1 S hephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,

A i rongo a Hepatia tama a Matana, ratou ko Keraira tama a Pahuru, ko Iukara tama a Heremia, ko Pahuru tama a Marakia, i nga kupu i korerotia e Heremaia ki te iwi katoa, i a ia i ki ra,

2 Y ahweh says, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.

Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Ko te tangata e noho ana i tenei pa ka mate i te hoari, i te hemokai, i te mate uruta: ko te tangata ia e haere atu ana ki nga Karari, ka ora; a ka waiho tona wairua hei taonga parau ki a ia, a ka ora ia.

3 Y ahweh says, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.

Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Ka tino hoatu tenei pa ki te ringa o te ope a te kingi o Papurona, a ka horo i a ia.

4 T hen the princes said to the king, “Please let this man be put to death; because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man doesn’t seek the welfare of this people, but the hurt.”

Na ka mea atu nga rangatira ki te kingi, Me whakamate tenei tangata; ma tana penei hoki ka ngoikore ai nga ringa o nga tangata whawhai e toe ana ki te pa nei, me nga ringa o te iwi katoa, ma tana korero i enei tu kupu ki a ratou: kahore hoki tene i tangata i te rapu i te pai mo tenei iwi, engari i te kino.

5 Z edekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he who can do anything against you.

Na ka mea a Kingi Terekia, Nana, kei to koutou ringa ai: ehara hoki te kingi i te mea e ahei te whakahe ki ta koutou.

6 T hen took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

Katahi ratou ka mau ki a Heremaia, maka ana e ratou ki te poka a Marakia tama a te kingi, ki tera i te marae o te whare herehere; a tukua ana a Heremaia e ratou ki raro, ki te taura. Na kahore he wai i roto i te poka, engari he oru: a tapoko ana a Heremaia ki te oru.

7 N ow when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),

Na, i te rongonga o Eperemereke Etiopiana, he unaka no te whare o te kingi, kua tukua a Heremaia ki te poka; e noho ana hoki te kingi i te kuwaha o Pineamine i taua wa;

8 E bedmelech went out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying,

Katahi a Eperemereke ka haere atu i te whare o te kingi, ka korero ki te kingi, ka mea,

9 M y lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.

E toku ariki, e te kingi, he kino nga mea kua mahia e enei tangata i a ratou katoa i mahi ai ki a Heremaia poropiti, kua maka nei e ratou ki te poka; a tera ia e mate ki te wahi kei reira nei ia i te hemokai: kahore atu hoki he taro i te pa.

10 T hen the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from here thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies.

Katahi te kingi ka whakahau ki a Eperemereke Etiopiana, ka mea, Mauria atu etahi tangata i konei, kia toru tekau, ka tango ake i a Heremaia poropiti i roto i te poka, keiwha mate ia.

11 S o Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

Heoi kua mau a Eperemereke ki nga tangata hei hoa mona, a haere ana ki te whare o te kingi ki raro i te whare taonga, tangohia ana mai e ia i reira etahi karukaru tawhito me etahi tawhetawhe pirau, tukua iho ana e ia ki nga taura ki a Heremaia k i roto ki te poka.

12 E bedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under your armpits under the cords. Jeremiah did so.

Katahi a Eperemereke Etiopiana ka mea iho ki a Heremaia, Tena, kahua nga karukaru tawhito nei me nga tawhetawhe pirau nei ki raro i ou peke, ki raro atu i nga taura. Na peratia ana e Heremaia.

13 S o they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

Heoi ka hutia ake e ratou a Heremaia ki nga taura, whakaputaina ake ana ia i roto i te poka: a noho tonu iho a Heremaia ki te marae o te whare herehere.

14 T hen Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entry that is in Yahweh’s house: and the king said to Jeremiah, I will ask you something. Hide nothing from me.

Katahi a Kingi Terekia ka unga tangata atu ki te tiki i a Heremaia poropiti ki a ia, ki te tuatoru o nga tomokanga, i te whare o Ihowa: a ka mea te kingi ki a Heremaia, Me ui e ahau tetahi mea i a koe; kaua e huna tetahi mea i ahau.

15 T hen Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? and if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.

Ano ra ko Heremaia ki a Terekia, Ki te whakaaturia e ahau ki a koe, he teka ianei ko te whakamate kau tau moku? a ki te whakatakotoria e ahau he whakaaro ki a koe, e kore koe e whakarongo ki ahau.

16 S o Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As Yahweh lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.

Heoi ka oati puku a Kingi Terekia ki a Heremaia, ka mea, E ora ana a Ihowa, nana nei tenei wairua i hanga mo tatou, e kore ahau e whakamate i a koe, e kore ano koe e tukua e ahau ki te ringa o enei tangata e whai nei kia whakamatea koe.

17 T hen Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, Yahweh, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: If you will go out to the king of Babylon’s princes, then your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and you shall live, and your house.

Katahi a Heremaia ka mea atu ki a Terekia, Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, a te Atua o nga mano, a te Atua o Iharaira; Ki te haere atu koe ki nga rangatira o te kingi o Papurona, ka ora tou wairua, e kore hoki tenei pa e tahuna ki te ahi; engari ka or a koe me tou whare:

18 B ut if you will not go out to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape out of their hand.

Tena ki te kore koe e haere ki nga rangatira a te kingi o Papurona, katahi tenei pa ka hoatu ki te ringa o nga Karari, a ka tahuna e ratou ki te ahi, a e kore koe e mawhiti i o ratou ringa.

19 Z edekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews who are fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.

Na ka mea a Kingi Terekia ki a Heremaia, E wehi ana ahau i nga Hurai i papahoro atu nei ki nga Karari, kei tukua ahau ki o ratou ringa, ka tawaitia ahau e ratou.

20 B ut Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver you. Obey, I beg you, Yahweh’s voice, in that which I speak to you: so it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live.

Otiia ka mea a Heremaia, E kore koe e tukua e ratou. Whakarongo oti ki te reo o Ihowa e korerotia nei e ahau ki a koe: na ka whiwhi koe ki te pai, a ka ora tou wairua.

21 B ut if you refuse to go out, this is the word that Yahweh has shown me:

Tena ki te kore koe e pai ki te haere atu, ko te kupu tenei i whakakitea e Ihowa ki ahau:

22 b ehold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought out to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Your familiar friends have set you on, and have prevailed over you. Your feet are sunk in the mire, they have turned away back.

Inana, ko nga wahine katoa e mahue ana ki te whare o te kingi o Hura ka whakaputaina ki waho ki nga rangatira a te kingi o Papurona, a ka mea aua wahine, i tohea koe e ou hoa aroha, a riro ana koe i ta ratou: na, ka totohu nei ou waewae ki te pa ru, kua hoki ke atu ratou ki muri.

23 T hey shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.

Na ka whakaputaina e ratou au wahine katoa, me au tamariki, ki waho ki nga Karari: a e kore e mawhiti i o ratou ringa, engari ka mau koe i te ringa o te kingi o Papurona: a mau e tahuna ai tenei pa ki te ahi.

24 T hen Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.

Katahi a Terekia ka mea ki a Heremaia, Kei mohiotia enei kupu e tetahi, a e kore koe e mate.

25 B ut if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and tell you, Declare to us now what you have said to the king; don’t hide it from us, and we will not put you to death; also what the king said to you:

Otiia, ki te rongo nga rangatira kua korero ahau ki a koe, a ka tae ratou ki a koe, ka mea ki a koe, Tena, whakaaturia mai ki a matou, he aha tau i korero ai ki te kingi: kaua e huna ki a matou, a e kore matou e whakamate i a koe: i pehea hoki t e korero a te kingi ki a koe?

26 t hen you shall tell them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.

Katahi koe ka mea ki a ratou, I te kawe ahau i taku inoi ki te kingi, kia kaua ahau e whakahokia ki te whare o Honatana, ki reira mate ai.

27 T hen came all the princes to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

Ko te haerenga mai tera o nga rangatira katoa ki a Heremaia, ka ui ki a ia; a korerotia ana e ia i runga i nga kupu katoa i whakahaua ra e te kingi. Heoi mutu tonu ta ratou korero ki a ia; no te mea kahore taua mea i mohiotia.

28 S o Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.

Heoi noho ana a Heremaia i te marae o te whare herehere, a taea noatia te ra i horo ai a Hiruharama. Na, i te horonga o Hiruharama,