1Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; their idols are on the animals, and on the livestock: the things that you carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary.
1¶ Kua piko a Pere, kua tuohu a Nepo; kei runga i te kirehe, i te kararehe a ratou whakapakoko: ko nga mea e haria haeretia ana e koutou ka meinga hei kawenga, hei taimaha ki te kararehe mauiui ra.
2They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves have gone into captivity.
2Tuohu ana ratou, piko ngatahi ana; kihai i taea te pikaunga te pupuri, heoi ko ratou nei ano ka riro hei parau.
3“Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne from their birth, that have been carried from the womb;
3Whakarongo ki ahau, e te whare o Hakopa, e nga morehu katoa o te whare o Iharaira, he mea waha nei koutou naku no te kopu mai ano, he mea pikau no roto mai ra ano i te puku.
4and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
4Tae noa atu ki to koutou koroheketanga ko ahau tenei, ka pikaua ano koutou e ahau a hina noa; naku i mahi, maku ano e mau, maku ano e pikau, maku ano e whakaora.
5“To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
5¶ Ki ta koutou kei to wai he ahua moku? ko wai e rite ana ki ahau? me whakarite ahau ki a wai, e kotahi ai to maua ahua?
6Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down—yes, they worship.
6Ko te hunga e tahoro ana i te koura i te peke, e pauna ana i te hiriwa ki te pauna, kei te utu i te kaitahu koura, hanga ake e ia hei atua; tapapa ana ratou, koropiko ana.
7They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands, from its place it shall not move: yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
7Amohia ana ia e ratou i runga i te pokohiwi, pikaua ana, kua waiho e ratou ki tona wahi, tu ana ia; te taea e ia te nekeneke atu i tona wahi: ka karanga ano hoki tetahi ki a ia, heoi e kore ia e whakahoki kupu, e kore e whakaora i a ia i roto i t ona mate.
8“Remember this, and show yourselves men; bring it again to mind, you transgressors.
8Mahara ki tenei, whakatane, whakahokia ki te ngakau, e te hunga poka ke.
9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me;
9Maharatia nga mea tuatahi onamata: ko ahau hoki te Atua, kahore ke atu; ko ahau te Atua, kahore hoki tetahi hei rite moku.
10declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
10I te timatanga e whakaatu ana i nga mea o te mutunga, a i nga wa onamata ko nga mea kahore ano i meatia; i ki ahau, Ko te whakaaro i whakatakotoria e ahau mau tonu, ka oti ano i ahau taku katoa i pai ai.
11calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yes, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.
11Ka karangatia hoki e ahau he manu kai kino i te rawhiti, ko te tangata kei a ia toku whakaaro i te whenua tawhiti; ina, kua korerotia nei e ahau, ka whakaputaina ano e ahau; kua takoto i ahau, ka oti ano i ahau.
12Listen to me, you stout-hearted, who are far from righteousness:
12Whakarongo ki ahau, e te hunga ngakau pakari, e matara atu ana i te tika:
13I bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not wait; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
13Ka kawea mai e ahau toku tika kia tata; e kore e matara atu; e kore ano taku whakaora e roa; ka whakawhiwhia ano e ahau a Hiona ki te whakaora, mo Iharaira, mo toku kororia.