1“Come down, and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
1¶ Haere iho, e noho ki te puehu, e te tamahine wahine a Papurona: e noho ki te whenua, kahore he torona, e te tamahine a nga Karari; e kore hoki koe e kiia i muri he kiri angiangi, he whakatarapi.
2Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove your veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.
2E mau ki nga kohatu mira, hurihia he paraoa: tangohia ake tou arai, huhua ake te waewae, kia takoto kau te huha; e whiti i nga awa.
3Your nakedness shall be uncovered, yes, your shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and will spare no man.”
3Ka kitea ou wahi e takoto tahanga ana, ae ra ka kitea tou mea e whakama ai koe: ka rapu utu ahau, e kore ano e whakaae ki tetahi tangata.
4Our Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
4Ko to tatou kaihoko, ko Ihowa o nga mano tona ingoa, ko te Mea Tapu o Iharaira.
5“Sit in silence, and go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.
5Noho kupukore, haere ki te pouri, e te tamahine a nga Karari; e kore hoki koe e kiia i muri, ko te wahine rangatira o nga kingitanga.
6I was angry with my people, I profaned my inheritance, and gave them into your hand: you showed them no mercy; on the aged you have very heavily laid your yoke.
6I riri ahau ki taku iwi, i whakapokea toku kainga tupu; tukua ana e ahau ki tou ringa; kihai i puta tou aroha ki a ratou, whakataimahatia rawatia iho e koe tau ioka ki te kaumatua.
7You said, ‘I shall be a mistress forever;’ so that you did not lay these things to your heart, nor did you remember the latter end of it.
7¶ I mea ano koe, Hei wahine rangatira ahau ake ake: na kihai noa iho tou ngakau i mea ki enei mea; kihai koe i mahara ki tona mutunga.
8“Now therefore hear this, you who are given to pleasures, who sit securely, who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:’
8Na whakarongo aianei ki tenei, e te wahine e whai na ki nga ahuareka, e noho kore wehi na, e mea na i roto i tou ngakau, Tenei ahau, kahore atu hoki, ko ahau anake; e kore ahau e noho pouaru, e kore ahau e mohio ki te matenga o nga tamariki.
9but these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come on you, in the multitude of your sorceries, and the great abundance of your enchantments.
9Otira ka pa whakarere enei e rua ki a koe i te ra kotahi, te matenga o nga tamariki, te pouarutanga; ka pa enei ki a koe i tona tonuitanga, ahakoa te nui o au mahi makutu, te maha rawa o au whaiwhaia.
10For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, No one sees me; your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you, and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.
10I whakawhirinaki hoki koe ki tou kino, i mea, Kahore he kaititiro moku: ko ou whakaaro nui me tou mohio, na ena koe i whakangau ke; i mea ai koe i tou ngakau, Ko ahau tenei, kahore ke atu, ko ahau anake.
11Therefore evil will come on you; you won’t know when it dawns: and mischief will fall on you; you will not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come on you suddenly, which you don’t know.
11Mo reira ka tae mai te kino ki a koe, e kore tona putanga e mohiotia e koe, ka taka ano te he ki a koe, e kore e taea e koe te karo; ka tae hohoro mai ano ki a koe te whakangaro, e kore e mohiotia e koe.
12“Stand now with your enchantments, and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth; if so be you shall be able to profit, if so be you may prevail.
12Tena ra, e tu, me au whaiwhaia, me au makutu maha, i mahia ra e koe i tou tamarikitanga ake, me kahore koe e whai pai, me kahore tau e taea.
13You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels: let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from the things that shall come on you.
13Kua hoha koe i te maha o nga whakaaro i whakatakotoria e koe. Tena ra, kia tu nga kaiwhakaaro ki nga rangi, nga kaititiro ki nga whetu, nga mea mohio ki nga marama, kia whakaorangia koe e ratou i nga mea meake tupono ki a koe.
14Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.
14Nana, ka rite ratou ki te kakau witi, ka wera i te ahi; e kore ratou e ora i te ngaunga a te ahi: ehara i te ngarahu hei whakamahanatanga, ehara hoki i te ahi hei painatanga.
15Thus shall the things be to you in which you have labored: those who have trafficked with you from your youth shall wander everyone to his quarter; there shall be none to save you.
15Na ka pera nga mea ki a koe, i mahi ai koe ki reira: ko te hunga i hokohoko ki a koe mai i tou taitamarikitanga, ka kotiti atu ratou ki tona wahi, ki tona wahi; kahore he kaiwhakaora mou.