Heremaia 1
1 Ko nga kupu a Heremaia tama a Hirikia, ko ia nei tetahi o nga tohunga i Anatoto i te whenua o Pineamine:
The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
2 I puta nei ki a ia te kupu a Ihowa i nga ra o Hohia tama a Amono, kingi o Hura, i te tekau ma toru o nga tau o tona kingitanga.
To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his rule.
3 I puta ano hoki i nga ra o Iehoiakimi tama a Hohia kingi o Hura, a taka noa te tekau ma tahi o nga tau o Terekia tama a Hohia kingi o Hura, taea noatia te whakaraunga o Hiruharama i te rima o nga marama.
And it came again in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, up to the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah; till Jerusalem was taken away in the fifth month.
4 Na i puta te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau, i mea,
Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
5 Kiano koe i hanga e ahau i roto i te kopu, kua mohio ahau ki a koe, a kiano koe i puta mai i te puku, kua whakatapua koe e ahau; kua whakaritea koe e ahau hei poropiti ki nga iwi.
Before you were formed in the body of your mother I had knowledge of you, and before your birth I made you holy; I have given you the work of being a prophet to the nations.
6 Na ka mea ahau, Aue, e Ihowa, e te Atua, nana, kahore e taea e ahau te korero, he tamariki nei hoki ahau.
Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.
7 Ano ra ko Ihowa ki ahau, Kaua e mea, He tamariki ahau: no te mea, ahakoa ko wai te hunga e unga atu ai koe e ahau, me haere tonu koe, me korero hoki e koe nga mea katoa e whakahaua e ahau ki a koe.
But the Lord said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for wherever I send you, you are to go, and whatever I give you orders to say, you are to say.
8 Kaua e wehi i a ratou; kei a koe hoki ahau hei whakaora i a koe, e ai ta Ihowa.
Have no fear because of them: for I am with you, to keep you safe, says the Lord.
9 Na ka totoro mai te ringa o Ihowa, a ka pa ki toku mangai; a ka mea a Ihowa ki ahau, Nana, kua hoatu nei e ahau aku kupu ki tou mangai:
Then the Lord put out his hand, touching my mouth; and the Lord said to me, See, I have put my words in your mouth:
10 Titiro, no tenei ra i meinga ai koe e ahau hei whakatakoto tikanga ki nga iwi, ki nga kingitanga, hei unu atu, hei wahi iho, hei whakangaro, hei turaki iho, hei hanga, hei whakato.
See, this day I have put you over the nations and over the kingdoms, for uprooting and smashing down, for destruction and overturning, for building up and planting.
11 I puta mai ano te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau, i mea, He aha te mea e kite na koe, e Heremaia? Ano ra ko ahau, He peka aramona taku e kite nei.
Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what do you see? And I said, I see a branch of an almond-tree.
12 Ano ra ko Ihowa ki ahau, Ka pai tau tirohanga atu; no te mea ka tirohia e ahau taku kupu, ka mahia.
Then the Lord said to me, You have seen well: for I keep watch over my word to give effect to it.
13 Na ko te rua o nga putanga mai o te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau; i mea ia, He aha te mea e kite na koe? Ano ra ko ahau, He kohua e koropupu ana taku e kite nei, a ko tona mata e anga mai ana i te raki.
And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, What do you see? And I said, I see a boiling pot, and its face is from the north.
14 Na ka mea a Ihowa ki ahau, Ka puta mai i te raki he kino mo nga tangata katoa o te whenua.
Then the Lord said to me, Out of the north evil will come, bursting out on all the people of the land.
15 Tenei hoki ahau te karanga nei ki nga hapu katoa o nga kingitanga o te raki, e ai ta Ihowa; a ka haere mai ratou, ka whakatu i tona torona, i tona torona, ki te tomokanga i nga kuwaha o Hiruharama, ki ona taiepa katoa, a karapoi noa, ki nga pa k atoa ano o Hura.
For see, I will send for all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says the Lord; and they will come, everyone placing his high seat at the way into Jerusalem, and against its walls on every side, and against all the towns of Judah.
16 Ka puaki ano i ahau aku whakawakanga ki a ratou mo o ratou kino katoa; mo ratou i whakarere i ahau, i tahu whakakakara ki nga atua ke, i koropiko ki nga mahi a o ratou ringa.
And I will give my decision against them on account of all their evil-doing; because they have given me up, burning perfumes to other gods and worshipping the works of their hands.
17 Na, ko koe, whitikiria tou hope, whakatika, korerotia ki a ratou nga mea katoa e whakahaua e ahau ki a koe; aua e wehi i a ratou, kei meinga koe e ahau kia numinumi kau ki to ratou aroaro.
So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them.
18 No te mea hoki kua meinga koe e ahau i tenei ra hei pa taiepa, hei pou rino, hei taiepa parahi ki te whenua katoa, ki nga kingi o Hura, ki ona rangatira, ki ona tohunga, ki te iwi ano o te whenua.
For see, this day have I made you a walled town, and an iron pillar, and walls of brass, against all the land, against the kings of Judah, against its captains, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
19 A ka whawhai ratou ki a koe, otira e kore koe e taea e ratou; no te mea kei a koe ahau, e ai ta Ihowa, hei whakaora i a koe.
They will be fighting against you, but they will not overcome you: for I am with you, says the Lord, to give you salvation.
