Jeremiah 32

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah, the king of Judah. The same is the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

Ko e folofola naʻe haʻu kia Selemaia meia Sihova ʻi hono hongofulu ʻoe taʻu ʻo Setikia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, ʻaia naʻe ʻi hono hongofulu ma valu taʻu ʻo Nepukanesa.

2 It was then that the army of the king of Babylon besieged Jerusalem. And Jeremiah, the prophet, was confined to the atrium of the prison, which was in the house of the king of Judah.

He naʻe kāpui ʻa Selūsalema ʻe he kau tau ʻae tuʻi ʻo Papilone ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia: pea naʻe tuku ʻa Selemaia ko e palōfita ki he lotoʻā ʻoe fale fakapōpula, ʻaia naʻe ʻi he fale ʻoe tuʻi ʻo Siuta.

3 For Zedekiah, the king of Judah, had confined him, saying: “Why do you make predictions, saying: ‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it?

He kuo tuku ia ki ai ʻe Setikia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, ʻo pehē, “Ko e hā ʻoku ke kikite ai, ʻo lea, ‘ʻoku pehē mai ʻa Sihova, Vakai, te u tukuange ʻae kolo ni ki he tuʻi ʻo Papilone, pea te ne kapa ia;

4 And Zedekiah, the king of Judah, will not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans. Instead, he will be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon. And he will speak to him, mouth to mouth, and he will see him, eye to eye.

Pea ʻe ʻikai hao ʻa Setikia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta mei he nima ʻoe kau Kalitia, ka ʻe tukuange moʻoni ia ki he nima ʻoe tuʻi ʻo Papilone, pea te ne alea mo ia, ko e ngutu ki he ngutu, pea ʻe mamata ia ki hono mata.

5 And he will lead Zedekiah to Babylon. And he will be there until I visit him, says the Lord. So then, if you contend against the Chaldeans, you will have no success.’”

Pea te ne tataki ʻa Setikia ki Papilone, pea te ne nofo ai, ke ʻoua ke u ʻaʻahi kiate ia,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova: “pea kapau te mou tau mo e kau Kalitia, ʻe ʻikai te mou monūʻia.”’”

6 And Jeremiah said: “The word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Selemaia, “Naʻe haʻu kiate au, ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova, ʻo pehē,

7 Behold, Hanamel, the son of Shallum, your cousin, will come to you, saying: ‘Buy for yourself my field, which is in Anathoth. For it is your right, as next of kin, to buy it.’

‘Vakai, ʻe haʻu kiate koe ʻa Hanamili ko e foha ʻo Salumi ko e tokoua ʻo hoʻo tamai, ʻo pehē, fakatau moʻou ʻae ngoue ʻaia ʻoku ʻi ʻAnatoti: he ʻoku totonu ke ke fakatau ia ʻo hangē ko e fono ʻoe huhuʻi.”’”

8 And in accord with the word of the Lord, Hanamel, the son of my uncle, came to me, to the entrance of the prison, and he said to me: ‘Take possession of my field, which is in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. For the right of inheritance is yours, and as the next of kin you may possess it.’ Then I understood that this was the word of the Lord.

“Ko ia naʻe haʻu kiate au ki he lotoʻā ʻoe fale fakapōpula ʻa Hanamili ko e foha ʻoe tokoua ʻeku tamai, ʻo hangē ko e folofola ʻa Sihova, pea ne pehē kiate au, ‘ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke fakatau ʻeku ngoue ʻaia ʻoku ʻi ʻAnatoti, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he fonua ʻo Penisimani: he ʻoku ʻaʻau ia ʻo hangē ko e fono ʻoe hoko, pea ʻoku ʻiate koe hono huhuʻi; ke ke fakatau ia maʻau.’ “Pea naʻaku toki ʻilo tā ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova.

9 And I bought the field, which is in Anathoth, from Hanamel, the son of my uncle. And I weighed out the money to him, seven small coins and ten pieces of silver.

Pea naʻaku fakatau ʻae ngoue ʻa Hanamili ko e foha ʻoe tokoua ʻo ʻeku tamai, ʻaia naʻe ʻi ʻAnatoti, pea u fakatatau ʻae paʻanga kiate ia, ko e sikeli siliva ʻe hongofulu ma fitu.

10 And I wrote it in a book and signed it, and I summoned witnesses. And I weighed out the silver on a scale.

Pea naʻaku tohi ʻae tohi, pea fakamaʻu ia, pea naʻe fakamoʻoni ʻe he kau fakamoʻoni, pea u fakamamafa kiate ia ʻae paʻanga ʻi he meʻa fakatatau.

11 And I received the signed deed of possession, and the stipulations, and the ratifications, with the exterior seals.

Pea ne u toʻo fakatouʻosi ʻae fakamoʻoni ki he fakatau, ʻaia naʻe fakamaau, pea mo ia naʻe ʻikai fakamaau, ʻo hangē ko e anga ʻoe fono:

12 And I gave the deed of possession to Baruch, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel, the son of my uncle, in the sight of the witnesses who had been recorded in the book of the purchase, and in the sight of all the Jews who were sitting in the atrium of the prison.

Pea u foaki ʻae fakamoʻoni ʻae fakatau kia Paluki ko e foha ʻo Nelia, ko e foha ʻo Māseia, ʻi he ʻao ʻo Hanamili ko e foha ʻoe tokoua ʻo ʻeku tamai, pea ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kau fakamoʻoni naʻe tohi ʻi he tohi ʻoe fakatau, pea ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kau Siu naʻe nofo ʻi he lotoʻā ʻoe fale fakapōpula.

13 And I instructed Baruch, in their sight, saying:

“Pea naʻaku fekau kia Paluki ʻi honau ʻao, ʻo pehē,

14 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Take these writings, this sealed deed of purchase, and this deed which is open, and place them in an earthen vessel, so that they will be preserved for many days.’

‌ʻOku pehē mai ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; ‘Toʻo ʻae ngaahi fakamoʻoni ki he fakatau, ʻaia ʻoku fakamaʻu, mo ia ʻoku taʻefakamaʻu fakatouʻosi; pea ʻai ia ki he ipu kelekele, koeʻuhi ke tolonga ia ki he ngaahi ʻaho lahi.’

15 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Houses, and fields, and vineyards will be possessed still, in this land.’

He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; ‘ʻE toe maʻu ʻae ngaahi fale, mo e ngaahi ngoue, pea mo e ngaahi ngoue vaine ʻi he fonua ni.’

16 And after I had delivered the deed of possession to Baruch, the son of Neri, I prayed to the Lord, saying:

Pea hili ʻeku tukuange ʻae fakamoʻoni ʻoe fakatau kia Paluki ko e foha ʻo Nelia, naʻaku toki lotu kia Sihova, ʻo pehē,

17 Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! Behold, you have made heaven and earth, by your great strength and by your outstretched arm. No word is difficult for you.

“ʻEiki ko Sihova! Vakai, kuo ke ngaohi ʻae langi pea mo māmani ʻi ho mālohi lahi pea mo e nima mafao, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa ʻe taha ʻoku faingataʻa kiate koe:

18 You act with mercy a thousand-fold, but you repay the iniquity of the fathers into the sinews of their sons after them. The Lord of hosts is your name: most strong, great, and powerful!

Kuo ke fakahā ʻa hoʻo ʻulungāanga ʻofa ki he ngaahi toko afe, pea ʻoku ke totongi ʻae hia ʻae ngaahi tamai ki he fatafata ʻo ʻenau fānau ʻoku muimui ʻiate kinautolu: ko e ʻOtua Lahi, pea Māfimafi, Ko Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau hono huafa,

19 You are great in counsel and incomprehensible in thought. Your eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of Adam, so that you may repay each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his intentions.

Ko e lahi ia ʻi he fakakaukau, pea mālohi ʻi he ngāue: he ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi faianga ʻoe ngaahi fānau ʻae tangata ʻa ho fofonga: ke ʻatu taki taha kiate kinautolu ʻo hangē ko hono ngaahi hala, pea hangē ko e fua ʻo ʻenau ngaahi faianga:

20 You caused signs and portents in the land of Egypt, and in Israel, and among men, even until this day. And you have made a name for yourself, just as in this day.

‌ʻA koe naʻa ke fakahā ʻae ngaahi fakaʻilonga mo e ngaahi meʻa fakaofo ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite, pea mo ʻIsileli, pea ki he ngaahi kakai kehe, ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni; pea kuo ke fakaongoongoa ho huafa, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻi he ʻaho ni;

21 And you have led your people Israel away from the land of Egypt, with signs and portents, and with a robust hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.

Pea kuo ke ʻomi ʻa hoʻo kakai ʻIsileli mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite mo e ngaahi fakaʻilonga, pea mo e ngaahi meʻa fakaofo, ʻaki ʻae nima mālohi, pea mo e nima mafao atu, pea mo e meʻa fakailifia lahi;

22 And you have given them this land, which you swore, to their fathers, that you would give to them, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Pea kuo ke foaki kiate kinautolu ʻae fonua ni, ʻaia naʻa ke fuakava ki heʻenau ngaahi tamai te ke foaki kiate kinautolu, ko e fonua ʻoku fetāfeaki ai ʻae huʻahuhu pea mo e meʻa huʻamelie

23 And they entered it and possessed it. But they did not obey your voice, and they did not walk in your law. And they did not do all of the things that you commanded them to do. And so, all of these evils have happened to them.

Pea naʻa nau hū ki ai, ʻo maʻu ia ka naʻe ʻikai te nau talangofua ki ho leʻo, pe ʻaʻeva ʻi hoʻo fono; naʻe ʻikai te nau fai ha meʻa ʻe taha ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē naʻa ke fekau kiate kinautolu ke nau fai: ko ia kuo ke fakahoko kiate kinautolu ʻae ngaahi kovi ni kotoa pē:

24 Behold, fortifications were built against the city, so as to capture it. And the city was given into the hands of the Chaldeans, who fight against it, before the face of the sword, and of famine, and of pestilence. And what you have spoken has occurred, just as you yourself discern.

“Vakai ki he teu tau, kuo nau haʻu ki he kolo ke kapa ia; pea kuo tukuange ʻae kolo ki he nima ʻoe kau Kalitia, ʻoku tauʻi ʻaki ia ʻae heletā, mo e honge, mo e mahaki fakaʻauha, pea ko ia naʻa ke folofola ki ai kuo hoko; pea vakai, ʻoku ke ʻafio ki ai.

25 So why, O Lord God, are you saying to me: ‘Buy a field with money, and summon witnesses,’ while the city is being given into the hands of the Chaldeans?”

Pea naʻa ke pehē kiate au, ‘ʻE ʻEiki ko Sihova, Ke ke fakatauʻaki ʻae ngoue ʻae paʻanga, pea fili ha kau fakamoʻoni;’ he kuo tukuange ʻae kolo ki he nima ʻoe kau Kalitia.”

26 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying:

Pea naʻe toki hoko ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kia Selemaia, ʻo pehē,

27 “Behold, I am the Lord God; I am above all flesh. Can any word be difficult for me?

“Vakai, Ko au ko Sihova, Ko e ʻOtua ʻoe kakai kotoa pē: ʻoku ai ha meʻa ʻe faingataʻa kiate au?

28 Therefore, thus says the Lord: Behold, I will deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans, and into the hands of the king of Babylon, and they will capture it.

Ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova; Vakai, te u tukuange ʻae kolo ni ki he nima ʻoe kau Kalitia, pea ki he nima ʻo Nepukanesa ko e tuʻi ʻo Papilone, pea te ne maʻu ia:

29 And the Chaldeans fighting against this city will advance, and set fire to it, and burn it, along with the houses on whose roofs they were offering sacrifice to Baal and were pouring out libations to strange gods, so that they provoked me to wrath.

Pea ʻe haʻu ʻae kau Kalitia, ʻo tauʻi ʻae kolo ni, pea te nau tutu ʻaki ʻae afi ʻae kolo ni, pea tungia mo e ngaahi fale, ʻaia naʻa nau tutu ai ʻi he tuʻa fale ʻae meʻa namu kakala kia Peali, pea lilingi ʻae ngaahi feilaulau inu ki he ngaahi ʻotua kehe, ke fakahouhauʻi au.

30 For the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah, from their youth, have continually done evil in my eyes. The sons of Israel, even until now, have been provoking me with the work of their hands, says the Lord.

“He kuo fai kovi pe ʻi hoku ʻao ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli mo e fānau ʻa Siuta talu ʻenau kei siʻi: he kuo fakahouhau ʻaki pe au ʻe he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻae ngāue ʻa honau nima, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova.

31 For this city has been a cause of fury and indignation to me, from the day when they built it, until this day, in which it will be taken away from my sight,

He kuo hoko kiate au ʻae kolo ni ko e tupuʻanga ʻo ʻeku tuputāmaki mo hoku houhau talu mei he ʻaho naʻa nau langa ai ia ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni; koeʻuhi ke u hiki ia mei hoku ʻao,

32 because of all the wickedness of the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah, which they have done, provoking me to wrath, they and their kings, their leaders and their priests and their prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Koeʻuhi ko e kovi kotoa pē ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli pea mo e fānau ʻa Siuta, ʻaia kuo nau fakahouhauʻi au, ko kinautolu, mo honau ngaahi tuʻi, mo honau houʻeiki, mo honau kau taulaʻeiki, pea mo honau kau palōfita, pea mo e kau tangata ʻo Siuta, pea mo e kakai ʻo Selūsalema.

33 And they have turned their backs to me, and not their faces. And though I taught them and instructed them, rising at first light, they were not willing to listen, so that they would receive discipline.

Pea kuo nau fulituʻa kiate au, pea fakahanga atu honau mata: ka naʻaku ako kiate kinautolu, ʻo tuʻu hengihengi hake ke akoʻi ʻakinautolu, ka naʻe ʻikai te nau tokanga ke maʻu ʻae akonaki.

34 And they have placed their idols in the house where my name is invoked, so that they defiled it.

Ka naʻa nau fokotuʻu ʻenau ngaahi meʻa fakalielia ʻi he fale, ʻaia ʻoku ui ʻaki ʻa hoku huafa, ke fakaʻuliʻi ia.

35 And they have built the exalted places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, so that they may initiate their sons and their daughters into Molech, though I did not command, nor did it enter into my heart, that they should do this abomination, and so lead Judah into sin.

Pea kuo nau langa ʻae ngaahi potu māʻolunga ʻo Peali, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he teleʻa ʻoe foha ʻo Henomi, ke pule ki honau ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine ke ʻalu [ʻi he afi ]kia Moleki; ʻaia naʻaku fekau kiate kinautolu ke ʻoua naʻa nau fai ia, pea naʻe ʻikai siʻi te u loto ki ai, ke ʻoua naʻa nau fai ʻae meʻa fakalielia ni, ke fakaangahalaʻi ʻaki ʻa Siuta.”

36 And now, because of these things, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to this city, about which you say that it will be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence:

Pea ko eni, ʻoku pehē mai ʻe Sihova, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ki he kolo ni, ʻaia ʻoku mou pehē ki ai, “ʻE tukuange ia ki he nima ʻoe tuʻi ʻo Papilone ʻi he heletā, mo e honge, pea mo e mahaki fakaʻauha:”

37 Behold, I will gather them together from all the lands to which I have cast them out in my fury, and in my wrath, and in my great indignation. And I will lead them back to this place, and I will cause them to live in confidence.

“Vakai, te u tānaki fakataha ʻakinautolu mei he ngaahi fonua kotoa pē, ʻaia naʻaku kapusi ʻakinautolu ki ai ʻi heʻeku tuputāmaki, mo hoku houhau, pea mo hoku houhau lahi; pea te u toe ʻomi ʻakinautolu ki he potu ni pea te u pule ke nau nofo ʻi he fiemālie:

38 And they will be my people, and I will be their God.

Pea te nau hoko ko hoku kakai, pea te u hoko ko honau ʻOtua:

39 And I will give to them one heart and one way, so that they may fear me all their days, and so that it may be well with them, and with their sons after them.

Pea te u foaki kiate kinautolu ʻae loto pe taha, mo e hala pe taha, koeʻuhi ke nau manavahē kiate au ʻo taʻengata, koeʻuhi ke nau lelei ai, pea lelei mo ʻenau fānau ki mui ʻiate kinautolu:

40 And I will form an everlasting covenant with them, and I will not cease to do good for them. And I will put my fear into their heart, so that they do not withdraw from me.

Pea te u fai mo kinautolu ʻae fuakava taʻengata, ʻe ʻikai te u tafoki meiate kinautolu, ʻi he fai lelei kiate kinautolu; ka te u ʻai ki honau loto ʻae manavahē kiate au, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa nau liʻaki au.

41 And I will rejoice over them, while I do good for them. And I will plant them in this land, in truth, with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

‌ʻIo, te u fiefia ʻiate kinautolu, ke fai lelei kiate kinautolu, pea ko e moʻoni te u tō ʻakinautolu ʻi he fonua ni ʻaki hoku loto kotoa pea mo hoku laumālie kotoa.”

42 For thus says the Lord: Just as I have led over this people all this great evil, so will I lead over them all the good that I am speaking to them now.

“He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova; ʻO hangē kuo u ʻomi ʻae kovi lahi ni kotoa pē ki he kakai ni, ʻe pehē foki ʻeku ʻomi ʻae lelei kotoa pē ʻaia kuo u talaʻofa ki ai kiate kinautolu.

43 And fields will be possessed in this land, about which you say that it is desolate because there remains neither man nor beast, and because it has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans.

Pea ʻe fakatau ʻae ngaahi ngoue ʻi he fonua ni, ʻaia ʻoku mou pehē ki ai, ʻOku lala ia, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha tangata pe ha manu ʻi ai; kuo tukuange ia ki he nima ʻoe kau Kalitia.

44 Fields will be bought for money, and deeds will be written and signed, and witnesses will be summoned, in the land of Benjamin and all around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, and in the cities on the mountains, and in the cities on the plains, and in the cities that are toward the south. For I will convert their captivity, says the Lord.”

‌ʻE fakatau ʻe he kakai ʻae ngaahi ngoue ʻaki ʻae paʻanga, pea ʻe tohi ʻae ngaahi tohi fakamoʻoni, pea fakamaʻu ia, pea ʻe maʻu ʻae kau fakamoʻoni ʻi he fonua ʻo Penisimani, pea mo e ngaahi potu ofi ki Selūsalema, pea ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta, pea mo e ngaahi kolo ʻi he potu moʻunga, pea mo e ngaahi kolo ʻi he potu tokalelei, pea mo e ngaahi kolo ʻoe feituʻu tonga: he te u liliu ʻenau pōpula,” ʻoku pehē mai ʻe Sihova.