Heremaia 24

1 I whakakite a Ihowa ki ahau, na, e rua nga kete piki i whakaturia ki mua i te temepara o Ihowa; i muri iho i te whakaraunga a Nepukareha kingi o Papurona i a Hekonia tama a Iehoiakimi kingi o Hura, ratou ko nga rangatira o Hura, ko nga kamura, ko nga parakimete i Hiruharama, i tana kawenga hoki i a ratou ki Papurona.

The Lord gave me a vision, and I saw two baskets full of figs put in front of the Temple of the Lord, after Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, had taken prisoner Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the chiefs of Judah, and the expert workmen and metal-workers from Jerusalem, and had taken them to Babylon.

2 He pai rawa nga piki o tetahi o nga kete, he rite tonu ki nga piki matamua: a he kino rawa nga piki o tetahi o nga kete, kahore e taea te kai, i te kino rawa.

One basket had very good figs, like the figs which first come to growth: and the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they were of no use for food.

3 Katahi a Ihowa ka mea ki ahau, He aha tau e kite na, e Heremaia? Ano ra ko ahau, He piki; ko nga piki pai, he tino pai; a, ko nga mea kino, he tino kino, kahore e taea te kai, i te kino rawa.

Then the Lord said to me, What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs are very good, and the bad very bad, and of no use for food, they are so bad.

4 Na ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau, i mea ia,

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

5 Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, a te Atua o Iharaira; Ka penei i nga piki pai nei toku mohio ki te hunga o Hura i whakaraua nei, i unga atu nei e ahau i tenei wahi ki te whenua o nga Karari, hei pai mo ratou.

This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: Like these good figs, so in my eyes will be the prisoners of Judah, whom I have sent from this place into the land of the Chaldaeans for their good.

6 Ka whakamau tonu atu hoki oku kanohi ki a ratou mo te pai, a ka whakahokia mai ano ratou e ahau ki tenei whenua: ka hanga ano ratou e ahau, e kore hoki e wahia iho; ka whakatokia ratou e ahau, e kore ano e hutia atu.

For I will keep my eyes on them for good, and I will take them back again to this land, building them up and not pulling them down, planting them and not uprooting them.

7 Ka hoatu hoki e ahau he ngakau ki a ratou kia mohio ki ahau, ko Ihowa ahau: a ka waiho ratou hei iwi maku, a ko ahau hei Atua mo ratou: no te mea ka whakapaua o ratou ngakau ki te hoki mai ki ahau.

And I will give them a heart to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord: and they will be my people, and I will be their God: for they will come back to me with all their heart.

8 Na mo nga piki kino, e kore nei e taea te kai, i te kino rawa; he pono ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Ka pena taku hoatutanga i a Terekia kingi o Hura, ratou ko ana rangatira, ko nga morehu o Hiruharama e mahue ki tenei whenua, e noho ana hoki i te wh enua o Ihipa:

And like the bad figs which are so bad that they are of no use for food, so I will give up Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his chiefs and the rest of Jerusalem who are still in this land, and those who are in the land of Egypt:

9 Ka tino hoatu hoki ratou e ahau kia poipoia haeretia i roto i nga kingitanga katoa o te whenua, hei he mo ratou; hei hahani, hei whakatauki, hei taunu, hei kanga, i nga wahi katoa e peia atu ai ratou e ahau.

I will give them up to be a cause of fear and of trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth; to be a name of shame and common talk and a cutting word and a curse in all the places wherever I will send them wandering.

10 Ka unga atu ano e ahau he hoari, te hemokai, te mate uruta ki a ratou, kia poto ra ano ratou i runga i te whenua i hoatu e ahau ki a ratou ko o ratou matua.

And I will send the sword, and need of food, and disease, among them till they are all cut off from the land which I gave to them and to their fathers.