Amoho 5

1 Whakarongo ki tenei kupu, kua maranga nei i ahau hei tangi ki a koutou, e te whare o Iharaira.

Hear this word that I am bearing to you, A lamentation, O house of Israel:

2 Kua hinga te wahine a Iharaira; e kore ia e ara i muri: kua whakataka ia ki runga ki tona oneone; kahore he mea hei whakaara ake i a ia.

'Fallen, not again to rise, hath the virgin of Israel, Left on her land — she hath no raiser up.'

3 No te mea ko te kupu tenei a te Ariki, a Ihowa; Ko te pa kotahi nei te mano i te haerenga atu, kotahi rau e toe, a ko tera kotahi nei te rau i te haerenga atu, kotahi tekau e toe ki te whare o Iharaira.

For thus said the Lord Jehovah: The city that is going out a thousand, Doth leave an hundred, And that which is going out an hundred, Doth leave ten to the house of Israel.

4 Ko te kupu hoki tenei a Ihowa ki te whare o Iharaira, Rapua ahau, kia ora ai koutou.

For thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live,

5 Otiia kaua e rapu i Peteere, kaua e haere ki Kirikara, kaua ano e haere ki Peerehepa: no te mea tera a Kirikara ka riro i te whakarau, a hei kore noa iho a Peteere.

And seek not Beth-El, and Gilgal enter not, And Beer-Sheba pass not through, For Gilgal doth utterly remove, And Beth-El doth become vanity.

6 Rapua a Ihowa, a ka ora koutou; kei toro atu ia, ano he ahi, i roto i te whare o Hohepa, a pau noa, a kore noa iho he kaitinei i roto i Peteere.

Seek ye Jehovah, and live, Lest He prosper as fire [against] the house of Joseph, And it hath consumed, And there is no quencher for Beth-El.

7 E te hunga i puta ke ai te whakawa hei taru kawa, i taia ai te tika ki te whenua;

Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,

8 Rapua te kaihanga o matariki, o Tautoru; e riro ke ana i a ia te atarangi o te mate hei ata, e whakapouritia ana e ia te ra hei po; e karangatia ana e ia nga wai o te moana, a ringihia ana e ia ki runga ki te mata o te whenua: ko Ihowa tona ingoa:

The maker of Kimah and Kesil, And the turner to morning of death-shade, And day [as] night He hath made dark, Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And poureth them on the face of the earth, Jehovah [is] His name;

9 Nana i whakaputa ohorere te whakangaromanga ki te hunga kaha, i tae ai te whakangaromanga ki te pa kaha.

Who is brightening up the spoiled against the strong, And the spoiled against a fortress cometh.

10 E kinongia ana e ratou te kairiri he i te kuwaha, a he mea whakarihariha ki a ratou te tangata korero tika.

They have hated a reprover in the gate, And a plain speaker they abominate.

11 Na, i te mea he takahi ta koutou i te ware, he tango i te takoha witi i a ia; he whare kohatu tarai ta koutou i hanga ai, na e kore e nohoia e koutou; he mara waina e minaminatia ana ta koutou i whakato ai, otiia e kore te waina o aua mara e inu mia e koutou.

Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.

12 E mohiotia ana hoki e ahau te maha o o koutou poka ke, me te kaha o o koutou hara: o koutou, e whakatupu kino nei i te tangata tika, e tango nei i te utu whakapati, e whakangau ke nei i ta te rawakore i te kuwaha.

For I have known — many [are] your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside.

13 Mo reira ka whakarongo puku te tangata tupato i taua wa; no te mea he wa kino.

Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it [is].

14 Rapua te pai, kauaka hoki te kino, kia ora ai koutou: penei ko Ihowa, ko te Atua o nga mano hei hoa mo koutou, hei pena ano me ta koutou e ki na.

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, And it is so; Jehovah, God of Hosts, [is] with you, as ye said.

15 Kinongia te kino, arohaina te pai, whakapumautia te whakawa ki te kuwaha: tera pea a Ihowa, te Atua o nga mano, ka aroha ki te toenga o Hohepa.

Hate evil, and love good, And set up judgment in the gate, It may be Jehovah, God of Hosts, doth pity the remnant of Joseph.

16 Mo reira tenei kupu a Ihowa, a te Atua o nga mano, a te Ariki, I nga waharoa katoa ko te tangi; ko ta ratou kupu i nga huarahi katoa, Aue! aue! ka karangatia te kaingaki whenua ki te tangi, me te hunga matau ki te uhunga, hei aue.

Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, the Lord, In all broad places [is] lamentation, And in all out-places they say, 'Alas, alas,' And called the husbandman to mourning, And to lamentation the skilful of wailing.

17 A he aue i nga mara waina katoa: ka tika atu hoki ahau i waenganui i a koe, e ai ta Ihowa.

And in all vineyards [is] lamentation, For I pass into thy midst, said Jehovah.

18 Aue, te mate mo koutou e hiahia nei ki te ra o Ihowa! Hei aha ma koutou te ra o Ihowa? he pouri hoki, ehara i te marama.

Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why [is] this to you — the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light,

19 Ka pera me te tangata i rere atu i te aroaro o te raiona, a ka tutaki te pea ki a ia; i haere ranei ki roto ki te whare, a okioki atu ana tona ringa ki te pakitara, na ngaua iho ia e te nakahi.

As [when] one fleeth from the face of the lion, And the bear hath met him, And he hath come in to the house, And hath leant his hand on the wall, And the serpent hath bitten him.

20 He teka ianei tera e pouri te ra o Ihowa, e kore e marama? tera e pouri kerekere, kahore hoki he marama i roto?

Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness?

21 E kino ana ahau, e whakarihariha ana ki a koutou hakari, a e kore ahau e ahuareka ki a koutou huihui nunui.

I have hated — I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints.

22 Ae ra, ahakoa whakaeke noa koutou i nga tahunga tinana, i a koutou whakahere totokore ki ahau, e kore e manakohia e ahau: e kore ano e tirohia e ahau nga whakahere mo te pai, ara a koutou mea momona.

For though ye cause burnt-offerings and your presents to ascend to Me, I am not pleased, And the peace-offering of your fatlings I behold not.

23 Maua atu kia matara i ahau te ngangau o au waiata; e kore hoki ahau e whakarongo ki te rangi o au hatere.

Turn aside from Me the noise of thy songs, Yea, the praise of thy psaltery I hear not.

24 Engari kia huri mai te whakawa ano he wai, te tika ano he awa nui.

And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.

25 I kawea mai koia e koutou ki ahau he patunga tapu, he whakahere totokore, e te whare o Iharaira, i te koraha, i nga tau e wha tekau?

Sacrifices and offering did ye bring nigh to Me, In a wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

26 Ae ra, kua maua e koutou a Hikutu, to koutou kingi, a Kiunu hoki, a koutou whakapakoko, te whetu o to koutou atua, i hanga nei e koutou ma koutou.

And ye bare Succoth your king, and Chiun your images, The star of your god, that ye made for yourselves.

27 Na ka whakaraua koutou e ahau ki ko atu i Ramahiku, e ai ta Ihowa nona nei te ingoa, Ko te Atua o nga mano.

And I removed you beyond Damascus, Said Jehovah, God of Hosts [is] His name.