Jeremiah 10
The idols are like scarecrows
Whakarongo ki te kupu kua kōrerotia nei e Ihowā ki a koutou, e te whare o Īharaira; 2ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: “Kaua e ākona te ara o ngā tauiwi, kaua anō e wehi i ngā tohu o te rangi; e wehi ana hoki ngā tauiwi i aua mea. 3He mea teka noa hoki ngā tikanga a ngā iwi: e tapahia ana hoki e tētahi he rākau i roto i te ngahere, he mahi nā ngā ringa o te kaimahi, ki te tītaha.
4Kei te whakapaipai i taua mea ki te hiriwa, ki te kōura, whakamau rawa ki ngā titi, ki ngā hama, tē taea te whakakorikori. 5He rite aua mea ki te nīkau, i āta mahia, kāhore ia he kupu; me amo, he kore nō rātou e haere. Kaua e wehi i a rātou, nō te mea e kore e taea e rātou te kino, kāhore hoki e āhei i a rātou te mea i te pai.” 6Kāhore rawa he rite mōu, e Ihowā; he nui koe, he nui anō tōu ingoa i runga i te kaha.
7Ko wai e kore e wehi i a koe, e te Kīngi o ngā iwi? He tika hoki tēnā ki a koe. Nō te mea i roto i ngā tāngata whakaaro nui katoa o ngā iwi, i roto i ō rātou kīngitanga katoa, kāhore he rite mōu. 8Huihuia rātou, he pōauau rawa, he wairangi; ko tā ngā whakapakoko e whakaako ai, he rākau tonu ia! 9E maua mai ana he hiriwa pāraharaha i Tarahihi, he kōura i Upata. He mahi nā te kaimahi nā ngā ringa anō o te kaiwhakarewa kōura: he purū, he pāpura ō rātou kākahu; he mea mahi katoa nā te hunga tohunga.
10Ko Ihowā ia te Atua pono; ko ia te Atua ora, he kīngi pūmau tonu. Ka riri ia, ka wiri te whenua, e kore anō ngā iwi e kaha ake ina āritarita ia. 11“Kia pēnei tā koutou kī atu ki a rātou: ‘Ko ngā atua kīhai nei i hanga i te rangi, i te whenua, ka ngaro i runga i te whenua, i raro atu anō hoki i ngā rangi.’ ” 12Nāna i hanga te whenua, nā tōna kaha hoki; ko te ao he mea whakapūmau nā ōna whakaaro nui; ko ngā rangi he mea hora nā tōna mātauranga.
13Ka puaki tōna reo, he haruru wai kei ngā rangi, e meinga ana e ia ngā kohu kia pupū ake i ngā pito o te whenua. E hangā ana e ia ngā uira mō te ua, e whakaputaina mai ana te hau i roto i ōna whare taonga. 14Pōauau kau ngā tāngata katoa, ā, kāhore he mōhio; ko ngā kaiwhakarewa kōura katoa whakamā iho i te whakapakoko. He mea teka hoki tāna i whakarewa ai, kāhore hoki he wairua i roto. 15He horihori kau rātou, he mahi pōhēhē; i te wā e pā ai ia ki a rātou ka ngaro.
16Kāhore e rite ki ērā te wāhi i a Hākopa; ko ia hoki te kaiwhakaahua o ngā mea katoa; ko Īharaira hoki te iwi o tōna kāinga tupu, ko Ihowā o ngā mano tōna ingoa.
Gather up your bundle
17Kohikohia āu mea i te whenua, e koe e noho nā i te pā e whakapaea ana. 18Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Ihowā: “Tēnei ahau te piupiu atu nei i ngā tāngata o te whenua i tēnei wā, te whakatupu kino nei hoki i a rātou, kia kitea ai e rātou.” 19Auē te mate i ahau, mamae rawa tōku marūtanga. Otiia, kua mea nei ahau, “He pono nōku tēnei mate, me whakamanawanui.” 20Kua pāhuatia tōku tēneti, ko āku aho motumotu katoa. Kua riro atu āku tamariki i tōku taha, kua kore; kāhore ake he tangata hei whakamārō i tōku tēneti, hei whakaara i ōku kākahu ārai.
21Kua pōauau nei hoki ngā hēpara; kīhai a Ihowā i rapua e rātou; nā reira i kore ai e tika tā rātou, ka marara hoki ā rātou kāhui katoa. 22Nanā, te haere mai nei te reo o ngā kōrero, nui atu te whakaohooho nō te whenua ki te raki, hei mea i ngā pā o Hūrā hei ururua, hei nohoanga, mō ngā kīrehe mohoao. 23E mōhio ana anō ahau, e Ihowā, kāhore o te tangata ara i a ia ake anō; kāhore hoki i te tangata e hāereere nei māna e whakatikatika ōna hīkoinga.
24Pākia ahau, e Ihowā, me te whakariterite anō ia; kauaka ina riri koe, kei kāhore ahau i a koe. 25Ringihia atu tōu riri ki ngā tauiwi kāhore nei e mātau ki a koe, ki ngā hapū kāhore nei e karanga ki tōu ingoa. Kua pau hoki a Hākopa i a rātou, āe rā, pau rawa, mōtī rawa, ko tōna nohoanga hoki whakaururuatia ana e rātou.