Heremaia 5
1 E oma, kopikopiko koutou i nga ara o Hiruharama, tirohia kia mohio ai koutou, rapua i nga waharoa o reira, me kahore e kite i tetahi tangata, mehemea tera he tangata e whakarite pai ana, e rapu ana i te pono; a ka murua e ahau nga he o reira.
Run ye through the streets of Jerusalem, [[saith Jehovah, ]] And see now, and know, and seek in her broad places If ye can find a single man, If there be one that doeth justice, That seeketh uprightness, And I will forgive her.
2 Na ahakoa mea noa ratou, Kei te ora a Ihowa; he pono he oati teka ta ratou.
Yea, though they say, “As Jehovah liveth!” Yet do they swear falsely.
3 He teka ianei, e Ihowa, kei runga ou kanohi i te pono? i whiua ratou e koe, heoi kihai i pouri; moti iho ratou i a koe, heoi kahore i pai kia anga mai ki te ako; kua meinga e ratou o ratou mata kia maro atu i te kohatu, kua kore e pai ki te hoki mai.
Are not thine eyes upon the truth, O Jehovah! Thou hast smitten them, but they have not grieved; Thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction; They have made their faces harder than a rock; They have refused to return.
4 Koia ahau i mea ai, He pono he rawakore enei, he kuware, kahore hoki ratou e mohio ki te ara a Ihowa, ki te whakarite a to ratou Atua;
Then I said, These are only the poor; They are foolish, because they know not the way of Jehovah, The law of their God.
5 Ka haere ahau ki nga tangata rarahi, ka korero ki a ratou; e mohio ana hoki ratou ki te ara a Ihowa, ki te whakarite a to ratou Atua: heoi ko enei, kotahi tonu ratou tahi nana i wawahi te ioka, i motumotu hoki nga here.
I will get me to the great ones, And I will speak to them; For they know the way of Jehovah, The law of their God. But these also have together broken the yoke; They have burst the bands.
6 Mo reira ka whakamatea ratou e te raiona i roto i te ngahere, ka pahuatia e te wuruhi o nga ahiahi, ka tuteia o ratou pa e te reparo, ko te hunga katoa e puta mai ki waho ka haehaea; he maha hoki o ratou pokanga ketanga, kua nui haere o ratou tah uritanga ketanga.
Therefore the lion out of the forest shall slay them, And the evening wolf shall destroy them. The leopard shall keep watch upon their cities; Every one that goeth out from them shall be torn in pieces; Because their transgressions are multiplied, Their rebellions are increased.
7 Me pehea e murua ai e ahau tenei he ou? kua whakarere nei au tama i ahau, oatitia ana e ratou nga mea ehara nei i te atua; i to ratou makonatanga i taku kai, na kei te puremu, ropu tonu ratou i roto i nga whare o nga wahine kairau.
How can I pardon thee for this? [[saith Jehovah; ]] Thy children have forsaken me, And sworn by them that are no gods. I have fed them to the full, yet do they commit adultery, And assemble themselves in crowds in the house of the harlot.
8 Ko to ratou rite kei te hoiho whangai i te ata: e tangi ana ki te wahine a tona hoa, a tona hoa.
They are as well-fed horses in the morning; Every one neigheth after his neighbor's wife.
9 E kore ianei ahau e whiu mo enei mea? e ai ta Ihowa: e kore ianei toku wairua e rapu utu i te iwi penei?
Shall I not punish for these things, saith Jehovah? Shall I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?
10 Haere koutou ki runga ki ona taiepa wawahi ai; otiia kaua e whakapaua rawatia; whakakahoretia ona pekerangi; ehara hoki ena i a Ihowa
Go ye up upon her walls and destroy! Yet make ye not a full end! Take ye away her branches, For they belong not to Jehovah!
11 He nui hoki te tinihanga o te whare o Iharaira raua ko te whare o Hura ki ahau, e ai ta Ihowa.
For they have proved false to me, The house of Israel and the house of Judah, saith Jehovah.
12 Kua whakakahore ratou ki ta Ihowa, kua mea, ehara i a ia; e kore hoki te he e tae mai ki a tatou; e kore ano tatou e kite i te hoari, i te hemokai.
They have denied Jehovah, And have said, “It is not He; Evil shall not come upon us, Nor shall we see sword or famine.
13 Ko nga poropiti he hau kau, kahore hoki he kupu i a ratou: ko enei mea ka pa ki a ratou.
The prophets are but wind, And the word is not in them; Thus may it happen to them!”
14 Na reira tenei kupu a Ihowa, a te Atua o nga mano, Mo ta koutou korerotanga i tena kupu, tenei ahau te mea nei i aku kupu i roto i tou mangai hei ahi, ko tenei iwi hoki hei rakau, a ka pau ratou.
Therefore thus saith Jehovah, God of hosts: Because ye say such things, Behold, I will make thy words in thy mouth fire, And this people wood, And it shall devour them.
15 Tenei ahau te kawe nei i tetahi iwi o tawhiti ki a koutou, e te whare o Iharaira, e ai ta Ihowa; he iwi kaha, he iwi nonamata riro, he iwi kahore nei koe e mohio ki tona reo, kahore ano hoki e marama ki tana e korero ai.
Behold, I will bring against you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah; It is a mighty nation; It is an ancient nation; A nation whose language thou dost not know, And whose words thou canst not understand.
16 Ko tana papa pere he urupa tuwhera, he tangata marohirohi katoa ratou.
Their quiver is like an open sepulchre; They are all mighty men.
17 A ka pau i a ratou au hua e kotia ana, me tau taro, nga kai hei kainga ma au tama, ma au tamahine; ka pau i a ratou au hipi me au kau; ka pau i a ratou au waina me au piki; ka hautopea iho ki te hoari ou pa taiepa, au i whakawhirinaki ai.
They shall consume thy harvest and thy bread; They shall consume thy sons and thy daughters; They shalt consume thy sheep and thy oxen; They shall consume thy vine and thy fig-tree; They shall destroy with the sword thy fortified cities, In which thou placest thy trust.
18 Ahakoa i aua ra ano, e ai ta Ihowa, e kore e whakapaua rawatia taku ki a koutou.
Yet even in those days, saith Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you.
19 Na, ki te ki mai koutou a mua, He aha a Ihowa, to tatou Atua i mea ai i enei mea katoa ki a tatou? ko reira koe ki atu ai ki a ratou, Ka pena i a koutou kua whakarere na i ahau, kua mahi na ki nga atua ke i to koutou whenua, waihoki ka mahi kout ou ki nga tangata ke i te whenua ehara nei i a koutou.
And when they shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God brought all these things upon us? Then shalt thou say to them, “As ye have forsaken me, And served strange gods in your land, So shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.”
20 Whakaaturia tenei i roto i te whare o Hakopa, kia rangona ano i roto i a Hura; mea atu,
Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, And publish it in Judah, saying:
21 Tena, whakarongo ki tenei, e te iwi wairangi kahore nei he ngakau, he kanohi nei o ratou, heoi kahore e kite, he taringa o ratou, a kahore e rongo.
Hear ye now this, O foolish people and without understanding, Who have eyes and see not, Who have ears and hear not!
22 Kahore ranei o koutou wehi ki ahau? e ai ta Ihowa; e kore ianei koutou e hopohopo ki toku aroaro? naku nei hoki i mea te onepu hei rohe ki te moana, he tikanga mau tonu, e kore ano e koni mai: ahakoa ngana noa ona ngaru, e kore e taea ta ratou; hamama noa, e kore ano e koni mai.
Will ye not fear me, saith Jehovah? Will ye not tremble before me, Who appointed the sand a bound to the sea, A perpetual barrier, which it cannot pass? Though the waves thereof toss themselves, Yet do they not prevail, Though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.
23 Ko tenei iwi ia, he tutu, he whakakeke o ratou ngakau; kua peka ke atu ratou, kua riro.
But this people hath a revolting and rebellious heart; They revolt continually.
24 Kahore hoki a ratou kianga ake i roto i o ratou ngakau, Tena, kia wehi tatou ki a Ihowa, ki to tatou Atua, ko ia nei te kaihomai i te ua; i to mua, i to muri, i te wa e tika ai; nana nei i mau ai ki a tatou nga wiki i whakaritea mo te kotinga.
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, Who giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season, And secureth to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
25 Na o koutou he enei i puta ke ai, ko o koutou hara ano hei kaiponu atu i te pai i a koutou.
Your iniquities have turned away these things, And your sins have withholden that which is good from you.
26 E kitea ana hoki he hunga kino i roto i taku iwi: titiro matatau mai ana ratou, me te mea he kaihopu manu e kupapa ana; kei te whakatakoto mahanga ratou, kei te hopu tangata.
For among my people are found wicked men, Who lie on the watch like fowlers; They set a trap that they may catch men.
27 Kei te whare manu e ki ana i nga manu te rite o o ratou whare e ki tonu nei i te tinihanga: na reira ratou i nui ai, i whai taonga ai.
As a cage is full of birds, So are their houses full of fraud. Therefore are they grown great and rich;
28 Tetere tonu ratou, towahiwahi ana; kua neke rawa ake ta ratou i nga mahi a te hunga kino: ko te whakawa, ko te whakawa a te pani, kahore i whakaritea e ratou, heoi kake tonu ratou; kahore hoki e whakatikaia e ratou te whakawa a nga rawakore.
They have become fat and shine; Yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked; They maintain no cause, No cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; And the right of the needy do they not defend.
29 E kore ranei ahau e whai mahara ki enei mea? e ai ta Ihowa; e kore ranei toku wairua e rapu utu i te iwi penei?
Shall I not punish for these things, saith Jehovah? Shall I not be avenged on such a nation as this?
30 Whakamiharo rawa, whakawehi rawa te mea e meatia ana ki te whenua;
Astonishing and horrible is that which is done in this land;
31 E poropiti teka ana nga poropiti; a e whakahaere ana nga tohunga, ko ta ratou te tikanga; a pai tonu taku iwi ki te pena. Na ka pehea ra koutou i tona tukunga iho?
The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule under their guidance, And my people love to have it so. But what will ye do in the end of it?
