Amos 5
1 You people [MTY] of Israel, listen to this funeral song that I will sing about you:
Whakarongo ki tenei kupu, kua maranga nei i ahau hei tangi ki a koutou, e te whare o Iharaira.
2 “You are like [MET] a young woman, but in spite of that, you will certainly be struck down and you will never get up again! You will lie on the ground, abandoned, and there will be no one to help you stand up.”
Kua hinga te wahine a Iharaira; e kore ia e ara i muri: kua whakataka ia ki runga ki tona oneone; kahore he mea hei whakaara ake i a ia.
3 This is what Yahweh the Lord says to the people [MTY] of Israel: [“When your enemies attack you, ] and when 1,000 [of your soldiers] will go [to a battle], there will be only 100 who will survive. When 100 soldiers march out [from a city to fight], there will be only ten who will remain alive.”
No te mea ko te kupu tenei a te Ariki, a Ihowa; Ko te pa kotahi nei te mano i te haerenga atu, kotahi rau e toe, a ko tera kotahi nei te rau i te haerenga atu, kotahi tekau e toe ki te whare o Iharaira.
4 Yahweh continues to say to the people [MTY] of Israel: “You Israeli people, return to me! If you do that, you will continue to remain alive.
Ko te kupu hoki tenei a Ihowa ki te whare o Iharaira, Rapua ahau, kia ora ai koutou.
5 Do not go to Bethel to seek [my help]; do not go to Gilgal [to worship]; do not [even] go to Beersheba, because [your enemies] will drag away [the people of] Gilgal to other countries, and Bethel will be completely destroyed.”
Otiia kaua e rapu i Peteere, kaua e haere ki Kirikara, kaua ano e haere ki Peerehepa: no te mea tera a Kirikara ka riro i te whakarau, a hei kore noa iho a Peteere.
6 So, come to Yahweh; if you do that, you will remain alive. If you do not do that, Yahweh will descend on you descendants [MTY] of Joseph like [SIM] a fire; that fire will burn everything in Bethel, and (nothing/no one) will be able to save that town.
Rapua a Ihowa, a ka ora koutou; kei toro atu ia, ano he ahi, i roto i te whare o Hohepa, a pau noa, a kore noa iho he kaitinei i roto i Peteere.
7 You people distort what is fair/right and cause [people to think that] it is something that is very bitter; you treat good things as though they are evil.
E te hunga i puta ke ai te whakawa hei taru kawa, i taia ai te tika ki te whenua;
8 [Do you know who] created all the groups of stars and put them in their places? [Each morning] he causes the darkness to become the dawn, and [each evening] he causes the daylight to become darkness. He scoops up water from the oceans [to become clouds], and then he dumps the water [from the clouds] onto the earth. The one who does those things is named Yahweh.
Rapua te kaihanga o matariki, o Tautoru; e riro ke ana i a ia te atarangi o te mate hei ata, e whakapouritia ana e ia te ra hei po; e karangatia ana e ia nga wai o te moana, a ringihia ana e ia ki runga ki te mata o te whenua: ko Ihowa tona ingoa:
9 He causes strong [soldiers] to be killed, and causes the (high walls around/fortresses of) cities to be torn down.
Nana i whakaputa ohorere te whakangaromanga ki te hunga kaha, i tae ai te whakangaromanga ki te pa kaha.
10 [He is the one who will punish you] because you hate those who challenge anyone who tries to make unjust decisions, and you hate those who tell the truth in your courts.
E kinongia ana e ratou te kairiri he i te kuwaha, a he mea whakarihariha ki a ratou te tangata korero tika.
11 You oppress poor people and force them to pay big taxes. You have built big stone mansions [for yourselves], but you will not be able to live in them. You have planted vineyards, but there will not be any [grapes for you to harvest to make] wine.
Na, i te mea he takahi ta koutou i te ware, he tango i te takoha witi i a ia; he whare kohatu tarai ta koutou i hanga ai, na e kore e nohoia e koutou; he mara waina e minaminatia ana ta koutou i whakato ai, otiia e kore te waina o aua mara e inu mia e koutou.
12 I know all of your sins and the terrible crimes that you have committed. You oppress righteous/honest people, and you accept bribes. You do not allow judges to treat poor people justly.
E mohiotia ana hoki e ahau te maha o o koutou poka ke, me te kaha o o koutou hara: o koutou, e whakatupu kino nei i te tangata tika, e tango nei i te utu whakapati, e whakangau ke nei i ta te rawakore i te kuwaha.
13 This is a time when [many people do] evil things, so people who have good sense say nothing [when they hear about such things being done].
Mo reira ka whakarongo puku te tangata tupato i taua wa; no te mea he wa kino.
14 In order to remain alive, you must stop doing what is wrong, and start doing what is right. If you do that, the Commander of the armies of angels will be with you like you claim [that he always is].
Rapua te pai, kauaka hoki te kino, kia ora ai koutou: penei ko Ihowa, ko te Atua o nga mano hei hoa mo koutou, hei pena ano me ta koutou e ki na.
15 Love what is good, and hate what is evil! Try to cause [judges] in your courts to make decisions that are right/fair! If you do those things, perhaps the Commander of the armies of angels will act mercifully toward [you descendants of] Joseph who are still alive.
Kinongia te kino, arohaina te pai, whakapumautia te whakawa ki te kuwaha: tera pea a Ihowa, te Atua o nga mano, ka aroha ki te toenga o Hohepa.
16 “Because I, Yahweh, [will punish you for your sins], this is what I have solemnly declared: People will be wailing loudly in every street, and people will be very sorrowful in every plaza. Farmers will be summoned to [come and] weep, along with the other official mourners who will wail [for those who have died].
Mo reira tenei kupu a Ihowa, a te Atua o nga mano, a te Ariki, I nga waharoa katoa ko te tangi; ko ta ratou kupu i nga huarahi katoa, Aue! aue! ka karangatia te kaingaki whenua ki te tangi, me te hunga matau ki te uhunga, hei aue.
17 People will be wailing in your vineyards, because I will punish you [IDM] severely. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it!”
A he aue i nga mara waina katoa: ka tika atu hoki ahau i waenganui i a koe, e ai ta Ihowa.
18 Terrible things will happen to you who desire that it will soon be the day when Yahweh [will punish your enemies], because that will be a day of darkness, not of light.
Aue, te mate mo koutou e hiahia nei ki te ra o Ihowa! Hei aha ma koutou te ra o Ihowa? he pouri hoki, ehara i te marama.
19 [At that time, ] when you try to run from a lion, you will face a bear. When you run into your house [to be safe], and you put your hand on a wall, it will be bitten by a snake.
Ka pera me te tangata i rere atu i te aroaro o te raiona, a ka tutaki te pea ki a ia; i haere ranei ki roto ki te whare, a okioki atu ana tona ringa ki te pakitara, na ngaua iho ia e te nakahi.
20 That day, [when he punishes people], will certainly be [RHQ] a very dark day [MET], without even a little bit of light.
He teka ianei tera e pouri te ra o Ihowa, e kore e marama? tera e pouri kerekere, kahore hoki he marama i roto?
21 [Yahweh says], “I hate your religious celebrations and the times when you gather to worship me; I detest them [DOU].
E kino ana ahau, e whakarihariha ana ki a koutou hakari, a e kore ahau e ahuareka ki a koutou huihui nunui.
22 Even if you bring me offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar] and offerings of grain, I will no longer accept them. Even if you bring me offerings to renew/maintain fellowship with me, I will not pay any attention to them.
Ae ra, ahakoa whakaeke noa koutou i nga tahunga tinana, i a koutou whakahere totokore ki ahau, e kore e manakohia e ahau: e kore ano e tirohia e ahau nga whakahere mo te pai, ara a koutou mea momona.
23 So, stop singing noisy/loud songs! I will not listen when you play harps.
Maua atu kia matara i ahau te ngangau o au waiata; e kore hoki ahau e whakarongo ki te rangi o au hatere.
24 Instead, your continually acting justly/fairly and righteously should be [never stop, ] like [SIM] [the water in] a river that never stops flowing.
Engari kia huri mai te whakawa ano he wai, te tika ano he awa nui.
25 You Israeli people [MTY], your [ancestors] wandered through the desert for 40 years; and during that time, they never brought any sacrifices and offerings to me!
I kawea mai koia e koutou ki ahau he patunga tapu, he whakahere totokore, e te whare o Iharaira, i te koraha, i nga tau e wha tekau?
26 But they carried the two idols that they had made— the idols of Succoth, the god [that they considered to be] their king, and Kaiwan, [the image of the] star [that they worshiped].
Ae ra, kua maua e koutou a Hikutu, to koutou kingi, a Kiunu hoki, a koutou whakapakoko, te whetu o to koutou atua, i hanga nei e koutou ma koutou.
27 Therefore, now I will force you to go to [a country that is] far beyond Damascus! [That will surely happen because] I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it!”
Na ka whakaraua koutou e ahau ki ko atu i Ramahiku, e ai ta Ihowa nona nei te ingoa, Ko te Atua o nga mano.
