Heremaia 16

1 I puta mai ano te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau, i mea ia.

The worde of the Lord came also vnto mee, saying,

2 Kaua koe e moe hoa, kauaka hoki he tama, he tamahine mau i tenei wahi.

Thou shalt not take thee a wife, nor haue sonnes nor daughters in this place.

3 Ko te kupu hoki tenei a Ihowa mo nga tama, mo nga tamahine ka whanau ki tenei wahi, mo o ratou whaea hoki i whanau ai ratou, mo o ratou papa ano na ratou nei aua tamariki i tenei whenua;

For thus sayeth the Lord concerning the sonnes, and concerning the daughters that are borne in this place, and concerning their mothers that beare them, and concerning their fathers, that beget them in this land,

4 He kino rawa nga mate e mate ai ratou; e kore ratou e tangihia, e kore hoki e tanumia; ka waiho ratou hei whakawairakau i runga i te mata o te oneone: ka poto atu ratou i te hoari, i te hemokai; ko o ratou tinana hei kai ma nga manu o te rangi, m a nga kararehe o te whenua.

They shall die of deathes and diseases: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried, but they shalbe as dung vpon the earth, and they shalbe consumed by the sword, and by famine, and their carkeises shall be meate for the foules of the heauen, and for the beasts of the earth.

5 Ko te kupu hoki tenei a Ihowa, Kaua e tomo ki te whare tangihanga, kaua hoki e haere ki te tangi, ki te uhunga i a ratou: kua tangohia atu hoki e ahau taku rangimarie i tenei iwi, e ai ta Ihowa, ara te aroha noa me nga mahi tohu.

For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither goe to lament, nor be moued for the: for I haue taken my peace, from this people, saith the Lord, euen mercy and compassion.

6 Ka mate nga mea nunui ratou ko nga mea ririki ki tenei whenua; e kore ratou e tanumia, e kore hoki te tangata e tangi ki a ratou, e kore e haehae i a ratou, e kore e whakamoremore i o ratou mahunga mo ratou:

Both the great, and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them nor cut themselues, nor make themselues balde for them.

7 E kore hoki e tuwhaina mai te taro ma ratou i te tangihanga, hei whakamarie i a ratou mo te tupapaku; e kore hoki e homai ki a ratou te kapu whakamarie kia inumia, ina mea ki tona papa, ki tona whaea.

They shall not stretch out the hands for the in the mourning to comfort them for the dead, neither shall they giue them the cup of consolation to drinke for their father or for their mother.

8 Kaua ano hoki koe e tomo ki te whare hakari noho tahi ai me ratou, kai ai, inu ai ranei.

Thou shalt not also goe into the house of feasting to sit with them to eate and to drinke.

9 Ko te kupu hoki tenei a Ihowa o nga mano, a te Atua o Iharaira, Nana, ka whakamutua e ahau i tenei wahi, i mua i o koutou kanohi a i o koutou ra, te reo o te harakoa, te reo o te hari, te reo o te tane marena hou, te reo o te wahine marena hou.

For thus sayth the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Beholde, I wil cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, euen in your dayes the voyce of myrth, and the voyce of gladnes, the voyce of the bridegrome and the voyce of the bride.

10 Na, ka korerotia e koe enei kupu katoa ki tenei iwi, a ka mea ratou ki a koe, Na te aha tenei kino nui katoa i korerotia mai ai e Ihowa ki a matou? he aha hoki to matou he? he aha ano to matou hara i hara ai matou ki a Ihowa, ki to matou Atua?

And when thou shalt shewe this people all these wordes, and they shall say vnto thee, Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great plague against vs? or what is our iniquitie? and what is our sinne that we haue committed against the Lord our God?

11 Katahi koe ka mea ki a ratou, No te mea i whakarerea ahau e o koutou matua, e ai ta Ihowa, a haere ana ratou ki te whai i nga atua ke mahi ana ki a ratou, koropiko ana ki a ratou, whakarerea ana ahau e ratou, kihai hoki ratou i pupuri i taku tur e;

Then shalt thou say vnto them, Because your fathers haue forsaken me, sayth the Lord, and haue walked after other gods, and haue serued them, and worshipped them, and haue forsaken me, and haue not kept my Law,

12 Me koutou ano, kino atu ta koutou mahi i ta o koutou matua; no te mea, nana, kei te whai koutou i nga tikanga pakeke o tona ngakau kino, o tona ngakau kino, na wai a kahore koutou e rongo ki ahau:

(And ye haue done worse then your fathers: for beholde, you walke euery one after the stubbernesse of his wicked heart, and will not heare me)

13 Na reira ka akiritia atu koutou e ahau i tenei whenua ki tetahi whenua kihai i mohiotia e koutou, e o koutou matua ranei; a ki reira koutou mahi ai ki nga atua ke i te ao, i te po; e kore hoki e puta toku aroha ki a koutou.

Therefore will I driue you out of this land into a lande that ye knowe not, neither you, nor your fathers, and there shall ye serue other gods day and night: for I will shew you no grace.

14 Nana, kei te haere ake nei hoki nga ra, e ai ta Ihowa, e kore ai e korerotia, E ora ana a Ihowa nana nei i kawe mai nga tama a Iharaira i te whenua o Ihipa;

Behold therfore, saith the Lord, the dayes come that it shall no more be sayde, The Lord liueth, which brought vp the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt,

15 Engari, E ora ana a Ihowa nana nei i kawe mai nga tama a Iharaira i te whenua ki te raki, i nga whenua katoa ano i peia atu ai ratou e ia: a ka whakahokia mai ratou e ahau ki to ratou whenua i hoatu ra e ahau ki o ratou matua.

But the Lord liueth, that brought vp the children of Israel from the lande of the North, and from all the landes where hee had scattered them, and I wil bring them againe into their land that I gaue vnto their fathers.

16 Nana, ka tikina atu e ahau etahi kaihi ika tokomaha, e ai ta Ihowa, a ka hiia ratou e ratou: muri iho ka tikina e ahau he tangata whai kirehe mohoao, he tokomaha, a ka whaia ratou i runga i nga maunga katoa, i runga i nga pukepuke katoa, i roto hoki i nga rua o nga kamaka.

Behold, sayth the Lord, I wil send out many fishers, and they shall fish them, and after, will I send out many hunters, and they shall hunt them from euery mountaine and from euery hill, and out of the caues of the rockes.

17 No te mea kei runga oku kanohi i o ratou ara katoa; kahore hoki e huna atu i toku mata, kahore ano to ratou he e huna i oku kanohi.

For mine eyes are vpon al their wayes: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquitie hid from mine eyes.

18 Na ka matua rite i ahau nga utu mo to ratou he, mo to ratou hara, kia rua; mo ratou i whakapoke i toku whenua ki nga tinana o a ratou mea anaunu, i whakaki hoki i toku wahi tupu ki a ratou mea whakarihariha.

And first I will recompense their iniquitie and their sinne double, because they haue defiled my lande, and haue filled mine inheritance with their filthie carions and their abominations.

19 E Ihowa, e toku kaha, e toku pa kaha, e toku rerenga atu i te wa o te raru, tera e haere mai nga iwi i nga pito o te whenua ki a koe, a ka mea, Koia ano! he teka kau nga taonga tupu o o tatou matua, he horihori, he mea huakore.

O Lord, thou art my force, and my strength and my refuge in the day of affliction: the Gentiles shall come vnto thee from the ends of the world, and shall say, Surely our fathers haue inherited lies, and vanitie, wherein was no profite.

20 E hanga ranei te tangata i etahi atua mona, ehara nei i te atua?

Shall a man make gods vnto himselfe, and they are no gods?

21 Mo reira ka meinga ratou e ahau kia mohio, ka meinga ratou e ahau kia mohio i tenei wa kotahi nei ki toku ringa, ki toku kaha hoki; a ka mohio ratou, ko Ihowa toku ingoa.

Beholde, therefore I will this once teach them: I will shewe them mine hande and my power, and they shall know that my Name is the Lord.