Heremaia 17
1 Kua oti te hara o Hura te tuhituhi ki te pene rino, ki te mata hoki o te taimana: he mea whaowhao rawa ki te papa o to ratou ngakau, ki runga hoki ki nga haona o a koutou aata;
“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus having a diamond point. It is engraved on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns of your altars.
2 I a ratou tamariki e mahara ana ki a ratou aata, ki a ratou Aherimi hoki i te taha o nga rakau kouru nui i runga i nga pukepuke tiketike.
Even their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles that were beside the spreading trees and on the high hills.
3 E toku maunga i te parae, ka hoatu e ahau ou rawa, ou taonga katoa kia pahuatia, me ou wahi tiketike, he mea mo te hara, puta noa i ou rohe katoa.
My mountain in the open country, and your wealth and all your treasures I will give away as plunder, together with your high places, because of the sin you committed in all your territories.
4 A ko koe, nau ake ano, ka mutu ki tou kainga tupu i hoatu na e ahau ki a koe; a ka meinga koe e ahau kia mahi ki ou hoariri ki te whenua kihai i mohiotia e koe: no te mea kua tahuna e koutou he ahi i ahau e riri ana, ko tona ka mo ake tonu atu.
You will lose the inheritance that I gave to you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have ignited a fire in my wrath, which will burn forever.”
5 Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa: Ka kanga te tangata e whakawhirinaki ana ki te tangata, e mea ana hoki i te kikokiko hei ringa mona, e kotiti ke ana hoki tona ngakau i a Ihowa.
Yahweh says, “The person who trusts in mankind is accursed; he makes flesh his strength but turns his heart away from Yahweh.
6 Ka rite hoki ia ki te manoao i te koraha, e kore hoki e kite i te putanga mai o te pai; engari ko nga wahi waikore o te koraha hei kainga mona, he whenua tote, e kore nei e nohoia.
For he will be like a small bush in the Arabah and will not see anything good coming. He will stay in the stony places in the wilderness, barren land without inhabitants.
7 Ka manaakitia te tangata e whakawhirinaki ana ki a Ihowa, ko Ihowa tana e tumanako ai.
But the person who trusts in Yahweh is blessed, for Yahweh is his reason for confidence.
8 Ka rite hoki ia ki te rakau i whakatokia ki te taha o nga wai, e toro nei ona pakiaka ki te awa, a kahore e wehi i te tikakatanga mai o te ra, engari ka matomato tonu tona rau; e kore e manukanuka i te tau raki, e kore ano hoki e mutu tona whai h ua.
For he will be like a tree planted by water, its roots will spread out by the stream. It will not fear the heat when it comes, for its leaves are always green. It is not anxious in a year of drought, and it will not stop producing fruit.
9 Ko te ngakau, he mea tinihanga atu i nga mea katoa, a he tino mate rawa: e mohiotia ranei e wai?
The heart is more deceitful than anything else. It is sick; who can understand it?
10 Ko taku, ko ta Ihowa, he rapu i te ngakau, he whakamatautau i nga whatumanawa, kia hoatu ai ki tenei, ki tenei kia rite ki tona ara ake, kia rite hoki ki nga hua o ana mahi.
I am Yahweh, the one who searches through the mind, who tests the hearts. I give to each person according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.
11 Ka rite ki te patiri, e whakawhaiti nei i nga pi, ehara i a ia i whakawhanau, he pera te tangata e whiwhi ana ki te taonga, a kahore i tika mana; i waenganui o ona ra ka mahue ia i a ratou, a wairangi noa iho ia i tona mutunga iho.
A partridge hatches an egg that she did not lay. Someone may become rich unjustly, but when half his days are over, those riches will abandon him, and in the end he will be a fool.”
12 Ko to tatou wahi tapu he torona kororia, he mea whakanoho ki te wahi tiketike mai i te timatanga.
“The place of our temple is a glorious throne, elevated from the beginning.
13 E Ihowa, e ta Iharaira e tumanako nei, ka whakama te hunga katoa e whakarere ana i a koe; ka tuhituhia ki te whenua te hunga e kotiti ana i ahau, mo ratou i whakarere i a Ihowa, i te puna wai ora.
Yahweh is the hope of Israel. All who abandon you will be put to shame; those in the land who turn away from you will be written in the earth, for they have forsaken Yahweh, the fountain of living waters.
14 Rongoatia ahau, e Ihowa, a ka mahu toku mate; whakaorangia ahau, a ka ora ahau: ko koe hoki taku e whakamoemiti ai.
Heal me, Yahweh, and I will be healed! Rescue me, and I will be rescued. For you are my song of praise.
15 Nana, kei te ki mai ratou ki ahau, Kei hea te kupu a Ihowa? tena ra, kia puta mai.
See, they are saying to me, 'Where is the word of Yahweh? Let it come!'
16 Na, ko ahau nei, kihai ahau i hohoro atu i te mahi hepara i muri i a koe, kihai hoki i hiahia ki te ra o te mamae; e mohio ana ano koe: i mua i tou kanohi te mea i puta mai i oku ngutu.
As for me, I did not run from being a shepherd following you. I did not long for the day of disaster. You know the proclamations that came from my lips. They were made in your presence.
17 Kei waiho koe hei whakawehi moku: ko koe taku e whakamanawa atu ai i te ra o te he.
Do not be a terror to me. You are my refuge on the day of calamity.
18 Kia whakama te hunga e tukino ana i ahau, kaua ia ahau e whakama: kia wehi ratou, kaua ia ahau e wehi: kawea te ra o te kino ki runga ki a ratou, kia rua hoki nga whakangaromanga e whakangaro ai koe i a ratou.
May my pursuers be ashamed, but do not let me be ashamed. May they be dismayed, but do not let me be dismayed. Send the day of disaster against them and shatter them with a double share of destruction.”
19 I penei mai ta Ihowa kupu ki ahau, Haere, e tu ki te kuwaha o nga tama a te iwi, e tomo ai nga kingi o Hura, e haere atu ai hoki, a ki nga kuwaha katoa o Hiruharama:
Yahweh said this to me: “Go and stand in the gate of the people where the kings of Judah enter and where they exit, then in all the other gates of Jerusalem.
20 A ka mea ki a ratou, Whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowa, e nga kingi o Hura, e Hura katoa, e nga tangata katoa hoki o Hiruharama, e tomo nei ma enei kuwaha:
Say to them, 'Hear the word of Yahweh, kings of Judah and all you people of Judah, and every resident of Jerusalem who comes in through these gates.
21 Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Kia tupato ki a koutou, a kaua he kawenga e waha i te ra hapati, kaua ano e maua mai ki roto ma nga kuwaha o Hiruharama;
Yahweh says this: “Be careful for the sake of your lives and do not carry a burden on the Sabbath day to bring it to the gates of Jerusalem.
22 Kaua hoki he kawenga e maua atu i o koutou whare i te ra hapati, kaua hoki koutou e mahi i tetahi mahi; engari me whakatapu e koutou te ra hapati, kia rite ki taku i whakahau ai ki o koutou matua;
Do not bring a load out from your house on the Sabbath day. Do not do any work, but set apart the Sabbath day, just as I commanded your ancestors to do.”'
23 Otiia kihai ratou i rongo, kihai hoki i tahuri to ratou taringa, engari i whakapakeke i to ratou kaki, kei rongo ratou, kei manako hoki ki te ako.
They did not listen or pay attention, but stiffened their neck so they would not hear me nor accept discipline.
24 Na, ki te ata whakarongo koutou ki ahau, e ai ta Ihowa, kia kaua e mau kawenga ma nga kuwaha o tenei pa i te ra hapati, engari kia whakatapu i te ra hapati, kia kaua e mahi i tetahi mahi i reira;
It will happen that if you truly listen to me—this is Yahweh's declaration—and do not bring a load to the gates of this city on the Sabbath day but instead set apart the Sabbath day to Yahweh and not do any work on it,
25 Katahi ka tomo ki nga kuwaha o tenei pa he kingi, he rangatira, e noho ana i runga i te torona o Rawiri, e eke ana ki te hariata, ki te hoiho, ratou, a ratou rangatira, me nga tangata o Hura, me te hunga e noho ana i Hiruharama; a ka tuturu tene i pa a ake ake.
then kings, princes, and those who sit on David's throne will come to the gates of this city in chariots and with horses, they and their leaders, men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.
26 A ka haere mai nga tangata i nga pa o Hura, i nga wahi i nga taha o Hiruharama, i te whenua o Pineamine, i te mania, i nga maunga, i te tonga hoki, me te mau mai he tahunga tinana, he patunga tapu, he whakahere, he whakakakara, a ka maua mai hok i he whakawhetai, ki te whare o Ihowa.
They will come from the cities of Judah and from all around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin and the lowlands, from the mountains, and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, thank offerings to the house of Yahweh.
27 Ki te kore ia koutou e whakarongo ki taku kia whakatapua te ra hapati, kia kaua hoki e maua he kawenga, a ka tomo ki nga kuwaha o Hiruharama i te ra hapati; katahi ka ngiha i ahau he ahi i nga kuwaha o reira, a ka pau nga whare kingi o Hiruharam a, e kore ano e tineia.
But if you do not listen to me—to set apart the Sabbath day and to not carry heavy loads and to not enter the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day—then I will light a fire in its gates, and it will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem, and it cannot be put out.”
