Heremaia 14
1 Ko te kupu a Ihowa i puta mai ki a Heremaia, he mea mo te tauraki.
That which has been the word of YHWH to Jeremiah concerning the matters of the scarcities:
2 Kei te tangi a Hura, ngehe kau ona kuwaha, kua noho ki te whenua he mangu ona kakahu; kua kake te aue o Hiruharama ki runga.
“Judah has mourned, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
3 Na ka unga o ratou ariki i a ratou tamariki ririki ki nga awa: ka tae ratou ki nga poka, kahore e kite wai; ka hoki me a ratou oko, tahanga kau: ka whakama ratou, ka numinumi, ka hipoki i o ratou mahunga.
And their majestic ones have sent their little ones to the water, They have come to ditches, They have not found water, They have turned back—their vessels empty! They have been ashamed, And have blushed and covered their head.
4 I te ngatata o te oneone, kahore ano nei hoki he ua ki runga ki te whenua, ka whakama nga kaiparau, ka hipoki i o ratou mahunga.
Because the ground has been broken, For there has been no rain in the land, Farmers have been ashamed, They have covered their head.
5 Ae ra, ko te hata ano, whanau ana ia i waenga parae, a whakarerea ake e ia tana kuao, no te mea kahore he tarutaru.
For even the doe in the field has brought forth—to forsake [it!] For there has been no grass.
6 Na ka tu nga kaihe mohoao i runga i nga wahi tiketike, ka kihakiha ano he kirehe mohoao; matawaia ana o ratou kanohi, kahore hoki he otaota.
And wild donkeys have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Their eyes have been consumed, for there is no herb.”
7 Ahakoa whakaatu noa o matou kino i to matou he, e mahi koe, e Ihowa, kia mahara hoki ki tou ingoa: kua tini nei hoki o matou tahuritanga ketanga, kua hara matou ki a koe.
Surely our iniquities have testified against us, O YHWH, work for Your Name’s sake, For our backslidings have been many, We have sinned against You.
8 E koe, e te tumanako a Iharaira, e tona kaiwhakaora i te wa o te raru, he aha koe i noho ai i te whenua ano he manene, i rite ai ki te tangata haere e peka ana ki tetahi moenga mona i te po?
O Hope of Israel—its Savior in time of trouble, Why are You as a sojourner in the land? And as a traveler turned aside to lodge?
9 He aha koe i rite ai ki te tangata e ketekete kau ana, ki te marohirohi e kore nei e kaha ki te whakaora? kei waenganui ano ia koe i a matou, e Ihowa, kua huaina tou ingoa mo matou; kaua hoki matou e whakarerea.
Why are You as one mute? As a mighty one not able to save? And You [are] in our midst, O YHWH, And Your Name is called over us, Do not leave us.
10 Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa ki tenei iwi, He pena tonu to ratou matenui ki te taihaere; kihai i kaiponuhia o ratou waewae; no reira kahore a Ihowa e manako ki a ratou; ka mahara ia aianei ki o ratou he, a ka whiu i o ratou hara.
Thus said YHWH concerning this people: “They have loved to wander well, They have not restrained their feet, And YHWH has not accepted them, Now He remembers their iniquity, And inspects their sin.”
11 A ka mea a Ihowa ki ahau, Kaua e inoi mo tenei iwi ki te pai mo ratou.
And YHWH says to me: “You do not pray for this people for good.
12 Ka nohopuku ratou, e kore ahau e rongo ki ta ratou karanga; ka whakaekea e ratou te tahunga tinana me te whakahere, e kore ahau e manako ki a ratou; engari ka poto ratou i ahau, i te hoari, i te hemokai, i te mate uruta.
When they fast, I do not listen to their cry, and when they cause burnt-offering and present to ascend, I do not accept them; for I am consuming them by sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.”
13 Ano ra ko ahau, Aue, e te Ariki, e Ihowa, nana, ko nga poropiti te mea nei ki a ratou, E kore koutou e kite i te hoari, e kore ano te hemokai e pa ki a koutou; engari maku e mea kia tuturu rawa te mau o te rongo ki a koutou i tenei wahi.
And I say, “Aah! Lord YHWH, behold, the prophets are saying to them: You do not see a sword, indeed, famine is not [on] you, for I give true peace to you in this place.”
14 Ano ra ko Ihowa ki ahau, Kei te poropiti teka nga poropiti i runga i toku ingoa: kihai ratou i unga e ahau, kihai ratou i whakahaua e ahau, kihai hoki ahau i korero ki a ratou: he kitenga teka ta ratou e poropiti na ki a koutou, he whakaaro ki n ga tohu, he mea horihori, he mea tinihanga na o ratou ngakau.
And YHWH says to me: “The prophets are prophesying falsehood in My Name. I did not send them, nor command them, nor have I spoken to them. A false vision, and divination, and vanity—indeed, they are prophesying the deceit of their own heart to you.
15 Mo reira ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa mo nga poropiti e poropiti nei i runga i toku ingoa, he hunga kihai i unga e ahau, i a ratou e mea nei, E kore te hoari, te hemokai ranei e pa ki tenei whenua: Ka poto ena poropiti i te hoari, i te hemokai.
Therefore, thus said YHWH concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My Name and I have not sent them, and they are saying, Sword and famine is not in this land: By sword and by famine are these prophets consumed.
16 Na, ko te iwi ki a ia nei ta ratou poropititanga, ka akiritia ki nga ara o Hiruharama i te ngaunga a te hemokai, a te hoari; kahore hoki he tangata hei tanu i a ratou, i a ratou, i a ratou wahine, i a ratou tama, i a ratou tamahine; no te mea ka ringihia e ahau to ratou kino ki runga ki a ratou.
And the people to whom they are prophesying are cast into out-places of Jerusalem, because of the famine and the sword, and they have none burying them—them, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters—and I have poured out their evil on them.
17 Na me korero e koe tenei kupu ki a ratou, Kia hirere iho te roimata o oku kanohi i te po, i te ao, kaua hoki e mutu; no te mea he nui te pakaru i pakaru ai te tamahine a taku iwi, mamae rawa te patunga.
And you have said this word to them: Tears come down my eyes night and day, And they do not cease, For [with] a great breach, The virgin daughter of my people has been broken, A very grievous stroke.
18 Ki te haere ahau ki te parae, nana, ko nga tupapaku a te hoari! ki te tomo ahau ki te pa, nana, ko te hunga e mate ana i te hemokai! ko te poropiti hoki raua tahi ko te tohunga kei te haereere noa iho i te whenua a kahore e mohio.
If I have gone forth to the field, Then, behold, the pierced of the sword! And if I have entered the city, Then, behold, the diseased of famine! For both prophet and priest have gone up and down To a land that they did not know.”
19 Kua paopao rawa ranei koe ki a Hura? kua whakarihariha ranei tou wairua ki Hiona? He aha koe i patu ai i a matou, te ai he mahunga mo o matou mate? I tatari matou ki te rongo mau, heoi kahore he pai; ki te wa e mahu ai, na ko te raruraru.
Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You struck us, And there is no healing to us? Looking for peace, and there is no good, And for a time of healing, and behold, terror.
20 Tenei matou, e Ihowa, te whaki nei i to matou kino, i te he o o matou matua: kua hara hoki matou ki a koe.
We have known, O YHWH, our wickedness, The iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against You.
21 Kaua e whakarihariha ki a matou, whakaaro ki tou ingoa; kaua e whakaititia te torona o tou kororia; kia mahara, kaua e whakataka tau kawenata ki a matou.
Do not despise, for Your Name’s sake, Do not dishonor the throne of Your glory, Remember, do not break Your covenant with us.
22 Kei roto ranei i nga mea horihori a nga tauiwi tetahi hei mea kia ua? ma nga rangi ranei e homai nga ua nehu? he teka ianei ko koe ia, e Ihowa, e to matou Atua? na reira matou ka tatari ki a koe; nau hoki i hanga enei mea katoa.
Are there any among the vanities of the nations causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O our God YHWH? And we wait for you, for You have done all these!
