Jeremiah 29
1 After King Jehoiachin, his mother, his palace officials, other officials in Judah, and all the various kinds of craftsmen [DOU] had been exiled to Babylon, I wrote a letter to the elders, the priests, the prophets and all the other people who had been taken from Jerusalem to Babylon by [soldiers of] Nebuchadnezzar.
Pea ko eni ʻae ngaahi lea ʻoe tohi ʻaia naʻe tohi ʻe Selemaia ko e palōfita mei Selūsalema ki hono toenga ʻoe kau mātuʻa naʻe fetuku fakapōpula, pea ki he kau taulaʻeiki, mo e kau palōfita, pea ki he kakai kotoa pē ʻaia naʻe fetuku fakapōpula ʻe Nepukanesa mei Selūsalema ki Papilone;
(Pea hili hono ʻave mei Selūsalema, ʻa Sekonia ko e tuʻi mo e tuʻi fefine, pea mo e kau talafekau, ko e ngaahi houʻeiki ʻo Siuta, mo Selūsalema, mo e kau tufunga, pea mo e kau tufunga ukamea; )
3 [I gave] the letter to Elasah the son of Shaphan, and to Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, when they were about to go to Babylon to be ambassadors from King Zedekiah to King Nebuchadnezzar. This is what I wrote in the letter:
ʻI he nima ʻo ʻIlasa ko e foha ʻo Safani, mo Kemalia ko e foha ʻo Hilikia, (ʻaia naʻe fekau ʻe Setikia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta ki Papilone kia Nepukanesa ko e tuʻi ʻo Papilone) ʻo pehē,
4 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says to all you people who were captured [here] in Jerusalem and taken [there] to Babylon:
“ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, kiate kinautolu kotoa pē kuo fetuku fakapōpula, ʻakinautolu kuo u puleʻi ke fetuku mei Selūsalema ki Papilone.
5 “Build houses [there], and plan to stay there [because you will be there for many years]. Plant gardens, and eat the food that is produced in the gardens.
‘Mou langa ʻae ngaahi fale, ʻo nofo ai pea tō ʻae ngaahi ngoue, mo kai hono fua;
6 Get married and have children. Then [when they grow up], choose wives for your sons, and husbands for your daughters, in order that they [also] may have children. [In that way], the number of you people will increase, not decrease.
Mou toʻo kiate kimoutolu ʻae ngaahi uaifi, pea fakatupu ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine; pea fili ʻae ngaahi uaifi ki homou ngaahi foha, pea ʻatu homou ngaahi ʻofefine ki honau ngaahi husepāniti, koeʻuhi ke nau fanafanau ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine; koeʻuhi ke mou fakatokolahi ʻi ai, pea ʻoua naʻa fakatokosiʻi.
7 Also, do things that will cause things to go well [for the other people there] in the city where I sent you. Pray that things will go well for [the people in] that city, because if things go well for them, things will go well for you, [also].”
Pea kumi ke melino ʻae kolo ʻaia kuo u puleʻi ke fetuku fakapōpula ʻakimoutolu ki ai, pea hūfia ia kia Sihova: he te mou maʻu ʻae fiemālie ʻi hono melino.
8 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israeli people [worship], says: “There are [false] prophets and fortune-tellers among you. Do not allow them to deceive you. Do not pay attention to [them when they tell you] their dreams,
He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; ʻoua naʻa tuku ke kākaaʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻe hoʻomou kau palōfita mo e kau fiemana ʻoku ʻiate kimoutolu, pea ʻoua naʻa tokanga ki he ngaahi misi ʻoku mou misi ʻaki.
9 because they are telling you lies, saying that [MTY] [I have given them the messages that they are telling you]. But, I have not appointed them.”
He ʻoku nau kikite loi kiate kimoutolu ʻi hoku huafa: ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, naʻe ʻikai te u fekau ʻakinautolu.’
10 This is [also] what Yahweh says: “After you [and your children] have been in Babylon for seventy years, I will help you, and do for you the things that I promised, and I will enable you to return here [to Jerusalem].
“He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, ‘ʻOka ʻosi ʻae taʻu ʻe fitungofulu te u ʻaʻahi kiate kimoutolu, pea te u fakamoʻoni ʻeku lea lelei kiate kimoutolu, pea pule ke mou toe haʻu ki he potu ni.
11 I, Yahweh, know what I have planned for you. I am planning to cause things to go well for you, not to cause you to experience disasters. I am planning to give you many things that you confidently expect to receive in the future.
He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, ʻOku ʻiate au ʻae ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, kuo u tuʻutuʻuni kiate kimoutolu, ko e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ki he fiemālie, kae ʻikai ki he kovi, koeʻuhi ke foaki hoʻomou ʻamanaki kiate kimoutolu ʻi he ikuʻanga.
12 At that time, when you pray, I will heed you.
Pea te mou toki ui kiate au, pea te mou ʻalu ʻo lotu kiate au, pea te u fanongo kiate kimoutolu.
13 If you earnestly desire for me [to bless you], you will experience me [blessing you].
Pea te mou kumi mo ʻiloʻi au, ʻoka mou ka kumi kiate au ʻaki homou loto kotoa.
14 I will make my help available to you [IDM]. I will cause you to no longer be slaves [in Babylon]. I will gather you from all the nations to which I have exiled you, and I will bring you back [here to your own land], to the place from which you were taken.”
Pea ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, Te mou ʻilo au: pea te u liliu homou fakapōpula, pea te u tānaki ʻakimoutolu mei he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē, pea mei he ngaahi potu kotoa pē naʻaku kapusi ʻakimoutolu ki ai, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova; pea te u toe ʻomi ʻakimoutolu mei he potu ko ia naʻaku pule ke fetuku pōpula ki ai ʻakimoutolu.’
15 [Some of] you say that Yahweh has appointed prophets for you [there] in Babylon.
“Koeʻuhi kuo mou pehē, Kuo fokotuʻu ʻe Sihova kiate kitautolu ʻae kau palōfita ʻi Papilone;
16 But this is what Yahweh says about the king who rules [here] in Jerusalem, and about all the other people who are [still] living here—your relatives who were not taken to Babylon with you.
Ka kuo folofola pehē ʻa Sihova, ki he tuʻi ʻoku nofo ʻi he nofoʻanga ʻo Tevita, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē ʻoku nofo ʻi he kolo ni, pea mo homou kāinga kuo ʻalu atu mo kimoutolu ki he fakapōpula;
17 The Commander of the armies of angels says this: “I will cause them to experience wars and famines and diseases. I will cause them to become like [SIM] bad figs that are very rotten, with the result that no one can eat them.
ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau; ‘Vakai, te u fekau kiate kimoutolu ʻae heletā, mo e honge, mo e mahaki fakaʻauha, pea te u ngaohi ʻakinautolu ke hangē ko e ngaahi fiki kovi, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai faʻa kai, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene kovi.
18 I will not stop causing them to experience wars and famines and diseases. And I will scatter them all around the world. In every country where I (force them to be taken/exile them), I will cause them to be people whom [others] curse and be horrified about and make fun of [DOU].
Pea te u tautea ʻaki ʻakinautolu ʻae heletā, mo e honge, pea mo e mahaki fakaʻauha, pea te u tukuange ʻakinautolu ke ʻave ʻakinautolu ki he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻo māmani, ke hoko ko e malaʻia, mo e fakaofo, mo e manukiʻanga, mo e ongoongo kovi, ki he puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻaia kuo u kapusi ʻakinautolu ki ai:
19 [That will happen] because they have refused to pay attention to my messages, messages that I gave to the prophets whom I sent to them. And you [who have been exiled to Babylon] have not paid attention to them, [either].” [That is what] Yahweh says.
ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai te nau fanongo ki heʻeku ngaahi lea, ʻaia naʻaku fekau kiate kinautolu ʻi heʻeku kau tamaioʻeiki ko e kau palōfita, ʻo tuʻu hengihengi hake pe ʻo fekauʻi ʻakinautolu, ka ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova naʻe ʻikai te mou fie fanongo.
20 [Therefore], you people who have been (exiled/forced to go) from Jerusalem to Babylon, listen to this message from Yahweh.
“Ko ia mou fanongo ki he folofola ʻa Sihova, ʻakimoutolu kotoa pē ʻoku fakapōpula, ʻakimoutolu kuo u ʻave mei Selūsalema ki Papilone:’
21 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says about Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and about Zedekiah, the son of Maaseiah, who are telling lies to you, saying that they are giving messages [MTY] from him: “They will be seized and taken to [MTY] King Nebuchadnezzar, who will cause them to be executed while you are watching.
ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, kia ʻEhapi ko e foha ʻo Kolaia, pea mo Setikia ko e foha ʻo Māseia, ʻakinaua ʻoku kikite loi kiate kimoutolu ʻi hoku huafa: Vakai, Te u tukuange ʻakinaua ki he nima ʻo Nepukanesa ko e tuʻi ʻo Papilone; pea te ne tāmateʻi ʻakinaua ʻi homou ʻao;
22 Because of [what will happen to] them, all you people who have been taken from Judah to Babylon will say this when they curse someone: ‘I hope/wish that Yahweh will do to you the same thing that he did to Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the King of Babylon caused to be [killed by being] burned in a fire.’
Pea ko e meʻa ʻiate kinaua ʻe tupu ai ʻae lea fakamalaʻia ʻi he kau pōpula kotoa pē ʻo Siuta ʻoku ʻi Papilone, ʻo pehē, Ke ngaohi koe ʻe Sihova ke hangē ko Setikia pea hangē ko ʻEhapi, ʻaia naʻe tutu ʻi he afi ʻe he tuʻi ʻo Papilone;
23 They have done terrible things to [my] Israeli people. They have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and they have spoken lies, saying that they were messages [MTY] from me. They have said things that I did not tell them to say, and I, Yahweh, have heard them [say those things].”
Koeʻuhi kuo na fai kovi ʻi ʻIsileli, pea tonoʻi ʻae uaifi ʻo hona kaungāʻapi, pea kuo na lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea loi ʻi hoku huafa, ʻaia naʻe ʻikai te u fekau kiate kinautolu; he ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, ʻOku ou ʻiloʻi, pea ko hono fakamoʻoni au.”
24 [Yahweh told me to] send this message to Shemaiah, a man from Nehelam [town who was living in Babylon]:
Ke ke lea pehē foki ki Simaia, mei Nehelami, ʻo pehē,
25 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says: “You wrote a letter that no one told you to write. You sent it to Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, and [you sent copies] to the other priests and all the [other] people here in Jerusalem. [This is what] you wrote to him:
ʻOku folofola mai ʻa Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻo pehē, Koeʻuhi kuo ke ʻatu ʻae ngaahi tohi ʻi ho hingoa ʻoʻou ki he kakai kotoa pē ʻi Selūsalema; pea kia Sefania ko e foha ʻo Māseia ko e taulaʻeiki, pea ki he taulaʻeiki kotoa pē, ʻo pehē,
26 [Zephaniah], Yahweh has appointed you to be the priest instead of Jehoiada, to supervise those who work in the temple. Anyone who acts like a crazy man and who claims that he is a prophet, you should put his arms and legs and head into (stocks/a wooden frame [so that he cannot move)].
“Kuo fakanofo koe ʻe Sihova ko e taulaʻeiki ko e fetongi ʻo Sihoiata ko e taulaʻeiki, koeʻuhi ke mou hoko ko e kau tauhi ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova, koeʻuhi ke ʻilonga ʻae tangata kotoa pē ʻoku faha, pea mahalo ko e palōfita ia ke ʻai ia ki he fale fakapōpula pea mo e ʻakau fakamaʻu vaʻe.
27 So why have you not done anything to stop Jeremiah, the man from Anathoth [town], who [pretends that he] is a prophet among you?
Ko ia, ko e hā naʻe ʻikai te ke valoki ai kia Selemaia ʻo ʻAnatoti, ʻaia ʻoku ne pehē ʻe ia ko e palōfita ia kiate kimoutolu?
28 He sent a letter to us [who are here] in Babylon, saying that [we will be here for] a long time. He said that [therefore] we should build houses and plan to stay here, and plant gardens, and eat the food that is produced in the gardens.”
He naʻa ne fekau kiate kimautolu ʻi Papilone, ʻo pehē, ʻOku fuoloa ʻae fakapōpula ni, mou langa ʻae ngaahi fale, pea nofo ai; pea tō hoʻomou ngaahi ngoue, pea kai hono fua.”
29 [But when] Zephaniah the priest [received] the letter from you, he [brought it to me and] read it to me.
Pea naʻe lau ʻae tohi ni, ʻe Sefania ko e taulaʻeiki ki he telinga ʻo Selemaia ko e palōfita.
30 Then Yahweh gave me this message:
Pea naʻe toki hoko ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kia Selemaia, ʻo pehē,
31 “Send this message to all the people [from Judah] who are there [in Babylon]. Say that this is what Yahweh says about Shemaiah, the man from Nehelam: ‘I did not appoint him, but he has deceived you and caused you to believe the lies that he prophesied.
Fekau atu kiate kinautolu kotoa pē kuo fakapōpulaʻi, ʻo pehē, “ʻOku pehē mai ʻe Sihova, ko e meʻa ia Simaia mei Nehelami; koeʻuhi kuo kikite ʻe Simaia kiate kimoutolu, pea ne fakafalala ʻakimoutolu ki he loi, ka naʻe ʻikai te u fekau ia:
32 So, I will punish him and his family. He has incited you to rebel against me. Because of that, all of his descendants will soon die. I will do [many] good things for [you], my people, but he and his descendants will not see those things, [because they will be dead]. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!’”
Ko ia ʻoku pehē mai ʻe Sihova, Vakai, Te u tautea ʻa Simaia mei Nehelami, pea mo hono hako: ʻe ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻi hono faʻahinga ke nofo mo ʻene kakai; pea ʻe ʻikai te ne mamata ki he lelei te u fai ki hoku kakai, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova; koeʻuhi kuo ne ako ʻaki ʻae angatuʻu kia Sihova.”
