Selemaia 21

1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, saying,

1KO E folofola naʻe hoko kia Selemaia meia Sihova, ʻi he fekau kiate ia ʻe he tuʻi ko Setikia ʻa Pasuli ko e foha ʻo Malikia, mo Sefania ko e foha ʻo Māseia ko e taulaʻeiki, ʻo pehē,

2“Inquire of the LORD for us, for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all his wonderful deeds and will make him withdraw from us.”

2“ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke hūfia ʻakimautolu kia Sihova; he ʻoku te u tau kiate kimautolu ʻa Nepukanesa ko e tuʻi ʻo Papilone; heiʻilo ʻe fai ʻe Sihova kiate kitautolu ʻo hangē ko ʻene ngaahi ngāue fakaofo kotoa pē, koeʻuhi ke ne ʻalu atu ʻiate kitautolu.”

3Then Jeremiah said to them:

3Pea naʻe toki lea ʻa Selemaia kiate kinautolu, Te mou lea pehē kia Setikia:

4“Thus you shall say to Zedekiah, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands and with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and against the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the walls. And I will bring them together into the midst of this city.

4‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; “Vakai, te u fakatafoki ʻae ngaahi meʻa tau ʻoku ʻi homou nima, ʻaia ʻoku mou tau ʻaki ki he tuʻi ʻo Papilone, mo e kau Kalitia, ʻakinautolu ʻoku tauʻi ʻakimoutolu mei tuaʻā, pea te u fakataha ʻakinautolu ki loto kolo ni.

5I myself will fight against you with outstretched hand and strong arm, in anger and in fury and in great wrath.

5Pea ko au te u tauʻi kimoutolu ʻaki ʻae nima mafao atu pea mo e nima mālohi, ʻio, ʻi he ʻita, pea mo e houhau kakaha, pea mo e tuputāmaki lahi.

6And I will strike down the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast. They shall die of a great pestilence.

6Pea teu taaʻi ʻae kakai ʻoe kolo ni, ko e tangata mo e manu: pea te nau mate ʻi he mahaki fakaʻauha.

7Afterward, declares the LORD, I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people in this city who survive the pestilence, sword, and famine into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of their enemies, into the hand of those who seek their lives. He shall strike them down with the edge of the sword. He shall not pity them or spare them or have compassion.’

7‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, Hili ia te u tukuange ʻa Setikia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, mo ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, pea mo e kakai, pea mo kinautolu ʻi he kolo kuo hao mei he mahaki fakaʻauha, mo e heletā, pea mo e honge, ki he nima ʻo Nepukanesa ko e tuʻi ʻo Papilone, pea ki he nima ʻo honau ngaahi fili, pea ki honau nima ʻoku kumi ʻenau moʻui: pea te nau taaʻi ʻakinautolu ʻaki ʻae mata ʻoe heletā: ʻe ʻikai te ne ʻofa kiate kinautolu, pea ʻe ʻikai te ne fakamoʻui, pea ʻe ʻikai te ne fai ʻaloʻofa.”

8“And to this people you shall say: ‘Thus says the LORD: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

8‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ke ke pehē ki he kakai ni, “Vakai ʻoku tuku ʻi homou ʻao ʻae hala ki he moʻui, pea mo e hala ki he mate.

9He who stays in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, but he who goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who are besieging you shall live and shall have his life as a prize of war.

9Ko ia ʻoku nofo ʻi he kolo ni te ne mate ʻi he heletā, pea ʻi he honge, pea ʻi he mahaki fakaʻauha: ka ko ia ʻoku ʻalu kituʻa ʻa ʻo hola ki he kau Kalitia, ʻakinautolu ʻoku kāpui ʻakimoutolu, te ne moʻui, pea ʻe ʻiate ia ʻene moʻui ʻo hangē ko e koloa.

10For I have set my face against this city for harm and not for good, declares the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.’

10He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova, kuo u hanga ki he kolo ni, ke fakahoko ki ai ʻae kovi, kae ʻikai ko e lelei: ʻe tukuange ia ki he nima ʻoe tuʻi ʻo Papilone, pea te ne tutu ia ʻaki ʻae afi.”

11“And to the house of the king of Judah say, ‘Hear the word of the LORD,

11Pea ko e meʻa ʻoku kau ki he fale ʻoe tuʻi ʻo Siuta, Mou fanongo ki he folofola ʻa Sihova.

12O house of David! Thus says the LORD: “‘Execute justice in the morning, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of your evil deeds.’”

12‌ʻE fale ʻo Tevita, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova; Fai fakatoʻotoʻo ʻae fakamaau, pea fakamoʻui ia kuo fakamālohia mei he nima ʻoe fakamālohi, telia naʻa ʻalu atu ʻa ʻeku houhau kakaha ʻo hangē ko e afi ʻo vela, pea ʻe ʻikai ha taha ʻe faʻa fuʻifuʻi ia, koeʻuhi ko e kovi ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi faianga.

13“Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, O rock of the plain, declares the LORD; you who say, ‘Who shall come down against us, or who shall enter our habitations?’

13‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “Vakai, ʻoku ou fai mo koe, ʻa koe ʻoku ke nofo ʻi he teleʻa, pea mo e maka ʻi he toafa; ʻakimoutolu ʻoku pehē, ko hai ʻe tauʻi ʻakimautolu? Pe ko hai ʻe hū ki homau nofoʻanga?”

14I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds, declares the LORD; I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is around her.”

14‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “Te u tautea kiate kimoutolu ʻo tatau mo e fua ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi faianga; pea te u tutu ʻae afi ʻi hono vao ʻakau, pea te ne fakaʻauha ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku takatakai ia.”