Mika 3
1 A i mea ahau, Whakarongo mai, e nga upoko o Hakopa, e nga ariki o te whare o Iharaira: He teka ianei mo koutou te matauranga ki te whakawa?
I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice?
2 E kino na ki te pai, e aroha na ki te kino; e tihore na i to ratou kiri i o ratou tinana, i to ratou kikokiko i o ratou wheua;
You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;
3 E kai na hoki i nga kikokiko o taku iwi; e tihore na i to ratou kiri i o ratou tinana, e wawahi na i o ratou wheua: ae ra, e tapatapahia rawatia ana e ratou, ano he mea mo te kohua, ano he kikokiko i roto i te kohua nui.
who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
4 Ko reira ratou karanga ai ki a Ihowa, heoi e kore ia e whakahoki kupu ki a ratou: ae ra, ka huna e ia tona mata ki a ratou i taua wa, ka rite ki to ratou kino i mahia e ratou.
Then they will cry to Jehovah, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil."
5 Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa mo nga poropiti e whakapohehe nei i taku iwi, e ngau nei o ratou niho, me te karanga, He rongo mau! a ki te kahore e komotia e tetahi he mea ki o ratou mangai, ka tino anga ratou ki te whakataka whawhai ki a ia.
Thus says Jehovah concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, "Peace." and whoever doesn't provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:
6 Mo reira ko te po mo koutou, e kore ai he kite ki a koutou; a ka pouri ki a koutou, e kore ai koutou e kite tikanga; a ka to te ra ki nga poropiti, a ka mangu te awatea ki runga ki a ratou.
"Therefore night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will be black over them.
7 A tera e whakama nga matakite, e numinumi hoki nga tohunga tuaahu; ae ra, tera ratou katoa e arai i o ratou ngutu; no te mea kahore he kupu whakahoki a te Atua.
The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God."
8 Otiia he pono, kua ki ahau i te kaha, he mea na te wairua o Ihowa, i te whakawa hoki, i te mana, kia whakaaturia ai e ahau ki a Hakopa tona poka ke, ki a Iharaira tona hara.
But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin.
9 Tena ra, whakarongo ki tenei, e nga upoko o te whare o Hakopa, e nga ariki hoki o te whare o Iharaira, e whakarihariha na ki te whakawa, e whakapeau ke na i te tika katoa.
Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
10 E hanga ana ratou i Hiona ki te toto, i Hiruharama ki te he.
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 E whakawa ana ona upoko, he mea na te patipati, e whakaako ana ona tohunga, he mea na te utu; ko ona poropiti na te hiriwa i kite tikanga ai; otiia kei te whakawhirinaki ratou ki a Ihowa, kei te mea, He teka ianei kei roto a Ihowa i a tatou? e k ore tetahi he e pa ki a tatou.
Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on Jehovah, and say, "Isn't Jehovah in the midst of us? No disaster will come on us."
12 Mo reira ka parautia a Hiona, ano he mara, he mea mo koutou, a ka waiho a Hiruharama hei puranga, ka rite hoki te maunga o te whare ki nga wahi tiketike o te ngahere.
Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest.
