Heremaia 29

1 Ko nga kupu enei o te pukapuka i tukua e Heremaia poropiti i Hiruharama ki nga morehu o nga kaumatua i whakaraua atu nei, ki nga tohunga, ki nga poropiti, ki te iwi katoa i whakaraua atu e Nepukaneha i Hiruharama ki Papurona;

Now these are the words of the letter which Jeremias, the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the ancients that were carried into captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nabuchodonosor had carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:

2 I muri tenei i te haerenga atu o Kingi Hekonia i Hiruharama, ratou ko te kuini, ko nga unaka, ko nga rangatira o Hura, o Hiruharama, me nga kamura ratou ko nga parakimete;

After that Jechonias the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, and the princes of Juda, and of Jerusalem, and the craftsman, and the engravers were departed out of Jerusalem:

3 He mea kawe na Eraha tama a Hapana, raua ko Kemaria tama a Hirikia; he mea unga ano enei na Terekia kingi o Hura ki Papurona, ki a Nepukaneha kingi o Papurona; i mea ia,

By the hand of Elasa the son of Saphan, and Gamarias the son of Helcias, whom Sedecias king of Juda sent to Babylon to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, saying:

4 Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano, a te Atua o Iharaira, ki nga whakarau katoa, i meinga nei e ahau kia whakaraua atu i Hiruharama ki Papurona;

Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, to all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:

5 Hanga he whare mo koutou, ka noho i roto; whakatokia he kari, ka kai i o ratou hua;

Build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant orchards, and eat the fruit of them.

6 Marenatia he wahine, kia whanau he tama, he tamahine ma koutou; meatia he wahine ma a koutou tama, tukua hoki a koutou tamahine ki te tane, kia whanau ai he tama, he tamahine ma ratou; a kia tini koutou ki reira, kaua hei torutoru.

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters: and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, and let them bear sons and daughters: and be ye multiplied there, and be not few in number.

7 Rapua hoki te rongo mau mo te pa kua meinga na koutou e ahau kia whakaraua ki reira, inoi hoki ki a Ihowa mo reira; ma te mau hoki o tona rongo ka whiwhi ai koutou ki te rangimarie.

And seek the peace of the city, to which I have caused you to be carried away captives; and pray to the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall be your peace.

8 Ko te kupu hoki tenei a Ihowa o nga mano, a te Atua o Iharaira: Kei tinihangatia koutou e a koutou poropiti, e a koutou tohunga tuaahu e noho na i roto i a koutou, kaua hoki e rongo ki a koutou moe e meinga na e koutou kia moea.

For thus saith the Lord of hoses the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners deceive you: and give no heed to your dreams which you dream:

9 No te mea e poropiti teka ana ratou ki a koutou i runga i toku ingoa: ehara ratou i te mea naku i unga, e ai ta Ihowa.

For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: and I have not sent them, saith the Lord.

10 Ko te kupu hoki tenei a Ihowa, Kia rite nga tau e whitu tekau ki Papurona, ka tirohia koutou e ahau; a ka whakatutukitia e ahau taku kupu pai ki a koutou, mo koutou kia whakahokia mai ki tenei wahi.

For thus saith the Lord: When the seventy years shall begin to be accomplished in Babylon, I will visit you: and I will perform my good word in your favour, to bring you again to this place.

11 Kei te mohio hoki ahau ki nga whakaaro e whakaaro nei ahau ki a koutou, e ai ta Ihowa, he whakaaro mo te rongo mau, ehara mo te kino, kia hoatu te tumanako ki a koutou i o koutou ra whakamutunga.

For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of affliction, to give you an end and patience.

12 A tera koutou e karanga ki ahau, a ka haere koutou ka inoi ki ahau, a ka rongo ahau ki a koutou.

And you shall call upon me, and you shall go: and you shall pray to me, and I will hear you.

13 Ka rapua ano ahau e koutou, a ka kitea e koutou, ina whakapaua o koutou ngakau ki te rapu i ahau.

You shall seek me, and shall And me: when you shall seek me with all your heart.

14 A ka kitea ahau e koutou, e ai ta Ihowa, ka whakahokia hoki e ahau to koutou whakaraunga, a ka kohikohia koutou e ahau i roto i nga iwi katoa, i nga wahi katoa i peia atu ai koutou e ahau, e ai ta Ihowa; a ka whakahokia mai koutou e ahau ki te w ahi i whakaraua atu ai koutou e ahau.

And I will be found by you, saith the Lord: and I will bring back your captivity, and I will gather you out of all nations, and from all the places to which I have driven you out, saith the Lord: and I will bring you back from the place to which I caused you to be carried away captive.

15 Kua ki hoki koutou, Kua ara i a Ihowa etahi poropiti mo tatou i Papurona.

Because you have said: The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon:

16 Ko te kupu hoki tenei a Ihowa mo te kingi e noho ana i runga i te torona o Rawiri, mo te iwi katoa hoki e noho ana i tenei pa, mo o koutou teina kihai nei i haere tahi koutou i te whakaraunga;

For thus saith the Lord to the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and to all the people that dwell in this city, to your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity.

17 Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano: Nana, ka unga atu e ahau ki runga ki a ratou te hoari, te hemokai, te mate uruta, a ka meinga ratou e ahau kia rite ki nga piki kikino, e kore nei e taea te kai i te kino rawa.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will send upon them the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: and I will make them like bad figs that cannot be eaten, because they are very bad.

18 A ka whaia ratou e ahau ki te hoari, ki te hemokai, ki te mate uruta, ka tukua hoki ratou kia poipoia i waenganui i nga kingitanga katoa o te whenua, hei kanga, hei miharotanga, hei whakahianga atu, a hei hahani, i roto i nga iwi katoa e peia at u ai ratou e ahau.

And I will persecute them with the sword, and with famine, and pith the pestilence: and I will give them up unto affliction to all the kingdoms of the earth: to be a curse, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach to all the nations to which I have driven them out:

19 No te mea kihai ratou i rongo ki aku kupu, e ai ta Ihowa, ki aku kupu i unga ra e ahau kia kawea ki a ratou e aku pononga, e nga poropiti, moata ai i te ata ki te unga i a ratou; heoi kihai koutou i rongo, e ai ta Ihowa.

Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord: which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising by night, and sending: and you have not heard, saith the Lord.

20 Mo reira whakarongo mai ki te kupu a Ihowa, koutou katoa o te whakaraunga, kua unga atu nei e ahau i Hiruharama ki Papurona.

Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent out from Jerusalem to Babylon.

21 Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano, a te Atua o Iharaira, mo Ahapa tama a Koraia, mo Terekia tama a Maaheia, e poropiti teka na ki a koutou i runga i toku ingoa: Nana, ka hoatu raua e ahau ki te ringa o Nepukareha kingi o Papurona; a mana raua e whakamate i o koutou aroaro.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, to Achab the son of Colias, and to Sedecias the son of Maasias, who prophesy unto you in my name falsely: Behold I will deliver them up into the hands of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon: and he shall kill them before your eyes.

22 A ka ai raua hei kanga ma nga whakarau katoa o Hura i Papurona, ka korerotia, Kia meinga koe e Ihowa kia rite ki a Terekia raua ko Ahapa, i tunua nei e te kingi o Papurona ki te ahi;

And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Juda, that are in Babylon, saying: The Lord make thee like Sedecias, and like Achab, whom the king of Babylon fried in the fire:

23 Kua mahi poauau hoki raua i roto i a Iharaira, kua puremu ki nga wahine a o raua hoa, kua korero hoki i nga kupu teka i runga i toku ingoa, he mea kihai i whakahaua atu e ahau ki a raua; ko ahau tenei e mohio ana, ko ahau te kaiwhakaatu, e ai ta Ihowa.

Because they have acted folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with the wives of their friends, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I commanded them not: I am the judge and the witness, saith the Lord.

24 Na mo Hemaia Neherami me korero koe, me ki atu,

And to Semeias the Nehelamite thou shalt say:

25 Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano, a te Atua o Iharaira, e mea ana ia, I te mea kua tukua e koe etahi pukapuka i runga i tou ake ingoa ki te iwi katoa i Hiruharama, ki te tohunga, ki a Tepania tama a Maaheia, ratou ko nga tohunga katoa, kua me a atu,

Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Because thou hast sent letters in thy name to all the people that are in Jerusalem, and to Sophonias the son of Maasias the priest, and to all the priests, saying:

26 Kua oti koe te mea e Ihowa hei tohunga i muri i a Iehoiara tohunga, kia waiho ai ko koutou hei kaitirotiro i roto i te whare o Ihowa mo te tangata katoa e haurangi ana, e whakaporopiti ana i a ia, kia maka e koe ki nga here waewae, ki nga here r inga.

The Lord hath made thee priest instead of Joiada the priest, that thou shouldst be ruler in the house of the Lord, over every man that raveth and prophesieth, to put him in the stocks, and into prison.

27 Na he aha ra te riria ai e koe a Heremaia Anatoti, e whakaporopiti na i a ia ki a koutou?

And now why hast thou not rebuked Jeremias the Anathothite, who prophesieth to you?

28 Kua tukua mai nei hoki e ia he kupu ki a matou ki Papurona, e mea ana, Ka roa te whakaraunga: hanga he whare mo koutou, ka noho i roto; whakatokia he kari, kainga o ratou hua.

For he hath also sent to us in Babylon, saying: It is a long time: build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant gardens, and eat the fruits of them.

29 Na i korerotia tenei pukapuka e Tepania tohunga ki nga taringa o Heremaia poropiti.

So Sophonias the priest read this letter, in the hearing of Jeremias the prophet.

30 Katahi ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowa ki a Heremaia, i mea ia,

And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying:

31 Tukua he kupu ki nga whakarau katoa, mea atu, Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa mo Hemaia Neherami: Kua poropiti na a Hemaia ki a koutou, a kihai hoki ia i unga e ahau, a kua meinga koutou e ia kia whakawhirinaki ki te teka,

Send to all them of the captivity, saying: Thus saith the Lord to Semeias the Nehelamite: Because Semeias hath prophesied to you, and I sent him not: and hath caused you to trust in a lie:

32 Mo reira ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Nana, ka whiua e ahau a Hemaia Neherami ratou ko ona uri; kore iho he tangata mona hei noho i roto i tenei iwi, e kore hoki ia e kite i te pai e mahia e ahau ki taku iwi, e ai ta Ihowa; no te mea kua korero ia i te tutu mo Ihowa.

Therefore thus saith the Lord: behold I will visit upon Semeias the Nehelamite, and upon his seed: he shall not have a man to sit in the midst of this people, and he shall not see the good that I will do to my people, saith the Lord: because he hath spoken treason against the Lord.