Selemaia 46

1 Ko e folofola ʻa Sihova ʻaia naʻe hoko kia Selemaia ko e palōfita ki he kakai Senitaile.

This is the word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.

2 Ki ʻIsipite, pea ki he tau ʻa Felo Niko ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite, ʻaia naʻe ʻi he vaitafe ko ʻIufaletesi ʻi Kakemisi, ʻaia naʻe taaʻi ʻe Nepukanesa ko e tuʻi ʻo Papilone ʻi hono fā ʻoe taʻu ʻo Sihoiakimi ko e foha ʻo Siosaia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta.

For Egypt: “This is about the army of Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt that was at Carchemish by the Euphrates river. This was the army that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:

3 “Mou fekau ke ʻai ʻae fakaū mo e pā, pea fakaofiofi mai ki he tau.

Get the small shields and the large shields ready, and go forward to fight.

4 ‌ʻAi ʻae nāunau ki he fanga hoosi, pea mou fakaheka ʻae kau heka hoosi, pea tuʻu mai mo homou tatā tau; fakangingila ʻae ngaahi tao, ʻai ʻae ngaahi kofutau.

Put the harness on the horses; mount up on the horses and take your stand with your helmets on; polish the spears and put on your armor.

5 Ko e hā kuo u mamata ai kiate kinautolu, kuo nau manavahē, pea fakaholomui? Kuo tā hifo honau kau mālohi, kuo nau hola vave, pea ʻikai sio ki mui: he naʻe tuʻu takatakai ʻae manavahē,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova.

What am I seeing here? They are filled with terror and are running away, for their soldiers are defeated. They are running for safety and are not looking back. Terror is all around—this is Yahweh's declaration—

6 “ʻOua naʻa tuku ke puna atu ʻae veʻe vave, pe hao ʻae tangata mālohi; te nau tūkia, pea tō ki he potu tokelau, ki he veʻe vai ʻo ʻIufaletesi.

the swift cannot run away, and the soldiers cannot escape. They stumble in the north and fall beside the Euphrates River.

7 Ko hai eni ʻoku ʻalu hake ʻo hangē ko e vai lahi, ʻoku ngaue hono ngaahi vai, ʻo hangē ko e vaitafe?

Who is this who rises like the Nile, whose waters toss up and down like the rivers?

8 ‌ʻOku tuʻu hake ʻa ʻIsipite ʻo hangē ko e vai lahi, pea ʻoku ngaue hono ngaahi vai ʻo hangē ko e vaitafe; pea ʻoku ne pehē, ‘Te u ʻalu hake, pea te u ʻufiʻufi ʻae fonua; pea te u fakaʻauha ʻae kolo mo hono kakai.’

Egypt rises like the Nile, like rivers of water that rise and fall. Egypt says, 'I will go up and I will cover the earth. I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.

9 Mou ʻunuʻunu mai ʻae fanga hoosi; pea fakamataliliʻi ʻae ngaahi saliote; pea tuku ke ʻalu atu ʻae kau tangata mālohi ʻi he tau; ko e kau ʻItiopea mo e kau Lipea, ko kinautolu ʻoku puke ʻae fakaū; pea mo e kau Litia, ʻoku toʻo ʻo teke ʻae kaufana.

Go up, horses. Be angry, you chariots. Let the soldiers go out, Cush and Put, men skillful with a shield, and Ludim, men skillful at bending their bows.'

10 He ko e ʻaho eni ʻoe ʻEiki ko Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e ʻaho ʻoe houhau koeʻuhi ke ne tautea ʻe ia ki hono ngaahi fili: pea ʻe fakaʻauha ʻe he heletā, pea ʻe mākona ia, pea fakakona ʻaki ia honau toto: he ʻoku maʻu ʻe he ʻEiki ko Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau ʻae feilaulau ʻi he potu tokelau ʻi he vaitafe ko ʻIufaletesi.

That day will be the day of vengeance for the Lord Yahweh of hosts, and he will avenge himself on his foes. The sword will devour and be satisfied. It will drink its fill of their blood. For there will be a sacrifice to the Yahweh Lord of hosts in the northern land by the Euphrates River.

11 ‌ʻE taʻahine ko e ʻofefine ʻo ʻIsipite, ʻalu hake ki Kiliati ʻo toʻo mai ʻae lolo faitoʻo: ʻe taʻeʻaonga ʻae ngaahi faitoʻo lahi kiate koe; koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te ke moʻui.

Go up to Gilead and obtain medicine, virgin daughter of Egypt. It is useless that you put much medicine on yourself. There is no cure for you.

12 Kuo fanongo ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga ki hoʻo mā, pea kuo pito ʻae fonua ʻi he tangi: he kuo fepaki ʻae tangata mālohi mo e tangata mālohi, pea kuo na hinga fakatouʻosi.”

The nations have heard of your disgrace. The earth is filled with your laments, for soldier stumbles against soldier; both of them fall together.”

13 Ko e lea naʻe folofola ʻaki ʻe Sihova kia Selemaia ko e palōfita, ki he haʻu ʻa Nepukanesa ko e tuʻi ʻo Papilone ke taaʻi ʻae fonua ko ʻIsipite.

This is the word that Yahweh told Jeremiah the prophet when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came and attacked the land of Egypt:

14 “Mou fakahā ʻi ʻIsipite, pea fakaʻilo ʻi Mikitoli, pea fakahā ʻi Nofe mo Tapanesi: mou pehē, ‘Tuʻumaʻu, pea ke teuteu; koeʻuhi ʻe fakaʻauha takatakai ʻiate koe ʻe he heletā.’

“Announce in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes. 'Take your station and prepare yourself, for the sword will devour those around you.'

15 Ko e hā kuo tafe atu ai ʻa hoʻo kau mālohi? Naʻe ʻikai te nau tuʻu, koeʻuhi naʻe kapusi ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova.

Why are your mighty ones face-down on the ground? They will not stand, because I, Yahweh, have pushed them to the ground.

16 Kuo ne fakahingaki ʻae tokolahi, ʻio, kuo nau fetaʻotaʻomi: ko ia naʻa nau fepehēʻaki, ‘Tuʻu pea ke tau toe ʻalu ki hotau kakai, pea ki he fonua naʻe fāʻeleʻi ai ʻakitautolu koeʻuhi ko e heletā ʻae mālohi.’

He increases the numbers of those who stumble. Each soldier falls against the next one. They are saying, 'Get up. Let us go home. Let us go back to our own people, to our native land. Let us leave this sword that is beating us down.'

17 Naʻa nau tangi ʻi ai, ‘Ko e longoaʻa pe ʻa Felo ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite; kuo ʻosi ʻae kuonga naʻe tuʻutuʻuni.’

They proclaimed there, 'Pharaoh the king of Egypt is only a noise, one who has let his opportunity slip away.'

18 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe he tuʻi, “ʻAia ko hono huafa ko Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, hangē ʻoku ou moʻui, ko e moʻoni ʻe hangē ko Tepoa ʻi he ngaahi moʻunga, pea hangē ko Kameli ʻi heʻene ofi ki tahi, ʻe pehē ʻene haʻu.

As I live—declares the King, whose name is Yahweh of hosts— someone will come like Mount Tabor and Mount Carmel by the sea.

19 ‌ʻE ʻofefine ʻoku nofo ʻi ʻIsipite, teuteu koe ke ke ʻalu ki he fakapōpula: koeʻuhi ʻe fakalala ʻa Nofe, pea ʻe fakaʻauha ke ʻosi hano kakai.

Pack for yourselves baggage to carry into exile, you who live in Egypt. For Memphis will become a waste, it will lie in ruins and no one will live there.

20 “ʻOku tatau ʻa ʻIsipite mo e pulu fefine siʻi ʻoku fakaʻofoʻofa ʻaupito, ka ʻoku haʻu ʻae fakaʻauha; ʻoku haʻu ia mei he tokelau.

Egypt is a very beautiful young cow, but a stinging insect is coming from the north. It is coming.

21 Pea ʻoku tatau mo e fanga pulu kuo fangapesi ʻa hono kau tangata totongi; pea kuo nau foki ki mui, pea kuo nau hola fakataha: naʻe ʻikai te nau tuʻu mai, koeʻuhi naʻe hoko mai ʻae ʻaho ʻo hoʻonau tuʻutāmaki, pea mo e ʻaho ʻo ʻenau tautea.

The hired soldiers in her midst are like a fattened bull, but they will also turn away and run away. They will not stand together, for the day of their disaster is coming against them, the time of their punishment.

22 ‌ʻE ongo hono leʻo ʻo hangē ko e ʻalu ʻae ngata; he te nau ʻalu atu kiate ia mo e kau tau, te nau haʻu kiate ia, mo e ngaahi toki, ʻo hangē ko e kau tā ʻakau.

Egypt hisses like a snake and crawls away, for her enemies are marching against her. They are going toward her like woodcutters with axes.

23 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “Te nau tuʻusi hifo hono ngaahi vao ʻakau, neongo ʻoku ʻikai faʻa kumi ki ai; koeʻuhi ʻoku nau tokolahi ʻi he fanga heʻe, pea taʻefaʻalaua.

They will cut down the forests—this is Yahweh's declaration—although it is very dense. For the enemies will be more numerous than locusts, unable to be counted.

24 ‌ʻE fakamaaʻi ʻae taʻahine ʻIsipite; ʻe tukuange ia ki he nima ʻoe kakai mei he tokelau.”

The daughter of Egypt will be made ashamed. She will be given into the hand of people from the north.”

25 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; “Vakai, te u tautea ʻae kakai tokolahi ʻo No, mo Felo, mo ʻIsipite, mo honau ngaahi ʻotua, pea mo honau ngaahi tuʻi; ʻio, ʻa Felo mo kinautolu ʻoku falala kiate ia:

Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, says, “See, I am about to punish Amon of Thebes, Pharaoh, Egypt and her gods, her kings the Pharaohs, and those who trust in them.

26 Pea te u tukuange ʻakinautolu ki he nima ʻokinautolu ʻoku kumi ki heʻenau moʻui, pea ki he nima ʻo Nepukanesa ko e tuʻi ʻo Papilone, mo e nima ʻo ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki: pea ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, Hili ia ʻe toki fakakakai ia, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi ʻaho ʻi muʻa.

I am giving them into the hand of the ones seeking their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his servants. Then after this Egypt will be inhabited as in previous days—this is Yahweh's declaration.

27 “Kaeʻoua naʻa ke manavahē, ʻE Sēkope ko ʻeku tamaioʻeiki, pea ʻoua naʻa ke puputuʻu, ʻE ʻIsileli, “He vakai, te u fakamoʻui koe mei he mamaʻo, pea mo ho hako mei he fonua ʻoku nau pōpula ki ai; pea ʻe liliu mai ʻa Sēkope, pea te ne mālōlō, mo fiemālie, pea ʻe ʻikai fakamanavahēʻi ia ʻe ha tokotaha.”

But you, my servant Jacob, do not fear. Do not be dismayed, Israel, for see, I am about to bring you back from far away, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Then Jacob will return, find peace, and be secure, and there will be no one to terrify him.

28 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “ʻOua naʻa ke manavahē, ʻE Sēkope ko ʻeku tamaioʻeiki: he ʻoku ou ʻiate koe; he te u fakaʻosi ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga ʻaia kuo u kapusi koe ki ai: ka ʻe ʻikai te u fakangatangata koe, ka te u tautea siʻi koe, pea ʻe ʻikai te u fakaʻauha ʻaupito koe.”

You, my servant Jacob, do not fear—this is Yahweh's declaration—for I am with you, so I will bring complete destruction against all the nations where I scattered you. But I will not destroy you completely. Yet I will discipline you justly and will certainly not leave you unpunished.”