Heremaia 50
1 Ko te kupu i korerotia e Ihowa mo Papurona, mo te whenua o nga Karari, i puaki i a Heremaia poropiti.
This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:
2 Kauwhautia i roto i nga tauiwi, panuitia, a ka whakaara he kara; panuitia atu, kaua e huna: mea atu, Kua horo a Papurona, kua whakama a Pere, kua pororaru a Meroraka; kua whakama ana whakapakoko, kua wehi ana whakaahua.
“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’
3 No te mea kei te haere mai he iwi ki a ia i te raki, mana e ururua ai tona whenua, e kore ano tetahi e noho ki reira: kua rere ratou, kua heke, te tangata, te kararehe.
For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.”
4 I aua ra, i taua wa hoki, e ai ta Ihowa, ka haere mai nga tama a Iharaira, ratou tahi ko nga tama a Hura; ka haere ratou me te tangi haere, a ka rapu i a Ihowa, i to ratou Atua.
“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
5 Tera ratou e ui mo Hiona, me te anga ano o ratou kanohi ki reira, me te ki, Haere mai koutou, ka hono i a koutou ki a Ihowa, i runga i te kawenata mau tonu, e kore e wareware.
They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
6 Ko taku iwi he hipi ngaro: na o ratou hepara ratou i kotiti ke ai, na ratou hoki ratou i tahuri ke ai i runga i nga maunga: kua haere atu ratou i te maunga ki te pukepuke, kua wareware ki to ratou takotoranga.
My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.
7 Kua kainga ratou e he hunga katoa i kite i a ratou: a kua mea o ratou hoariri, Kahore o tatou he, kua hara nei hoki ratou ki a Ihowa, ki te nohoanga o te tika, ara ki a Ihowa, ki ta o ratou matua i tumanako ai.
All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’
8 Rere atu i roto i Papurona, heke atu i te whenua o nga Karari, a kia rite ki nga koati toa i mua i nga kahui.
Flee from the midst of Babylon; depart from the land of the Chaldeans; be like the he-goats that lead the flock.
9 No te mea, nana, ka whakaarahia e ahau, ka whakaekea hoki ki Papurona he huihuinga o nga iwi nunui no te whenua ki te raki: a ka takoto o ratou matua hei whawhai ki a ia; ka horo ia i reira: ka rite a ratou pere ki a te marohirohi mohio; e kore t etahi e hoki kau mai.
For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.
10 A ka pahuatia a Karari: ka tatu nga ngakau o te hunga katoa e pahua ana i a ia, e ai ta Ihowa.
Chaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,”
11 No te mea e koa ana koutou, no te mea e whakamanamana ana koutou, e te hunga e pahua nei i toku kainga tupu, no te mea e takarokaro ana koutou, pera i te kau kuao e takahi ana i te witi, e tangi ana pera i nga hoiho kaha;
“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph— you who plunder My inheritance— because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
12 Ka nui rawa te whakama o to koutou whaea; matangerengere ana te wahine i whanau ai koutou: nana, ko ia hei muri rawa o nga iwi, hei koraha, hei whenua waikore, hei ururua.
your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
13 He riri no Ihowa e kore ai e nohoia, engari ka waiho hei ururua katoa a reira: ko nga tangata katoa e tika ana na Papurona ka miharo, ka hi ki ona whiunga katoa.
Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.
14 Whakatakoto i o koutou matua hei whawhai ki Papurona, ki tetahi taha, ki tetahi taha, e te hunga whakapiko kopere katoa; kopere atu ki a ia, kaua e kaiponuhia nga pere: kua hara hoki ia ki a Ihowa.
Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.
15 Hamama ki a ia i tetahi taha, i tetahi taha: kua whakangawari ia i a ia: kua hinga ona parepare, kua oti ona taiepa te wahi iho: he rapunga utu hoki na Ihowa; rapua he utu i a ia; kia rite ki tana i mea ai ta koutou e mea ai ki a ia.
Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.
16 Hatepea atu te kairui i roto i Papurona, me te kairahurahu o te toronaihi i te wa e kotia ai te witi. He wehi no ratou i te hoari tukino, ka tahuri ki tona iwi, ki tona iwi, rere ana ratou ki tona whenua, ki tona whenua.
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.
17 He hipi a Iharaira i marara atu; kua aia atu ia e nga raiona: i te tuatahi na te kingi o Ahiria ia i kai: i te whakamutunga na tenei Napukareha kingi o Papurona ona whenua i wahi.
Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
18 Mo reira ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano, a te Atua o Iharaira: Nana, ka whiua e ahau te kingi o Papurona me tona whenua, ka pera me taku whiunga i te kingi o Ahiria.
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.
19 A ka whakahokia e ahau a Iharaira ki tona takanga, a ka kai ia ki runga ki Karamere, ki Pahana, ka makona hoki tona wairua ki runga ki nga pukepuke o Eparaima, ki Kireara.
I will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.
20 I aua ra, a i taua wa, e ai ta Ihowa, ka rapua te he o Iharaira, a kahore noa iho; nga hara hoki o Hura, a e kore e kitea: ka murua hoki e ahau te kino o te hunga ka whakatoea nei e ahau.
In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
21 Haere atu ki te whenua o Merataimi, ki reira tatau ai, a ki nga tangata hoki o Pekoro: whakamotitia, whakangaromia rawatia, whaia ratou, e ai ta Ihowa, mahia hoki nga mea katoa i whakahaua e ahau ki a koe.
Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents of Pekod. Kill them and devote them to destruction. Do all that I have commanded you,”
22 He ngangau no te whawhai kei te whenua, he whakangaromanga nui.
“The noise of battle is in the land— the noise of great destruction.
23 Tona poroporonga rawatanga, wawahia ana te hama o te ao katoa! tona ururutanga o Papurona i roto i nga tauiwi!
How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
24 I whakatakotoria e ahau he mahanga mou, a kua mau koe, e Papurona, kihai hoki koe i mohio: kua kitea koe, kua hopukia hoki, mou i totohe ki a Ihowa.
I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.
25 Kua whakapuaretia e Ihowa tona whare taonga, kua whakaputaina mai e ia ki waho nga patu o tona riri: he mahi hoki ta te Ariki, ta Ihowa o nga mano, hei mahinga ki te whenua o nga Karari.
The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
26 Haere mai ki a ia i te pito rawa ra ano, whakapuaretia ona toa: opehia ake hei puranga, whakangaromia rawatia: kaua rawa he wahi ona e mahue.
Come against her from the farthest border. Break open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain. Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors.
27 Patua ana puru katoa; tukua ratou kia haere ki raro ki te patunga: aue, te mate mo ratou! kua tae mai hoki to ratou ra, te wa e whiua ai ratou.
Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come— the time of their punishment.
28 Ko te reo o te hunga e rere ana, e mawhiti ana i te whenua o Papurona, hei korero ki te whenua o Hiona i te rapu utu a Ihowa, a to tatou Atua, i te rapu utu mo tona temepara.
Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.
29 Karangarangatia kia hui nga kaikopere ki te tatau ki Papurona, te hunga katoa e whakapiko ana i te kopere; whakapaea tena pa, karapoi noa; kaua rawa tetahi ona e mawhiti; utua tana mahi; kia rite ki nga mea katoa i mea ai ia ta koutou e mea ai k i a ia: no te mea kua whakapehapeha ia ki a Ihowa, ki te Mea Tapu o Iharaira.
Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
30 Mo reira ka hinga ana taitama ki ona huarahi, a ka whakamotitia ana tangata whawhai katoa i taua ra, e ai ta Ihowa.
Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,”
31 Nana, hei hoariri ahau mou, e te mea whakakake, e ai ta te Ariki, ta Ihowa o nga mano: no te mea kua tae mai tou ra, te ra e whiua ai koe e ahau.
“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
32 A ka tutuki nga waewae o te mea whakapehapeha, ka hinga, a kahore he kaiwhakaara mona: a ka ngiha i ahau he ahi ki roto ki ona pa, a ka pau i tera nga mea katoa i tetahi taha ona, i tetahi taha.
The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.”
33 Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano: Kei te tukinotia ngatahitia nga tamariki a Iharaira, ratou ko nga tamariki a Hura: a kei te puritia ratou, mau rawa, e o ratou kaiwhakarau; e kore ratou e pai ki te tuku i a ratou.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.
34 He kaha to ratou kaihoko; ko Ihowa o nga mano tona ingoa: ka whakapaua e ia te tohe i ta ratou tohe, kia hoatu ai e ia he tanga manawa ki te whenua, a he ohooho ki nga tangata o Papurona.
Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
35 Kei runga i nga Karari te hoari, e ai ta Ihowa, kei runga ano i nga tangata o Papurona, kei runga i ona rangatira, kei runga hoki i ona tangata whakaaro nui.
A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.
36 Kei runga te hoari i te hunga whakapehapeha, a ka wairangi ratou: he hoari kei runga i ana marohirohi, a ka pawera ratou.
A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.
37 Kei runga te hoari i o ratou hoiho, kei runga i o ratou hariata, kei runga hoki i nga whakauru katoa i roto i a ia, a ka rite ratou ki te wahine; kei runga te hoari i ona taonga, a ka pahuatia.
A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.
38 He mimiti kei runga i ona wai, a ka maroke: he whenua whakapakoko hoki ia, a e porangi ana ratou ki nga atua whakawehi.
A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.
39 Mo reira ka nohoia a reira e nga kirehe mohoao o te koraha ratou ngatahi ko nga wuruhi, a ka noho ano hoki nga otereti ki reira; a e kore a reira e nohoia a ake ake; kahore hoki e whai kainga a reira i tetahi whakatupuranga ki tetahi whakatupura nga.
So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
40 Ka rite ki ta te Atua hurihanga i Horoma, i Komora, i nga pa ano hoki e tata ana ki reira, e ai ta Ihowa; ka pera te kore o te tangata e noho ki reira, e kore ano hoki tetahi tama a te tangata e whai kainga ki reira.
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
41 Nana, kei te haere mai he iwi i te raki; a he iwi nui, he tokomaha hoki nga kingi e maranga mai i nga topito o te whenua.
Behold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends of the earth.
42 Ka rarau ratou ki te kopere, ki te tao; he iwi nanakia ratou, e kore e tohu tangata; a parara ana to ratou reo pera i te haruru o te moana, kei runga hoiho hoki e eke ana; rarangi rawa katoa, ano he tangata e mea ana ki te whawhai, hei tatau ki a koe, e te tamahine a Papurona.
They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
43 Kua rongo te kingi o Papurona i to ratou rongo, a kei te ngohe ona ringa: kua mau ia i te pawera, i te mamae hoki, me te mea he wahine e whanau ana.
The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
44 Nana, ka haere ake ia ano he raiona i te ngawhatanga o Horoano ki te nohoanga kaha: otiia e kore e rokohanga taku meatanga i a ratou kia rere atu i reira; a ko wai te mea e whiriwhiria kia whakaritea e ahau hei rangatira mona? Ko wai oti e rite ana ki ahau? ko wai hoki hei whakarite wa mai ki ahau? ko wai hoki te hepara hei tu ki toku aroaro?
Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
45 Mo reira whakarongo ki te tikanga a Ihowa, kua whakatakotoria e ia mo Papurona; ki ona whakaaro hoki i whakaaroa e ia mo te whenua o nga Karari: He pono ka toia atu ratou e ratou, ara nga mea ririki o te kahui: he pono ka whakangaromia ratou ko o ratou nohoanga e ia.
Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
46 Ngateri ana te whenua i te haruru o te horonga o Papurona, rangona ana te hamama i roto i nga iwi.
At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.
