Ihaia 44
1 Na whakarongo, e taku pononga, e Hakopa, e Iharaira, e taku i whiriwhiri ai.
Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.
2 Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, a tou kaihanga, nana nei koe i whakaahua i roto i te kopu, mana nei koe e awhina, Kaua e wehi, e Hakopa, e taku pononga, e Iehuruna, e taku i whiriwhiri ai.
This is what the LORD who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
3 No te mea ka ringihia e ahau he wai ki runga ki te tangata matewai, he awa ki te wahi maroke: ka ringihia e ahau toku wairua ki ou uri, taku manaaki ki tau whanau.
For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring;
4 A ka tupu ratou i waenga taru, ano he wirou i te taha o nga rerenga wai.
and they will spring up amongst the grass, as willows by the watercourses.
5 Ka ki ake tenei, Na Ihowa ahau; ko tetahi atu, karangatia ana e ia ko Hakopa hei ingoa mona; ko tetahi atu, tuhituhi ana tona ringa ki a Ihowa, whakahuatia ake e ia ko Iharaira hei ingoa mona.
One will say, ‘I am the LORD’s.’ Another will be called by the name of Jacob; and another will write with his hand ‘to the LORD,’ and honour the name of Israel.”
6 Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, a te Kingi o Iharaira, a tona kaihoko ano, a Ihowa o nga mano, Ko ahau te tuatahi ko ahau ano te mutunga; Kahore atu hoki he atua, ko ahau anake.
This is what the LORD, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the LORD of Hosts, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
7 Ko wai hoki hei rite moku, hei karanga, hei whakaatu, hei whakarite kia noho rarangi, mai o toku whakaritenga i te iwi onamata? a ma ratou e whakaatu nga mea meake puta mai, me nga mea ano e puta a mua.
Who is like me? Who will call, and will declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? Let them declare the things that are coming, and that will happen.
8 Kaua e wehi, kaua e pawera: kihai ianei i korerotia e ahau ki a koe nga mea onamata, i whakaaturia hoki? ko koutou ano hei kaiwhakaatu moku. Tera atu ranei tetahi atua ke? ae ra, kahore he kamaka; kahore ahau e mohio ki tetahi.
Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”
9 Ko nga kaiwhakaahua o te whakapakoko, he horihori katoa ratou; kahore hoki he pai o a ratou mea ahuareka: ko o ratou kaiwhakaatu kahore e kite, kahore e mohio; e whakama ai ratou.
Everyone who makes a carved image is vain. The things that they delight in will not profit. Their own witnesses don’t see, nor know, that they may be disappointed.
10 Ko wai te kaiwhakaahua o tetahi atua, te kaiwhakarewa ranei o te whakapakoko kahore nei ona pai?
Who has fashioned a god, or moulds an image that is profitable for nothing?
11 Nana, ko ona hoa katoa, ka whakama: ko nga kaimahi ano, he tangata nei ratou: kia huihui mai ratou katoa, tu ai. Ka wehi, ka whakama ngatahi.
Behold, all his fellows will be disappointed; and the workmen are mere men. Let them all be gathered together. Let them stand up. They will fear. They will be put to shame together.
12 E hangaia ana e te parakimete he toki, ka mahi i roto i nga waro, whakaahuatia ana e ia ki te hama, puta ana te kaha o tona ringa ki te mahi i taua mea; ka hemo ano ia i te kai, kore noa iho he kaha; kahore e inu i te wai, mauiui noa iho.
The blacksmith takes an axe, works in the coals, fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. He is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.
13 Ko te kamura, whakamarokia mai ana e ia te aho, tuhia iho e ia ki te pene, mahia ana e ia ki te waru; tohungia ana e ia ki te kapehu, mahia ana e ia kia rite ki te ahua o te tangata, ki te ataahua ano o te tangata; hei mea mo roto i te whare.
The carpenter stretches out a line. He marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes. He marks it out with compasses, and shapes it like the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to reside in a house.
14 Tuaina ana e ia he hita mana, tikina ana e ia te kaiperi, me te oki, a whakapakaritia ana e ia mana tetahi i roto i nga rakau o te ngahere; whakatokia ana e ia te ahe hei whakatupu ma te ua.
He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one amongst the trees of the forest. He plants a cypress tree, and the rain nourishes it.
15 Katahi ka waiho hei wahie ma te tangata: ka tangohia hoki e ia tetahi wahi hei whakamahana i a ia; ina, whakaungia ana e ia, hei tunu taro; na kei te hanga ano ia i tetahi atua, koropikoria atu ana e ia; mahia ana e ia hei whakapakoko, tapapa to nu atu ki reira.
Then it will be for a man to burn; and he takes some of it and warms himself. Yes, he burns it and bakes bread. Yes, he makes a god and worships it; he makes it a carved image, and falls down to it.
16 Ko tetahi wahi o taua rakau, e tahuna ana e ia ki te ahi, ko tetahi wahi, hei mea i te kikokiko hei kai mana; tunua ana e ia tana e tunu ai, a ka makona: ae ra, ka mahana ano ia, a ka mea, Ha, kua mahana ahau, kua kite i te ahi.
He burns part of it in the fire. With part of it, he eats meat. He roasts a roast and is satisfied. Yes, he warms himself and says, “Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire.”
17 Ko te toenga, hanga ake e ia hei atua, hei whakapakoko mana: tapapa ana ia, koropiko ana, inoi ana ki taua mea, ka mea, Whakaorangia ahau; ko koe nei hoki toku atua.
The rest of it he makes into a god, even his engraved image. He bows down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”
18 Kahore ratou e mohio, kahore e mahara; no te mea kua araia e ia o ratou kanohi kei kite, o ratou ngakau kei matau.
They don’t know, neither do they consider, for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see, and their hearts, that they can’t understand.
19 Kahore hoki e anga ake te ngakau o tetahi, kahore e mohio, kahore e matau, e ki ake ai ia, Ko tetahi wahi o tenei i tahunga e ahau ki te ahi; i tunua ano e ahau he taro ki ona ngarahu, tunua ana e ahau he kikokiko, kainga ake e ahau; a kia meing a e ahau te toenga o taua rakau hei mea whakarihariha? me tapapa ranei ahau ki te take rakau?
No one thinks, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, “I have burnt part of it in the fire. Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals. I have roasted meat and eaten it. Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination? Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?”
20 Ko tana kai, he pungarehu; kua tinihangatia tona ngakau, a ngau ke ana ia, te whakaora ia i tona wairua, te ki ake ranei, Kahore ranei he korero teka i toku matau?
He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can’t deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
21 Kia mahara ki enei, e Hakopa, e Iharaira; he pononga hoki koe naku; naku koe i whai ahua ai, he pononga hoki koe naku: e Iharaira, e kore koe e wareware i ahau.
Remember these things, Jacob and Israel, for you are my servant. I have formed you. You are my servant. Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
22 Ko ou he, murua ake e ahau, me te mea he kapua matotoru; ko ou hara, me te mea he kapua: hoki mai ki ahau; naku hoki koe i hoko.
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.
23 Waiata, e nga rangi, he mahi hoki tenei na Ihowa. Hamama, e nga wahi o raro rawa o te whenua. Kia pakaru mai ta koutou waiata, e nga maunga, e te ngahere, e nga rakau katoa o reira; no te mea kua oti a Hakopa te hoko e Ihowa, kua whai kororia ia i a Iharaira.
Sing, you heavens, for the LORD has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
24 Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, a tou kaihoko, nana nei koe i whai ahua ai, no roto mai ano i te kopu, Ko Ihowa ahau, ko te kaihanga o nga mea katoa, naku anake nga rangi i hora, naku i takoto ai te whenua: ko wai toku hoa?
The LORD, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb says: “I am the LORD, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;
25 Ko nga tohu a te hunga korero teka he ana i a ia, ko nga tohunga tuaahu whakahaurangitia ana e ia; ko te hunga whakaaro nui, whakahokia ana e ia ki muri, ko to ratou matauranga, whakapoauautia iho.
who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
26 Mana pu i a ia te kupu a tana pononga, te whakaaro a ana karere rite rawa i a ia; ko tana kupu ki Hiruharama, Ka nohoia koe; ki nga pa o Hura, Ka hanga koutou; maku ano e whakaara ona wahi kua ururuatia.
who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited;’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be built,’ and ‘I will raise up its waste places;’
27 Ko tana kupu ki te rire, Kia mimiti: maku ano e whakamaroke ou awa.
who says to the deep, ‘Be dry,’ and ‘I will dry up your rivers,’
28 Ko tana kupu mo Hairuha, He hepara ia naku, ka rite ano i a ia taku katoa i pai ai; mana hoki e ki ki Hiruharama, Ka hanga koe; a ki te temepara, Ka whakatakotoria ou turanga.
who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,’ even saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be built;’ and of the temple, ‘Your foundation will be laid.’”
