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 Chilkiyahu, one of the priests that 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 the king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign,
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 who continued [prophet] in the days of Jehoyakim the son of Josiah the king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah the king of Judah, until the carrying away into exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
4 Na i puta te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau, i mea,
And the word of the Lord came unto 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 yet I had formed thee in thy mother's body I knew thee; and before thou wast yet come forth out of the womb I sanctified thee: a prophet unto the nations did I ordain thee.
6 Na ka mea ahau, Aue, e Ihowa, e te Atua, nana, kahore e taea e ahau te korero, he tamariki nei hoki ahau.
And I said, Ah, Lord Eternal! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am [but] a lad.
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.
And the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am [but] a lad; but to whomsoever I may send thee shalt thou go, and whatsoever I may command thee shalt thou speak.
8 Kaua e wehi i a ratou; kei a koe hoki ahau hei whakaora i a koe, e ai ta Ihowa.
Be not afraid because of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith 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:
And the Lord stretched forth his hand, and touched [me] therewith on my mouth; and the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy 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, I have appointed thee this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down: to build up, and to plant.
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.
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, A staff of all almond-tree do I see.
12 Ano ra ko Ihowa ki ahau, Ka pai tau tirohanga atu; no te mea ka tirohia e ahau taku kupu, ka mahia.
And the Lord said unto me, Thou hast well seen; for I am watching over my word to perform 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 unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, A seething pot do I see; and the front thereof is turned 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.
And the Lord said unto me, Out of the north shall the evil break forth over all the inhabitants 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, lo, I will call unto all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and upon all its walls round about, and upon [those of] all the cities 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 call them to account touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burnt incense unto other gods, and have bowed down unto the works of their own 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.
But do thou gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I may command thee; be not discouraged because of them, lest I humble thee 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.
But I, behold, I have made of thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls over the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, 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.
And [although] they fight against thee, they shall not prevail against thee; for with thee am I saith the Lord, to deliver thee.
