Ihaia 18

1 Ha, ko te whenua e kapakapa nei nga parirau i tera taha o nga wai o Etiopia!

woe! land: country/planet buzzing wing which from side: beyond to/for river Cush

2 E unga karere nei i runga i te moana, a ko o ratou kaipuke he kakaho i runga i nga wai, e ki ana, Haere, e nga karere tere, ki tetahi iwi roroa, maheni hoki, ki te iwi i wehingia i to ratou timatanga iho a mohoa noa nei; ki te iwi he mahi ruri ne i, he takatakahi nei tana, ko tona whenua wahia iho e nga awa.

[the] to send: depart in/on/with sea envoy and in/on/with article/utensil reed upon face: surface water to go: went messenger swift to(wards) nation to draw and to smooth to(wards) people to fear from he/she/it and further nation might might and subjugation which to divide river land: country/planet his

3 E nga tangata katoa o te ao, e te hunga e noho ana i te whenua, titiro mai, ina whakaarahia te kara ki runga i nga maunga; whakarongo mai, ina whakatangihia te tetere.

all to dwell world and to dwell land: country/planet like/as to lift: raise ensign mountain: mount to see: see and like/as to blow trumpet to hear: hear

4 Ko ta Ihowa kupu hoki tenei ki ahau, Ka ata noho ahau, ka titiro hoki i toku nohoanga; ka rite ahau ki te mahana i te mea ka mahea, ka rite ki te kapua tomairangi i te mahana o te kotinga.

for thus to say LORD to(wards) me (to quiet *Q(k)*) and to look in/on/with foundation my like/as heat dazzling upon light like/as cloud dew in/on/with heat harvest

5 Hei mua hoki i te kotinga, kia ngahoro te puawai, kia puta ki te puawai he karepe e maoa haere ana, na ka hatepea atu e ia nga peka ririki ki te tapahi peka, a ko nga manga ka tangohia, ka tapahia ki raro.

for to/for face: before harvest like/as to finish flower and unripe grape to wean to be flower and to cut: cut [the] tendril in/on/with pruner and [obj] [the] tendril to turn aside: remove to strike away

6 Ka waiho ngatahi atu ratou ma nga manu tokokai o nga maunga, ma nga kararehe hoki o te whenua; ka whakatau nga manu tokokai ki runga ki a ratou i te raumati, ka whakakainga hoki nga kararehe katoa o te whenua ki reira i te hotoke.

to leave: forsake together to/for bird of prey mountain: mount and to/for animal [the] land: country/planet and to summer upon him [the] bird of prey and all animal [the] land: country/planet upon him to winter

7 I taua wa ka maua mai he hakari ki a Ihowa o nga mano, o te iwi roroa, maheni hoki, na te iwi i wehingia i to ratou timatanga iho, a mohoa noa nei, na te iwi he mahi ruri nei, he takatakahi nei tana, a ko tona whenua wahia iho e nga awa, ki te wa hi o te ingoa o Ihowa o nga mano, ki Maunga Hiona.

in/on/with time [the] he/she/it to conduct gift to/for LORD Hosts people to draw and to smooth and from people to fear from he/she/it and further nation might might and subjugation which to divide river land: country/planet his to(wards) place name LORD Hosts mountain: mount Zion