Ihaia 49
1 Whakarongo, e nga motu, ki ahau; kia whai whakaaro, e nga iwi o tawhiti; na Ihowa ahau i karanga, no te kopu mai ano; no nga whekau o toku whaea i whakahua ai ia i toku ingoa.
All you people who live on islands [in the ocean] and in other distant areas, pay attention [DOU] to what I will say! Yahweh called/chose me before I was born; he chose/appointed me when I was still in my mother’s womb.
2 A meinga iho e ia toku mangai hei hoari koi; huna ana ahau e ia ki te taumarumarunga iho o tona ringa; a meinga ana ahau e ia hei pere kua oti te oro; kuhua ana ahau e ia ki tana papa pere.
[When I grew up], he caused my messages to be like [SIM] a sharp sword. He has protected me with his hand [SYN]. [He protects me] [MET] like someone protects sharp arrows in a quiver.
3 I mea ano ia ki ahau, Ko koe taku pononga; ko Iharaira, mau ka whai kororia ai ahau.
He said to me, “You will serve my Israeli [people], and you will cause people to honor me.”
4 Ko ahau ia i mea, Maumau mauiui noa ahau, he kore noa iho, he tekateka noa i whakapaua ai e ahau toku kaha; raia, kei a Ihowa he whakawa moku, kei toku Atua hoki he wahi maku.
I replied, “My work has been useless; I have used my strength, but I have accomplished nothing worthwhile; everything that I have done has been (in vain/useless). However, Yahweh can honor me as he pleases; my God is the one who will reward me [as I deserve].”
5 Na akuanei, e ai ta Ihowa, nana nei ahau i whakaahua i te kopu hei tangata mana, hei whakahoki mai i a Hakopa ki a ia, kia kohikohia ai a Iharaira ki a ia; ka nui hoki ahau ki te aroaro o Ihowa, ko toku Atua hoki hei kaha moku;
Yahweh formed me when I was in [my mother’s] womb in order that I would serve him; he appointed me to bring [the people of] Israel back to himself [DOU]. Yahweh has honored me, and he is the one who has caused me to be strong.
6 Ae ra, i mea ia, He mea nohinohi kia waiho koe hei tangata maku, hei whakaara i nga iwi o Hakopa, hei whakahoki mai i nga oranga o Iharaira: ka hoatu ano koe e ahau hei marama ki nga tauiwi, kia ai koe hei whakaoranga maku, a te pito ra ano o te ao.
He says to me, “It is not enough for you to serve me by bringing the descendants of Jacob back to worship me again [DOU]; I also want you to be like [MET] a light for the non-Jews; I want you to take my [my message] about how to be saved to [people] all over the world.”
7 Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, a te kaihoko o Iharaira, a tona Mea Tapu hoki, ki ta te tangata e whakahawea nei, ki ta te iwi e whakarihariha nei, ki te pononga a nga ariki, Ka kite nga kingi, ka whakatika ano, ka koropiko hoki nga rangatira; he mea h oki na Ihowa, he pono hoki ia, na te Mea Tapu o Iharaira; nana hoki koe i whiriwhiri.
Yahweh, the one who saves us, the Holy God of us Israeli [people], says to the one who was despised and rejected by the [people of many] nations, the one who is the slave of rulers, “[Some day] kings will stand up to respect you when they see you, and princes will bow down before you because [you serve] me, Yahweh, the one who faithfully [does what I promise]. I am the Holy God to whom you Israelis belong, the one who has chosen you.”
8 Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa: No te ra manakohanga atu i whakahoki kupu ai ahau ki a koe, no te ra whakaora hoki i awhinatia ai koe e ahau; maku ano koe e tiaki, ka hoatu ano koe e ahau hei kawenata mo te iwi, hei whakaara i te whenua, hei mea kia no hoia nga kainga tupu kua ururuatia;
This is also what Yahweh says: “At a time when it pleases me, I will answer your prayers. On the day when you will be rescued [from your oppressors], I will help you. I will protect you and enable you to establish an agreement with other nations. And by what you do, I will re-establish your nation of Israel and allow you to live/settle again in your land that was abandoned.
9 Hei mea ki nga herehere, Haere; ki te hunga i te pouri, Whakaatu i a koutou: ka kai ratou ki nga ara, ka ai hoki he wahi kai ma ratou ki nga pukepuke katoa.
I will say to those who were captured [and (exiled/taken to Babylonia)], ‘Leave [Babylonia] and return to your own country!’ And I will say to those who are in dark prisons, ‘Come out into the light!’ When that happens, they will again be like [MET] sheep that eat grass in green pastures, on hills where [previously] there was no grass.
10 E kore ratou e matekai, e kore ano e matewai, e kore hoki te werawera, te ra ranei, e pakakinakina ki a ratou; no te mea ko to ratou kaiatawhai hei arahi i a ratou; mana hoki ratou e arahi ki nga puna wai.
They will not be hungry or thirsty [any more]; the hot sun will not beat upon them again [DOU]. I, Yahweh, will act mercifully toward them and lead them; I will lead them to where there are springs of cool water.
11 A ka waiho e ahau oku maunga katoa hei ara, ka whakateiteitia hoki oku huanui.
And I will cause the mountains to become [as though they were] level roads, and I will prepare good highways [for my people to travel on, to return to Jerusalem].
12 Nana, ka haere mai enei i tawhiti; nana, ko ena i te raki, i te taha hoki ki te uru, ko ena hoki i te whenua o Hinimi.
My people will return from far away; some will come from the north, some from the west, some from southern Egypt.”
13 Waiata, e nga rangi; kia hari hoki, e te whenua; kia pakaru mai ta koutou waiata, e nga maunga: ka whakamarie hoki a Ihowa i tana iwi, ka aroha hoki ki ana kua tukinotia nei.
[Because of what Yahweh has promised to do], everything should shout joyfully— the sky and the earth and the mountains should sing, because Yahweh comforts his people, and he will pity those who are suffering.
14 Otiia i mea a Hiona, Kua whakarerea ahau e Ihowa, kua wareware ahau i toku Ariki.
[The people of] Jerusalem say, “Yahweh has abandoned us; he has forgotten about us.”
15 Tera ranei e wareware i te wahine tana kohungahunga, a kore ake ona aroha ki te tamaiti a tona kopu? E wareware ano ratou: ko ahau nei, e kore ahau e wareware ki a koe.
But [Yahweh replies], “That is not true! (Can a woman forget the infant that she is nursing?/A woman certainly cannot forget the infant that she is nursing!) [RHQ] (Can she stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth?/She certainly cannot stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth!) [RHQ] But even if a woman would do that, I will not forget you!
16 Nana, kua taia koe e ahau ki nga kapu o oku ringa; kei toku aroaro tonu ou taiepa.
Note that I have written your [names] on the palms of my hands; in my mind I can always see the walls of your city.
17 Ka hohoro au tamariki; ka haere atu i roto i a koe ou kaiwawahi, ou kaiwhakamoti.
Soon your children will be returning there (OR, Those who rebuild your city will work more quickly than those who destroyed it), and all those who destroyed your city will leave.
18 Tahuri ake ou kanohi a karapoi noa, titiro hoki; ka huihui katoa ena, ka haere mai ki a koe. E ora ana ahau, e ai ta Ihowa, ina, ka kakahu koe i a ratou, ano he mea whakapaipai, ka herehere hoki i a ratou ki a koe, kei nga mea o te wahine marena hou te rite.
You will look around and see all of your children coming back to you. As surely as I live, they will be around you [for you to show to people] like [SIM] a bride shows her wedding ornaments!
19 Na, ko ou wahi ururua, ko ou wahi kua tuheatia me tou whenua kua huna, he pono ka kopiri rawa koe mo nga kainoho, a ka matara atu ou kaiwhakamoti.
Your land has been ruined and caused to become desolate/abandoned [DOU], but [some day] it will be filled with people, and those who conquered you will be far away.
20 Ko nga tamariki i whakapania ai koe, tera ano ratou e mea ki ou taringa, E kiki ana te wahi nei moku: whakawateatia atu, kia noho ai ahau.
The children who were born while you were (exiled/in Babylonia) [MET] will return [to Jerusalem] and say, ‘This city is too small for us; We need more space to live in!’
21 A ka mea koe i tou ngakau, Na wai enei i whanau ai ki ahau, kua whakakorea nei aku tamariki i ahau, he moke, he parau, he kopikopiko nei ahau? na wai ra enei i whakatupu ake? Nana, i waiho mokemoke ahau: ko enei, i hea ra enei?
Then you will think to yourselves [MTY], ‘It is amazing that we have [RHQ] all these children! Most of our children were dead, and the rest were exiled. We were left here alone; so we do not know [RHQ] where all these children have come from! Who raised them?'”
22 Ko te kupu tenei a te Ariki, a Ihowa, Nana, ka ara atu toku ringa ki nga tauiwi, ka tu hoki taku kara ki nga iwi: a ka maua mai e ratou au tama, awhi rawa ki o ratou uma, ka kawea mai hoki au tamahine i runga i o ratou pokohiwi.
This is what Yahweh our God says: “Watch! [It is as though] I will lift up my hand to signal to those who are not Israelis. And they will carry your little sons and daughters on their shoulders and bring them back to you.
23 A hei matua atawhai mou nga kingi, ko a ratou kuini hoki hei kaiwhakangote mou: ka piko iho ratou ki a koe, tapapa rawa ki te whenua, ka mitimiti hoki i te puehu o ou waewae: a ka mohio koe ko Ihowa ahau; e kore hoki te hunga e tatari ana ki aha u e whakama.
Kings will serve you and will tutor/teach your children, and their queens will take care of your young children. They will prostrate themselves in front of you and [humble themselves by] licking the dust off your feet. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do]; and those who trust in me will never be disappointed.”
24 Tera ranei e tangohia nga taonga parau i te tangata kaha, e mawhiti ranei te tangata kua tika nei tona hereherenga?
There is no one [RHQ] who can snatch valuable things from a soldier who has captured those things [in a war]; there is no one [RHQ] who can force a (tyrant/cruel man) to free the people whom he has captured.
25 Na ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Ina, ka tangohia mai nga herehere a te tangata kaha, ka whakahokia mai ano nga taonga parau a te nanakia: ka ngangare ano ahau ki te tangata e ngangare ana ki a koe, ka whakaora hoki i au tamariki.
But Yahweh says this: “[Some day], those who have been captured will be freed, and the valuable things that (tyrants/cruel men) have snatched from others will be returned, because I will fight against those who fight against you, and I will rescue your children.
26 A ka whangaia atu e ahau to ratou kikokiko ake ma ou kaiwhakatupu kino; ka haurangi ano ratou i o ratou ake toto, me te mea na te waina reka; a ka mohio nga kikokiko katoa ko ahau, ko Ihowa, e whakaora nei i a koe, ko tou kaihoko hoki, ko te Mea Nui o Hakopa.
And I will cause your enemies to destroy themselves [MET] instead of murdering others. When that happens, everyone [in the world] will know that I, Yahweh, am the one who saves you, the one who rescues you from your enemies; everyone will know that I am the mighty God to whom [you descendants of] [MTY] Jacob belong.”
