Tepania 2
1 Huihui, ae ra, huihui i a koutou, e te iwi kahore nei he whakama;
Be you gathered and closely joined together, O unchastened nation;
2 I te mea kiano te ture i whai hua, a kiano i pahemo te ra ano he papapa, i te mea kiano i tae iho ki a koutou te mura o to Ihowa riri, i te mea kiano i tae iho ki a koutou te ra o to Ihowa riri.
before you become as the flower that passes away, before the anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the wrath of the Lord come upon you.
3 Rapua a Ihowa, e te hunga mahaki katoa o te whenua, e te hunga e mahi ana i tana i whakarite ai; rapua te tika, rapua te tikanga mahaki: me kahore koutou e piri i te ra o to Ihowa riri.
Seek you the Lord, all you meek of the earth; do judgment, and seek justice, and answer accordingly; that you may be hid in the day of the wrath of the Lord.
4 No te mea tera a Kaha ka mahue, ka ururuatia a Ahakerono: ka peia atu a Aharoro i te poutumarotanga, ka hutia atu hoki a Ekerono.
For Gaza shall be utterly spoiled, and Ascalon shall be destroyed; and Azotus shall be cast forth at noon-day, and Accaron shall be rooted up.
5 Aue, te mate mo nga tangata i nga tahatika o te moana, mo te iwi o nga Kereti! Kua korero a Ihowa i te he mou, e Kanaana, e te whenua o nga Pirihitini; ka ngaro koe i ahau, kahore he tangata hei noho.
Woe to them that dwell on the border of the sea, neighbors of the Cretans! the word of the Lord is against you, O Chanaan, land of the Philistines, and I will destroy you out of [your] dwelling-place.
6 A ka waiho te tahatika o te moana hei haerenga hipi, me nga whare mo nga hepara, me nga taiepa mo nga hipi.
And Crete shall be a pasture of flocks, and a fold of sheep.
7 Ka waiho ano te tahatika mo nga toenga o te whare o Hura, ka whangaia e ratou a ratou hipi ki reira; ka takoto i te ahiahi i roto i nga whare o Ahakerono: no te mea ka tirotirohia ratou e Ihowa, e to ratou Atua, a ka whakahokia mai e ia i te whak arau.
And the sea cost shall be for the remnant of the house of Juda; they shall pasture upon them in the houses of Ascalon; they shall rest in the evening because of the children of Juda; for the Lord their God has visited them, and he will turn away their captivity.
8 Kua rongo ahau i ta Moapa tawai, i nga taunu a nga tama a Amona, i ta ratou tawai ki taku iwi, i ta ratou whakatete mo to ratou rohe kia nui.
I have heard the revilings of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reviled my people, and magnified themselves against my coasts.
9 Mo reira e ora ana ahau, e ai ta Ihowa o nga mano, ta te Atua o Iharaira, he pono ka rite a Moapa ki Horoma, nga tama a Amona ki Komora, hei tupuranga ongaonga, hei rua tote, hei ururua, a ake ake: ma nga toenga o taku iwi ratou e pahua, hei kain ga tupu ratou mo nga morehu o aku tangata.
Therefore, [as] I live, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodoma, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha; and Damascus [shall be] left as a heap of the threshing floor, and desolate for ever: and the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my nations shall inherit them.
10 Hei utu tenei ki a ratou mo to ratou whakapehapeha, mo ta ratou rawai, mo ta ratou whakakake ki te iwi o Ihowa o nga mano.
This is their punishment in return for their haughtiness, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the Lord Almighty.
11 Na ka wehingia a Ihowa e ratou, no te mea ka hiroki i a ia nga atua katoa o te whenua; a ka koropiko nga tangata katoa ki a ia i tona wahi, i tona wahi, ara nga motu katoa o nga tuaiwi.
The Lord shall appear against them, and shall utterly destroy all the gods of the nations of the earth; and they shall worship him every one from his place, [even] all the islands of the nations.
12 Ko koutou ano, e nga Etiopiana, ka werohia koutou ki taku hoari.
You Ethiopians also are the slain of my sword.
13 Ka totoro ano tona ringa ki te raki, a ka ngaro a Ahiria i a ia; a ka meinga a Ninewe hei ururua, ka maroke, ka pera i te koraha.
And he shall stretch forth his hand against the north and destroy the Assyrian, and make Nineve a dry wilderness, [even] as a desert.
14 A ka tapapa nga kahui ki waenganui ona, nga kirehe katoa o nga tauiwi; ka noho te kawau raua ko te matuku ki ona puku whakapaipai; ka puaki to raua reo i nga matapihi; ka ururuatia nga kuwaha: no te mea ka tu tahanga nga mea hita i a ia.
And flocks, and all the wild beasts of the land, and chameleons shall feed in the midst thereof: and hedgehogs shall lodge in the ceilings thereof; and wild beasts shall cry in the breaches thereof, and ravens in her porches, whereas her loftiness was [as] as cedar.
15 Ko te pa whakamanamana tenei i noho wehikore nei, i mea nei i roto i tona ngakau, Ko ahau tenei, kahore atu hoki, ko ahau anake: ano tona ururuatanga! he tapapatanga kirehe! ko te hunga katoa e tika ana na reira ka hi atu, ka tawhi i tona ringa.
