Heremaia 22
1 Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa; Haere ki raro, ki te whare o te kingi o Hura, ka korero i tenei kupu ki reira,
Thus said the Lord, Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word;
2 Mea atu Whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowa, e te kingi o Hura, e noho na i runga i te torona o Rawiri, a koe, koutou ko ou tangata, ko tou iwi e tomo ana ki enei kuwaha;
And thou shalt say, Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:
3 Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Whakaritea te whakawa me te tika, whakaorangia te tangata e pahuatia ana i te ringa o te kaitukino: kaua e mauria kinotia, kaua e whakatupuria kinotia te manene, te pani, te pouaru, kaua hoki e whakahekea te toto harakor e ki tenei wahi.
Thus hath said the Lord, Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor; and the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow shall ye not oppress, and do them no violence, and shed no innocent blood in this place.
4 No te mea ki te mahia marietia tenei e koutou, katahi ka tomo mai ki nga kuwaha o tenei whare he kingi e noho ana i runga i te torona o Rawiri, e eke ana ki te hariata, ki te hoiho, a ia, me ana tangata, me tona iwi.
For if ye indeed will do this thing, then shall enter in through the gates of this house kings sitting after David upon his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
5 Engari ki te kore koutou e whakarongo ki enei kupu, hei oati tenei maku ki ahau ano, e ai ta Ihowa, tera tenei whare e takoto kau.
But if ye will not hear these words, then do I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a ruin.
6 Ko te kupu hoki tenei a Ihowa mo te whare o te kingi o Hura, Ko Kireara koe ki ahau, a ko te tihi o Repanona; otiia he pono ka meinga koe e ahau hei koraha, hei pa hoki e kore e nohoia.
For thus hath said the Lord concerning the house of the king of Judah, A Gil'ad [though] thou art unto me, a summit of the Lebanon: yet I will surely change thee into a wilderness, cities which are not inhabited.
7 A ka whakaritea e ahau he kaiwhakangaro mou, rite rawa i tana patu, i tana patu: a ka tuaina e ratou ou hita papai, ka maka hoki ki te ahi.
And I will make ready against thee destroyers, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down the choice of thy cedars, and cast them into the fire.
8 A he maha nga iwi e haere ma te taha o tenei pa, a ka mea tena ki tona hoa, ki tona hoa, He aha tenei i meatia e Ihowa ki tenei pa nui?
And [when] many nations [then] pass by this city, they will say every man to his neighbor, Wherefore hath the Lord done the like unto this great city?
9 Katahi ratou ka ki ake, Mo ratou i whakarere i te kawenata a Ihowa, a to ratou Atua, a koropiko ana ki nga atua ke, mahi atu ana ki a ratou.
Then shall they say, Because they had forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and bowed down unto other gods, and served them.
10 Kaua koutou e tangi ki te tupapaku, e uhunga ranei ki a ia: engari kia nui te tangi mo te tangata e haere atu ana; no te mea e kore ia e hoki mai a muri, e kore ano e kite i te whenua i whanau ai ia.
Weep not for the dead, and do not bemoan him: weep sorely for him that goeth away; for he shall never return any more, and see the land of his birth.
11 Ko te kupu hoki tenei a Ihowa mo Harumu tama a Hohia, kingi o Hura, i kingi nei i muri i tona papa, i a Hohia, i haere atu nei hoki i tenei wahi; E kore ia e hoki mai ki konei a ake ake:
For thus hath said the Lord respecting Shallum the son of Josiah the king of Judah, who reigneth in the place of Josiah his father, who is gone forth out of this place, He shall never return thither any more;
12 Engari hei te wahi i whakaraua atu ai ia, ka mate ia ki reira, a e kore ia e kite i tenei whenua a ake ake.
But in the place whither they have led him into exile, there shall he die; but this land shall he not see any more.
13 Aue, te mate mo te tangata e hanga nei i tona whare ki te he, i nga ruma hoki o reira ki te whakawa he; e whakamahi nei i tona hoa, kahore e utua, kahore hoki e hoatu to tana mahi ki a ia;
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that maketh his neighbor work without wages, and giveth him not the reward for his labor;
14 E mea ana, Ka hanga e ahau he whare mahorahora moku, he rarahi nga ruma, pokaia ana he matapihi mona i roto; a ko te hipoki he hita, pania ake ki te whero ngangana.
That saith, I will build me a roomy house, and ample chambers, and cutteth himself out windows, and ceileth it with cedar, and painteth it with colors.
15 E kingi ranei koe, no te mea e whai ana koe kia pera rawa atu te hita? kihai ianei tou papa i kai, i inu, i whakarite i te whakawa, i te tika? a he pai i reira ki a ia.
Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel with cedar buildings? behold, thy father ate and drank, but he executed justice and righteousness: then was it well with him!
16 I whakaritea e ia te whakawa a te ware, a te rawakore; a he pai i reira. He teka ianei ko te mohio tenei ki ahau? e ai ta Ihowa.
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then was it well: is not this the proper knowledge of me? saith the Lord.
17 Kahore hoki ou kanohi, ou ngakau mo tetahi mea ke atu, heoi mo tou apo anake, mo te whakaheke i te toto harakore, mo te tukino, mo te tutu, hei mahi, mau.
But thy eyes and thy heart are directed on nothing but upon thy own gain, and upon innocent blood to shed it, and upon oppression, and upon extortion, to practise them.
18 Mo reira ko ta Ihowa kupu tenei mo Iehoiakimi tama a Hohia kingi o Hura; Kahore he tangi mona, he mea, Aue, e toku tuakana! ko tenei ranei, Aue, e te tuahine! kahore ratou e tangi mona, e mea, Aue, te ariki! Aue, tona kororia!
Therefore thus hath said the Lord concerning Jehoyakim the son of Josiah the king of Judah, They shall not lament for him, with, “Woe, my brother!” and, “Woe, sister!” they shall not lament for him, with “Woe, lord!” and, “Woe, to his glory!”
19 Ka tanumia ia ki te tanu o te kaihe, ka toia, ka maka ki waho i nga kuwaha o Hiruharama.
With the burial of an ass shall he be buried, dragged about and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
20 E piki ki Repanona tangi ai; kia puaki hoki tou reo i Pahana: tangi mai hoki i Aparimi; kua mongamonga katoa hoki te hunga i aroha ki a koe.
Ascend the Lebanon, and cry aloud; and let thy voice resound in Bashan; and cry aloud from 'Aharim; for crushed are all thy lovers.
21 I korero ahau ki a koe i te wa o tou rangatiratanga; engari i mea koe, E kore ahau e rongo. Ko tau tikanga tenei no tou tamarikitanga ake, kihai koe i rongo ki toku reo.
I spoke unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy very youth, that thou didst not hearken to my voice.
22 Ma te hau e whangai au hepara katoa, ka riro hoki te hunga i aroha ki a koe ki te whakarau: katahi rawa koe ka whakama, ka numinumi kau ki tou kino katoa.
The wind shall scatter abroad all thy shepherds, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded because of all thy wickedness.
23 E te wahine e noho na i Repanona, e hanga na i tou kohanga ki nga hita, ano te nui o te manawapa mou ina tae nga mamae ki a koe, te mamae e rite ana ki to te wahine e whanau ana!
O inhabitress of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how full of grace wilt thou be! when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
24 E ora ana ahau, e ai ta Ihowa, ahakoa a Konia tama a Iehoiakimi kingi o Hura, ko te mowhiti i runga i toku ringa matau, ka unuhia tonutia atu koe e ahau i reira;
As I live, saith the Lord, though Conyahu the son of Jehoyakim the king of Judah were a signet upon my right hand, yet for a surety would I thence pluck thee;
25 A ka hoatu koe e ahau ki te ringa o te hunga e whai ana kia whakamatea koe, ki te ringa ano o te hunga e wehi na koe, ara ki te ringa o Nepukareha kingi o Papurona, ki te ringa hoki o nga Karari.
And I will give thee into the hand of those that seek thy life, and into the hand of those of whom thou art afraid, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
26 Ka akiritia atu ano koe e ahau me tou whaea i whanau ai koe ki tetahi atu whenua ehara nai i te wahi i whanau ai korua; a mate atu korua ki reira.
And I will hurl thee out, and thy mother that hath born thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.
27 Engari ko te whenua i okaka tonu ai o raua ngakau kia hoki ki reira, e kore raua e hoki ki reira,
But to the land whitherward they direct their soul to return, thither shall they not return.
28 Ko tenei tangata, ko Konia, he oko pakaru ranei ai e whakahaweatia ana? he oko kahore e matenuitia ana? he aha i akiritia atu ai, ratou ko ona uri, i maka atu ai ki te whenua kihai i mohiotia e ratou?
Is this man Conyahu a despised broken image? or a vessel without value? wherefore are they hurled out, he and his seed, and are cast forth into a land which they know not?
29 E te whenua, te whenua, te whenua, whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowa.
O land, land, land! hear the word of the Lord.
30 Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Tuhituhia e koutou tenei tangata, he urikore, he tangata e kore e oti pai tana i ona ra e ora ai: e kore hoki e totika ta tetahi o ona uri e noho ana i runga i te torona o Rawiri, e kingi ana a muri ake nei i roto i a H ura.
Thus hath said the Lord, Write ye down this man as childless, as a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no man of his seed shall succeed to sit upon the throne of David, and to rule any more in Judah.
