Isaiah 21
1 The burden of the wilderness of the sea. Like windstorms in the south for passing through, It has come from the wilderness, From a fearful land.
Ko te poropititanga mo te koraha o te moana. Ka rite ki nga awhiowhio i te tonga e pupuhi ana, tona haerenga mai i te koraha i te whenua e wehingia ana.
2 A hard vision has been declared to me, The treacherous dealer is dealing treacherously, And the destroyer is destroying. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Media, I have caused all its sighing to cease.
He kino rawa te kitenga kua whakaaturia nei ki ahau; kei te tinihanga te tangata tinihanga, kei te pahua te kaipahua. Whakaekea, e Erama whakapaea, e Meria mutu pu i ahau nga auetanga katoa o reira.
3 Therefore my loins have been filled [with] great pain, Pangs have seized me as pangs of a travailing woman, I have been bent down by hearing, I have been troubled by seeing.
Na reira ki tonu toku hope i te mamae, whakawiri rawa nga mea e ngau nei i ahau, ano ko te whakawiringa o te wahine e whakawhanau ana: mamae ana ahau, kore ake e rongo; ohorere ana, kore ake e kite.
4 My heart has wandered, trembling has terrified me, He has made the twilight of my desire a fear to me,
Kahekahe ana toku manawa, wehi ana i te whakamataku: ko te ahiahi po i hiahiatia e ahau, puta ake ana hei mea e tuiri ai ahau.
5 Arrange the table, watch in the watchtower, Eat, drink, rise, you heads, anoint the shield,
Kei te whakapai ratou i te tepu, kua whakaritea he kaitutei, kei te kai ratou, kei te inu: whakatika, e nga rangatira, pania te whakangungu rakau.
6 For thus said the Lord to me: “Go, station the watchman, Let him declare that which he sees.”
Ko ta te Ariki kupu hoki tenei ki ahau Tikina, whakaturia he kaitutei, mana e whakaatu tana e kite ai.
7 And he has seen a chariot—a couple of horsemen, The rider of a donkey, the rider of a camel, And he has given attention—He has increased attention!
Na ka kitea e ia te ope, nga kaieke hoiho tatakirua, he ropu kaihe, he ropu kamera, kia ata whakarongo marie ia.
8 And he cries, “A lion, my lord! I am continually standing on a watchtower by day, And I am stationed on my ward whole nights.
Katahi tera ka karanga, ano he raiona: e Toku Ariki, kei runga ahau i te wahi tutei e tu tonu ana i te awatea; pau katoa ano nga po i ahau e tu nei i taku mahi tiaki.
9 And behold, this, the chariot of a man is coming, A couple of horsemen.” And he answers and says: “Fallen, fallen has Babylon, And He has broken all the carved images of her gods to the earth.
Nana, tenei te haere mai nei he ropu tangata, me nga kaieke hoiho, he tatakirua. Na ka oho ia, ka mea, Kua horo a Papurona, kua horo; ko nga whakapakoko katoa ano o ona atua, wawahia iho ki te whenua.
10 O my threshing, and the son of my floor, That which I heard from YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel, I have declared to you!”
E taku patunga witi, e te witi o taku patunga; ko taku i rongo ai ki a Ihowa o nga mano, ki te Atua o Iharaira, e whakaaturia nei e ahau ki a koutou.
11 The burden of Dumah. [One] is calling to me from Seir, “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”
Ko te poropititanga mo Ruma. E karanga mai ana tetahi ki ahau i Heira, E te kaitutei, ko te aha i te po? E te kaitutei, ko te aha i te po?
12 The watchman has said, “Morning has come, and also night, If you inquire, inquire, return, come.”
Ka ki mai te kaitutei, Kei te haere mai te ata raua ko te po: ki te uia e koutou, e ui: hoki mai, haere mai.
13 The burden on Arabia. You lodge in a forest in Arabia, O caravans of Dedanim.
Ko te poropititanga mo Arapia. Kei te ngahere i Arapia he nohoanga mo koutou i te po, e nga tira haere o Reranimi.
14 Inhabitants of the land of Tema Have brought water to meet the thirsty, With his bread they came before a fugitive.
I kawea e ratou he wai mo te tangata e matewai ana; i haere nga tangata o te whenua o Tema ki te whakatau i nga tangata e rere ana, me ta ratou taro.
15 For they fled from the face of destructions, From the face of an outstretched sword, And from the face of a trodden bow, And from the face of the grievousness of battle.
Ka rere mai hoki ratou i nga hoari, i te hoari kua oti te unu, i te kopere kua oti te whakapiko, i te pakaha ano o te whawhai.
16 For thus said the Lord to me: “Within a year, as years of a hired worker, All the glory of Kedar has been consumed.
Ko ta te Ariki kupu hoki tenei ki ahau, Kia kotahi tau, ko te tau hoki o te kaimahi, a ka poto katoa te kororia o Kerara.
17 And the remnant of the number of bow-men, The mighty of the sons of Kedar, are few, For YHWH, God of Israel, has spoken!”
Na ko nga morehu o nga kaikopere, ko nga marohirohi o nga tama a Kerara, ka torutoru; ko te kupu hoki tenei a Ihowa, a te Atua o Iharaira.
