Heremaia 41
1 Na i te whitu o nga marama ka haere mai a Ihimaera tama a Netania, tama a Erihama, he uri kingi, ko ia tetahi o nga tino rangatira a te kingi, me ona hoa kotahi tekau, ki a Keraria tama a Ahikama, ki Mihipa; na kei te kai taro ratou tahi ki reira, ki Mihipa.
The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord (now Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the country of his dominion, were warring against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Juda, ) saying,
2 Katahi ka whakatika ake a Ihimaera tama a Netania, ratou ko ona hoa kotahi tekau, a patua ana a Keraria tama a Ahikama, tama a Hapana ki te hoari, mate rawa, a ia i meinga nei e te kingi o Papurona hei kawana mo te whenua.
Thus has the Lord said; Go to Sedekias king of Juda, and you shall say to him, Thus has the Lord said, This city shall certainly be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it, and shall burn it with fire:
3 Na i patua ano e Ihimaera nga Hurai katoa i a ia, i a Keraria, i Mihipa, ratou ko nga Karari i kitea ki reira, ara nga tangata whawhai.
and you shall not escape out of his hand, but shall certainly be taken, and shall be given into his hands; and your eyes shall see his eyes, and you shall enter into Babylon.
4 Na i te rua o nga ra i muri i tana whakamatenga i a Keraria, a kihai i mohiotia e tetahi tangata,
But hear the word of the Lord, O Sedekias king of Juda; Thus says the Lord,
5 Ka haere mai etahi tangata i Hekeme, i Hiro, i Hamaria, e waru tekau nga tangata, heu rawa o ratou pahau, haehae rawa nga kakahu, he mea haehae ano hoki ratou, me nga whakahere, me te whakakakara ano i o ratou ringa hei tapaenga ki te whare o Iho wa.
You shall die in peace: and as they wept for your fathers that reigned before you, they shall weep also for you, [saying], Ah lord! and they shall lament for you down to the grave: for I have spoken the word, said the Lord.
6 Na ka haere atu a Ihimaera tama a Netania i roto i Mihipa ki te whakatau i a ratou, me te tangi haere ano i a ia e haere ana: a, i tona tutakitanga ki a ratou, ka mea ia ki a ratou, Haere mai ki a Keraria tama a Ahikama.
And Jeremias spoke to king Sedekias all these words in Jerusalem.
7 Heoi, i to ratou taenga ki roto ki te pa, ka patua ratou e Ihimaera tama a Netania, a maka ana e ratou ko ona hoa ki roto ki te poka.
And the host of the king of Babylon warred against Jerusalem, and against the cities of Juda, and against Lachis, and against Azeca: for these strong cities were left amongst the cities of Juda.
8 Otiia tera ano etahi kotahi tekau i kitea i roto i a ratou, i ki atu ki a Ihimaera, Kaua matou e whakamatea; he taonga hoki a matou kei te parae, he witi, he parei, he hinu, he honi, kei te huna. Na ka mutu tana, a kihai ratou i whakamatea e ia i roto i o ratou teina.
The word that came from the Lord to Jeremias, after king Sedekias had concluded a covenant with the people, to proclaim a release;
9 Na, ko te poka i maka ai e Ihimaera nga tinana katoa o nga tangata i patua nei e ia ki te taha o Keraria, ko tera i hanga e Kingi Aha i te wehi ki a Paaha, kingi o Iharaira, whakakiia ana taua poka e Ihimaera tama a Netania ki te hunga i patua.
That every one should set at liberty his servant, and every one has handmaid, the Hebrew man and Hebrew woman, that no man of Juda should be a bondman.
10 Katahi ka whakaraua e Ihimaera nga morehu katoa o te iwi i Mihipa, nga tamahine a te kingi, me nga morehu katoa i Mihipa, ko te hunga i meinga nei e Neputaarana rangatira o nga kaitiaki, a Keraria tama a Ahikama hei kawana mo ratou; whakaraua an a ratou e Ihimaera tama a Netania, a haere ana ia, whiti ana ki nga tama a Amona.
Then all the nobles, and all the people who had entered into the covenant, [engaging] to set free every one his man-servant, and every one his maid, turned,
11 I te rongonga ia o Hohanana tama a Karea, ratou ko nga rangatira katoa o nga ope i a ia, ki te kino katoa i mahia e Ihimaera tama a Netania,
and gave them over to be menservants and maidservants.
12 Katahi ka tango ratou i nga tangata katoa, a haere ana ki te whawhai ki a Ihimaera tama a Netania, a rokohanga atu ia i te taha o nga wai nunui i Kipeono.
And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying,
13 A, no te kitenga o te hunga katoa i a Ihimaera i a Hohanana tama a Karea, i ona hoa hoki, i nga rangatira katoa o nga ope, na ka koa ratou.
Thus says the Lord; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day wherein I took them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,
14 Ko te tino tahuritanga o te hunga katoa i whakaraua e Ihimaera i Mihipa, hoki ana, haere ana ki a Hohanana tama a Karea.
When six years are accomplished, you shall set free your brother the Hebrew, who shall be sold to you: for he shall serve you six years, and [then] you shall let him go free: but they listened not to me, and inclined not their ear.
15 Engari ko Ihimaera tama a Netania i mawhiti atu i a Hohanana, ratou ko nga tangata tokowaru, a haere ana ki nga tama a Amona.
And this day they turned to do that which was right in my sight, to proclaim every one the release of his neighbour; and they had concluded a covenant before me, in the house whereon my name is called.
16 Katahi ka mau a Hohanana tama a Karea, ratou ko ona hoa, ko nga rangatira katoa o nga ope, i nga morehu katoa o te iwi, i era o Mihipa i whakahokia mai e ia i a Ihimaera tama a Netania, i muri i tana patunga i a Keraria tama a Ahikama, ara nga t angata whawhai, nga wahine, nga tamariki, nga unaka hoki i whakahokia mai e ia i Kipeono;
But you turned and profaned my name, to bring back every one his servant, and every one his handmaid, whom you had sent forth free [and] at their own disposal, to be to you menservants and maidservants.
17 A haere ana, noho ana i Kerutu Kimihama, i te taha o Peterehema, he mea kia haere ai ratou ki Ihipa,
Therefore thus said the Lord; You have not listened to me, to proclaim a release every one to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a release to you, to the sword, and to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will give you up to dispersion [amongst] all the kingdoms of the earth.
18 I te wehi ki nga Karari; i wehi hoki ratou i a ratou, mo te patunga a Ihimaera tama a Netania i a Keraria tama a Ahikama, i meinga nei e te kingi o Papurona hei kawana mo te whenua.
And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, who have not kept my covenant, which they made before me, the calf which they prepared to sacrifice with it,
the princes of Juda, and the men in power, and the priests, and the people;
I will even give them to their enemies, and their carcases shall be food for the birds of the sky and for the wild beasts of the earth.
And I will give Sedekias king of Judea, and their princes, into the hands of their enemies, and the host of the king of Babylon [shall come upon] them that run away from them.
Behold, I [will] give command, says the Lord, and will bring them back to this land; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire, and the cities of Juda; and I will make them desolate without inhabitants.
