Hohea 1

1 Ko te kupu a Ihowa i puta ki a Hohea tama a Peeri i nga ra o nga kingi o Hura, ara o Utia, o Iotama, o Ahata, o Hetekia, i nga ra hoki o Ieropoama tama a Ioaha kingi o Iharaira.

The word of the Lord which came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel.

2 I te korerotanga ai a Ihowa i te tuatahi, he mea korero na Hohea, i mea a Ihowa ki a Hohea, Haere, tangohia tetahi wahine mau, he mea kairau, etahi tamariki ano, he mea na te kairau: he nui hoki te kairautanga i kairau ai te whenua i te mea ka wh akarerea nei a Ihowa.

The start of the word of the Lord by Hosea: And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take for yourself a wife of loose ways, and children of the same, for the land has been untrue to the Lord.

3 Na haere ana ia, tikina ana e ia a Komere tamahine a Ripiraima. Na kua hapu tera, kua whanau ta raua tama.

So he took as his wife Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she gave birth to a son.

4 Na ka mea a Ihowa ki a ia, Huaina tona ingoa, ko Ietereere; no te mea tenei ake, he wa poto nei, ka rapu utu ahau mo te toto o Ietereere i te whare o Iehu, ka whakamutua ano e ahau te kingitanga o te whare o Iharaira.

And the Lord said to him, Give him the name of Jezreel, for after a little time I will send punishment for the blood of Jezreel on the line of Jehu, and put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

5 I taua ra ka whati i ahau te kopere a Iharaira ki te raorao o Ietereere.

And in that day I will let the bow of Israel be broken in the valley of Jezreel.

6 Na kua hapu ano ia, whanau ake he tamahine. A ka mea a Ihowa ki a ia, Huaina tona ingoa, ko Roruhama: no te mea e kore e atawhaitia e ahau te whare o Iharaira a muri ake nei, e murua ranei e ahau tetahi wahi a ratou.

And after that she gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said, Give her the name Lo-ruhamah; for I will not again have mercy on Israel, to give them forgiveness.

7 Engari te whare o Hura ka atawhaitia e ahau, ka meinga ano e ahau a Ihowa, to ratou Atua, hei whakaora i a ratou; e kore e meinga e ahau te kopere, te hoari, te whawhai, nga hoiho, nga kaieke hoiho ranei hei whakaora i a ratou.

But I will have mercy on Judah and will give them salvation by the Lord their God, but not by the bow or the sword or by fighting or by horses or horsemen.

8 A ka whakamutua e ia ta Roruhama kai u, ka hapu ia, a whanau ake he tama.

Now when Lo-ruhamah had been taken from the breast, the woman gave birth to a son.

9 Na ka mea a Ihowa, Huaina tona ingoa ko Roami: ehara hoki koutou i te iwi naku, ehara ano hoki ahau i te Atua no koutou.

And the Lord said, Give him the name Lo-ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be your God.

10 Ka rite ano ia te tokomaha o nga tama a Iharaira ki te onepu o te moana e kore nei e mehuatia, e kore e taua; na i te wahi i korerotia ai ki a ratou, Ehara koutou i te iwi naku, ko reira ano te kupu ki a ratou, He tama koutou na te Atua ora.

But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God

11 Ko reira ano nga tama a Hura ratou ko nga tama a Iharaira huihui ngatahi ai, whiriwhiri ai i te upoko kotahi mo ratou, ka haere mai ano ratou i te whenua: no te mea he nui te ra o Ietereere.

And the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together and take for themselves one head, and will go up from the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.