Jeremiah 18
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Ko te kupu i puta mai ki a Heremaia, he mea na Ihowa; i ki ia,
2 “Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.”
Whakatika, haere ki raro, ki te whare o te kaihanga rihi, a ki reira ahau mea ai kia rongo koe i aku kupu.
3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels.
Katahi ahau ka haere ki raro, ki te whare o te kaihanga rihi, na, kei te mahi ia i tana mahi i runga i nga wira.
4 When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Na, i te henga i roto i te ringa o te kaihanga rihi o te oko i hanga e ia ki te paru, ka hanga ano e ia tetahi atu oko ki taua mea, ko ta te kaihanga rihi i kite ai e tika ana kia hanga.
5 Then the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
Na ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau; i mea ia,
6 “House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says the LORD. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
E kore ianei e ahei i ahau te mea i ta tenei kaihanga rihi ki a koutou, e te whare o Iharaira? e ai ta Ihowa. Nana, ko te paru i roto i te ringa o te kaihanga rihi, ko to koutou rite tena i roto i toku ringa, e te whare o Iharaira.
7 At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it,
I te wa tonu e korero ai ahau mo tetahi iwi, mo tetahi kingitanga, kia hutia ake, kia wahia iho, kia whakangaromia;
8 if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
Ki te tahuri taua iwi i korerotia ra e ahau i to ratou kino, ka puta ke toku whakaaro mo te kino i whakaaro ai ahau kia meatia ki a ratou.
9 At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it,
A i te wa tonu e korerotia ai e ahau tetahi iwi, tetahi kingitanga ranei, kia hanga, kia whakatokia,
10 if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.
Ki te mahi taua iwi i te kino ki taku titiro, e kore ai e rongo ki toku reo, katahi ka puta ke toku whakaaro mo te pai, i mea nei ahau hei pai mo ratou.
11 “Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘The LORD says: “Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you. Everyone return from his evil way now, and amend your ways and your doings.”’
Na, tena, korero ki nga tangata o Hura, ki te hunga hoki e noho ana i Hiruharama, mea atu, Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa: Nana, tenei ahau te hanga nei i te kino mo koutou, te whakatakoto whakaaro nei mo koutou: tenei ra, hoki mai aianei i tona ara k ino, i tona ara kino, whakatikaia hoki o koutou ara, a koutou mahi.
12 But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will each follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”
Otiia ka ki ratou, Kahore he painga: ka haere tonu hoki matou i a matou nei i whakaaro ai, a ka mahi matou i nga tikanga pakeke a te ngakau kino o tena, o tena.
13 Therefore the LORD says: “Ask now among the nations, ‘Who has heard such things?’ The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.
Na reira tenei kupu a Ihowa, Tena, uia atu ki nga iwi, ko wai i rongo ki nga mea penei; he hanga whakawehi rawa te mahi a te wahine o Iharaira.
14 Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Will the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?
E whakarere ranei te hukarere o Repanona i te kohatu o te parae? ka maroke ranei nga wai matao e rere iho ana i tawhiti?
15 For my people have forgotten me. They have burned incense to false gods. They have been made to stumble in their ways in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up,
Kua wareware hoki taku iwi ki ahau, kua tahu whakakakara ki te horihori; a kua meinga kia tutuki ratou i o ratou ara, i nga huarahi onamata, haere ai i nga huarahi i rahaki, i te ara kihai i opehia ake;
16 to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and shake his head.
Kia meinga to ratou whenua hei miharotanga, hei mea e whakatoia mai ai a ake ake; ka oho katoa nga tangata e tika ana na reira, ka ruru i tona mahunga.
17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy. I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
Ka titaritaria ratou e ahau ano na te hau marangi i te aroaro o te hoariri; ka titiro ahau ki to ratou tuara, kahore ki to ratou kanohi, i te ra o to ratou aitua.
18 Then they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”
Katahi ratou ka mea, Haere mai, tatou ka whakatakoto whakaaro mo Heremaia; e kore hoki e ngaro te ture i te tohunga, te whakaaro ranei i te tangata whakaaro nui, te kupu ranei i te poropiti. Haere mai, tatou ka patu i a ia ki te arero; kaua hoki e whakarongo ki tetahi o ana kupu.
19 Give heed to me, LORD, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
Kia whai whakaaro koe ki ahau, e Ihowa, whakarongo hoki ki te reo o te hunga e totohe ana ki ahau.
20 Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
E utua ranei te pai ki te kino? kua keria nei hoki e ratou he rua mo toku wairua. Kia mahara ki toku tunga ki tou aroaro ki te korero i te pai mo ratou, ki te whakatahuri atu hoki i tou aritarita i a ratou.
21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widows. Let their men be killed and their young men struck by the sword in battle.
Mo reira hoatu a ratou tamariki ki te hemokai, tukua atu ki te kaha o te hoari; whakapania a ratou wahine i te tamariki, whakapouarutia; tukua o ratou tangata kia whakamatea, a ratou taitamariki kia patua ki te hoari i te whawhai.
22 Let a cry be heard from their houses when you bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet.
Kia rangona he tangi i roto i o ratou whare, ina kawea e koe he ope huaki tata ki a ratou: kua keria hoki e ratou he rua hei hopu i ahau, kua huna hoki he rore mo oku waewae.
23 Yet, LORD, you know all their counsel against me to kill me. Don’t forgive their iniquity. Don’t blot out their sin from your sight, Let them be overthrown before you. Deal with them in the time of your anger.
Otiia, e Ihowa, e mohio ana koe ki o ratou whakaaro katoa moku kia whakamatea; kaua he whakamarie mo to ratou he, kaua ano to ratou hara e murua atu i tou aroaro: engari kia whakataka atu ratou i tou aroaro; mau e mea ki a ratou i te wa e riri a i koe.
