Jeremiah 34:8-22

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⁸Ko te kupu i puta mai ki a Heremaia na Ihowa, i muri i te whakaritenga kawenata a Kingi Terekia ki te hunga katoa i Hiruharama, kia karangatia ki a ratou te haere noa;

⁹Kia tukua e tera, e tera, tana pononga tane, tana pononga wahine, ki te mea he tane, he wahine ranei no nga Hiperu, kia haere noa atu; kia kaua tetahi e whakamahi i a ratou, ara i tona teina, i te Hurai:

¹⁰A ka rongo nga rangatira katoa ratou ko te iwi katoa i uru nei ki te kawenata, kia tukua e tera, e tera, tana pononga tane, tana pononga wahine, kia haere noa atu, kia kaua e whakamahia ratou i muri atu; na rongo tonu ratou, a tukua atu ana e ra tou.

¹¹Engari i muri iho ka tahuri ano ratou, a meinga ana e ratou kia hoki mai nga pononga tane, me nga pononga wahine i tukua ra e ratou kia haere noa atu, whakataurekarekatia iho ratou hei pononga tane, hei pononga wahine:

¹²Na reira ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowa ki a Heremaia, he mea na Ihowa; i ki ia,

¹³Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, a te Atua o Iharaira, I whakaritea e ahau he kawenata ki o koutou matua i te ra i kawea mai ai ratou e ahau i te whenua o Ihipa, i te whare pononga; i mea ahau,

¹⁴I te mutunga o nga tau e whitu me tuku e koutou tona tuakana, tona teina, ki te mea he Hiperu i hokona ki a koe, a kua mahi ki a koe e ono nga tau, me tuku e koe kia haere noa atu i tou taha: otira kihai o koutou matua i rongo ki ahau, kihai ano o ratou taringa i anga mai.

¹⁵Na i tahuri nei koutou i tenei ra, i mahi i te mea e tika ana ki taku titiro, i te karangatanga ai he haere noa atu e tera, e tera, ki tona hoa, ki tona hoa; a i whakaritea e koutou he kawenata ki toku aroaro i roto i te whare kua huaina nei tok u ingoa ki reira:

¹⁶Otiia tahuri ana koutou, whakapokea ana e koutou toku ingoa, whakahokia ana e koutou tana pononga tane, tana pononga wahine i tukua ra e koutou kia haere noa atu ki ta ratou i pai ai, whakataurekarekatia iho ratou e koutou hei pononga tane, hei pononga wahine ma koutou.

¹⁷Mo reira ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa; Kihai koutou i rongo ki ahau, ki te karanga i te haere noa atu ki tona teina, ki tona tuakana, ki tona hoa, ki tona hoa: nana, maku e karanga ki a koutou he haere noa atu, e aita Ihowa, ma te hoari, ma te mate uruta, ma te matekai; a ka meinga koutou e ahau kia poipoia haeretia i waenganui i nga kingitanga katoa o te whenua.

¹⁸Ka hoatu hoki e ahau nga tangata i whakataka nei i taku kawenata, a kihai i whakamana i nga kupu o te kawenata i whakaritea e ratou i toku aroaro, i a ratou i tapahi ai i te kuao kau kia rua, a haere ana i waenganui i ona wahi;

¹⁹Nga rangatira o Hura, nga rangatira hoki o Hiruharama, nga unaka, nga tohunga, me te iwi katoa o te whenua i haere nei i waenganui o nga wahi o te kuao kau;

²⁰Ka tino hoatu ratou e ahau ki te ringa o o ratou hoariri, ki te ringa hoki o te hunga e whai ana kia whakamatea ratou: a hei kai o ratou tinana ma te manu o te rangi, ma te kararehe o te whenua.

²¹Ka hoatu ano e ahau a Terekia kingi o Hura ratou ko ana rangatira, ki te ringa o o ratou hoariri, ki te ringa hoki o te hunga e whai ana kia whakamatea ratou, ki te ringa ano o te ope o te kingi o Papurona i haere atu nei i a koutou.

²²Nana, maku e whakahau, e ai ta Ihowa, a ka meinga ratou kia hoki mai ki tenei pa; a ka whawhai ratou ki reira, ka horo hoki i a ratou, a ka tahuna ki te ahi: a ka meinga e ahau nga pa o Hura kia ururuatia, te ai he tangata hei noho.

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Jeremiah 34:8-22

New International Version

Freedom for Slaves

⁸The word came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people^(A) in Jerusalem to proclaim freedom^(B) for the slaves. ⁹Everyone was to free their Hebrew slaves, both male and female; no one was to hold a fellow Hebrew in bondage.^(C) ¹⁰So all the officials and people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their male and female slaves and no longer hold them in bondage. They agreed, and set them free. ¹¹But afterward they changed their minds^(D) and took back the slaves they had freed and enslaved them again.

¹²Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: ¹³“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your ancestors^(E) when I brought them out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.^(F) I said, ¹⁴‘Every seventh year each of you must free any fellow Hebrews who have sold themselves to you. After they have served you six years, you must let them go free.’^[a]^(G) Your ancestors, however, did not listen to me or pay attention^(H) to me. ¹⁵Recently you repented and did what is right in my sight: Each of you proclaimed freedom to your own people.^(I) You even made a covenant before me in the house that bears my Name.^(J) ¹⁶But now you have turned around^(K) and profaned^(L) my name; each of you has taken back the male and female slaves you had set free to go where they wished. You have forced them to become your slaves again.

¹⁷“Therefore this is what the Lord says: You have not obeyed me; you have not proclaimed freedom to your own people. So I now proclaim ‘freedom’ for you,^(M) declares the Lord—‘freedom’ to fall by the sword, plague^(N) and famine.^(O) I will make you abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth.^(P) ¹⁸Those who have violated my covenant^(Q) and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two and then walked between its pieces.^(R) ¹⁹The leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials,^(S) the priests and all the people of the land who walked between the pieces of the calf, ²⁰I will deliver^(T) into the hands of their enemies who want to kill them.^(U) Their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.^(V)

²¹“I will deliver Zedekiah^(W) king of Judah and his officials^(X) into the hands of their enemies^(Y) who want to kill them, to the army of the king of Babylon,^(Z) which has withdrawn^(AA) from you. ²²I am going to give the order, declares the Lord, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, take^(AB) it and burn^(AC) it down. And I will lay waste^(AD) the towns of Judah so no one can live there.”