Isaiah 13
1 The doom of Babylon, which Isaiah Amoz' son foresaw.
Ko te poropititanga mo Papurona i kitea e Ihaia tama a Amoho.
2 Upon a high mountain lift ye up a banner, raise high your voice unto them, wave the hand, that they may enter into the gates of the princes.
Whakaarahia he kara ki runga ki te maunga horehore, kia rahi te reo ki a ratou, tawhiritia atu te ringa kia haere mai ai ratou ki roto ki nga kuwaha o nga rangatira.
3 I have charged my prepared ones, I have also called my heroes for my anger, those that rejoice in my highness.
Kua oti aku i whakatapu ai te whakahau, kua karangatia ano hoki e ahau aku marohirohi ki toku riri, ara aku e whakamanamana nui nei.
4 There is a noise of tumult on the mountains, like that of a numerous people; a noise of shouting of kingdoms of nations assembled; the Lord of hosts mustereth a host of battle.
Ko te haruru o te huihui i runga i nga maunga, tona rite kei to te iwi nui! he haruru, he ngangau no te huihui o nga kingitanga o nga iwi! e whakataka ana e Ihowa o nga mano te ope mo te whawhai.
5 They are coming from a far-off country, from the end of the heavens, [here is] the Lord, with the weapons of his indignation, to destroy all the land.
E haere mai nei ratou i tawhiti, i te pito o te rangi, a Ihowa me nga patu a tona riri, ki te whakangaro i te whenua katoa!
6 Wail ye; for nigh is the day of the Lord; like wasting from the Almighty shall it come.
Aue koutou, kua tata hoki te ra o Ihowa; tera e puta mai, ano he whakangaromanga na te Kaha Rawa.
7 Therefore all hands shall become weak, and every mortal's heart shall melt;
No reira ka ngoikore nga ringa katoa, ka ngohe noa iho nga ngakau katoa o nga tangata.
8 And they shall be affrighted, pangs and pains shall seize on them; they shall have throes as a woman that travaileth; one at the other shall they look amazed; red like flames shall their faces glow.
Ka ohorere ano ratou: mau pu i te mamae, i te whakapouri; ko to ratou mamae koia ano kei to te wahine e whakawhanau ana: ka miharo ratou tetahi ki tetahi, a ko o ratou mata, ano he mura ahi.
9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, direful, [laden] with wrath and the fierceness of anger, to render the earth desolate: and its sinners will he destroy out of it.
Nana, e haere mai nei te ra o Ihowa, he kino, he riri, he whakatakariri e mura ana; hei whakaururua i te whenua, hei whakangaro atu hoki i reira i ona tangata hara.
10 For the stars of the heavens and their constellations shall not give forth their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not shed abroad her light.
Ko nga whetu hoki o te rangi, ko nga kahui whetu ano hoki o reira, kahore e homai i to ratou marama: ka pouri noa iho te ra i tona haerenga mai, kore ake hoki e titi te atarau.
11 And I will visit on the world its evil, and on the wicked their iniquity; and I will stop the arrogance of the presumptuous, and the haughtiness of the tyrants will I humble.
Ka whiua ano e ahau te ao mo to ratou kino, te hunga kino hoki, mo to ratou he; ka whakamutua hoki e ahau te whakapehapeha o te hunga whakakake, ka whakahokia iho ano ki raro te whakapehapeha o te hunga kino.
12 I will make the mortal more precious than fine gold; and man, more than the valued metal of Ophir.
Ka meinga ano e ahau kia nui atu te utu mo te tangata i to te koura pai; ae ra, he tangata, kia nui atu i to te koura parakore o Opira.
13 Therefore will I shake the heavens, and the earth shall start quaking out of her place, at the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and on the day of his fierce anger.
Na reira ka meinga e ahau nga rangi kia wiri, ka ruperupea atu ano te whenua i tona wahi, he riri no Ihowa o nga mano, he ra ano e mura ai tona riri.
14 And the people shall be as the chased roe, and as flocks which no one gathereth up; every man to his own people shall they turn, and every man into his own land shall they flee.
A ka rite ki te anaterope e whaia ana, ki nga hipi kahore nei o ratou kaihuihui, ka tahuri ratou ki tona iwi, ki tona iwi, ka rere ki tona whenua, ki tona whenua.
15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
Ko te hunga katoa e kitea ana, ka werohia; ko te hunga katoa e hopukia ana, ka hinga i te hoari.
16 And their babes shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes: spoiled shall be their houses, and their wives ravished.
Ka taia iho hoki a ratou kohungahunga i ta ratou tirohanga; ka pahuatia o ratou whare, ka moea ano a ratou wahine.
17 Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes; who will not regard silver, and who will not delight in gold.
Tenei ahau te whakaoho atu nei i nga Meri ki a ratou, he hunga e kore nei e whakaaro ki te hiriwa; na, ko te koura, e kore e matenuitia e ratou.
18 And their bows will dash young men to pieces; and on the fruit of the womb will they have no mercy; on children their eye will not look with pity.
Ka taia iho ano hoki nga taitamariki e a ratou kopere, mongamonga noa; e kore ano e tohungia nga hua o te kopu; e kore o ratou kanohi e manawapa ki nga tamariki.
19 And [thus] shall Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the proud ornament of the Chaldeans, become like the overthrow through God of Sodom and Gomorrah.
A ko Papurona, ko te kororia o nga kingitanga, ko te mea ataahua whakahirahira a nga Karari, tera ia e rite ki ta te Atua hurihanga i Horoma, i Komora.
20 It shall not be inhabited for ever, and it shall not be dwelt in from generation to generation; nor shall the Arabian pitch there his tent; and shepherds shall not let their flocks rest there.
E kore e nohoia a, ake ake, e kore e waiho hei kainga a, tena whakatupuranga, tena whakatupuranga; e kore ano e whakaturia e te Arapi tona teneti ki reira; e kore ano a reira e waiho e nga hepara hei takotoranga mo a ratou kahui.
21 But there shall rest the wild beasts of the desert; and their houses shall be full of owls; and ostriches shall dwell there, and evil spirits shall dance there.
Engari hei takotoranga a reira mo nga kuri mahoao o te koraha; ka ki hoki o ratou whare i nga kararehe pouri; a ka nohoia a reira e nga otereti, ka waiho hoki hei tupekepeketanga mo nga mea ahua koati.
22 And jackals shall howl in her palaces, and monsters in the temples of pleasure; and near to come is her time, and her days shall not be extended.
Ka tangi ano hoki nga wuruhi i roto i o ratou whare kingi, me nga kuri mahoao i roto i o ratou whare ataahua; kua tata mai hoki tona wa, e kore ano ona ra e roa.
