Isaiah 41
1 “Keep silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let’s meet together for judgment.
Whakarongoa i toku aroaro, e nga motu; a kia puta hou mai he kaha mo nga iwi: me neke mai ratou; a me korero ratou: tatou tahi me whakatata ki te whakawa.
2 Who has raised up one from the east? Who called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands over nations to him and makes him rule over kings. He gives them like the dust to his sword, like the driven stubble to his bow.
Na wai i whakaara ake tetahi i te rawhiti, i karangatia e ia i runga i te tika ki tona waewae? homai ana e ia nga iwi ki tona aroaro, meinga ana ia e ia hei rangatira mo nga kingi; homai ana ratou e ia ano he puehu ki tana hoari, ano he kakau wit i e aia ana, ki tana kopere.
3 He pursues them and passes by safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
Whaia ana ratou e ia, haere ora atu ana ia; ae ra, i te ara kihai i haerea e ona waewae.
4 Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD, the first, and with the last, I am he.”
Na wai oti tenei i mahi, karangaranga ai i nga whakatupuranga mai i te timatanga! Ko ahau, ko Ihowa, ko te timatanga, a kei nga whakamutunga, ko ahau nei.
5 The islands have seen, and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach, and come.
I kite nga motu, a wehi ana, pairi noa iho nga pito o te whenua, whakatata ana, haere mai ana.
6 Everyone helps his neighbor. They say to their brothers, “Be strong!”
Uru ana ratou ki te mahi a tona hoa, a tona hoa, me ta ratou ki ki tona tuakana, ki tona teina, Kia maia.
7 So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smooths with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good;” and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.
Na kei te whakatenatena te kamura i te kaitahu koura, te kaiwhakamaeneene ki te hama, i te tangata e patu ana ki te paepae, ko tana kupu mo te whakapiringa, kei te pai; na whakaukia ana e ia ki te whao, te taea te whakanekeneke.
8 “But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend,
Ko koe, e Iharaira, ko taku pononga, ko Hakopa, ko taku i whiriwhiri ai, ko te uri o taku i aroha ai, o Aperahama;
9 you whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from its corners, and said to you, ‘You are my servant. I have chosen you and have not cast you away.’
Ko taku ano i tango mai ai i nga pito o te whenua; he mea karanga nei hoki koe naku i roto i ona topito; ko taku kupu hoki ki a koe, Ko koe taku pononga; he mea whiriwhiri koe naku, kahore koe e maka atu e ahau.
10 Do not you be afraid, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
Kaua e wehi; kei a koe nei hoki ahau; kaua ano e tirotiro; ko ahau nei hoki tou Atua: maku koe e whakakaha, ae ra, maku koe e awhina, ka tautokona ake ano koe e te ringa matau o toku tika.
11 Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.
Nana, ka whakama, ka numinumi kau te hunga katoa e riri ana ki a koe: ka rite ki te kahore; ka ngaro te hunga e ngangare ana ki a koe.
12 You will seek them, and will not find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a nonexistent thing.
Ka rapua ratou, ou hoariri, e koe, a e kore e kitea; ko te hunga i whawhai ki a koe, ka rite ki te kahore, ki te moti noa iho.
13 For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Do not be afraid. I will help you.’
No te mea ko ahau, ko Ihowa, ko tou Atua, kei te pupuri i tou matau, kei te mea ki a koe, Kaua e wehi; ko ahau hei whakauru mou.
14 Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Kaua e wehi, e te kutukutu, e Hakopa, e nga tangata o Iharaira; maku koe e awhina, e ai ta Ihowa, ta tou kaihoko, ta te Mea Tapu o Iharaira.
15 Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth. You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and will make the hills like chaff.
Nana, kua meinga koe e ahau hei patu witi, koi tonu, hou tonu, he whai niho: ka patua e koe nga maunga, a ngotangota noa; ko nga pukepuke, ka meinga e koe kia rite ki te papapa.
16 You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in the LORD. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Rererere ana ratou i a koe, kahikina tonutia atu e te hau, titaritaria ake ratou e te paroro: ko koe ia ka hari ki a Ihowa, ka whakamanamana ki te Mea Tapu o Iharaira.
17 The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
E rapu ana nga ware, nga rawakore i te wai, a kahore kau, he ake o ratou arero i te matewai: ka rongo ahau, a Ihowa, ki ta ratou; e kore ahau, te Atua o Iharaira, e whakarere i a ratou.
18 I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the middle of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Ka whakapuaretia e ahau he awa ki nga wahi tiketike, he puna wai i waenganui i nga raorao; ka meinga e ahau te koraha hei harotoroto wai, te whenua maroke hei puputanga wai.
19 I will put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness. I will set cypress trees, pine, and box trees together in the desert;
Ka whakatokia e ahau te koraha ki te hita, ki te kowhai, ki te ramarama, ki te rakau hinu; ka tu i ahau te kauri ki te titohea, te rimu, ratou tahi ano ko te ake.
20 that they may see, know, consider, and understand together, that the LORD’s hand has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
Kia kite ai ratou, kia mohio ai, kia mahara ai, kia matau ngatahi ai, he mea mahi tenei na te ringa o Ihowa; na te Mea Tapu o Iharaira tenei i hanga.
21 Produce your cause,” says the LORD. “Bring out your strong reasons!” says the King of Jacob.
Kawea mai ta koutou totohe, e ai ta Ihowa; whakaputaina mai a koutou kupu kaha, e ai ta te Kingi o Hakopa.
22 “Let them announce and declare to us what will happen! Declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.
Me whakaputa mai e ratou, a me whakaatu mai ki a tatou nga mea meake pono mai: whakaaturia mai e koutou nga mea o te tuatahi, he pehea ranei, kia whakaaroarohia ai e tatou, kia mohiotia ai to ratou mutunga iho; korerotia ranei ki a tatou nga mea e puta a mua.
23 Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together.
Whakaaturia nga mea e haere ake ana i muri, kia mohio ai matou he atua koutou: tena ra, mahia he pai, he kino ranei, kia wehi ai matou, kia kite ngatahi ai.
24 Behold, you are nothing, and your work is nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.
Nana, no te kahore koutou, ko a koutou mahi no te kahore rawa; he mea whakarihariha te tangata nana koutou i whiriwhiri.
25 “I have raised up one from the north, and he has come, from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name, and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.
Kua oho mai i ahau tetahi i te raki, a kua tae mai ia; no te rerenga mai o te ra tetahi e karanga ana ki toku ingoa: ko tona taenga mai ki nga rangatira, ano e eke ana ki te paru pokepoke, ano ko te kaihanga rihi e takatakahi ana i te paru.
26 Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and before, that we may say, ‘He is right’? Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely, there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words.
Na wai i whakaatu mai i te timatanga, kia mohio ai tatou? na wai i nga wa onamata, mo ta tatou ki ake, He tika tana? ae ra, kihai i whakaaturia e tetahi, ae ra, kihai i korerotia e tetahi, kihai ano tetahi i rongo i a koutou korero.
27 I am the first to say to Zion, ‘Behold, look at them;’ and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.
Maku te kupu tuatahi ki Hiona, Nana, tenei ratou: a ka hoatu e ahau ki Hiruharama he kaikawe i te rongo pai.
28 When I look, there is no man, even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask, can answer a word.
I titiro ano ahau, a kahore he tangata; na i roto i enei katoa kahore he kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro hei whakahoki kupu mai i taku uinga ki a ratou.
29 Behold, all of their deeds are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.
Nana, ko ratou katoa he horihori kau; he kore noa iho a ratou mahi: ko a ratou whakapakoko whakarewa he hau, he mea tikangakore.
