Isaiah 28
1 Alas! for the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, And for his fading wreath of majestic beauty, —Which is on the head of the fertile valley, of them who are overcome with wine.
Aue te he mo te karauna whakapehapeha o te hunga haurangi o Eparaima, ki te puawai memenge hoki o tona ataahua whakakororia, tera i te wahi ki runga o te awaawa momona o te hunga kua hinga i te waina!
2 Lo! My Lord hath one who is, strong and bold, Like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, Like a storm of mighty waters overflowing, Hath he thrust it down to the earth with force:
Nana, he mea kaha, he mea pakari ta te Ariki; koia ano kei te awha whatu, kei te tupuhi e wawahi ana, kei te waipuke, he wai nui e ngawha atu ana, ka taia iho ano e tona ringa ki te whenua.
3 With the feet shall be trodden down, the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,
Ka takahia e nga waewae te karauna whakapehapeha o te hunga haurangi o Eparaima.
4 So shall his fading wreath of majestic beauty, Which is on the head of the fertile valley, become—Like the first-ripe fig before fruit-harvest, Which when he that looketh upon it seeth while it is yet in his hand, he swalloweth it up.
A, ko te puawai memenge o tona ataahua whakakororia, kei te wahi nei ki runga o te awaawa momona, ka rite ki te hua matamua o te piki i te mea kahore ano te raumati; a, ka kite te mea i titiro atu, ka horomia e ia i te mea kei tona ringa ano.
5 In that day, will Yahweh of hosts become A crown of beauty, and A diadem of majesty, —Unto the remnant of his people:
I taua ra ko Ihowa o nga mano hei karauna kororia, hei potae ataahua ki nga morehu o tana iwi:
6 Even a spirit of justice—to him that presideth over justice, And strength to them who would turn back the battle at the gate.
Hei wairua whakawa ki te tangata e noho ana ki te whakawa, hei kaha mo te hunga e whakahoki ana i te whawhai i te kuwaha.
7 But as for these, With wine, do they reel, and With strong drink, do they stagger, —Priest and prophet, reel with strong drink They are swallowed up through wine They stagger through strong drink, They reel in prophetic vision, They totter in pronouncing judgment.
Otiia kua pohehe ano enei i te waina, a kua kototi ke i te wai kaha; ko te tohunga, ko te poropiti, kua pohehe i te wai kaha, kua horomia raua e te waina, a kua kotiti ke i te wai kaha; he titiro he ta raua, e tapepa ana ta raua whakawa.
8 For, all tables, are full of filthy vomit, —There is no place!
Ki tonu hoki nga tepu katoa i te ruaki, i te paru, kahore he wahi ma.
9 Whom, would he teach knowledge? And, whom, would he cause to understand the message? Them who are weaned from the milk? taken from the breasts?
Ko wai e whakaakona e ia ki te matauranga? ko wai e meinga e ia kia mohio ki te kupu? ko te hunga kua whakamutua ta ratou kai waiu, kua tangohia mai i te u?
10 For it is—Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, —A little here a little there.
He whakahau nei hoki tenei i runga i te whakahau, he whakahau i runga i te whakahau; he ako i runga i te ako, he ako i runga i te ako; he iti ki konei, he iti ki ko ra.
11 For, with a jabbering lip, and with an alien tongue, must he speak unto this people!
Engari ma etahi tangata rere ke nga ngutu, he reo ke te reo e korero ai ia ki tenei iwi:
12 To whom he said—This, is the rest—give ye rest to the weary, and This, is the quietness, —But they were unwilling to hear.
I ki atu ia ki a ratou, Ko te okiokinga tenei, hoatu e koutou he okiokinga ki te tangata mauiui; ko te tanga manawa hoki tenei: na, kihai ratou i pai ki te whakarongo.
13 So the word of Yahweh must be to them—Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, A little here, a little there, —That they may go and fall backward and be torn and snared and captured.
No reira, ko ta Ihowa kupu ki a ratou he whakahau i runga i te whakahau, he whakahau i runga i te whakahau; he ako i runga i te ako, he ako i runga i te ako; he wahi iti ki konei, he wahi iti ki ko ra: kia haere ai ratou, ka hinga whakamuri, ka wawahia, ka mahangatia, ka mau.
14 Wherefore, hear ye the word of Yahweh, Ye men who scoff, —Ye rulers of this people that is in Jerusalem.
Mo reira whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowa, e te hunga whakahi, e nga rangatira o tenei iwi i Hiurharama:
15 Because ye have said—We have solemnised a covenant with death, And with hades, have we effected a vision, —The overflowing scourge when it sweepeth by, shall not reach unto us, For we have made lying our refuge. And in falsehood, have we hid ourselves, (Sheol h7585)
Kua mea na hoki koutou, Kua whakarite kawenata matou ki te mate; kua rite a matou whakarite ko te reinga; ki te paaha i waenga te whiu i rite nei ki te waipuke, e kore e tae mai ki a matou; no te mea kua oti te teka te mea e matou hei whakawhiri nakitanga, ka piri matou ki roto ki te horihori. (Sheol h7585)
16 Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! founding in Zion a stone, A stone of testing, The costly corner of a well-laid foundation, he that trusteth, shall not make haste!
Na ko te kupu tenei a te Ariki, a Ihowa, Nana, tenei ahau te whakatakoto nei i te kohatu ki Hiona hei turanga, he kohatu kua oti te whakamatautau, mo te kokonga, he mea utu nui, he turanga u: ko te tangata e whakapono ana e kore e potatutatu.
17 But I will make—Justice the line, and Righteousness the plummet, —And the hail shall, sweep away, your refuge of lying, And your hiding-place, the waters shall overflow;
Ka whakatakotoria ano e ahau te tikanga o te whakawa, mea rawa ki te aho, me te tika ano, paramu rawa: a ka tahia atu te whakawhirinakitanga teka e te whatu, ka huri ano nga wai ki runga ki te piringa.
18 So shall be wiped out your covenant with death, And your vision with hades, not stand, —When the overflowing scourge, sweepeth past, then shall ye be thereby beaten down: (Sheol h7585)
Ka whakataka hoki ta koutou kawenata ki te mate; e kore ano e tu ta koutou i whakarite ai ki te reinga; ko te whiu i rite nei ki te waipuke, ki te tika atu i waenga, ka waiho koutou hei takahanga mana. (Sheol h7585)
19 As often as it sweepeth past, it shall take you away, For morning by morning, shall it pass along. By day and by night, —And it shall be nothing less than a terror to make out the message;
I ona wa e haere atu ai taua whiu, ka riro koutou i a ia: ka haere atu hoki i tenei ata, i tenei ata, i te ao, i te po; a he whakamataku anake te mea kia mohio ki te kupu.
20 For too short is the couch to stretch oneself out, —And, the coverlet, too narrow, when one draweth up his feet.
He poto hoki te moenga, e kore e wharoro te tangata; he whaiti te hipoki, e kore e taea te roropi mai.
21 For as in Mount Perazim, will Yahweh, arise, As in the vale of Gibeon, will he be stirred, —To do his work—foreign is his work, And to perform his task—strange is his task.
No te mea ka rite ki tera i Maunga Peratimi to Ihowa whakatikanga ake, kei tera i te raorao i Kipeno te rite o tona riri; kia mahi ai ia i tana mahi, i tana mahi rere ke, kia whakatutuki ai i tana hanga, i tana hanga rere ke.
22 Now, therefore do not show yourselves scoffers, Lest your fetters, be bound fast, —For, of a full end, and that a decreed one, have I heard from My Lord, Yahweh of hosts upon all the land
Na kati ra ta koutou whakahi, kei whakaukia o koutou here: kua rongo nei hoki ahau ki te Ariki, ki a Ihowa o nga mano, ki te whakaotinga, ki te mea i whakaritea mo te whenua katoa.
23 Give ear, and hear ye my voice, —Hearken, and hear ye my speech: —
Kia whai taringa mai, whakarongo hoki ki toku reo; mahara mai, whakarongo ki taku korero.
24 All day long, doth the plowman plow for sowing? Doth he continue laying open and harrowing his soil?
Ko ta te kaiparau koia i nga ra katoa he parau, hei whakatokanga? he whakatuwhera tonu ranei tana, he wawahi i nga pokurukuru o tona oneone?
25 Doth he not when he hath levelled the face thereof, Cast abroad the fennel? And, the cummin, doth he not scatter? And plant wheat in rows, And barley in a lot, And spelt in the border thereof?
Ka oti i a ia te mata o taua mara te mea kia rite, e kore ianei ia e maka atu i te pi, e whakato i te kumine, e rui i te witi, rarangi rawa, i te parei ki te wahi i whakaritea, me te rai ano ki tona tapa?
26 Yea One hath trained him to good judgment, His God, directeth him.
Ko tona Atua hoki hei whakaako i a ia ki te tikanga pai, hei tohutohu ano i a ia.
27 For not with a sledge, must, black coriander be threshed, Nor must, the wheel of a cart, on cummin, be turned, But with a staff, must fennel be beaten, And cummin with a rod:
E kore hoki nga pi e patua ki te mea koi, e kore ano te wira kata e hurihia ki runga ki te kumine; engari e patua ana nga pi ki te rakau, nga kumine ki te patupatu.
28 Bread-corn, must be crushed, —Yet would he not be evermore, threshing, it, So he hasteneth over it the wheel of his cart, with his horsemen, He crusheth it not!
Ko te witi hei taro e kurua ana; e kore hoki e patua tonutia e ia; na, ahakoa tohaina e te wira o tana kata, e ana hoiho ranei, kahore e tukia e ia kia ririki.
29 Even this, from Yahweh of hosts, cometh forth, —Who hath bestowed distinction upon counsel, And magnified sound wisdom.
E puta mai ana hoki tenei i a Ihowa o nga mano, he mea whakamiharo nei ona whakaaro, he nui ano ana tikanga.
