¹Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

¹¶ Whakarongo koutou inaianei ki te kupu i korerotia e Ihowa: Whakatika, totohe ki nga maunga, kia rangona hoki tou reo e nga pukepuke.

²Hear, ye mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and ye, unchanging foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

²Whakarongo, e nga maunga nei, ki ta Ihowa totohe, e koutou hoki, e nga turanga kaha o te whenua: he totohe hoki ta Ihowa ki tana iwi, a ka riria e ia te he o Iharaira.

³O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

³E taku iwi, i aha ahau ki a koe? he ahatanga naku i hoha ai koe? whakaaturia mai toku he.

⁴For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

⁴Naku na hoki koe i kawe mai i te whenua o Ihipa, naku ano koe i hoko i roto i te whare pononga; a i unga atu e ahau a Mohi, a Arona, a Miriama ki mua i a koe.

⁵My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteousness of Jehovah.

⁵Kia mahara, e taku iwi, ki te whakaaro i whakatakotoria e Paraka kingi o Moapa, ki te kupu hoki i whakahokia ki a ia e Paraama tama a Peoro; maharatia i Hitimi tae noa ki Kirikara, kia mohio ai koutou ki nga mahi tika a Ihowa.

⁶Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old?

⁶¶ He aha taku e haere ai ahau ki te aroaro o Ihowa, e piko ai ki te Atua i runga? he patunga tapu ranei te mea e haere ai ahau ki tona aroaro, he kuao tautahi ranei?

⁷Will Jehovah take pleasure in thousands of rams, in ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

⁷E manako ranei a Ihowa ki nga mano o nga hipi toa, ki nga mano kotahi tekau ranei o nga awa hinu? me hoatu ranei e ahau taku matamua hei utu mo taku poka ke, te hua o toku kopu mo te hara o toku wairua?

⁸He hath shewn thee, O man, what is good: and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

⁸Kua whakaaturia e ia ki a koe, e te tangata, te mea pai; a he aha ta Ihowa e rapu nei ki a koe, heoi ano ko te whakawa tika, ko te pai ki te tohu tangata, ko te whakaiti me te haere tahi i tou Atua?

⁹Jehovah's voice crieth unto the city, and wisdom looketh on thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

⁹¶ E karanga ana te reo o Ihowa ki te pa, a ka kite te tangata whakaaro nui i tou ingoa; whakarongo ki te whiu, ki a ia hoki nana i whakarite.

¹⁰Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [which is] abominable?

¹⁰Tera ano ranei nga taonga o te kino kei roto i te whare o te tangata kino, me te mehua iti, whakarihariha ano?

¹¹Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

¹¹Ka ma ranei ahau ki te kino nga pauna, ki te tinihanga nga weti i roto i te putea?

¹²For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

¹²Ki tonu na hoki i te tutu ona tangata taonga, a kua korero teka ona tangata, kei te tinihanga hoki o ratou arero i roto i o ratou mangai.

¹³Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee; I will make [thee] desolate because of thy sins.

¹³Mo reira kua whiua hoki koe e ahau ki te mate taimaha: kua meinga koe e ahau kia mokemoke, hei utu mo ou hara.

¹⁴Thou shalt eat, and not be satisfied, and thine emptiness [shall remain] in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take away, and not save; and what thou savest will I give up to the sword.

¹⁴Ka kai koe, a kahore e makona; ka waiho ano tou whakaitinga i waenganui i a koe; ka tangohia atu ano e koe, heoi e kore e haere ora i a koe; ko te mea hoki e mauria atu e koe ka hoatu e ahau ki te hoari.

¹⁵Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and new wine, but shalt not drink wine.

¹⁵Ka whakato koe, a e kore e kokoti; ka takahi koe i te oriwa, a e kore e whakawahi i a koe ki te hinu; i te waina hou, a e kore e inu i te waina.

¹⁶For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and ye walk in their counsels: that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

¹⁶No te mea e mau ana nga tikanga a Omori, me nga mahi katoa a te whare o Ahapa, a e haere ana koutou i runga i o ratou whakaaro; kia meinga ai koe e ahau kia ururua, a ko nga tangata o kona hei whakahianga atu; a ka mau ki a koutou te ingoa kino o taku iwi.