Ihaia 50
1 Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Kei hea ianei te pukapuka whakarere o to koutou whaea, i whakarerea ai ia e ahau? Ko wai ranei te tangata, i ahau ana moni, i hokona atu ai koutou e ahau ki a ia? Nana, he kino no koutou i hokona atu ai koutou, na a kout ou mahi whanoke ano i whakarerea ai to koutou whaea.
Thus says the LORD, "Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Look, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
2 Na te aha i taku haerenga mai i kore ai he tangata, he aha i taku karangatanga i kore ai tetahi e oho ake? kua mutua koia toku ringa, te tau ai te araarai? kua kore ranei he kaha moku hei whakaora? Nana, maku, ma taku kupu riri, ka maroke ai te m oana, ka meinga ai nga awa hei koraha: piro ana o ratou ika i te waikore, ka mate hoki i te matewai.
Why, when I came, was there no man? When I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can't redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Look, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
3 E whakakakahu ana ahau i nga rangi ki te mangu, uhia iho te taratara hei hipoki mo ratou.
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering."
4 Kua homai ki ahau e te Ariki, e Ihowa, he arero matau, kia mohio ai ahau ki te ata ngarahu atu i te korero ki te tangata e mauiui ana. E whakaara ana ia i tenei ata, i tenei ata, e whakaara ana i toku taringa ki te whakarongo kia pera me ta te hu nga mohio.
The LORD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary: he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
5 Kua oti te whakatuwhera e te Ariki, e Ihowa toku taringa, kihai hoki ahau i tutu, kihai i hoki whakamuri.
The LORD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.
6 Tukua atu ana e ahau toku tuara ki nga kaiwhiu, oku paparinga ki nga kaihutihuti; ko toku kanohi kihai i huna kei whakama, kei tuwhaina.
I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who tore out my beard; I did not cover my face from insults and spitting.
7 No te mea ka awhinatia mai ahau e te Ariki, e Ihowa; koia ahau te whakama ai; koia i whakamarotia ai e ahau toku kanohi ano he kiripaka; e mohio ana hoki ahau e kore ahau e whakama.
But the LORD will help me; therefore I have not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be disappointed.
8 E tata ana te kaiwhakatikatika moku; ko wai hei whawhai ki ahau? kia tu ngatahi taua: ko wai he hoariri moku? kia tata mai ia ki ahau.
He is near who justifies me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.
9 Nana, ko te Ariki, ko Ihowa, hei awhina moku; ko wai hei whakahe i ahau? Nana, ka tawhitotia katoatia ratou ano he kakahu, ka pau ratou i te purehurehu.
Look, the LORD will help me; who is he who shall condemn me? Look, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.
10 Ko wai o koutou e wehi ana i a Ihowa, e rongo ana ki te reo o tana pononga; ko te tangata e haere ana i te pouri, kahore hoki he whakamarama, kia okioki ia ki te ingoa o Ihowa, kia taupuhipuhi atu ki tona Atua.
Who is among you who fears the LORD, who listens to the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of the LORD, and rely on his God.
11 Nana, e koutou katoa e tahu na i te ahi, e whitiki na i a koutou ki nga rama muramura; haere i te marama o ta koutou ahi, i nga rama muramura hoki i whakangihaia na e koutou. Tenei ta toku ringa mo koutou, ka takoto iho koutou me te tangi ano.
Look, all you who kindle a fire, who adorn yourselves with flaming arrows around yourselves; walk in the light of your fire, and among the flaming arrows that you have kindled. You shall have this of my hand; you shall lie down in sorrow.
