¹¶ Putere atu, e nga tama a Pineamine, i roto i Hiruharama, whakatangihia te tetere ki Tekoa, kokiritia ake he ahi tohu ki Petehakereme: he kino hoki te titiro mai nei i te raki, he whakangaromanga nui.

¹Strengthen yourselves, sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem, And in Tekoa blow ye a trumpet, And over Beth-Haccerem lift ye up a flame, For evil hath been seen from the north, And great destruction.

²Ka tapahia atu e ahau te wahine ataahua, te wahine whakatarapi, te tamahine a Hiona.

²The comely and the delicate one I have cut off, The daughter of Zion.

³Ka haere mai nga hepara, me a ratou kahui ki a ia; ka whakaturia o ratou teneti ki tetahi taha ona, ki tetahi taha; ka kai ratou ki tona wahi, ki tona wahi.

³Unto her come do shepherds and their droves, They have stricken tents by her round about, They have fed each [in] his own station.

⁴Kia rite nga mea mo te whawhai ki a ia; whakatika, kia whakaekea i te poutumarotanga. Aue, te mate mo tatou! kua tawharara hoki te ra, kua whakawairua kau ano nga atarangi o te ahiahi.

⁴Sanctify ye against her the battle, Rise, and we go up at noon. Wo to us, for turned hath the day, For stretched out are the shades of evening,

⁵Maranga, kia whakaekea e tatou i te po, kia wawahia ano ona whare kingi.

⁵`Rise, and we go up by night, And we destroy her palaces.`

⁶Ko te kupu hoki tenei a Ihowa o nga mano, Tuaina he rakau, haupuria ake he pukepuke hei whawhai ki Hiruharama; ko te pa tenei e whiua; he tukino kau tana i roto i a ia.

⁶For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Cut down her wood, And pour out against Jerusalem a mount, She [is] the city to be inspected, Wholly — she is oppression in her midst.

⁷Rite tonu ki te pukenga ake o te wai o te puna te pukenga ake o tona kino: he tukino, he pahua te rangona ana i roto i a ia; kei toku aroaro tonu te mamae me te patunga.

⁷As the digging of a well, is [for] its waters, So she hath digged [for] her wickedness, Violence and spoil is heard in her, Before My face continually [are] sickness and smiting.

⁸E ako, e Hiruharama, kei puta ke toku ngakau ki a koe, kei meinga koe e ahau kia ururuatia, he whenua kahore e nohoia.

⁸Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

⁹¶ Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano, Ka ata, hamua marietia nga toenga o Iharaira, ano he waina; kia rite tau ki ta te kaikohi karepe, whakahokia iho tou ringa ki roto ki nga kete.

⁹Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: They surely glean, as a vine, the remnant of Israel, Put back thy hand, as a gatherer to the baskets.

¹⁰Ki a wai ra taku korero, taku whakaatu tikanga, e rongo ai ratou? nana, he mea kokotikore to ratou taringa, te whakarongo ai ratou: nana, hei tawainga ma ratou te kupu a Ihowa, kahore e arongia e ratou.

¹⁰To whom do I speak, and testify, and they hear? Lo, their ear [is] uncircumcised, And they are not able to attend. Lo, a word of Jehovah hath been to them for a reproach, They delight not in it.

¹¹Na, ki tonu ahau i te riri o Ihowa; ruha iho ahau i te koromaki: ringihia ki runga ki te kohungahunga i te ara, ki te whakaminenga ano o nga taitamariki, hui katoa: no te mea ka hopukia te tane raua ko te wahine, te koroheke raua ko te tangata k ua maha ona ra.

¹¹And with the fury of Jehovah I have been filled, (I have been weary of containing,) To pour [it] on the suckling in the street, And on the assembly of youths together, For even husband with wife are captured, An elder with one full of days,

¹²Ka riro ke o ratou whare i etahi atu, nga mara ngatahi ano ko nga wahine: no te mea ka totoro toku ringa ki nga tangata o te whenua, e ai ta Ihowa.

¹²And their houses have been turned to others, Fields and wives together, For I stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah.

¹³Ko te mea iti o ratou, ko te mea nui hoki kei runga i te apo; ko te poropiti, ko te tohunga, ratou katoa kei te mahi teka:

¹³For from their least unto their greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, And from prophet even unto priest, Every one is dealing falsely,

¹⁴Ko ta ratou rongoatanga hoki i te mamae o taku iwi he hanga noa iho; e ki ana, Ka mau te rongo, ka mau te rongo; i te mea kahore nei he maunga rongo.

¹⁴And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, `Peace, peace!` and there is no peace.

¹⁵I whakama ranei ratou i a ratou e mahi ana i nga mea whakarihariha? hore rawa o ratou whakama, kahore hoki i mohio ki te numinumi: mo reira ka hinga ratou i roto i te hunga e hinga ana: i te wa e whiu ai ahau i a ratou, ka whakataka ratou, e ai ta Ihowa.

¹⁵They were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, Yea, blushing they have not known, Therefore they do fall among those falling, In the time I have inspected them, They stumble, said Jehovah.

¹⁶Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, E tu ki nga ara, tirohia atu, uia nga ara tawhito kei hea te ara pai, ka haere i reira, a ka kite koutou i te tanga reira, a ka kite koutou i te tanga manawa mo o koutou wairua. Heoi e ki mai ana ratou, E kore matou e h aere i reira.

¹⁶Thus said Jehovah: Stand ye by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where [is] this — the good way? and go ye in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, `We do not go.`

¹⁷I whakaturia ano e ahau etahi kaitutei mo koutou, i mea ahau, Whakarongo ki te tangi o te tetere. Heoi e ki ana ratou, E kore matou e whakarongo.

¹⁷And I have raised up for you watchmen, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet. And they say, `We do not attend.`

¹⁸¶ Mo reira, whakarongo, e nga iwi, kia mohio ano koe, e te huihui, ki nga mea kei roto i a ratou.

¹⁸Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O company, That which [is] upon them.

¹⁹Whakarongo, e te whenua; tenei ahau te kawe mai nei i te kino mo tenei iwi, i nga hua o o ratou whakaaro; mo ratou kihai i whakarongo ki aku korero; ko taku ture, paopaongia ake e ratou.

¹⁹Hear, O earth, lo, I am bringing evil on this people, The fruit of their devices, For to My words they gave no attention, And My law — they kick against it.

²⁰Hei aha te whakakakara i tae mai ai ki ahau i Hepa, te kakaho kakara i te whenua tawhiti? e kore a koutou tahunga tinana e arongia, e kore ano a koutou patunga tapu e reka ki ahau.

²⁰Why [is] this to Me? frankincense from Sheba cometh, And the sweet cane from a land afar off, Your burnt-offerings [are] not for acceptance, And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me.

²¹Mo reira ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Tenei ahau te whakatakoto nei i nga tutukitanga waewae e ki mua i tenei iwi, e tutuki ngatahi ai nga matua, nga tamariki; ka ngaro te tangata noho tata raua ko tona hoa.

²¹Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I do give to this people stumbling blocks, And stumbled against them have fathers and sons together, The neighbour and his friend do perish.

²²Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Tenei te haere mai nei he iwi i te whenua ki te raki, ka whakaarahia mai ano he iwi nui i nga pito o te whenua.

²²Thus said Jehovah: Lo, a people hath come from a north country, And a great nation is stirred up from the sides of the earth.

²³Ka mau ratou ki te kopere, ki te tao; he nanakia ratou, e kore hoki e tohu tangata; ko to ratou reo, ano kei te moana e haruru ana, a eke ai ratou i runga i te hoiho; rarangi rawa ratou, me te mea he tangata e mea ana ki te whawhai ki a koe, e t e tamahine a Hiona.

²³Bow and javelin they take hold of, Fierce it [is], and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea doth sound, And on horses they ride, set in array as a man of war, Against thee, O daughter of Zion.

²⁴Kua rongo matou ki tona rongo; ngoikore iho o matou ringa; mau pu matou i te pawera, i te mamae, me te mea he wahine e whanau ana.

²⁴`We have heard its sound, feeble have been our hands, Distress hath seized us, pain as of a travailing woman.

²⁵Kei puta atu ki te mara, kaua hoki e haere i te ara; kei reira hoki te hoari a te hoariri, a kei nga taha katoa te wehi.

²⁵Go not forth to the field, And in the way walk not, For a sword hath the enemy, fear [is] round about.

²⁶E te tamahine a taku iwi, whitikiria te kakahu taratara, ka takaoriori ki te pungarehu, hei te tangi ki te huatahi tau tangi ki a koe, kia tiwerawera te tangi: no te mea kihai i aha kua tae mai te kaipahua ki a tatou.

²⁶O daughter of My people, Gird on sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes, The mourning of an only one make for thee, A lamentation most bitter, For suddenly come doth the spoiler against us.

²⁷Kua oti koe te mea e ahau hei pourewa, hei pa kaha, i roto i toku iwi; kia mohio ai koe, kia whakamatau ai i to ratou ara.

²⁷A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.

²⁸He tino nui to ratou tutu, a ko ta ratou i a ratou e haereere ana he ngau tuara: he parahi ratou, he rino; he hunga whakangau ke ratou katoa.

²⁸All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously — brass and iron, All of them are corrupters.

²⁹Kei te kaka te hau o te pupuhi ahi; kua pau te mata i te ahi, maumau whakarewa noa te kaitahi para: kahore nei hoki te hunga kino kia unuhia atu.

²⁹The bellows have been burnt, By fire hath the lead been consumed, In vain hath a refiner refined, And the wicked have not been drawn away.

³⁰E huaina ratou e te tangata he hiriwa i paopaongia, no te mea kua paopao nei a Ihowa ki a ratou.

³⁰`Silver rejected,` they have called to them, For Jehovah hath kicked against them!