Jeremiah 24
1 The LORD showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
Naʻe fakahā [ha meʻa ]kiate au ʻe Sihova, pea vakai, ko e kato fiki ʻe ua naʻe tuku ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova, ʻi he hili hono fetuku fakapōpula ʻe Nepukanesa ko e tuʻi ʻo Papilone ʻa Sekonia ko e foha ʻo Sihoiakimi ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, pea mo e ngaahi houʻeiki ʻo Siuta, mo e kau tufunga, mo e kau tufunga ukamea, mei Selūsalema, pea ʻomi ʻakinautolu ki Papilone.
2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
Ko e ngaahi fiki lelei ʻaupito ʻi he kato ʻe taha, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi fiki ʻoku tomuʻa momoho: pea naʻe ʻi he kato ʻe taha ʻae ngaahi fiki kovi ʻaupito, ʻaia naʻe ʻikai faʻa kai, koeʻuhi ko ʻenau kovi.
3 Then said the LORD unto me, What see you, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova kiate au, “Selemaia, ko e hā ʻoku ke mamata ki ai?” Pea naʻaku pehē, “Ko e ngaahi fiki: ko e ngaahi fiki lelei, ʻoku lelei ʻaupito; pea ko ia ʻoku kovi ʻoku kovi ʻaupito, ʻoku ʻikai faʻa kai, koeʻuhi ko ʻenau kovi.”
4 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Pea naʻe toe hoko kiate au ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova, ʻo pehē,
5 Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; “Te u fakaʻilonga pehē ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi fiki lelei, ʻakinautolu ʻo Siuta kuo ʻave fakapōpula, ʻakinautolu kuo u kapusi ʻi he fonua ni ki he fonua ʻoe kau Kalitia koeʻuhi ke nau lelei ai.
6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
He te u fakahanga hoku fofonga kiate kinautolu koeʻuhi ke nau lelei, pea te u toe ʻomi ʻakinautolu ki he fonua ni: pea te u langaʻi ʻakinautolu, pea ʻe ʻikai vete hifo; pea te u tō ʻakinautolu, pea ʻe ʻikai taʻaki ʻakinautolu.
7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
Pea te u foaki kiate kinautolu ha loto ke nau ʻiloʻi au, koeʻuhi ko au ko Sihova: pea te nau hoko ko hoku kakai, pea te u hoko ko honau ʻOtua: he te nau tafoki kiate au ʻaki honau loto kotoa.
8 And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus says the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
“Pea hangē ko e ngaahi fiki kovi, ʻaia naʻe ʻikai faʻa kai, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau kovi; ʻoku pehē moʻoni ʻe Sihova, Te u foaki pehē ʻa Setikia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, pea mo hono ngaahi houʻeiki, pea mo hono toe ʻo Selūsalema, ʻaia ʻoku toe ʻi he fonua, pea ko kinautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite.
9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.
Pea te u tukuange ʻakinautolu ke ʻave ki he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻo māmani ki he mamahi, mo e fakamā, mo e ongoongo kovi, ko e manukiʻanga mo e malaʻia, ʻi he ngaahi potu kotoa pē ʻaia te u kapusi ʻakinautolu ki ai.
10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
Pea te u fekau kiate kinautolu ʻae heletā, mo e honge, pea mo e mahaki fakaʻauha, kaeʻoua ke fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu mei he funga fonua ʻaia naʻaku foaki kiate kinautolu mo ʻenau ngaahi tamai.”
