1 Y ahweh’s word which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.

Ko te kupu a Ihowa i puta mai ki a Heremaia poropiti mo nga iwi:

2 O f Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.

Mo Ihipa: mo te ope a Parao Neko kingi o Ihipa, mo tera i te awa, i Uparati, i Karakemihi, i patua ra e Nepukareha kingi o Papurona i te wha o nga tau o Iehoiakimi tama a Hohia kingi o Hura.

3 P repare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!

Whakapaia te whakangungu rakau me te puapua, whakatata ki te whawhai.

4 H arness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand up with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.

Whakanohoia nga hoiho, e eke, e nga kaieke hoiho, a tu atu me o koutou potae; whakakanapatia nga tao, kakahuria nga pukupuku.

5 W hy have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled apace, and don’t look back: terror is on every side, says Yahweh.

He aha ahau i kite ai i tenei? kei te powera ratou, kua hoki ki muri; kua whati noa atu, kihai hoki i titiro whakamuri: kei nga taha katoa te wehi, e ai ta Ihowa.

6 D on’t let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.

Kaua te tangata tere e rere atu, kaua hoki te marohirohi e mawhiti; kei te raki, kei te awa, kei Uparati, kua tutuki o ratou waewae, kua hinga.

7 W ho is this who rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?

Ko wai tenei e puhake ake nei me te mea ko te Naera, e tutu nei ona wai me te mea ko nga awa?

8 E gypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he says, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and its inhabitants.

I puhake mai a Ihipa ano ko te Naera, i tutu ona wai ano ko nga awa: a ka mea ia, Ka puhake atu ahau, a ka taupokina te whenua; ka ngaro i ahau te pa me ona tangata.

9 G o up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men go out: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.

Haere atu, e nga hoiho; e ngana, e nga hariata; tukua atu nga marohirohi; a Kuhu, a Putu, e rahurahu nei i te whakangungu rakau; nga Rurimi, e rahurahu nei, e whakapiko nei i te kopere.

10 F or that day is of the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

Ko taua ra hoki he ra na te Ariki, na Ihowa o nga mano, he ra rapu utu, e whai utu ai ia i ona hoariri; a ka horomi te hoari, a ka makona, ka inu hoki, ki rawa i o ratou toto; no te mea he patunga tapu ta te Ariki, ta Ihowa o nga mano i te whenu a ki te raki, i te taha o te awa o Uparati.

11 G o up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain do you use many medicines; there is no healing for you.

Haere ki runga, ki Kireara, e te tamahine wahine a Ihipa, ka tiki he pama; ka maumau tau mahi i nga rongoa maha; kahore he ora mou.

12 T he nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.

Kua rongo nga iwi ki tou whakama, kua paku tau karanga ki nga whenua: kua tutuki nei hoki te waewae o te marohirohi ki te marohirohi, kua hinga ngatahi tautokorua.

13 T he word that Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon should come and strike the land of Egypt.

Ko te kupu i korerotia e Ihowa ki a Heremaia poropiti, tera ka haere mai a Nepukareha kingi o Papurona ki te patu i Ihipa.

14 D eclare in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say, Stand up, and prepare; for the sword has devoured around you.

Kauwhautia e koutou ki Ihipa, panuitia ki Mikitoro, panuitia ki Nopo, ki Tahapanehe, mea atu, E tu, kia tumatohi; kua kai hoki te hoari i tetahi taha ou, i tetahi taha.

15 W hy are your strong ones swept away? they didn’t stand, because Yahweh pushed them.

He aha ou maia i tahia atu ai? kihai ratou i tu, na Ihowa hoki ratou i a atu.

16 H e made many to stumble, yes, they fell one on another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.

He tini nga mea nana i tukoki ai, ae ra, i hinga ratou tetahi ki runga ki tetahi: i mea ano, Whakatika, tatou ka haere ki to tatou nei iwi, ki te whenua i whanau ai tatou, i te hoari tukino.

17 T hey cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.

I karanga ratou i reira, He turituri kau a Parao kingi o Ihipa; kua tukua e ia kia pahemo te wa i whakaritea.

18 A s I live, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

E ora ana ahau, e ai ta te Kingi, ko Ihowa o nga mano nei tona ingoa, kei Taporo i roto i nga maunga, kei Karamere hoki i te moana he rite mo tona haerenga mai.

19 Y ou daughter who dwells in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant.

E koe, e te tamahine, e noho nei i Ihipa, mahia nga mea mou mo te whakaraunga: no te mea ka ururuatia a Nopo, ka wera, te ai te tangata hei noho.

20 E gypt is a very beautiful heifer; but destruction out of the north has come, it has come.

He kuao kau ataahua rawa a Ihipa; otiia kua tae mai te whakangaro i te raki, tenei kua tae mai.

21 A lso her hired men in the middle of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they didn’t stand: for the day of their calamity has come on them, the time of their visitation.

Ko ana tangata hoki i utu ai, rite tonu i roto i a ia ki te kuao whangai; kua tahuri atu ano hoki ratou, kua oma ngatahi atu, kihai hoki i tu; no te mea kua tae mai te ra o to ratou aitua ki a ratou, te wa e whiua ai.

22 T he sound of it shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.

Ko tona reo ka rite te puaki ki to te nakahi; no te mea he taua ta ratou ina haere, ka haere mai ratou ki a ia me nga toki, ka rite ki nga kaitapahi rakau.

23 T hey shall cut down her forest, says Yahweh, though it can’t be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.

Ka tuaina e ratou tona ngahere, e ai ta Ihowa, ahakoa e kore tona mutunga e taea te rapu; he tini ke hoki ratou i te mawhitiwhiti, e kore e taea te tatau.

24 T he daughter of Egypt shall be disappointed; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

Ka whakama te tamahine a Ihipa; ka tukua ia ki te ringa o te iwi ki te raki.

25 Y ahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and those who trust in him:

E mea ana a Ihowa o nga mano, te Atua o Iharaira: Nana, ka whiua e ahau a Amono o No, a Parao, a Ihipa hoki, me o reira atua, me o reira kingi; a Parao rawa, ratou ko te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia:

26 a nd I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says Yahweh.

Ka tukua hoki ratou e ahau ki te ringa o te hunga e whai ana kia whakamatea ratou, ki te ringa ano o Nepukareha kingi o Papurona, ki te ringa o ana tangata: a muri iho ka nohoia, ka pera me nga ra o mua, e ai ta Ihowa.

27 B ut don’t you be afraid, Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and no one shall make him afraid.

Ko koe ia, kaua e wehi, e taku pononga, e Hakopa, kaua e pawera, e Iharaira: no te mea, nana, maku koe e whakaora i tawhiti, ou uri hoki i te whenua i whakaraua ai ratou; a ka hoki mai a Hakopa, ka ata noho, ka whai tanga manawa, te ai he kaiwha kawehi mona.

28 D on’t you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; for I am with you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you; but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.

Kaua koe e wehi, e taku pononga, e Hakopa, e ai ta Ihowa; kei a koe nei hoki ahau: ka poto rawa hoki i ahau nga iwi katoa kua peia nei koe e ahau ki reira, otiia e kore koe e poto rawa i ahau; engari ka pakia koe e ahau, he mea whakarite marie, e kore ia koe e tukua kia kore e whiua.