¹At that time, saith Jehovah, they shall bring forth the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves;

¹¶ I taua wa, e ai ta Ihowa, ka whakaputaina mai ki waho nga wheua o nga kingi o Hura, me nga whenua o ona rangatira, me nga whenua o nga tohunga, ma nga wheua o nga poropiti, me nga wheua o nga tangata o Hiruharama i roto i o ratou tanumanga:

²and they shall spread them out to the sun and to the moon and to all the host of the heavens, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the ground.

²A ka tohatohaina e ratou ki mua i te ra, i te marama, i te mano katoa o te rangi, i a ratou i aroha ai, i mahi ai, i whai ai, i rapu ai, i koropiko ai: e kore e kohikohia, e kore e tanumia; ka waiho hei whakawairakau ki te mata o te oneone.

³And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, in all the places whither I have driven those that remain, saith Jehovah of hosts.

³A pai ake te mate i te ora ki ta nga morehu katoa, ki ta nga toenga o tenei hapu kino e toe ki nga wahi katoa e peia atu ai ratou e ahau, e ai ta Ihowa o nga mano.

⁴And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Do [men] fall, and not rise up? Doth one turn away, and not return?

⁴¶ Mea atu ano ki a ratou, Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Ka hinga ranei, a kore ake e ara? ka tahuri atu ranei ia, a kore ake e tahuri mai?

⁵Why hath this people of Jerusalem slidden back with a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

⁵He aha tenei iwi o Hiruharama i tahuri ke ai, a mau tonu iho te tahuri ke? e hopukia atu ana e ratou te tinihanga, kahore e pai ki te hoki mai.

⁶I hearkened and heard: they speak not what is right; there is no man who repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Every one turneth to his course, like a horse rushing into the battle.

⁶I whakarongo ahau, i rongo ano, kihai i tika a ratou korero; kihai tetahi i ripeneta ki tona kino, kihai i mea, He aha taku i mea ai? anga ana te katoa ki tana oma, ki tana oma, pera ana me te hoiho e kokiri atu ana ki te tatauranga.

⁷Even a stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of Jehovah.

⁷Ae ra, ko te taka i te rangi, e mohio ana ki nga wa i whakaritea mona, ko te kukupa ano, ko te kareni, me te warou, mahara tonu ratou ki te wa e haere mai ai ratou; ko taku iwi ia, kahore e mohio ki ta Ihowa i whakarite ai.

⁸How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.

⁸He pehea ta koutou e ki, He hunga whakaaro nui tatou, kei a tatou te ture a Ihowa? Nana, he horihori te mahi a te pene horihori a nga kaituhituhi.

⁹The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected Jehovah's word; and what wisdom is in them?

⁹Ko te hunga whakaaro nui, whakama ana ratou, wehi noa iho ratou, hopukia iho; nana, kua paopao nei ratou ki te kupu a Ihowa, a he pehea te whakaaro nui i roto i a ratou?

¹⁰Therefore will I give their wives unto others, their fields to those that shall possess [them]; for every one, from the least even unto the greatest, is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely.

¹⁰Mo reira ka hoatu e ahau a ratou wahine ma te tangata ke, a ratou mara ki nga tangata mona te wahi; ko ratou katoa, i te iti ki te rahi, kei te apo mea ma ratou; ko te poropiti, ko te tohunga, ko ratou katoa, kei te mahi teka.

¹¹And they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace! when there is no peace.

¹¹Kua rongoatia e ratou te pakaru o te tamahine a taku iwi, he mea panga noa iho, e mea ana, Ka mau te rongo, ka mau te rongo; i te mea kahore he maunga rongo.

¹²Are they ashamed that they have committed abomination? Nay, they are not at all ashamed, and they know not how to blush. Therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall stumble, saith Jehovah.

¹²I whakama ranei ratou i ta ratou mahinga i te mea whakarihariha? Hore rawa o ratou whakama; kahore hoki ratou i mohio ki te numinumi: mo reira ka hinga ratou i roto i te hunga e hinga ana; i te wa e whiua ai ratou, ka tutuki o ratou waewae, e ai ta Ihowa.

¹³I will utterly take them away, saith Jehovah: there are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree; and the leaf is faded: and I will give them up to those that shall pass over them.

¹³¶ Ka moti rawa ratou i ahau, e ai ta Ihowa: kahore he karepe mo te waina, kahore he piki mo te piki; ka memenge ano te rau; a ko nga mea i hoatu e ahau ki a ratou, ka pahemo atu.

¹⁴Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fenced cities, and let us be silent there: for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.

¹⁴He aha tatou i noho tonu ai? huihui, kia haere tatou ki nga pa kaha, ki reira whakamoroki kau ai: kua kore hoki i a Ihowa, i to tatou Atua he kupu ma tatou, whakainumia ana tatou e ia ki te wai kawa; no te mea kua hara tatou ki a Ihowa.

¹⁵Peace is looked for, and there is no good; a time of healing, and behold, terror.

¹⁵Tatari noa ki te rongo mau; heoi kahore he pai; ki te wa e ora ai nga mate, na ko te raruraru.

¹⁶The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: the whole land trembleth at the sound of the neighing of his steeds, and they come, and devour the land, and all it contains, the city and those that dwell therein.

¹⁶I rangona ki Rana te whengu o ona hoiho; ngateri ana te whenua katoa i te reo o ana mea kaha e hamama ana; kua haere mai hoki ratou, pau ake i a ratou te whenua me ona mea maha, te pa me nga tangata o roto.

¹⁷For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

¹⁷Nana, ka ngarea atu e ahau he nakahi, he neke, e kore nei e whakawaia, ki a koutou; a ka ngau ratou i a koutou, e ai ta Ihowa.

¹⁸My comfort in my sadness! my heart is faint in me!

¹⁸Aue, te taea te whakamarie te pouri i ahau! e ngohe nei te ngakau i roto i ahau.

¹⁹Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people, from a very far country: Is not Jehovah in Zion? Is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, with foreign vanities?

¹⁹Nana, he reo tangi no te tamahine a taku iwi, i ahu mai i te whenua tawhiti! He teka ianei kei roto a Ihowa i Hiona? he teka ianei kei roto tona kingi i a ia? He aha ratou i whakapataritari ai i ahau ki a ratou whakapakoko, ki nga horihori rere ke?

²⁰The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

²⁰Kua pahemo te kotinga, kua taka te raumati; ko tatou, kahore he whakaoranga mo tatou.

²¹-- For the breach of the daughter of my people am I crushed; I go mourning; astonishment hath taken hold of me.

²¹He mamae ki te tamahine a taku iwi i mamae ai ahau, mangu iho ahau, mau pu ahau i te miharo.

²²Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? Why then is there no dressing applied for the healing of the daughter of my people?

²²Kahore ianei he hinu whakaora i Kireara? Kahore ianei o reira rata? he aha ra te hoki mai ai te ora ki te tamahine a taku iwi?