Selemaia 26

1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:

1‌ʻI HE kamataʻanga ʻoe pule ʻa Sihoiakimi ko e foha ʻo Siosaia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta naʻe haʻu ʻae folofola ni meia Sihova, ʻo pehē,

2“Thus says the LORD: Stand in the court of the LORD’s house, and speak to all the cities of Judah that come to worship in the house of the LORD all the words that I command you to speak to them; do not hold back a word.

2‌ʻOku pehē mai ʻe Sihova; “Tuʻu ʻi he lotoʻā ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova, pea lea ki he ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta, ʻakinautolu ʻoku haʻu ke lotu ki he fale ʻo Sihova, ko e ngaahi lea kotoa pē ʻoku ou fekau kiate koe ke lea ʻaki kiate kinautolu; ʻoua naʻa fakasiʻisiʻi ha lea:

3It may be they will listen, and every one turn from his evil way, that I may relent of the disaster that I intend to do to them because of their evil deeds.

3Heiʻilo te nau fanongo, pea tafoki taki taha ʻae tangata mei hono hala kovi, koeʻuhi ke u fakatomala ʻi he kovi ʻaia naʻaku tokanga ke fai kiate kinautolu koeʻuhi ko e kovi ʻo ʻenau ngaahi faianga.”

4You shall say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law that I have set before you,

4Pea te ke pehē kiate kinautolu, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova; “Kapau ʻe ʻikai te mou fanongo kiate au, ʻo ʻeveʻeva ʻi heʻeku fono, ʻaia kuo u tuku ʻi homou ʻao,

5and to listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you urgently, though you have not listened,

5‌ʻO fanongo ki he lea ʻa ʻeku kau tamaioʻeiki ko e kau palōfita, ʻakinautolu kuo u fekau kiate kimoutolu, ʻo tuʻu hengihengi hake pe, ʻo fekau ʻakinautolu, ka naʻe ʻikai te mou tokanga;

6then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of the earth.’”

6Pea te u toki ngaohi ʻae fale ni ke hangē ko Sailo, pea te u ngaohi ʻae kolo ni ko e fakamalaʻia ki he ngaahi kakai kotoa pē ʻo māmani.”

7The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.

7Pea naʻe fanongo ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki mo e kau palōfita pea mo e kakai kotoa pē ki he lea ʻaki ʻe Selemaia ʻae ngaahi lea ni ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova.

8And when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, then the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold of him, saying, “You shall die!

8Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē ʻi he hili ʻae lea kotoa pē ʻa Selemaia, ʻaia naʻe fekau kiate ia ʻe Sihova ke ne lea ʻaki ki he kakai kotoa pē, naʻe ʻave ia ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki, mo e kau palōfita, mo e kakai kotoa pē, ʻonau pehē, “Ko e moʻoni te ke mate.

9Why have you prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant’?” And all the people gathered around Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.

9Ko e hā kuo ke kikite ai ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihova, ʻo pehē, ʻE hoko ʻae fale ni ʻo hangē ko Sailo, pea ʻe lala mo taʻehanokakai ʻae kolo ni?” Pea naʻe fakataha ʻae kakai kotoa pē kia Selemaia ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova.

10When the officials of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s house to the house of the LORD and took their seat in the entry of the New Gate of the house of the LORD.

10Pea ʻi he fanongo ʻae houʻeiki ʻo Siuta ki he ngaahi meʻa ni, naʻa nau haʻu mei he fale ʻoe tuʻi ki he fale ʻo Sihova, ʻo nofo ki lalo ʻi he hūʻanga ki he matapā foʻou ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova.

11Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, “This man deserves the sentence of death, because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.”

11Pea naʻe toki lea ʻae kau taulaʻeiki mo e kau palōfita ki he houʻeiki pea mo e kakai kotoa pē, ʻo pehē, “ʻOku totonu ke mate ʻae tangata ni; he kuo ne kikite ki he kolo ni, ʻo hangē ko ia kuo mou fanongo ʻaki homou telinga.”

12Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and all the people, saying, “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard.

12Pea naʻe toki lea ʻa Selemaia, ki he houʻeiki kotoa pē, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē, ʻo pehē, “Naʻe fekau au ʻe Sihova ke kikite ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea kotoa pē kuo mou fanongo ki ai ki he fale ni pea mo e kolo ni.

13Now therefore mend your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, and the LORD will relent of the disaster that he has pronounced against you.

13Ka ko eni, mou fakalelei homou ngaahi hala mo hoʻomou ngaahi faianga, pea mou talangofua ki he leʻo ʻo Sihova ko homou ʻOtua; pea ʻe fakatomala ʻa Sihova ʻi he kovi ʻaia kuo ne lea ʻaki kiate kimoutolu.

14But as for me, behold, I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you.

14Pea koeʻuhi ko au, Vakai, ʻoku ou ʻi homou nima: fai kiate au ʻaia ʻoku lelei kiate kimoutolu.

15Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the LORD sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”

15Ka mou ʻilo pau eni, kapau te mou tāmateʻi au, te mou ʻomi ʻae toto taʻehalaia kiate kimoutolu mo e kolo ni, pea mo hono kakai: he ko e moʻoni naʻe fekau au ʻe Sihova kiate kimoutolu ke lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea ni ki homou telinga.”

16Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man does not deserve the sentence of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.”

16Pea naʻe toki lea ʻae houʻeiki mo e kakai kotoa pē ki he kau taulaʻeiki mo e kau palōfita; “ʻOku ʻikai totonu ke mate ʻae tangata ni: he kuo ne lea kiate kitautolu ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihova ko hotau ʻOtua.”

17And certain of the elders of the land arose and spoke to all the assembled people, saying,

17Pea naʻe toki tuʻu hake ʻae kau mātuʻa niʻihi ʻoe fonua, pea lea ki he fakataha kotoa pē ʻoe kakai, ʻo pehē,

18“Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and said to all the people of Judah: ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “‘Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.’

18“Naʻe kikite ʻe Maika, ko e tangata Molesi ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Hesekaia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, pea naʻa ne lea ki he kakai kotoa pē ʻo Siuta, ʻo pehē, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau; ‘ʻE keli ʻa Saione ʻo hangē ko e ngoue, pea ʻe hoko ʻa Selūsalema ko e ngaahi tafungofunga, pea ko e moʻunga ʻoe fale ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi potu māʻolunga ʻoe toafa.’

19Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the LORD and entreat the favor of the LORD, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster that he had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great disaster upon ourselves.”

19He naʻe tāmateʻi ia koā ʻe Hesekaia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta mo Siuta kotoa pē? ʻIkai naʻa ne manavahē kia Sihova, pea kumi kia Sihova, pea naʻe fakatomala ʻa Sihova ʻi he kovi ʻaia naʻa ne lea ʻaki kiate kinautolu? Ka ʻoku tau fakatupu ʻae kovi lahi kiate kitautolu.”

20There was another man who prophesied in the name of the LORD, Uriah the son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land in words like those of Jeremiah.

20Pea naʻe ʻi ai ʻae tangata foki naʻe kikite ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihova ko Ulisa ko e foha ʻo Semaia mei Kesa-Sialimi, ʻaia naʻe kikite ki he kolo ni, pea ki he fonua ni, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi lea kotoa pē ʻa Selemaia:

21And when King Jehoiakim, with all his warriors and all the officials, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah heard of it, he was afraid and fled and escaped to Egypt.

21Pea ʻi he fanongo ki heʻene ngaahi lea ʻa Sihoiakimi ko e tuʻi mo hono kau tangata mālohi kotoa pē, mo e houʻeiki kotoa pē, naʻe kumi ke tāmateʻi ia ʻe he tuʻi: ka ʻi he fanongo ki ai ʻa Ulisa, naʻe manavahē ia, pea hola, pea ʻalu ki ʻIsipite;

22Then King Jehoiakim sent to Egypt certain men, Elnathan the son of Achbor and others with him,

22Ka naʻe fekau ʻe Sihoiakimi ko e tuʻi ʻae kau tangata ki ʻIsipite, ko Elinatani ko e foha ʻo ʻAkipoa, pea mo e kau tangata niʻihi mo ia ki ʻIsipite.

23and they took Uriah from Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim, who struck him down with the sword and dumped his dead body into the burial place of the common people.

23Pea naʻa nau ʻomi ʻa Ulisa mei ʻIsipite, ke ʻomi ia kia Sihoiakimi ko e tuʻi; ʻaia naʻe tāmateʻi ia ʻaki ʻae heletā, pea lī hono ʻangaʻanga ki he faʻitoka, ʻoe kakai meʻa vale.

24But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah so that he was not given over to the people to be put to death.

24Ka naʻe ʻia Selemaia ʻae nima ʻo ʻAhikami ko e foha ʻo Safani, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa tukuange ia ki he nima ʻoe kakai ke tāmateʻi.