Jeremiah 44

1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews that dwelt in the land of Egypt, that dwelt at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying:

Ko e lea ʻaia naʻe hoko kia Selemaia ki he kau Siu kotoa pē ʻoku nofo ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite, pea ʻi Mikitoli, mo Tapanesi, mo Nofe, pea mo e ngaahi potu ʻo Patalosi, ʻo pehē,

2 'Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein;

“ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; ‘Kuo mou mamata ki he kovi kotoa pē kuo u ʻomi ki Selūsalema, pea mo e ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta; pea vakai, kuo nau lala ʻi he ʻaho ni, pea ʻoku ʻikai nofo ai ha tangata,

3 because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke Me, in that they went to offer, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, nor ye, nor your fathers.

Koeʻuhi ko ʻenau angahala ʻaia naʻa nau fai ke fakatupu ai ʻeku tuputāmaki, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau tutu ʻae meʻa namu kakala, pea tauhi ki he ngaahi ʻotua kehe, ʻaia naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻilo, ʻekinautolu, pe ko kimoutolu, pe ko hoʻomou ngaahi tamai.

4 Howbeit I sent unto you all My servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often, saying: Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

Ko ia naʻaku fekau ai kiate kimoutolu, ʻeku kau tamaioʻeiki ko e kau palōfita, ʻo tuʻu hengihengi hake pe ʻo fekauʻi ʻakinautolu, ʻo pehē, “ʻOiauē, ʻoua naʻa fai ʻae meʻa fakalielia ni ʻaia ʻoku ou fehiʻa ki ai.”

5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to forbear offering unto other gods.

Ka naʻe ʻikai te nau tokanga, pe fakafanongo honau telinga ke tafoki mei heʻenau angahala, ke ʻoua naʻa tutu ʻae meʻa namu kakala ki he ngaahi ʻotua kehe.

6 Wherefore My fury and Mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.

Ko ia naʻe lilingi atu ai hoku houhau mo ʻeku tuʻutāmaki, pea naʻe tutu ia ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta mo e ngaahi hala ʻo Selūsalema; pea kuo lala mo liʻaki ia, ʻo hangē ko e ʻaho ni.’

7 Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your own souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave you none remaining;

“Ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, ko e ʻOtua ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; Ko e hā ʻoku mou fai ai ʻae kovi lahi ni ki homou laumālie, ke tuʻusi ai meiate kimoutolu ʻae tangata mo e fefine, ʻae tamasiʻi mo e kei huhu, ʻi Siuta, ke ʻoua naʻa toe ha taha ʻiate kimoutolu;

8 in that ye provoke Me with the works of your hands, offering unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are gone to sojourn; that ye may be cut off, and that ye may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

Ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻomou fakahouhau ʻaki au ʻae ngaahi ngāue ʻa homou nima, ʻi he tutu ʻae meʻa namu kakala ki he ngaahi ʻotua kehe ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite, ʻaia naʻa mou ʻalu ke nofo ki ai, koeʻuhi ke mou kapusi ʻakimoutolu, pea te mou hoko ko e fakamalaʻia mo e ongoongo kovi ki he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻo māmani?

9 Have ye forgotten the wicked deeds of your fathers, and the wicked deeds of the kings of Judah, and the wicked deeds of their wives, and your own wicked deeds, and the wicked deeds of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?

Kuo ngalo ʻiate kimoutolu ʻae ngaahi angahala ʻa hoʻomou ngaahi tamai, mo e angahala ʻae ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta, mo e angahala ʻa honau ngaahi uaifi, mo hoʻomou angahala ʻamoutolu, mo e angahala ʻa homou uaifi, ʻaia kuo nau fai ʻi he fonua ʻo Siuta, pea ʻi he ngaahi hala ʻo Selūsalema?

10 They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in My law, nor in My statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.

Pea ʻoku ʻikai fakavaivaiʻi ʻakinautolu ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni, pea ʻoku ʻikai te nau manavahē, pe ʻeveʻeva ʻi heʻeku fono, mo ʻeku ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, ʻaia kuo u tuku ʻi honau ʻao, pea mo e ʻao ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai.’

11 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set My face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.

“Ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; Vakai, te u fakahangatonu atu hoku fofonga kiate kimoutolu ki he kovi, pea ke motuhi ʻa Siuta kotoa pē.

12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

Pea te u ʻave ʻae toenga ʻo Siuta, ko kinautolu kuo fakahangatonu atu honau mata ke ʻalu ki he fonua ko ʻIsipite ke ʻāunofo ai, pea te nau tō ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite pea ʻe ʻauha kotoa pē; ʻio, ʻe fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu ʻaki ʻae heletā pea mo e honge: te nau mate ʻi he heletā mo e honge, ʻo fai mei he iiki ʻo aʻu ki he lalahi: pea te nau hoko ko e fehiʻanekina, mo e fakaofo, mo e fakamalaʻia, pea mo e ongoongo kovi.

13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;

He te u tautea ʻakinautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite, ʻo hangē ko ʻeku tautea ʻa Selūsalema, ʻaki ʻae heletā, mo e honge, pea mo e mahaki fakaʻauha:

14 so that none of the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there; for none shall return save such as shall escape.'

Koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa hao pe toe ha taha ʻi he toenga ʻo Siuta, ʻaia kuo ʻalu ki he fonua ko ʻIsipite ke ʻāunofo ai, pe te ne toe foki ki he fonua ko Siuta, ʻaia ʻoku nau fie foki ke nofo ai: ka ko e tokosiʻi pe ʻe hola te nau foki mai.’”

15 Then all the men who knew that their wives offered unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great assembly, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying:

Pea ko e kau tangata kotoa pē kuo ʻilo kuo tutu ʻe honau ngaahi uaifi ʻae meʻa namu kakala ki he ngaahi ʻotua kehe, pea mo e kau fefine kotoa pē naʻe tutuʻu ai, ko e tokolahi, ʻio, ko e kakai kotoa pē ʻoku nofo ki he fonua ko ʻIsipite, ʻi Patalosi, naʻa nau tali kia Selemaia, ʻo pehē,

16 'As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.

“Ko e meʻa ʻi he lea kuo ke lea ʻaki kiate kimautolu ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihova, ʻe ʻikai te mau fanongo kiate koe.

17 But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to offer unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.

Ka te mau fai moʻoni ki he meʻa kotoa pē kuo ʻalu atu ʻi homau ngutu, ke tutu ʻae meʻa namu kakala ki he ʻeiki fefine ʻoe langi, pea lilingi ʻemau feilaulau inu kiate ia, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻa mau fai, ʻakimautolu mo ʻemau ngaahi tamai, mo homau ngaahi tuʻi, mo homau houʻeiki, ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta, pea ʻi he ngaahi hala ʻo Selūsalema: he naʻa mau maʻu ai ʻae meʻakai lahi, pea naʻa mau lelei, pea ʻikai mamata ki he kovi.

18 But since we let off to offer to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

Kae talu ʻemau tuku ʻemau tutu meʻa namu kakala ki he ʻeiki fefine ʻoe langi, pea mo ʻemau lilingi feilaulau inu kiate ia, kuo mau masiva ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, pea kuo fakaʻauha ʻakimautolu ʻaki ʻae heletā, pea mo e honge.

19 And is it we that offer to the queen of heaven, and pour out drink-offerings unto her? did we make her cakes in her image, and pour out drink-offerings unto her, without our husbands?'

“Pea ʻi he ʻemau tutu ʻae meʻa namu kakala ki he ʻeiki fefine ʻoe langi, pea lilingi ʻae ngaahi feilaulau inu kiate ia, naʻa mau ngaohi ʻae mā maʻana, pea hū ki ai, mo lilingi ʻae ngaahi feilaulau inu kiate ia, taʻehamau kau tangata?”

20 Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people that had given him that answer, saying:

Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe Selemaia ki he kakai kotoa pē, ki he kau tangata, mo e kau fefine, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē naʻe tali ʻaki ʻae lea ko ia, ʻo pehē,

21 'The offering that ye offered in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into His mind?

“Ko e meʻa namu kakala ʻaia kuo mou tutu ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta, pea ʻi he ngaahi hala ʻo Selūsalema, ʻakimoutolu, mo hoʻomou ngaahi tamai, mo homou ngaahi tuʻi, pea mo homou houʻeiki, pea mo e kakai ʻoe fonua, ʻikai naʻe manatu ʻa Sihova ki ai, pea ʻikai naʻe hoko ia ki hono finangalo?

22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.

Ko ia naʻe ʻikai toe faʻa kātaki ʻa Sihova, koeʻuhi ko e kovi ʻa hoʻomou ngaahi faianga, pea koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi meʻa fakalielia kuo mou fai; ko ia kuo lala ai homou fonua, pea ko e meʻa fakaofo, pea ko e malaʻia, pea taʻehanokakai, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻi he ʻaho ni.

23 Because ye have offered, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not hearkened to the voice of the LORD, nor walked in His law, nor in His statutes, nor in His testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.'

Koeʻuhi kuo mou tutu ʻae meʻa namu kakala, pea koeʻuhi kuo mou angahala kia Sihova, pea ʻikai talangofua ki he leʻo ʻo Sihova, pe ʻeveʻeva ʻi heʻene ngaahi fono, pe ʻi heʻene ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, pe ʻi heʻene ngaahi fakamoʻoni; ko ia kuo hoko ai ʻae kovi ni kiate kimoutolu, ʻo hangē ko e ʻaho ni.”

24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women: 'Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:

Naʻe lea foki ʻa Selemaia, ki he kakai kotoa pē, mo e kau fefine kotoa pē, “Fanongo ki he folofola ʻa Sihova, ʻa Siuta kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite:

25 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying: We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to offer to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her; ye shall surely establish your vows, and surely perform your vows.

‌ʻOku folofola ʻa Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻo pehē, ‘Kuo lea ʻaki homou ngutu ʻomoutolu mo homou ngaahi uaifi, pea fakamoʻoni ʻaki homou nima, ʻo pehē, “Te mau fakamoʻoni ʻemau ngaahi fuakava ʻaia kuo mau fuakava ʻaki ke tutu ʻae meʻa namu kakala ki he ʻeiki fefine ʻoe langi, pea te mau lilingi ʻemau ngaahi feilaulau inu kiate ia:” “‘Ko e moʻoni te mou fakahoko ʻa hoʻomou ngaahi fuakava, ko e moʻoni te mou fakamoʻoni ʻa hoʻomou ngaahi fuakava.

26 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, saith the LORD, that My name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt saying: As the Lord GOD liveth.

“Ko ia mou fanongo ki he folofola ʻa Sihova, ʻa Siuta kotoa pē ʻoku nofo ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite; Vakai, kuo u fuakava ʻi hoku huafa lahi, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa toe takua hoku huafa ʻe he ngutu ʻo ha tangata ʻo Siuta ʻi he fonua kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsipite, ʻo pehē, “ʻOku moʻui ʻae ʻEiki ko Sihova.’

27 Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

Vakai, te u leʻohi ʻaki ʻakinautolu ʻae kovi, kae ʻikai ha lelei: pea ʻe fakaʻauha ʻae kau tangata kotoa pē ʻo Siuta, ʻoku ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite ʻaki ʻae heletā, mo e honge, ke ʻoua ke ʻosi ʻakinautolu.

28 And they that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose word shall stand, Mine, or theirs.

Ka ko e tokosiʻi pe ʻe hao mei he heletā pea liliu mai mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite ki he fonua ko Siuta, pea ʻe ʻilo ʻe he toenga kakai kotoa pē ʻo Siuta kuo ʻalu ki he fonua ko ʻIsipite ke ʻāunofo ʻi ai, pe ko e lea ʻa hai ʻe tuʻumaʻu, ʻaʻaku, pe ʻanautolu.”

29 And this shall be the sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that My words shall surely stand against you for evil;

“Pea ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, ‘Ko e fakaʻilonga eni kiate kimoutolu, te u tautea ʻakimoutolu ʻi he potu ni, koeʻuhi ke mou ʻilo ʻoku moʻoni ʻe tuʻumaʻu ʻeku ngaahi lea kiate kimoutolu ke mou kovi ai:’

30 thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.'

‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova; ‘Vakai, Te u tukuange ʻa Felo-Hofala ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite ki he nima ʻo hono ngaahi fili, pea ki honau nima ʻoku kumi ki heʻene moʻui, ʻo hangē ko ʻeku tuku ʻa Setikia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta ki he nima ʻo Nepukanesa ko e tuʻi ʻo Papilone, ko hono fili, ʻaia naʻe kumi ki heʻene moʻui.”’