¹¶ I puta mai ano te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau, i mea ia.

¹And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

²Kaua koe e moe hoa, kauaka hoki he tama, he tamahine mau i tenei wahi.

²Thou dost not take to thee a wife, Nor hast thou sons and daughters in this place.

³Ko te kupu hoki tenei a Ihowa mo nga tama, mo nga tamahine ka whanau ki tenei wahi, mo o ratou whaea hoki i whanau ai ratou, mo o ratou papa ano na ratou nei aua tamariki i tenei whenua;

³For thus said Jehovah, Of the sons and of the daughters who are born in this place, And of their mothers — those bearing them, And of their fathers — those begetting them in this land:

⁴He kino rawa nga mate e mate ai ratou; e kore ratou e tangihia, e kore hoki e tanumia; ka waiho ratou hei whakawairakau i runga i te mata o te oneone: ka poto atu ratou i te hoari, i te hemokai; ko o ratou tinana hei kai ma nga manu o te rangi, m a nga kararehe o te whenua.

⁴Of painful deaths they die, They are not lamented, nor are they buried, For dung on the face of the ground they are, And by sword and by famine are consumed, And their carcase hath been for food To the fowl of the heavens, And to the beast of the earth.

⁵Ko te kupu hoki tenei a Ihowa, Kaua e tomo ki te whare tangihanga, kaua hoki e haere ki te tangi, ki te uhunga i a ratou: kua tangohia atu hoki e ahau taku rangimarie i tenei iwi, e ai ta Ihowa, ara te aroha noa me nga mahi tohu.

⁵For thus said Jehovah: Do not enter the house of a mourning-feast, Nor go to lament nor bemoan for them, For I have removed My peace from this people, An affirmation of Jehovah, The kindness and the mercies.

⁶Ka mate nga mea nunui ratou ko nga mea ririki ki tenei whenua; e kore ratou e tanumia, e kore hoki te tangata e tangi ki a ratou, e kore e haehae i a ratou, e kore e whakamoremore i o ratou mahunga mo ratou:

⁶And died have great and small in this land, They are not buried, and none lament for them, Nor doth any cut himself, nor become bald for them.

⁷E kore hoki e tuwhaina mai te taro ma ratou i te tangihanga, hei whakamarie i a ratou mo te tupapaku; e kore hoki e homai ki a ratou te kapu whakamarie kia inumia, ina mea ki tona papa, ki tona whaea.

⁷Nor do they deal out to them for mourning, To comfort him concerning the dead, Nor cause them to drink a cup of consolations For his father and for his mother.

⁸Kaua ano hoki koe e tomo ki te whare hakari noho tahi ai me ratou, kai ai, inu ai ranei.

⁸A house of banqueting thou dost not enter, To sit with them, to eat and to drink,

⁹Ko te kupu hoki tenei a Ihowa o nga mano, a te Atua o Iharaira, Nana, ka whakamutua e ahau i tenei wahi, i mua i o koutou kanohi a i o koutou ra, te reo o te harakoa, te reo o te hari, te reo o te tane marena hou, te reo o te wahine marena hou.

⁹For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing to cease from this place, Before your eyes, and in your days, The voice of joy, and the voice of rejoicing, The voice of bridegroom and voice of bride.

¹⁰¶ Na, ka korerotia e koe enei kupu katoa ki tenei iwi, a ka mea ratou ki a koe, Na te aha tenei kino nui katoa i korerotia mai ai e Ihowa ki a matou? he aha hoki to matou he? he aha ano to matou hara i hara ai matou ki a Ihowa, ki to matou Atua?

¹⁰And it hath come to pass when thou declarest to this people all these words, and they have said unto thee, `For what hath Jehovah spoken against us all this great evil? yea, what [is] our iniquity, and what our sin, that we have sinned against Jehovah our God?`

¹¹Katahi koe ka mea ki a ratou, No te mea i whakarerea ahau e o koutou matua, e ai ta Ihowa, a haere ana ratou ki te whai i nga atua ke mahi ana ki a ratou, koropiko ana ki a ratou, whakarerea ana ahau e ratou, kihai hoki ratou i pupuri i taku tur e;

¹¹Then thou hast said unto them: Because that your fathers have forsaken Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, And go after other gods, and serve them, And they bow themselves to them, And Me have forsaken, and My law not kept,

¹²Me koutou ano, kino atu ta koutou mahi i ta o koutou matua; no te mea, nana, kei te whai koutou i nga tikanga pakeke o tona ngakau kino, o tona ngakau kino, na wai a kahore koutou e rongo ki ahau:

¹²Ye also have done evil above your fathers, And lo, ye are walking each after the stubbornness of his evil heart, So as not to hearken unto Me.

¹³Na reira ka akiritia atu koutou e ahau i tenei whenua ki tetahi whenua kihai i mohiotia e koutou, e o koutou matua ranei; a ki reira koutou mahi ai ki nga atua ke i te ao, i te po; e kore hoki e puta toku aroha ki a koutou.

¹³And I have cast you from off this land, On to a land that ye have not known, Ye and your fathers, And ye have served there other gods by day and by night, Where I do not give to you grace.

¹⁴¶ Nana, kei te haere ake nei hoki nga ra, e ai ta Ihowa, e kore ai e korerotia, E ora ana a Ihowa nana nei i kawe mai nga tama a Iharaira i te whenua o Ihipa;

¹⁴Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And it is not said any more: `Jehovah liveth, who brought up The sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,`

¹⁵Engari, E ora ana a Ihowa nana nei i kawe mai nga tama a Iharaira i te whenua ki te raki, i nga whenua katoa ano i peia atu ai ratou e ia: a ka whakahokia mai ratou e ahau ki to ratou whenua i hoatu ra e ahau ki o ratou matua.

¹⁵But, `Jehovah liveth, who brought up The sons of Israel out of the land of the north, And out of all the lands whither He drove them,` And I have brought them back to their land, That I gave to their fathers.

¹⁶Nana, ka tikina atu e ahau etahi kaihi ika tokomaha, e ai ta Ihowa, a ka hiia ratou e ratou: muri iho ka tikina e ahau he tangata whai kirehe mohoao, he tokomaha, a ka whaia ratou i runga i nga maunga katoa, i runga i nga pukepuke katoa, i roto hoki i nga rua o nga kamaka.

¹⁶Lo, I am sending for many fishers, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they have fished them, And after this I send for many hunters, And they have hunted them from off every mountain, And from off every hill, and from holes of the rocks.

¹⁷No te mea kei runga oku kanohi i o ratou ara katoa; kahore hoki e huna atu i toku mata, kahore ano to ratou he e huna i oku kanohi.

¹⁷For Mine eyes [are] upon all their ways, They have not been hidden from My face, Nor hath their iniquity been concealed from before Mine eyes.

¹⁸Na ka matua rite i ahau nga utu mo to ratou he, mo to ratou hara, kia rua; mo ratou i whakapoke i toku whenua ki nga tinana o a ratou mea anaunu, i whakaki hoki i toku wahi tupu ki a ratou mea whakarihariha.

¹⁸And I have recompensed a first — A second time — their iniquity and their sin, Because of their polluting My land, With the carcase of their detestable things, Yea, their abominable things have filled Mine inheritance.

¹⁹E Ihowa, e toku kaha, e toku pa kaha, e toku rerenga atu i te wa o te raru, tera e haere mai nga iwi i nga pito o te whenua ki a koe, a ka mea, Koia ano! he teka kau nga taonga tupu o o tatou matua, he horihori, he mea huakore.

¹⁹O Jehovah, my strength, and my fortress, And my refuge in a day of adversity, Unto Thee nations do come from the ends of earth, And say, Only falsehood did our fathers inherit, Vanity, and none among them is profitable.

²⁰E hanga ranei te tangata i etahi atua mona, ehara nei i te atua?

²⁰Doth man make for himself gods, And they — no gods?

²¹Mo reira ka meinga ratou e ahau kia mohio, ka meinga ratou e ahau kia mohio i tenei wa kotahi nei ki toku ringa, ki toku kaha hoki; a ka mohio ratou, ko Ihowa toku ingoa.

²¹Therefore, lo, I am causing them to know at this time, I cause them to know My hand and My might, And they have known that My name [is] Jehovah!