Ihaia 28

1 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!

Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower the glory of his joy, who were on the head of the fat valley, staggering with wine.

2 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.

Behold the Lord is mighty and strong, as a storm of hail: a destroying whirlwind, as the violence of many waters overflowing, and sent forth upon a spacious land.

3 Ka takahia e nga waewae te karauna whakapehapeha o te hunga haurangi o Eparaima.

The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet.

4 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.

And the fading flower the glory of his joy, who is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as a hasty fruit before the ripeness of autumn: which when he that seeth it shall behold, as soon as he taketh it in his hand, he will eat it up.

5 I taua ra ko Ihowa o nga mano hei karauna kororia, hei potae ataahua ki nga morehu o tana iwi:

In that day the Lord of hosts shall be a crown of glory, and a garland of joy to the residue of his people:

6 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.

And a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that return out of the battle to the gate.

7 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.

But these also have been ignorant through wine, and through drunkenness have erred: the priest and the prophet have been ignorant through drunkenness, they are swallowed up with wine, they have gone astray in drunkenness, they have not known him that seeth, they have been ignorant of judgment.

8 Ki tonu hoki nga tepu katoa i te ruaki, i te paru, kahore he wahi ma.

For all tables were full of vomit and filth, so that there was no more place.

9 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?

Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the hearing? them that are weaned from the milk, that are drawn away from the breasts.

10 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.

For command, command again; command, command again; expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there.

11 Engari ma etahi tangata rere ke nga ngutu, he reo ke te reo e korero ai ia ki tenei iwi:

For with the speech of lips, and with another tongue he will speak to this people.

12 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.

To whom he said: This is my rest, refresh the weary, and this is my refreshing: and they would not hear.

13 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.

And the word of the Lord shall be to them: Command, command again; command, command again: expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there: that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

14 Mo reira whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowa, e te hunga whakahi, e nga rangatira o tenei iwi i Hiurharama:

Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, who rule over my people that is in Jerusalem.

15 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)

For you have said: We have entered into a league with death, and we have made a covenant with hell. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come upon us: for we have placed our hope in lies, and by falsehood we are protected. (Sheol h7585)

16 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.

Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will lay a stone in the foundations of Sion, a tried stone, a corner stone, a precious stone, founded in the foundation. He that believeth, let him not hasten.

17 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.

And I will set judgment in weight, and justice in measure: and hail shall overturn the hope of falsehood: and waters shall overflow its protection.

18 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)

And Sour league with death shall be abolished, and your covenant with hell shall not stand: when the overflowing scourge shall pass, you shall be trodden down by it. (Sheol h7585)

19 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.

Whensoever it shall pass through, it shall take you away: because in the morning early it shall pass through, in the day and in the night, and vexation alone shall make you understand what you hear.

20 He poto hoki te moenga, e kore e wharoro te tangata; he whaiti te hipoki, e kore e taea te roropi mai.

For the bed is straitened, so that one must fall out, and a short covering cannot cover both.

21 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.

For the Lord shall stand up as in the mountain of divisions: he shall be angry as in the valley which is in Gabaon: that he may do his work, his strange work: that he may perform his work, his work is strange to him.

22 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.

And now do not mock, lest your bonds be tied strait. For I have heard of the Lord the God of hosts a consumption and a cutting short upon all the earth.

23 Kia whai taringa mai, whakarongo hoki ki toku reo; mahara mai, whakarongo ki taku korero.

Give ear, and hear my voice, hearken, and hear my speech.

24 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?

Shall the ploughman plough all the day to sow, shall he open and harrow his ground?

25 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?

Will he not, when he hath made plain the surface thereof, sow gith, and scatter cummin, and put wheat in order, and barley, and millet, and vetches in their bounds?

26 Ko tona Atua hoki hei whakaako i a ia ki te tikanga pai, hei tohutohu ano i a ia.

For he will instruct him in judgment: his God will teach him.

27 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.

For gith shall not be thrashed with saws, neither shall the cart wheel turn about upon cummin: but gith shall be beaten out with a rod, and cummin with a staff.

28 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.

But bread corn shall be broken small: but the thrasher shall not thrash it for ever, neither shall the cart wheel hurt it, nor break it with its teeth.

29 E puta mai ana hoki tenei i a Ihowa o nga mano, he mea whakamiharo nei ona whakaaro, he nui ano ana tikanga.

This also is come forth from the Lord God of hosts, to make his counsel wonderful, and magnify justice.