Maraki 2
1 Na inaianei he whakahau tenei mo koutou, e nga tohunga.
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
2 Ki te kore koutou e rongo, ki te kore e takoto i o koutou ngakau kia homai he kororia ki toku ingoa, e ai ta Ihowa o nga mano, ina ka tukua atu e ahau he kanga ki a koutou, ka kanga ano e ahau a koutou manaaki: ae ra, kua oti ano i ahau te kanga, no te mea kahore i te ngoto ki o koutou ngakau.
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Yhwh of Armies, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
3 Nana, ka riria e ahau te purapura, he mea mo koutou, ka akiritia atu hoki he paru kararehe ki runga ki o koutou mata, ara ko te paru o a koutou whakahere; a ka riro tahi atu koutou me tena.
Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
4 A ka mohio koutou naku tenei whakahau i tuku ki a koutou, kia mau ai taku kawenata ki a Riwai, e ai ta Ihowa o nga mano.
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith Yhwh of Armies.
5 I a ia taku kawenata mo te ora, mo te rongo mau; he mea hoatu naku ki a ia kia wehi ai ia, a i wehi ia ki ahau, a hopohopo ana ki toku ingoa.
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
6 I roto i tona mangai te ture o te pono, kihai hoki te he i kitea ki ona ngutu: i haere tahi ia i ahau i runga i te rongo mau, i te tika, he tini hoki i tahuri mai i a ia i te kino.
The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
7 Ko te tikanga hoki ma nga ngutu o te tohunga he tiaki matauranga, a ma ratou e rapu te ture ki tona mangai: no te mea ko te karere ia a Ihowa o nga mano.
For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of Yhwh of Armies.
8 Ko koutou ia kua peka ke i te ara, kua mea i te ture hei tutukitanga waewae mo etahi, he tokomaha; he iho i a koutou te kawenata ki a Riwai, e ai ta Ihowa o nga mano.
But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Yhwh of Armies.
9 Na kua meinga na koutou e ahau kia whakahaweatia, kia iti, i te aroaro o nga tangata katoa, kua rite ki ta koutou kihai na i mau ki aku ara; a i nga mea o te ture he whakapai tangata ta koutou.
Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
10 He teka ianei kotahi ano te papa o tatou katoa? he teka ianei kotahi ano te Atua nana tatou i hanga? he aha tatou i tinihanga ai, te tuakana ki te teina, i whakanoa ai i te kawenata ki o tatou matua?
Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
11 Kua tinihanga a Hura, e mahia ana hoki te mea whakarihariha i roto i a Iharaira, i Hiruharama; kua noa hoki i a Hura te tapu o Ihowa, tana hoki i aroha ai, a marenatia ana mana te tamahine a te atua ke.
Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of Yhwh which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
12 Ka hatepea atu e Ihowa ki te tangata nana tenei mahi te kaiwhakaoho raua ko te tangata whakao, i roto i nga teneti o Hakopa, ratou ano ko te kaitapae i te whakahere ki a Ihowa o nga mano.
Yhwh will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto Yhwh of Armies.
13 Na kei te mahi ano koutou i tenei: kei te hipoki koutou i te aata a Ihowa ki te roimata, ki te tangi, ki te aue, nawai a ka kore ia e aro ki te whakahere i muri atu, kahore hoki e manako ki te tango mai i ta to koutou ringa.
And this have ye done again, covering the altar of Yhwh with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
14 Heoi e mea na koutou, Na te aha? No te mea he kaiwhakaatu a Ihowa mo tau ki te wahine o tou taitamarikitanga i tinihangatia ra e koe, ahakoa ko ia tou hoa, ko te wahine o tau kawenata.
Yet ye say, Wherefore? because Yhwh hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
15 He teka ianei kotahi tana i hanga ai, ahakoa i a ia ano te toenga iho o te wairua? A na te aha i kotahi ai? I rapu ia i te uri atua. Na tiakina to koutou wairua, kaua hoki tetahi e tinihanga ki te wahine o tona taitamarikitanga.
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
16 E kino ana hoki ahau ki te whakarere, e ai ta Ihowa, ta te Atua o Iharaira; ki te hipoki ano hoki i tona kakahu ki te tutu, e ai ta Ihowa o nga mano; no reira tiakina to koutou wairua, kia kaua koutou e tinihanga.
For Yhwh, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith Yhwh of Armies: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
17 Kua hoha a Ihowa i a koutou kupu. A e mea na koutou, I whakahohatia ia e matou ki te aha? I a koutou e ki na, He pai ki te titiro a Ihowa nga tangata katoa e mahi ana i te kino, e manako ana hoki ia ki a ratou. Kei hea oti te Atua o te whakawa?
Ye have wearied Yhwh with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Yhwh, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
