1 K o nga kupu enei o te pukapuka i tukua e Heremaia poropiti i Hiruharama ki nga morehu o nga kaumatua i whakaraua atu nei, ki nga tohunga, ki nga poropiti, ki te iwi katoa i whakaraua atu e Nepukaneha i Hiruharama ki Papurona;

Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the rest of the elders in exile and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon.

2 I muri tenei i te haerenga atu o Kingi Hekonia i Hiruharama, ratou ko te kuini, ko nga unaka, ko nga rangatira o Hura, o Hiruharama, me nga kamura ratou ko nga parakimete;

This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem.

3 H e mea kawe na Eraha tama a Hapana, raua ko Kemaria tama a Hirikia; he mea unga ano enei na Terekia kingi o Hura ki Papurona, ki a Nepukaneha kingi o Papurona; i mea ia,

by the hand of Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. It said:

4 K o te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano, a te Atua o Iharaira, ki nga whakarau katoa, i meinga nei e ahau kia whakaraua atu i Hiruharama ki Papurona;

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the captives whom I have caused to be carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon:

5 H anga he whare mo koutou, ka noho i roto; whakatokia he kari, ka kai i o ratou hua;

Build yourselves houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat the fruit of them.

6 M arenatia he wahine, kia whanau he tama, he tamahine ma koutou; meatia he wahine ma a koutou tama, tukua hoki a koutou tamahine ki te tane, kia whanau ai he tama, he tamahine ma ratou; a kia tini koutou ki reira, kaua hei torutoru.

Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not be diminished.

7 R apua hoki te rongo mau mo te pa kua meinga na koutou e ahau kia whakaraua ki reira, inoi hoki ki a Ihowa mo reira; ma te mau hoki o tona rongo ka whiwhi ai koutou ki te rangimarie.

And seek (inquire for, require, and request) the peace and welfare of the city to which I have caused you to be carried away captive; and pray to the Lord for it, for in the welfare of you will have welfare.

8 K o te kupu hoki tenei a Ihowa o nga mano, a te Atua o Iharaira: Kei tinihangatia koutou e a koutou poropiti, e a koutou tohunga tuaahu e noho na i roto i a koutou, kaua hoki e rongo ki a koutou moe e meinga na e koutou kia moea.

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you; pay no attention and attach no significance to your dreams which you dream or to theirs,

9 N o te mea e poropiti teka ana ratou ki a koutou i runga i toku ingoa: ehara ratou i te mea naku i unga, e ai ta Ihowa.

For they prophesy falsely to you in My name. I have not sent them, says the Lord.

10 K o te kupu hoki tenei a Ihowa, Kia rite nga tau e whitu tekau ki Papurona, ka tirohia koutou e ahau; a ka whakatutukitia e ahau taku kupu pai ki a koutou, mo koutou kia whakahokia mai ki tenei wahi.

For thus says the Lord, When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you and keep My good promise to you, causing you to return to this place.

11 K ei te mohio hoki ahau ki nga whakaaro e whakaaro nei ahau ki a koutou, e ai ta Ihowa, he whakaaro mo te rongo mau, ehara mo te kino, kia hoatu te tumanako ki a koutou i o koutou ra whakamutunga.

For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.

12 A tera koutou e karanga ki ahau, a ka haere koutou ka inoi ki ahau, a ka rongo ahau ki a koutou.

Then you will call upon Me, and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear and heed you.

13 K a rapua ano ahau e koutou, a ka kitea e koutou, ina whakapaua o koutou ngakau ki te rapu i ahau.

Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

14 A ka kitea ahau e koutou, e ai ta Ihowa, ka whakahokia hoki e ahau to koutou whakaraunga, a ka kohikohia koutou e ahau i roto i nga iwi katoa, i nga wahi katoa i peia atu ai koutou e ahau, e ai ta Ihowa; a ka whakahokia mai koutou e ahau ki te w ahi i whakaraua atu ai koutou e ahau.

I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will release you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and all the places to which I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I caused you to be carried away captive.

15 K ua ki hoki koutou, Kua ara i a Ihowa etahi poropiti mo tatou i Papurona.

because you have said, The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,

16 K o te kupu hoki tenei a Ihowa mo te kingi e noho ana i runga i te torona o Rawiri, mo te iwi katoa hoki e noho ana i tenei pa, mo o koutou teina kihai nei i haere tahi koutou i te whakaraunga;

Thus says the Lord concerning the king who sits upon the throne of David and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brethren who did not go forth with you into captivity—

17 K o te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano: Nana, ka unga atu e ahau ki runga ki a ratou te hoari, te hemokai, te mate uruta, a ka meinga ratou e ahau kia rite ki nga piki kikino, e kore nei e taea te kai i te kino rawa.

Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I am sending on them the sword, famine, and pestilence, and I will make them like vile figs which are so bad they cannot be eaten.

18 A ka whaia ratou e ahau ki te hoari, ki te hemokai, ki te mate uruta, ka tukua hoki ratou kia poipoia i waenganui i nga kingitanga katoa o te whenua, hei kanga, hei miharotanga, hei whakahianga atu, a hei hahani, i roto i nga iwi katoa e peia at u ai ratou e ahau.

And I will pursue them with the sword, famine, and pestilence and will give them up to be tossed to and fro and to be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, an astonishment, and a terror, a hissing and a reproach among all the nations to which I have driven them,

19 N o te mea kihai ratou i rongo ki aku kupu, e ai ta Ihowa, ki aku kupu i unga ra e ahau kia kawea ki a ratou e aku pononga, e nga poropiti, moata ai i te ata ki te unga i a ratou; heoi kihai koutou i rongo, e ai ta Ihowa.

Because they have not listened to and heeded My words, says the Lord, which I sent to them persistently by My servants the prophets; but you would not listen, says the Lord.

20 M o reira whakarongo mai ki te kupu a Ihowa, koutou katoa o te whakaraunga, kua unga atu nei e ahau i Hiruharama ki Papurona.

Hear therefore the word of the Lord, all you exiles whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

21 K o te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano, a te Atua o Iharaira, mo Ahapa tama a Koraia, mo Terekia tama a Maaheia, e poropiti teka na ki a koutou i runga i toku ingoa: Nana, ka hoatu raua e ahau ki te ringa o Nepukareha kingi o Papurona; a mana raua e whakamate i o koutou aroaro.

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab son of Kolaiah and concerning Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying lies to you in My name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he will slay them before your eyes!

22 A ka ai raua hei kanga ma nga whakarau katoa o Hura i Papurona, ka korerotia, Kia meinga koe e Ihowa kia rite ki a Terekia raua ko Ahapa, i tunua nei e te kingi o Papurona ki te ahi;

And because of them, this curse shall be taken up and used by all from Judah who are in captivity in Babylon: The Lord make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire—

23 K ua mahi poauau hoki raua i roto i a Iharaira, kua puremu ki nga wahine a o raua hoa, kua korero hoki i nga kupu teka i runga i toku ingoa, he mea kihai i whakahaua atu e ahau ki a raua; ko ahau tenei e mohio ana, ko ahau te kaiwhakaatu, e ai ta Ihowa.

Because they have committed folly in Israel and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives and have spoken words in My name falsely, which I had not commanded them. I am the One Who knows and I am witness, says the Lord.

24 N a mo Hemaia Neherami me korero koe, me ki atu,

Also you shall say this concerning and to Shemaiah of Nehelam:

25 K o te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano, a te Atua o Iharaira, e mea ana ia, I te mea kua tukua e koe etahi pukapuka i runga i tou ake ingoa ki te iwi katoa i Hiruharama, ki te tohunga, ki a Tepania tama a Maaheia, ratou ko nga tohunga katoa, kua me a atu,

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have sent letters in your name to all the people who are in Jerusalem and to Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest and to all the priests, saying,

26 K ua oti koe te mea e Ihowa hei tohunga i muri i a Iehoiara tohunga, kia waiho ai ko koutou hei kaitirotiro i roto i te whare o Ihowa mo te tangata katoa e haurangi ana, e whakaporopiti ana i a ia, kia maka e koe ki nga here waewae, ki nga here r inga.

The Lord has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, that you should have oversight in the house of the Lord over every madman who makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and collar.

27 N a he aha ra te riria ai e koe a Heremaia Anatoti, e whakaporopiti na i a ia ki a koutou?

Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you?

28 K ua tukua mai nei hoki e ia he kupu ki a matou ki Papurona, e mea ana, Ka roa te whakaraunga: hanga he whare mo koutou, ka noho i roto; whakatokia he kari, kainga o ratou hua.

For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, is to be long; build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat the fruit of them.

29 N a i korerotia tenei pukapuka e Tepania tohunga ki nga taringa o Heremaia poropiti.

And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.

30 K atahi ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowa ki a Heremaia, i mea ia,

Then came the word of the Lord to Jeremiah:

31 T ukua he kupu ki nga whakarau katoa, mea atu, Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa mo Hemaia Neherami: Kua poropiti na a Hemaia ki a koutou, a kihai hoki ia i unga e ahau, a kua meinga koutou e ia kia whakawhirinaki ki te teka,

Send to all those in captivity, saying, Thus says the Lord concerning Shemaiah of Nehelam: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, though I did not send him, and has caused you to trust in a lie,

32 M o reira ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Nana, ka whiua e ahau a Hemaia Neherami ratou ko ona uri; kore iho he tangata mona hei noho i roto i tenei iwi, e kore hoki ia e kite i te pai e mahia e ahau ki taku iwi, e ai ta Ihowa; no te mea kua korero ia i te tutu mo Ihowa.

Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah of Nehelam and his offspring. He will not have anyone to dwell among this people, nor will he see the good that I will do to My people, says the Lord, because he has spoken and taught rebellion against the Lord.