Mika 7

1 Aue, te mate i ahau! he rite hoki ahau ki nga kohikohinga o nga hua raumati, ki nga hamunga i te wa e whawhaki karepe ana: kahore he tautau hei kai; e hiahia ana toku wairua ki te hua piki matamua.

Woe is me, for I am become as one that gleaneth in autumn the grapes of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat, my soul desired the firstripe figs.

2 Kua ngaro te tangata tapu i runga i te whenua, kahore hoki he tangata tika i roto i nga tangata: kei te whanga katoa ratou ki te toto; kei te whai ratou i tona hoa, i tona hoa ki te kupenga.

The holy man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, every one hunteth his brother to death.

3 Kei runga o ratou ringa i te mea kino kia mahia marietia e ratou; ka tono te rangatira, kei te tatari hoki te kaiwhakawa kia utua; a ko te tangata nui, e puaki ana i a ia te nanakia o tona wairua: na, whiria tahitia ake e ratou.

The evil of their hands they call good: the prince requireth, and the judge is for giving: and the great man hath uttered the desire of his soul, and they have troubled it.

4 Ko te tangata pai o ratou, rite tonu ki te tumatakuru: ko te mea tino tika, kino atu i te taiepa tataramoa: kua tae mai te ra o au tutei, ara te ra e whiua ai koe; ko aianei ratou pokaikaha ai.

He that is best among them, is as a brier: and he that is righteous, as the thorn of the hedge. The day of thy inspection, thy visitation cometh: now shall be their destruction.

5 Kaua e whakapono ki te hoa, kaua e whakawhirinaki ki te kaiarahi: kaiponuhia nga tatau o tou mangai ki te wahine e takoto na i tou uma.

Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom.

6 E whakaiti ana hoki te tama ki te papa, e whakatika atu ana te kotiro ki tona whaea, te hunaonga ki tona hungawai wahine; ko nga hoariri o te tangata ko nga tangata o tona whare.

For the son dishonoureth the father, and the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law: and a man’s enemies are they of his own household.

7 Tena ko ahau, ka titiro ahau ki a Ihowa; ka tatari ahau ki te Atua o toku whakaoranga: tera toku Atua e rongo ki ahau.

But I will look towards the Lord, I will wait for God my Saviour: my God will hear me.

8 Kei whakamanamana ki ahau e toku hoariri; ki te hinga ahau, ka ara ano ahau; ki te noho ahau i te pouri, ko Ihowa hei whakamarama moku.

Rejoice not, thou, my enemy, over me, because I am fallen: I shall arise, when I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light.

9 Maku e waha te riri o Ihowa, kua hara nei hoki ahau ki a ia; kia tohe ra ano ia i taku tohe, kia whakarite ra ano i taku whakawa, ka whakaputaina ahau e ia ki waho ki te marama, a ka kite ahau i tona tika.

I will bear the wrath of the Lord, because I have sinned against him; until he judge my cause and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth into the light, I shall behold his justice.

10 Katahi toku hoariri ka kite, a ka taupokina e te whakama; i ki mai ra hoki ia ki ahau, Kei hea a Ihowa, tou Atua? Ka kite oku kanohi i taua wahine; akuanei ia takahia ai, peratia ai me te paru o nga ara.

And my enemy shall behold, and she shall be covered with shame, who saith to me: Where is the Lord thy God? My eyes shall look down upon her: now shall she be trodden under foot as the mire of the streets.

11 He ra hei hanganga mo ou taiepa! a taua ra ka matara rawa atu te tikanga i whakatakotoria.

The day shall come, that thy walls may be built up: in that day shall the law be far removed.

12 A taua ra ka haere mai ratou ki a koe, mai i Ahiria me nga pa o Ihipa, mai i Ihipa ki te awa, mai i tetahi moana ki tetahi, i tetahi maunga ki tetahi maunga.

In that day they shall come even from Assyria to thee, and to the fortified cities: and from the fortified cities even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

13 Otiia ka ururuatia te whenua, he mea mo te hunga e noho ana i reira, mo nga hua hoki o a ratou mahi.

And the land shall be made desolate, because of the inhabitants thereof, and for the fruit of their devices.

14 Whangaia tau iwi ki tau rakau, nga hipi o tou kainga tupu, e noho mokemoke nei i te ngahere i waenganui o Karamere: kia kai ratou ki Pahana, ki Kireara, kia pera me nga ra o mua,

Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy inheritance, them that dwell alone in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: they shall feed in Basan and Galaad according to the days of old.

15 Ka rite ki nga ra i haere mai ai koe i te whenua o Ihipa, ka whakaaturia e ahau ki a ia nga mea whakamiharo.

According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt I will shew him wonders.

16 Ka kite nga iwi, ka whakama ki to ratou marohirohi katoa: ka kopania to ratou mangai ki to ratou ringa, a ka turi o ratou taringa.

The nations shall see, and shall be confounded at all their strength: they shall put the hand upon the mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

17 Ka mitimiti ratou i te puehu, ano he nakahi; ka oho wiri mai ratou i o ratou piringa kopiri, ano ko nga mea ngokingoki o te whenua: ka haere wehi mai ratou ki a Ihowa, ki to tatou Atua, a ka mataku ki a koe.

They shall lick the dust like serpents, as the creeping things of the earth, they shall be disturbed in their houses: they shall dread the Lord our God, and shall fear thee.

18 Ko wai he Atua hei rite mou, e muru nei i te he, e whakarere noa nei i te poka ke o nga morehu o tona wahi tupu? E kore ia e kawe tonu i tona riri a ake ake, no te mea e ngakau nui ana ia ki te tohu tangata.

Who is a God like to thee, who takest away iniquity, and passest by the sin of the remnant of thy inheritance? he will send his fury in no more, because he delighteth in mercy.

19 Tera ia e tahuri ano, ka aroha ki a tatou; ka pehia e ia o tatou kino ki raro ki ona waewae; ka panga ano e koe o ratou hara ki nga rire o te moana.

He will turn again, and have mercy on us: he will put away our iniquities: and he will cast all our sins into the bottom of the sea.

20 Ka whakatutukitia e koe te mea tika ki a Hakopa, te aroha ki a Aperahama, ko tau i oati ai ki o matou matua i nga ra o mua.

Thou wilt perform the truth of Jacob, the mercy to Abraham: which thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old.