Ieremia 4
1 I NA e hoi mai oe ia'u, e ka Iseraela, wahi a Iehova, e hoi mai no; a ina e hoolei oe i kou mau mea e hoopailua ai, mai ko'u alo aku, alaila aole oe e aea.
“If you will return, Israel,” says the LORD, “if you will return to me, and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight; then you will not be removed;
2 A e hoohiki no oe, ke ola la no o Iehova ma ka oiaio, a ma ka pono, a ma ka maikai; a e hoopomaikai ko na aina ia lakou iho ma ona la, a ma ona la lakou e kaena'i.
and you will swear, ‘As the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations will bless themselves in him, and they will glory in him.”
3 No ka mea, penei ka olelo ana mai a Iehova i na kanaka o ka Iuda, a me ko Ierusalema, E waele oukou i ko oukou mahinaai, mai kanu oukou iwaena o na kakalaioa.
For the LORD says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, “Break up your fallow ground, and don’t sow among thorns.
4 E okipoepoe ia oukou iho no Iehova, a e lawe aku oukou i ka omaka o ko oukou naau, e na kanaka o ka Iuda, a me ka poe noho ma Ierusalema, o puka mai ko'u ukiuki e like me ke ahi, a a hoi, aohe mea e hiki ke hoopio, no ka hewa o ka oukou hana ana.
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
5 E hai aku oukou maloko o ka Iuda, a o kala aku hoi ma Ierusalema; a e i aku, E puhi oukou i ka pu ma ka aina; e kala aku, e hoonui i ka leo, a e i aku, E hoakoakoa oukou, a e komo aku kakou iloko o na kulanakauhale i paa i ka pa.
Declare in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, ‘Blow the trumpet in the land!’ Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves! Let’s go into the fortified cities!’
6 E kau i ka hae ma Ziona, e hoikaika aku hoi, mai ku malie; no ka mea, e lawe mai no wau i ka hewa, mai ke kukuluakau mai, a i ka make nui loa hoi.
Set up a standard toward Zion. Flee for safety! Don’t wait; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.”
7 Ua pii mai ka liona, mai kona ululaau mai; ke hele mai la hoi ka mea luku i na aina; ua puka aku oia, mai kona wahi aku e hoolilo i kou aina i neoneo; a e anaiia kou mau kulanakauhale, aohe mea koe e noho ana.
A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations. He is on his way. He has gone out from his place, to make your land desolate, that your cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.
8 No keia mea, e komo oukou i ka lole ino e kumakena, a e aoa hoi; no ka mea, aole i huli aku ka ukiuki o ke Akua, mai o kakou aku.
For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD hasn’t turned back from us.
9 A hiki aku i kela la, wahi a Iehova, e maule auanei ka naau o ke alii, a me ka naau o na luna; e pilihua hoi na kahuna, a e weliweli na kaula.
“It will happen at that day,” says the LORD, “that the heart of the king will perish, along with the heart of the princes. The priests will be astonished, and the prophets will wonder.”
10 A i aku la au, Auwe, e ka Haku, e Iehova! he oiaio, ua alakai hewa loa oe i keia poe kanaka, a me ko Ierusalema, i ka i ana mai, E loaa auanei ia oukou ka malu; aka, ua komo ka pahikaua iloko o ka uhane.
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You will have peace;’ whereas the sword reaches to the heart.”
11 I kela manawa, e oleloia mai a keia poe kanaka, a i ko Ierusalema, He makani wela no na wahi kiekie mai o ka waonahale, ma ke ala o ke kaikamahine o ko'u poe kanaka, aole no ka hoomaikai, a me ka hoomaemae.
At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind blows from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse.
12 He makani ikaika ka i hele mai ia'u, mai ia mau wahi mai: ano hoi au e hooponopono ia lakou.
A full wind from these will come for me. Now I will also utter judgments against them.”
13 Aia hoi, e pii mai no ia e like me na ao, a e like auanei kona mau kaakaua me ka puahiohio; ua oi aku ka mama o kona mau lio mamua o ko na aeto. Auwe kakou, no ka mea, ua anaiia kakou!
Behold, he will come up as clouds, and his chariots will be as the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! For we are ruined.
14 E Ierusalema e, holoi oe i kou naau, i pau ka hewa, i hoolaia hoi oe. Pohea la ka loihi o ka noho ana o na manao lapuwale iloko ou?
Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?
15 No ka mea, ke hai mai nei ka leo, mai Dana mai, a hoolaha mai hoi i ka lohe i ka popilikia, mai ka mauna o Epaeraima mai.
For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes evil from the hills of Ephraim:
16 E hoikeike i ko na aina: aia hoi, e hai aku no Ierusalema, ua hiki mai ka poe kiai, mai ka aina mamao aku mai, a hoonui hoi lakou i ka leo ku e i na kulanakauhale o ka Iuda.
“Tell the nations, behold, publish against Jerusalem, ‘Watchers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah.
17 E like me ka poe kiai i ka mahinaai, pela no lakou e ku e nei ia wahi a puni: no ka mea, ua kipi mai oia ia'u, wahi a Iehova.
As keepers of a field, they are against her all around, because she has been rebellious against me,’” says the LORD.
18 Na kou aoao, a me kau hana ana i hookau mai i keia mau mea maluna ou; nou no keia hewa, he walania hoi ia, no ka mea, ua komo loa no iloko o kou naau.
“Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness, for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.”
19 O kuu opu, o kuu opu! Ua hookaawiliia au ma kuu naau; ke kani nei ko'u naau iloko o'u. Aole au e noho ekemu ole, no ka mea, ua lohe oe, e kuu uhane, i ke kani ana o ka pu, a me ka hooho o ke kaua.
My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart! My heart trembles within me. I can’t hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
20 Ua heaia ka make maluna o ka make, no ka mea, ua anaiia ka aina a pau. Ua luku hoohikilele ia ko'u mau halelewa, a me ko'u mau paku hoi, ma ka minute.
Destruction on destruction is decreed, for the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, and my curtains gone in a moment.
21 Pehea la ka loihi o ko'u ike ana i ka hae, a lohe hoi i ke kani ana o ka pu?
How long will I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?
22 No ka mea, ua lapuwale ko'u poe kanaka, aole lakou i ike mai ia'u; he poe kamalii lapuwale, aohe o lakou naauao. He akamai lakou i ka hana hewa; aka, aole o lakou ike i ka hana maikai.
“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”
23 Nana ae la au i ka honua, aia hoi, ua neoneo, a olohelohe hoi; i ka lani kekahi, aohe ona malamalama.
I saw the earth and, behold, it was waste and void, and the heavens, and they had no light.
24 Nana ae la au i na kuahiwi, aia hoi, haalulu lakou, a naka iho la na mauna a pau.
I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.
25 Nana aku la au, aia hoi, aohe kanaka, a ua hee aku la na manu a pau o ka laui.
I saw, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky had fled.
26 Nana aku la au, aia hoi, o kahi i nui ka ai, ua waonahele; a ua hoohioloia kolaila kulanakauhale a pau imua o ke alo o Iehova, imua hoi o koua ukiuki nui.
I saw, and behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of the LORD, before his fierce anger.
27 No ka mea, ke olelo mai nei o Iehova penei, E neoneo auanei ka aina a pau; aole nae au e hooki loa i na wahi.
For the LORD says, “The whole land will be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.
28 No keia mea, e kumakena'i ka honua, a e pouli hoi na lani maluna, no ka mea, ua olelo no wau, ua paa kuu manao, aole hoi au e mihi ana, aole au e huli, mai ia manao aku.
For this the earth will mourn, and the heavens above be black, because I have spoken it. I have planned it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.”
29 E auhee no ke kulanakauhale a pau, no ka walaau o na hololio, a me na kanaka kakaka. E holo no lakou iloko o ka ululaau, a e pii hoi maluna o na pohaku; e haaleleia no kela kulanakauhale, keia kulanakauhale, aole kanaka e noho ana iloko.
Every city flees for the noise of the horsemen and archers. They go into the thickets and climb up on the rocks. Every city is forsaken, and not a man dwells therein.
30 A anaiia oe, pehea la oe e hana'i? Ina paha e hoaahu oe ia oe i ka mea ula, a kahiko hoi oe ia oe i na kahiko gula, a ina paha e nahae kou mau maka i ka pena, make hewa no kou hoomaikai ana ia oe; e hoowahawaha mai no kou mau ipo ia oe, e imi no lakou e hoopau i kou ola.
You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with makeup, you make yourself beautiful in vain. Your lovers despise you. They seek your life.
31 No ka mea, ua lohe no au i ka leo, e like me ko ka wahine e hanau keiki ana, a i ke kuakoko, e like me ko ka wahine i hanau i kana hiapo, i ka leo hoi o ke kaikamahine o Ziona e kumakena ana ia ia iho, e hohola ana hoi i kona mau lima, me ka olelo iho, Auwe au ano! no ka mea, ua paupauaho kuu uhane no ka poe pepehi kanaka.
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her who gives birth to her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath, who spreads her hands, saying, “Woe is me now! For my soul faints before the murderers.”
