Amos 8
1 Thus did the Lord Eternal show unto me: and, behold, there was a basket of summer fruit.
I whakakitea ano tenei e te Ariki, e Ihowa, ki ahau; na, he kete hua raumati.
2 And he said, What dost thou see, 'Amos? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come for my people Israel: I will not farther indulge them any more.
Na ka mea ia, Ko te aha te kitea ana e koe, e Amoho? Ano ra ko ahau, He kete hua raumati. Ano ra ko Ihowa ki ahau, Kua tae mai te mutunga ki taku iwi, ki a Iharaira: e kore ta ratou e whakarerea noatia e ahau a muri ake nei.
3 And the songs of the temple shall become a wailing on that day, saith the Lord Eternal: many shall be the dead bodies; in every place shall men throw them down, [saying, ] Be silent.
He aue ano nga waiata o te temepara i taua ra, e ai ta te Ariki, ta Ihowa; ka maha nga tinana mate i nga wahi katoa; ka akiritia pukutia atu.
4 Hear this, O ye that are greedy to swallow the needy, and to ruin the poor of the land,
Whakarongo ki tenei, e te hunga i horomia ai te rawakore, i meinga ai te hunga iti o te whenua kia ngohe;
5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell provision? and the sabbath, that we may open the corn-warehouses, making the ephah small, and increasing the shekel, and cheating with deceitful balances?
E ki ana koutou, A hea pahemo ai te kowhititianga marama, kia hoko witi ai tatou? te hapati hoki, kia whakaputaia atu ai te witi e tatou? ka meinga te epa kia iti, te hekere kia nui, me te teka ki nga pauna tinihanga;
6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and even sell the refuse of the corn?
Kia hokona ai e tatou nga ware ki te hiriwa, te rawakore ki nga hu e rua; na, ko te witi rukenga me hoko atu.
7 Sworn hath the Lord by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will not forget to eternity all their works.
Kua oatitia e Ihowa te nui o Hakopa, E kore ahau e wareware ki tetahi o a ratou mahi a ake ake.
8 Shall because of this the land not tremble, and mourn every one that dwelleth therein? and shall it not rise up like a stream wholly, and roll onward and sink again like the stream of Egypt?
E kore ianei te whenua e wiri ki tenei? e kore ianei te hunga katoa e noho ana i reira e tangi? ae ra, ka pari katoa ake nei hoki ano ko te awa; ka akina e te hau, ka hoki iho ano, ka pera me te awa o Ihipa.
9 And it shall come to pass on that day, saith the Lord Eternal, that I will cause the sun to set at noon, and I will bring darkness over the earth on a bright day;
Na i taua ra, e ai ta te Ariki, ta Ihowa, ka meinga e ahau te ra kia toene i te awatea, a ka pouri i ahau te whenua i te mea e marama ana ano te ra:
10 And I will change your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentations; and I will bring upon all loins sackcloth, and upon every head baldness; and I will cause [the land] to mourn as one doth for an only son, and its end to be as a day of bitter [complaint].
Ka puta ke ano i ahau a koutou hakari hei tangihanga, a koutou waiata katoa hei apakura; he taratara taku kakahu mo nga hope katoa; mo nga mahunga katoa he pakira; ka rite i ahau ki te tangihanga ki te huatahi, a ko tona mutunga hei ra mamae.
11 Behold, days are coming, saith the Lord Eternal, when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine for bread, nor a thirst for water, but to hear the words of the Lord:
Nana, kei te haere mai nga ra, e ai ta te Ariki, ta Ihowa, e tukua ai e ahau he hemokai ki te whenua, ehara i te hemokai taro, ehara ano i te matewai; engari he hiahia kia rongo i nga kupu a Ihowa.
12 And they will wander about from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they will roam about to seek the word of the Lord; but they shall not find it.
A ka atiutiu atu ratou i tetahi moana ki tetahi moana, i te raki ki te rawhiti; ka kopikopiko, he rapu i te kupu a Ihowa; heoi e kore e kitea.
13 On that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst;
I taua ra ka hemo nga wahine ataahua, me nga taitama, i te matewai.
14 Those that swear by the guilt of Samaria, and say, As thy god liveth, O Dan; and, As liveth the worshipped idol of Beer-sheba', —yea, they shall fall, and never rise up again.
Na, ko te hunga e oati ana i te he o Hamaria, e ki ana, Kei te ora tou Atua, e Rana; me tenei, Kei te ora te tikanga o Peerehepa; ka taka rawa ratou, e kore ano e ara a muri ake nei.
