Esias 44
1 But now hear, Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen.
Na whakarongo, e taku pononga, e Hakopa, e Iharaira, e taku i whiriwhiri ai.
2 Thus saith the Lord God that made thee, and he that formed thee from the womb; Thou shalt yet be helped: fear not, my servant Jacob; and beloved Israel, whom I have chosen.
Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, a tou kaihanga, nana nei koe i whakaahua i roto i te kopu, mana nei koe e awhina, Kaua e wehi, e Hakopa, e taku pononga, e Iehuruna, e taku i whiriwhiri ai.
3 For I will give water to the thirsty that walk in a dry land: I will put my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessings upon thy children:
No te mea ka ringihia e ahau he wai ki runga ki te tangata matewai, he awa ki te wahi maroke: ka ringihia e ahau toku wairua ki ou uri, taku manaaki ki tau whanau.
4 and they shall spring up as grass between brooks, and as willows on [the banks of] running water.
A ka tupu ratou i waenga taru, ano he wirou i te taha o nga rerenga wai.
5 One shall say, I am God's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand, I am God's, and shall call himself by the name of Israel.
Ka ki ake tenei, Na Ihowa ahau; ko tetahi atu, karangatia ana e ia ko Hakopa hei ingoa mona; ko tetahi atu, tuhituhi ana tona ringa ki a Ihowa, whakahuatia ake e ia ko Iharaira hei ingoa mona.
6 Thus saith God the King of Israel, and the God of hosts that delivered him; I am the first, and I am hereafter: beside me there is no God.
Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, a te Kingi o Iharaira, a tona kaihoko ano, a Ihowa o nga mano, Ko ahau te tuatahi ko ahau ano te mutunga; Kahore atu hoki he atua, ko ahau anake.
7 Who is like me? let him stand, and call, and declare, and prepare for me from the time that I made man for ever; and let them tell you the things that are coming before they arrive.
Ko wai hoki hei rite moku, hei karanga, hei whakaatu, hei whakarite kia noho rarangi, mai o toku whakaritenga i te iwi onamata? a ma ratou e whakaatu nga mea meake puta mai, me nga mea ano e puta a mua.
8 Hide not yourselves, nor go astray: have ye not heard from the beginning, and [have not] I told you? ye are witnesses if there is a God beside me.
Kaua e wehi, kaua e pawera: kihai ianei i korerotia e ahau ki a koe nga mea onamata, i whakaaturia hoki? ko koutou ano hei kaiwhakaatu moku. Tera atu ranei tetahi atua ke? ae ra, kahore he kamaka; kahore ahau e mohio ki tetahi.
9 But they that framed [false gods] did not then hearken; and they that graved [images] are all vain, performing their own desires, which shall not profit them, but they shall be ashamed
Ko nga kaiwhakaahua o te whakapakoko, he horihori katoa ratou; kahore hoki he pai o a ratou mea ahuareka: ko o ratou kaiwhakaatu kahore e kite, kahore e mohio; e whakama ai ratou.
10 that form a god, and all that grave worthless things:
Ko wai te kaiwhakaahua o tetahi atua, te kaiwhakarewa ranei o te whakapakoko kahore nei ona pai?
11 and all by whom they were made are withered: yea, let all the deaf be gathered from [among] men, and let them stand together; and let them be ashamed and confounded together:
Nana, ko ona hoa katoa, ka whakama: ko nga kaimahi ano, he tangata nei ratou: kia huihui mai ratou katoa, tu ai. Ka wehi, ka whakama ngatahi.
12 For the artificer sharpens the iron; he fashions [the idol] with an axe, and fixes it with an awl, and fashions it with the strength of his arm: and he will be hungry and weak, and will drink no water.
E hangaia ana e te parakimete he toki, ka mahi i roto i nga waro, whakaahuatia ana e ia ki te hama, puta ana te kaha o tona ringa ki te mahi i taua mea; ka hemo ano ia i te kai, kore noa iho he kaha; kahore e inu i te wai, mauiui noa iho.
13 The artificer having chosen a piece of wood, marks it out with a rule, and fits it with glue, and makes it as the form of a man, and as the beauty of a man, to set it up in the house.
Ko te kamura, whakamarokia mai ana e ia te aho, tuhia iho e ia ki te pene, mahia ana e ia ki te waru; tohungia ana e ia ki te kapehu, mahia ana e ia kia rite ki te ahua o te tangata, ki te ataahua ano o te tangata; hei mea mo roto i te whare.
14 He cuts wood out of the forest, which the Lord planted, [even] a pine tree, and the rain made it grow,
Tuaina ana e ia he hita mana, tikina ana e ia te kaiperi, me te oki, a whakapakaritia ana e ia mana tetahi i roto i nga rakau o te ngahere; whakatokia ana e ia te ahe hei whakatupu ma te ua.
15 that it might be for men to burn: and having taken part of it he warms himself; yea, they burn part of it, and bake loaves thereon; and [of] the rest they make for themselves gods, and they worship them.
Katahi ka waiho hei wahie ma te tangata: ka tangohia hoki e ia tetahi wahi hei whakamahana i a ia; ina, whakaungia ana e ia, hei tunu taro; na kei te hanga ano ia i tetahi atua, koropikoria atu ana e ia; mahia ana e ia hei whakapakoko, tapapa to nu atu ki reira.
16 Half thereof he burns in the fire, and with half of it he bakes loaves on the coals; and having roasted flesh on it he eats, and is satisfied, and having warmed himself he says, I am comfortable, for I have warmed myself, and have seen the fire.
Ko tetahi wahi o taua rakau, e tahuna ana e ia ki te ahi, ko tetahi wahi, hei mea i te kikokiko hei kai mana; tunua ana e ia tana e tunu ai, a ka makona: ae ra, ka mahana ano ia, a ka mea, Ha, kua mahana ahau, kua kite i te ahi.
17 And the rest he makes a graven god, and worships, and prays, saying, Deliver me; for thou art my God.
Ko te toenga, hanga ake e ia hei atua, hei whakapakoko mana: tapapa ana ia, koropiko ana, inoi ana ki taua mea, ka mea, Whakaorangia ahau; ko koe nei hoki toku atua.
18 They have no understanding to perceive; for they have been blinded so that they should not see with their eyes, nor perceive with their heart.
Kahore ratou e mohio, kahore e mahara; no te mea kua araia e ia o ratou kanohi kei kite, o ratou ngakau kei matau.
19 And one has not considered in his mind, nor known in his understanding, that he has burnt up half of it in the fire, and baked loaves on the coals thereof and has roasted and eaten flesh, and of the rest of it he has made an abomination, and they worship it.
Kahore hoki e anga ake te ngakau o tetahi, kahore e mohio, kahore e matau, e ki ake ai ia, Ko tetahi wahi o tenei i tahunga e ahau ki te ahi; i tunua ano e ahau he taro ki ona ngarahu, tunua ana e ahau he kikokiko, kainga ake e ahau; a kia meing a e ahau te toenga o taua rakau hei mea whakarihariha? me tapapa ranei ahau ki te take rakau?
20 Know thou that their heart is ashes, and they err, and no one is able to deliver his soul: see, ye will not say, [There is a] lie in my right hand.
Ko tana kai, he pungarehu; kua tinihangatia tona ngakau, a ngau ke ana ia, te whakaora ia i tona wairua, te ki ake ranei, Kahore ranei he korero teka i toku matau?
21 Remember these things, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant; I have formed thee [to be] my servant: and do thou, Israel, not forget me.
Kia mahara ki enei, e Hakopa, e Iharaira; he pononga hoki koe naku; naku koe i whai ahua ai, he pononga hoki koe naku: e Iharaira, e kore koe e wareware i ahau.
22 For behold, I have blotted out as a cloud thy transgressions, and thy sin as darkness: turn to me, and I will redeem thee.
Ko ou he, murua ake e ahau, me te mea he kapua matotoru; ko ou hara, me te mea he kapua: hoki mai ki ahau; naku hoki koe i hoko.
23 Rejoice, ye heavens; for God has had mercy upon Israel: sound the trumpet, ye foundations of the earth: ye mountains, shout [with] joy, ye hills, and all the trees therein: for God has redeemed Jacob, and Israel shall be glorified.
Waiata, e nga rangi, he mahi hoki tenei na Ihowa. Hamama, e nga wahi o raro rawa o te whenua. Kia pakaru mai ta koutou waiata, e nga maunga, e te ngahere, e nga rakau katoa o reira; no te mea kua oti a Hakopa te hoko e Ihowa, kua whai kororia ia i a Iharaira.
24 Thus saith the Lord that redeems thee, and who formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that performs all things: I stretched out the heaven alone, and established the earth.
Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, a tou kaihoko, nana nei koe i whai ahua ai, no roto mai ano i te kopu, Ko Ihowa ahau, ko te kaihanga o nga mea katoa, naku anake nga rangi i hora, naku i takoto ai te whenua: ko wai toku hoa?
25 Who else will frustrate the tokens of those that have divining spirits, and prophecies from the heart of [man]? turning the wise back, and making their counsel foolishness;
Ko nga tohu a te hunga korero teka he ana i a ia, ko nga tohunga tuaahu whakahaurangitia ana e ia; ko te hunga whakaaro nui, whakahokia ana e ia ki muri, ko to ratou matauranga, whakapoauautia iho.
26 and confirming the word of his servant, and verifying the counsel of his messengers: who says to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Idumea, Ye shall be built, and her desert places shall spring forth.
Mana pu i a ia te kupu a tana pononga, te whakaaro a ana karere rite rawa i a ia; ko tana kupu ki Hiruharama, Ka nohoia koe; ki nga pa o Hura, Ka hanga koutou; maku ano e whakaara ona wahi kua ururuatia.
27 Who says to the deep, Thou shalt be dried up, and I will dry up the rivers.
Ko tana kupu ki te rire, Kia mimiti: maku ano e whakamaroke ou awa.
28 Who bids Cyrus be wise, and he shall perform all my will: who says to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built, and I will lay the foundation of my holy house.
Ko tana kupu mo Hairuha, He hepara ia naku, ka rite ano i a ia taku katoa i pai ai; mana hoki e ki ki Hiruharama, Ka hanga koe; a ki te temepara, Ka whakatakotoria ou turanga.
