Selemaia 15

1 Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe Sihova kiate au, “Kapau ʻe tuʻu ʻi hoku ʻao ʻa Mōsese mo Samuela, ʻe ʻikai te u tokanga ki he kakai ni: kapusi ʻakinautolu ʻi hoku ʻao, pea tuku ke nau ʻalu atu.

Then Yahweh said [this] to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel could [come back from their graves and] and stand in front of me [and plead with me for these Israeli people], I would not act mercifully [IDM] toward these people. [I would tell you], ‘Send them away from me. Cause them to leave me!’

2 Pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻo kapau te nau lea kiate koe, Te mau ʻalu ki fē? pea te ke tala kiate kinautolu, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova; Ko kinautolu, kuo tuʻutuʻuni ki he mate, te nau mate; pea ko kinautolu ʻoku tuʻutuʻuni ki he heletā, te nau ʻi he heletā; pea ko kinautolu ʻoku tuʻutuʻuni ki he honge, te nau ʻi he honge; pea ko kinautolu kuo tuʻutuʻuni ki he fakapōpula, te nau ʻalu ki he fakapōpula.

And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’, tell them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: The ones that I say must die, will die: The ones that I say must die in wars [MTY], will die in wars. The ones that I say must die from hunger, will die from hunger. The ones that I say must be captured [and taken to other countries], will be captured [and taken to other countries].

3 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, Te u tuʻutuʻuni kiate kinautolu ʻae faʻahinga meʻa ʻe fā: ko e heletā ke tāmateʻi, ko e fanga kulī ke haehae, ko e manu ʻoe ʻatā, pea mo e ngaahi manu ʻoe fonua, ke folo hifo pea fakaʻauha.

I will send four things that will get rid of them: I will send [enemy soldiers using] swords to kill them. I will send wild dogs to drag away [their corpses]. I will send vultures to eat [their corpses]. And I will send [other] wild animals to eat what remains [of their corpses].

4 Pea te u tukuange ʻakinautolu ke ʻave ki he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻo māmani, koeʻuhi ko Manase ko e foha ʻo Hesekaia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, pea koeʻuhi ko e meʻa naʻa ne fai ʻi Selūsalema.”

Because of [the wicked things that] King Manasseh did in Jerusalem, I will cause [people in] all the kingdoms of the earth to be horrified about [what will happen in Judah to] my people.

5 “He ko hai ʻe ʻofa kiate koe, ʻE Selūsalema? Pe ko hai ʻe mamahi mo koe? Pe ko hai ʻe afe atu ke fehuʻi pe ʻoku ke fēfē?

You [people of], no one will [RHQ] feel sorry for you. No one will [RHQ] weep/cry for you. No one will [RHQ] ask (how you are/if you are well).

6 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, kuo ke fakaholomui meiate au; ko ia te u mafao atu hoku nima kiate koe, mo fakaʻauha koe; kuo u fiu ʻi he kātaki.

You people have abandoned me; you have continued to walk away [from me] [DOU]. So, I will lift up my fist to smash you; I will not act mercifully toward you any longer.

7 Pea te u tapili ʻaki ʻakinautolu ʻae tapili ʻi he ngaahi matapā ʻoe fonua; te u toʻo ʻenau fānau, te u fakaʻauha ʻa hoku kakai, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau taʻetafoki mei honau ngaahi hala.

At the gates of your cities, I will [scatter you like a farmer scatters the chaff from his grain by] (winnowing it/throwing it up to allow the wind to blow the chaff away) [MET]. You, my people, have refused to turn away from your evil behavior. [So], I will get rid of you, and I will even cause your children to be killed.

8 Kuo fakatokolahi ʻi hoku ʻao honau kau fefine ʻoku mate honau husepāniti ʻo lahi hake ʻi he ʻoneʻone ʻoe ngaahi tahi: kuo u ʻomi ki heʻenau faʻē ha tokotaha ʻoku fakaʻauha ʻi he hoʻatā: kuo u pule kiate ia ke fai ia fakafokifā pe, ko e ngaahi fakailifia ki he kolo.

I will cause there to be more widows [in Judah] than [there are grains of] sand on the seashore [HYP]. At noontime, [when people will not be expecting it to happen], I will cause [an enemy army] to attack you, an army that will destroy your young men and cause their mothers to weep. I will cause you to suddenly experience great suffering/pain and become very terrified.

9 Pea kuo vaivai ia ʻaia kuo fāʻeleʻi ʻae toko fitu: kuo ne tuku hake hono laumālie; kuo tō hifo hono laʻā ʻi he kei ʻaho: kuo mā ia mo puputuʻu: pea ko kinautolu ʻoku toe te u tukuange ki he heletā ʻi he ʻao ʻo honau ngaahi fili, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova.”

A woman who has seven children will become faint and (gasp for breath/be hardly able to breathe); [it will be as though] daylight will become darkness for her, [because most of] her children will be dead, and she will be disgraced and humiliated [DOU]. And her children who are still alive, I will enable your enemies to kill them. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”

10 ʻA ʻeku faʻē, ʻoku ou malaʻia, koeʻuhi kuo ke fāʻeleʻi au ko e tangata faʻa fekeʻikeʻi pea ko e tangata fakakikihi mo māmani kotoa pē! Pea ʻoku teʻeki ai te u nō ha meʻa ki he totongi, pea naʻe ʻikai nō kiate au ʻe ha tangata ki he totongi; ka ʻoku nau taki taha kapeʻi au.

[I said to] my mother, “I am very sad; I wish that you had not given birth to me; everyone in this land opposes me and quarrels with me. I am not a person who lends [money to people and threatens to sue/harm them if they do not pay me back when they should], and I am not a person who borrows [money from others and then refuses to pay it back], but everyone [HYP] curses me.”

11 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova, Ko e moʻoni ʻe lelei hoʻo hako; te u pule ki he fili ke ne fai lelei kiate koe ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe kovi mo e mamahi.

But Yahweh replied to me, “[Jeremiah], I will take care of you. And at times when your enemies have troubles and disasters, they will [come to you and] plead for you [to help them].”

12 ‌ʻE fesiʻi ʻe he ukamea ʻae ukamea mei he tokelau, pea mo e sitili?

[Yahweh also told me to say to the people] of Judah, “Your enemies, who are [as strong as] iron or bronze, [will attack you] from the north; no one will be able to stop them.

13 “Pea te u foaki hoʻo meʻa mo hoʻo koloa ke vetea taʻehatotongi, ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻo ngaahi angahala, ʻi he ngataʻanga kotoa pē ʻoe fonua.

I will give all the valuable possessions [of the people of Judah] to their enemies, without them paying for it. Their valuable possessions will be the payment/reward [that I will give them] because of all the sins that you have committed throughout your country.

14 Pea te u pule ke ke ʻalu mo ho ngaahi fili ki he fonua ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai te ke ʻiloa; he kuo tutu ʻae afi ʻi hoku houhau, ʻaia ʻe vela ai ʻakimoutolu.”

I will tell your enemies to force you to become their prisoners, and to take you to other lands that you do not [even] know about, and force you to become their slaves. [That will happen] because I am extremely angry [with you]; my being angry is [like] [SIM] a fire that will burn forever.”

15 “ʻE Sihova ʻoku ke ʻafioʻi: manatuʻi au, pea ʻaʻahi kiate au, pea totongi kiate kinautolu kuo fakatangaʻi au; ʻoua naʻa ke ʻave au koeʻuhi ko hoʻo kātaki ʻofa: ke ke ʻafio kuo u kātaki ʻae manuki koeʻuhi ko koe.

[Then I said], “Yahweh, you know [what is happening to me]. [Please] come and (help me/take care of me). Punish those who are (persecuting me/causing me to suffer). [Please] do not continue to be patient with them and do not allow me to die now. It is (for your sake/because I serve you) that I am suffering.

16 Pea naʻe ʻiloa hoʻo ngaahi lea, pea ko ʻeku meʻakai ia; pea ko hoʻo folofola ko e fiemālie pea mo e fakafiefia ki hoku loto: he kuo ui au ʻi ho huafa, ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻoe ngaahi kautau.

Yahweh my God, you are the Commander of the armies of angels; and when you spoke to me, I was delighted with your message; it caused me to be joyful, and I eagerly accepted [MET] what you said because I belong to you. [IDM, MTY]

17 Naʻe ʻikai te u nofo ʻi he fakataha ʻae kau manuki, pea naʻe ʻikai te u fiefia ka naʻaku nofo tokotaha pe koeʻuhi ko ho nima: he kuo ke fakapito ʻaki au ʻae tuputāmaki.”

When the people were carousing together, I never joined them; I sat alone, because you [MTY] are the one who controls what I do. I was very angry [with those people because of their sins].

18 “Ko e hā ʻoku pehē ai pe ʻeku mamahi, mo hoku lavea taʻefaʻafakamoʻui, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai fie moʻui? Te ke ʻiate au ʻo hangē ko e meʻa loi, pea ʻo hangē ko e vai kuo fakaʻaʻau ke maha?

So, (why do you [allow] me to continue to suffer?/I do not understand why you allow me to continue to suffer.) [RHQ] It seems that [RHQ] my wounds cannot be healed. [Sometimes you help me, sometimes you do not help me]. It seems that you are as undependable as a brook that has water in it only during certain seasons; you are like a spring that has dried up.”

19 Ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, kapau te ke tafoki, te u toe ʻomi koe, pea te ke tuʻu ʻi hoku ʻao: pea kapau te ke vaheʻi ʻae lelei mei he kovi, te ke hoko ʻo hangē ko hoku fofonga; tuku ke tafoki ʻakinautolu kiate koe kaeʻoua naʻa ke tafoki koe kiate kinautolu.

Then Yahweh [replied], “If you begin again to [trust in] me, I will restore you, in order that you can continue to serve me. If you proclaim good/valuable messages and not worthless ones, you will continue to be the one who speaks what I tell you to say. You must cause the people to pay attention to what you say; you must not pay attention to what they say.

20 Pea ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, te u ngaohi koe ki he kakai ni ke ke hangē ko e ʻa palasa: pea te nau tauʻi koe, ka ʻe ʻikai te nau lavaʻi koe: he ʻoku ou ʻiate koe ke fakamoʻui koe, pea ke fakahaofi koe.

They will fight against you, but I will protect you, like [SIM] people are protected from their enemies by a bronze wall. They will not defeat you, because I will be with you, and I will protect and rescue [DOU] you.

21 Pea te u fakahaofi koe mei he nima ʻoe angahala, pea te u huhuʻi koe mei he nima ʻoe mālohi.”

[Truly], I will keep you safe from those wicked people, I will rescue you when you are seized by cruel people. [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”