Ihaia 41
1 Whakarongoa i toku aroaro, e nga motu; a kia puta hou mai he kaha mo nga iwi: me neke mai ratou; a me korero ratou: tatou tahi me whakatata ki te whakawa.
Let the islands keep silence before me, and the nations take new strength: let them come near, and then speak, let us come near to judgment together.
2 Na wai i whakaara ake tetahi i te rawhiti, i karangatia e ia i runga i te tika ki tona waewae? homai ana e ia nga iwi ki tona aroaro, meinga ana ia e ia hei rangatira mo nga kingi; homai ana ratou e ia ano he puehu ki tana hoari, ano he kakau wit i e aia ana, ki tana kopere.
Who hath raised up the just one from the east, hath called him to follow him? he shall give the nations in his sight, and he shall rule over kings: he shall give them as the dust to his sword, as stubble driven by the wind, to his bow.
3 Whaia ana ratou e ia, haere ora atu ana ia; ae ra, i te ara kihai i haerea e ona waewae.
He shall pursue them, he shall pass in peace, no path shall appear after his feet.
4 Na wai oti tenei i mahi, karangaranga ai i nga whakatupuranga mai i te timatanga! Ko ahau, ko Ihowa, ko te timatanga, a kei nga whakamutunga, ko ahau nei.
Who hath wrought and done these things, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, I am the first and the last.
5 I kite nga motu, a wehi ana, pairi noa iho nga pito o te whenua, whakatata ana, haere mai ana.
The islands saw it, and feared, the ends of the earth were astonished, they drew near, and came.
6 Uru ana ratou ki te mahi a tona hoa, a tona hoa, me ta ratou ki ki tona tuakana, ki tona teina, Kia maia.
Every one shall help his neighbour, and shall say to his brother: Be of good courage.
7 Na kei te whakatenatena te kamura i te kaitahu koura, te kaiwhakamaeneene ki te hama, i te tangata e patu ana ki te paepae, ko tana kupu mo te whakapiringa, kei te pai; na whakaukia ana e ia ki te whao, te taea te whakanekeneke.
The coppersmith striking with the hammer encouraged him that forged at that time, saying: It is ready for soldering: and he strengthened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
8 Ko koe, e Iharaira, ko taku pononga, ko Hakopa, ko taku i whiriwhiri ai, ko te uri o taku i aroha ai, o Aperahama;
But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend:
9 Ko taku ano i tango mai ai i nga pito o te whenua; he mea karanga nei hoki koe naku i roto i ona topito; ko taku kupu hoki ki a koe, Ko koe taku pononga; he mea whiriwhiri koe naku, kahore koe e maka atu e ahau.
In whom I have taken thee from the ends of the earth, and from the remote parts thereof have called thee, and said to thee: Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee, and have not cast thee away.
10 Kaua e wehi; kei a koe nei hoki ahau; kaua ano e tirotiro; ko ahau nei hoki tou Atua: maku koe e whakakaha, ae ra, maku koe e awhina, ka tautokona ake ano koe e te ringa matau o toku tika.
Fear not, for I am with thee: turn not aside, for I am thy God: I have strengthened thee, and have helped thee, and the right hand of my just one hath upheld thee.
11 Nana, ka whakama, ka numinumi kau te hunga katoa e riri ana ki a koe: ka rite ki te kahore; ka ngaro te hunga e ngangare ana ki a koe.
Behold all that fight against thee shall be confounded and ashamed, they shall be as nothing, and the men shall perish that strive against thee.
12 Ka rapua ratou, ou hoariri, e koe, a e kore e kitea; ko te hunga i whawhai ki a koe, ka rite ki te kahore, ki te moti noa iho.
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find the men that resist thee: they shall be as nothing: and as a thing consumed the men that war against thee.
13 No te mea ko ahau, ko Ihowa, ko tou Atua, kei te pupuri i tou matau, kei te mea ki a koe, Kaua e wehi; ko ahau hei whakauru mou.
For I am the Lord thy God, who take thee by the hand, and say to thee: Fear not, I have helped thee.
14 Kaua e wehi, e te kutukutu, e Hakopa, e nga tangata o Iharaira; maku koe e awhina, e ai ta Ihowa, ta tou kaihoko, ta te Mea Tapu o Iharaira.
Fear not, thou worm of Jacob, you that are dead of Israel: I have helped thee, saith the Lord: and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel.
15 Nana, kua meinga koe e ahau hei patu witi, koi tonu, hou tonu, he whai niho: ka patua e koe nga maunga, a ngotangota noa; ko nga pukepuke, ka meinga e koe kia rite ki te papapa.
I have made thee as a new thrashing wain, with teeth like a saw: thou shall thrash the mountains, and break them in pieces: and shalt make the hills as chaff.
16 Rererere ana ratou i a koe, kahikina tonutia atu e te hau, titaritaria ake ratou e te paroro: ko koe ia ka hari ki a Ihowa, ka whakamanamana ki te Mea Tapu o Iharaira.
Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, in the Holy One of Israel thou shalt be joyful.
17 E rapu ana nga ware, nga rawakore i te wai, a kahore kau, he ake o ratou arero i te matewai: ka rongo ahau, a Ihowa, ki ta ratou; e kore ahau, te Atua o Iharaira, e whakarere i a ratou.
The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst. I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
18 Ka whakapuaretia e ahau he awa ki nga wahi tiketike, he puna wai i waenganui i nga raorao; ka meinga e ahau te koraha hei harotoroto wai, te whenua maroke hei puputanga wai.
I will open rivers in the high bills, and fountains in the midst of the plains: I will turn the desert into pools of waters, and the impassable land into streams of waters.
19 Ka whakatokia e ahau te koraha ki te hita, ki te kowhai, ki te ramarama, ki te rakau hinu; ka tu i ahau te kauri ki te titohea, te rimu, ratou tahi ano ko te ake.
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, and the thorn, and the myrtle, and the olive tree: I will set in the desert the fir tree, the elm, and the box tree together:
20 Kia kite ai ratou, kia mohio ai, kia mahara ai, kia matau ngatahi ai, he mea mahi tenei na te ringa o Ihowa; na te Mea Tapu o Iharaira tenei i hanga.
That they may see and know, and consider, and understand together that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
21 Kawea mai ta koutou totohe, e ai ta Ihowa; whakaputaina mai a koutou kupu kaha, e ai ta te Kingi o Hakopa.
Bring your cause near, saith the Lord: bring hither, if you have any thing to allege, saith the King of Jacob.
22 Me whakaputa mai e ratou, a me whakaatu mai ki a tatou nga mea meake pono mai: whakaaturia mai e koutou nga mea o te tuatahi, he pehea ranei, kia whakaaroarohia ai e tatou, kia mohiotia ai to ratou mutunga iho; korerotia ranei ki a tatou nga mea e puta a mua.
Let them come, and tell us all things that are to come: tell us the former things what they were: and we will set our heart upon them, and shall know the latter end of them, and tell us the things that are to come.
23 Whakaaturia nga mea e haere ake ana i muri, kia mohio ai matou he atua koutou: tena ra, mahia he pai, he kino ranei, kia wehi ai matou, kia kite ngatahi ai.
Shew the things that are to come hereafter, and we shall know that ye are gods. Do ye also good or evil, if you can: and let us speak, and see together.
24 Nana, no te kahore koutou, ko a koutou mahi no te kahore rawa; he mea whakarihariha te tangata nana koutou i whiriwhiri.
Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of that which hath no being: he that hath chosen you is an abomination.
25 Kua oho mai i ahau tetahi i te raki, a kua tae mai ia; no te rerenga mai o te ra tetahi e karanga ana ki toku ingoa: ko tona taenga mai ki nga rangatira, ano e eke ana ki te paru pokepoke, ano ko te kaihanga rihi e takatakahi ana i te paru.
I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come from the rising of the sun: he shall call upon my name, and he shall make princes to be as dirt, and as the potter treading clay.
26 Na wai i whakaatu mai i te timatanga, kia mohio ai tatou? na wai i nga wa onamata, mo ta tatou ki ake, He tika tana? ae ra, kihai i whakaaturia e tetahi, ae ra, kihai i korerotia e tetahi, kihai ano tetahi i rongo i a koutou korero.
Who bath declared from the beginning, that we may know: and from time of old, that we may say: Thou art just. There is none that sheweth, nor that foretelleth, nor that heareth your words.
27 Maku te kupu tuatahi ki Hiona, Nana, tenei ratou: a ka hoatu e ahau ki Hiruharama he kaikawe i te rongo pai.
The first shall say to Sion: Behold they are here, and to Jerusalem I will give an evangelist.
28 I titiro ano ahau, a kahore he tangata; na i roto i enei katoa kahore he kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro hei whakahoki kupu mai i taku uinga ki a ratou.
And I saw, and there was no one even among them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.
29 Nana, ko ratou katoa he horihori kau; he kore noa iho a ratou mahi: ko a ratou whakapakoko whakarewa he hau, he mea tikangakore.
Behold they are all in the wrong, and their works are vain: their idols are wind and vanity.
