Ihaia 35

1 Ka koa te koraha me te wahi mokemoke, ka hari te koraha, koia ano kei te rohi te whai puawai.

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

2 Nui atu te tupu, ka koa, ae ra, koa ana, waiata ana: ka hoatu te kororia o Repanona ki reira, te nui o Karamere, o Harono: ka kite ratou i te kororia o Ihowa, i te nui o to tatou Atua.

It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.

3 Whakakahangia nga ringa ngoikore, whakaungia nga turi ngonge.

Strengthen you the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

4 Mea atu ki te hunga ngakau potatutatu, Kia kaha, kaua e wehi: nana, ka haere mai to koutou Atua, me te rapu utu, me te whakautu a te Atua; ka haere mai ano ia ki te whakaora i a koutou.

Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; he will come and save you.

5 Ko reira nga kanohi o nga matapo kite ai, a ka puare nga taringa o nga turi.

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

6 Ko reira te kopa tupeke ai, ano he hata, ka waiata te arero o te whango; no te mea ka pakaru mai nga wai i te koraha, nga awa i te wahi titohea.

Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

7 Na ka meinga te kirikiri mumura hei harotoroto, te whenua maroke hei puputanga wai: a i te nohoanga i takoto ai nga kirehe mohoao, ko te tarutaru, ko te kakaho, ko te wiwi.

And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

8 Ka whai huanui ano a reira, me tetahi ara, ka kiia hoki, Ko te ara o te tapu; e kore te poke e haere i reira; engari ka waiho mo ratou; a ko te tangata haere ara, ahakoa he wairangi, e kore e he ki reira.

And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

9 Kahore o reira raiona, e kore ano tetahi kararehe kai kino e tika na reira, e kore e kitea ki reira; engari ka haereerea e te hunga i hokona.

No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:

10 Na, ko a Ihowa i hoko ai ka hoki mai, ka haere mai i runga i te waiata ki Hiona; i runga i o ratou mahunga ko te haringa e kore e mutu: ka whiwhi ratou ki te koa, ki te hari, a rere atu ana te pouri me te aue.

And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy on their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.