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24  I whakakite a Ihowa ki ahau, na, e rua nga kete piki i whakaturia ki mua i te temepara o Ihowa; i muri iho i te whakaraunga a Nepukareha kingi o Papurona i a Hekonia tama a Iehoiakimi kingi o Hura, ratou ko nga rangatira o Hura, ko nga kamura, ko nga parakimete i Hiruharama, i tana kawenga hoki i a ratou ki Papurona.

He pai rawa nga piki o tetahi o nga kete, he rite tonu ki nga piki matamua: a he kino rawa nga piki o tetahi o nga kete, kahore e taea te kai, i te kino rawa.

Katahi a Ihowa ka mea ki ahau, He aha tau e kite na, e Heremaia? Ano ra ko ahau, He piki; ko nga piki pai, he tino pai; a, ko nga mea kino, he tino kino, kahore e taea te kai, i te kino rawa.

Na ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau, i mea ia,

Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, a te Atua o Iharaira; Ka penei i nga piki pai nei toku mohio ki te hunga o Hura i whakaraua nei, i unga atu nei e ahau i tenei wahi ki te whenua o nga Karari, hei pai mo ratou.

Ka whakamau tonu atu hoki oku kanohi ki a ratou mo te pai, a ka whakahokia mai ano ratou e ahau ki tenei whenua: ka hanga ano ratou e ahau, e kore hoki e wahia iho; ka whakatokia ratou e ahau, e kore ano e hutia atu.

Ka hoatu hoki e ahau he ngakau ki a ratou kia mohio ki ahau, ko Ihowa ahau: a ka waiho ratou hei iwi maku, a ko ahau hei Atua mo ratou: no te mea ka whakapaua o ratou ngakau ki te hoki mai ki ahau.

Na mo nga piki kino, e kore nei e taea te kai, i te kino rawa; he pono ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Ka pena taku hoatutanga i a Terekia kingi o Hura, ratou ko ana rangatira, ko nga morehu o Hiruharama e mahue ki tenei whenua, e noho ana hoki i te wh enua o Ihipa:

Ka tino hoatu hoki ratou e ahau kia poipoia haeretia i roto i nga kingitanga katoa o te whenua, hei he mo ratou; hei hahani, hei whakatauki, hei taunu, hei kanga, i nga wahi katoa e peia atu ai ratou e ahau.

10 Ka unga atu ano e ahau he hoari, te hemokai, te mate uruta ki a ratou, kia poto ra ano ratou i runga i te whenua i hoatu e ahau ki a ratou ko o ratou matua.

Two Baskets of Figs

24 After Jehoiachin[a](A) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the skilled workers and the artisans of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs(B) placed in front of the temple of the Lord. One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early;(C) the other basket had very bad(D) figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

Then the Lord asked me, “What do you see,(E) Jeremiah?”

“Figs,” I answered. “The good ones are very good, but the bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten.”

Then the word of the Lord came to me: “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I sent(F) away from this place to the land of the Babylonians.[b] My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back(G) to this land. I will build(H) them up and not tear them down; I will plant(I) them and not uproot them. I will give them a heart to know(J) me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people,(K) and I will be their God, for they will return(L) to me with all their heart.(M)

“‘But like the bad(N) figs, which are so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the Lord, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah(O) king of Judah, his officials(P) and the survivors(Q) from Jerusalem, whether they remain in this land or live in Egypt.(R) I will make them abhorrent(S) and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword,(T) a curse[c](U) and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish(V) them. 10 I will send the sword,(W) famine(X) and plague(Y) against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.(Z)’”

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 24:1 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin
  2. Jeremiah 24:5 Or Chaldeans
  3. Jeremiah 24:9 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that they are cursed.