Hapakuku 2

1 Ka tu ahau ki taku mahi tiaki, ka whakanoho i ahau ki te taumaihi, ka tutei atu, ka titiro atu, ko te aha e kiia mai e ia ki ahau, a ko te aha e whakahokia e ahau ina riria taku.

I will stand at my watch and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.

2 Na ka utua mai taku e Ihowa; i ki mai ia, Tuhituhia te kite, kia marama rawa ki nga papa, kia tere ai te kaikorero.

The LORD answered me, “Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who runs may read it.

3 Mo tona wa ano hoki i whakaritea ai te kite, a e whawhai ana ia ki te mutunga, a e kore e teka; ahakoa roa ia, tatari atu ki a ia; no te mea he pono rawa ka puta mai; e kore e whakaroa.

For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it, because it will surely come. It won’t delay.

4 Nana, kei te whakakake tona ngakau, kahore e tika i roto i a ia: ma tona whakapono ia ki ora ai te tangata tika.

Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.

5 Ae ra hoki, he mea nanakia te waina, he tangata whakakake, kahore e ata noho i te kainga; ko tona hiahia whakanuia ake e ia ano ko te reinga; kei te mate tona rite, e kore ano e ngata, e tawhiua ana hoki e ia nga iwi katoa ki a ia, e tuapuatia an a nga tangata katoa ki a ia: (Sheol h7585)

Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous: an arrogant man who doesn’t stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol; he is like death and can’t be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations and heaps to himself all peoples. (Sheol h7585)

6 E kore ianei e whakahuatia e enei katoa he kupu whakatauki mona, he whakapeka taunu ano mona, a ka mea, Aue, te mate mo te tangata e ami ana i te mea ehara nei i a ia! he pehea ra te roa? mo te tangata ano e haupu ake ana i te taunaha ki runga ki a ia!

Won’t all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?’

7 E kore ianei e maranga ohorere ake nga kaingau mou? e kore ianei e ara nga kaiwhakatoi i a koe, a ka waiho koe hei taonga parau ma ratou?

Won’t your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?

8 No te mea he maha nga iwi i pahuatia e koe, na ka pahuatia koe e nga toenga katoa o nga iwi; he mea hoki mo te toto o nga tangata, mo te mahi nanakia ki te whenua, ki te pa, a ki nga tangata katoa ano i reira.

Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.

9 Aue, te mate mo te tangata, he kino nei te apo i apo taonga ai ia mo tona whare, he mea kia tiketike ake ai tona kohanga, kia ora ai ia i te kaha o te kino!

Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

10 Kua takoto i a koe he whakama mo tou whare i tau hatepenga atu i nga iwi maha; kua hara ano ki tou wairua ake.

You have devised shame to your house by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.

11 Ka karanga hoki te kohatu i roto i te pakitara, ka whakahoki kupu ano te kurupae i roto i nga rakau.

For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.

12 Aue, te mate mo te tangata e hanga ana i te pa ki te toto, e whakau ana hoki i te pa ki te he!

Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!

13 He teka ianei na Ihowa o nga mano i mauiui ai nga tangata i roto i te ahi, i ruha ai nga iwi i te kahore noa iho?

Behold, isn’t it from the LORD of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

14 Ka kapi hoki te whenua i te matauranga ki te kororia o Ihowa, ano ko nga wai e taupoki ana i te moana.

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD’s glory, as the waters cover the sea.

15 Aue, te mate mo te tangata e mea ana i tona hoa kia inu, e apiti atu ana i te mea nanakia ki tera, e whakahaurangi ana hoki i a ia, kia titiro ai koe ki a ratou e takoto tahanga ana!

“Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies!

16 E ki ana koe i te whakama, kahore i te kororia: e inu hoki koe, kia waiho ai koe, ano he mea kokotikore: ka anga mai ki a koe te kapu a to Ihowa ringa matau, a he whakama whakarihariha ka tau ki runga ki tou kororia.

You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink and be exposed! The cup of the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.

17 Ko te mahi nanakia hoki ki Repanona hei taupoki mou, me te whakangaromanga o nga kararehe i wehingia ra e ratou; mo te toto hoki o nga tangata, mo te mahi nanakia ki te whenua, ki te pa, ki nga tangata ano o reira.

For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals will terrify you, because of men’s blood and for the violence done to the land, to every city and to those who dwell in them.

18 He aha te pai o te whakapakoko i whaoa ai e tona kaihanga; o te whakapakoko whakarewa ano, o te kaiwhakaako ki te teka, i whakawhirinaki ai tona kaihanga ki tana mahi, ka mahi i nga whakapakoko wahangu?

“What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?

19 Aue, te mate mo te tangata e mea ana ki te rakau, Maranga; ki te kohatu reokore, E ara! ma tenei koia e whakaako? Nana, kua oti te koura, te hiriwa, te whakapiri ki a ia, a kahore rawa he wairua i roto.

Woe to him who says to the wood, ‘Awake!’ or to the mute stone, ‘Arise!’ Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all within it.

20 Kei tona temepara tapu ia a Ihowa. Whakarongoa, e te whenua katoa, i tona aroaro.

But the LORD is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!”