
33 No ke aha la oe e hoomaikai nei i kou aoao, e imi i ke aloha? Nolaila, ua ao aku oe i ka poe hewa i kou mau aoao.
How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore you have even taught the wicked women your ways.
34 Ma na kihi o kou aahu, ua loaa ke koko o na uhane o ka poe ilihune hewa ole; aole i loaa ma ka huli ana, aka, maluna no ia o keia mau mea a pau.
Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You didn’t find them breaking in, but it is because of all these things.
35 Aka, ke olelo nei oe. Aole o'u hewa, holaila, e huli aku ai kona huhu, mai o'u aku nei. Aia hoi, e paio aku no au ia oe, no ka mea, na olelo oe. Aole au i hewa.
“Yet you said, ‘I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.’ “Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
36 Heaha kou mea e hele nui aku ai, e hoololi hou i kou aoao? E hilahila no hoi oe ia Aigupita. e like me oe i hilahila ai ia Asuria.
Why do you go about so much to change your ways? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.
37 Oia, e hele aku no oe, mai ona aku la, a aia hoi kou mau lima maluna e kou poo: no ka mea. ua hoowahawaha o Iehova i kou mea i hiliuai ai, aole hoi oe e pomaikai ia lakou.
You will also leave that place with your hands on your head; for the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you won’t prosper with them.
