Ihaia 13
1 Ko te poropititanga mo Papurona i kitea e Ihaia tama a Amoho.
THE VISION WHICH ESAIAS SON OF AMOS SAW AGAINST BABYLON.
2 Whakaarahia he kara ki runga ki te maunga horehore, kia rahi te reo ki a ratou, tawhiritia atu te ringa kia haere mai ai ratou ki roto ki nga kuwaha o nga rangatira.
Lift up a standard on the mountain of the plain, exalt the voice to them, beckon with the hand, open [the gates], you rulers.
3 Kua oti aku i whakatapu ai te whakahau, kua karangatia ano hoki e ahau aku marohirohi ki toku riri, ara aku e whakamanamana nui nei.
I give command, and I bring them: giants are coming to fulfil my wrath, rejoicing at the same time and insulting.
4 Ko te haruru o te huihui i runga i nga maunga, tona rite kei to te iwi nui! he haruru, he ngangau no te huihui o nga kingitanga o nga iwi! e whakataka ana e Ihowa o nga mano te ope mo te whawhai.
A voice of many nations on the mountains, [even] like [to that] of many nations; a voice of kings and nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts has given command to a warlike nation,
5 E haere mai nei ratou i tawhiti, i te pito o te rangi, a Ihowa me nga patu a tona riri, ki te whakangaro i te whenua katoa!
to come from a land afar off, from the utmost foundation of heaven; the Lord and his warriors [are coming] to destroy all the world.
6 Aue koutou, kua tata hoki te ra o Ihowa; tera e puta mai, ano he whakangaromanga na te Kaha Rawa.
Howl you, for the day of the Lord is near, and destruction from God shall arrive.
7 No reira ka ngoikore nga ringa katoa, ka ngohe noa iho nga ngakau katoa o nga tangata.
Therefore every hand shall become powerless, and every soul of man shall be dismayed.
8 Ka ohorere ano ratou: mau pu i te mamae, i te whakapouri; ko to ratou mamae koia ano kei to te wahine e whakawhanau ana: ka miharo ratou tetahi ki tetahi, a ko o ratou mata, ano he mura ahi.
The elders shall be troubled, and pangs shall seize them, as of a woman in travail: and they shall mourn one to another, and shall be amazed, and shall change their countenance as a flame.
9 Nana, e haere mai nei te ra o Ihowa, he kino, he riri, he whakatakariri e mura ana; hei whakaururua i te whenua, hei whakangaro atu hoki i reira i ona tangata hara.
For behold! the day of the Lord is coming which can’t be escaped, [a day] of wrath and anger, to make the world desolate, and to destroy sinners out of it.
10 Ko nga whetu hoki o te rangi, ko nga kahui whetu ano hoki o reira, kahore e homai i to ratou marama: ka pouri noa iho te ra i tona haerenga mai, kore ake hoki e titi te atarau.
For the stars of heaven, and Orion, and all the host of heaven, shall not give their light; and it shall be dark at sunrise, and the moon shall not give her light.
11 Ka whiua ano e ahau te ao mo to ratou kino, te hunga kino hoki, mo to ratou he; ka whakamutua hoki e ahau te whakapehapeha o te hunga whakakake, ka whakahokia iho ano ki raro te whakapehapeha o te hunga kino.
And I will command evils for the whole world, and [will visit] their sins on the ungodly: and I will destroy the pride of transgressors, and will bring low the pride of the haughty.
12 Ka meinga ano e ahau kia nui atu te utu mo te tangata i to te koura pai; ae ra, he tangata, kia nui atu i to te koura parakore o Opira.
And they that are left shall be more precious than gold tried in the fire; and a man shall be more precious than the stone that is in Suphir.
13 Na reira ka meinga e ahau nga rangi kia wiri, ka ruperupea atu ano te whenua i tona wahi, he riri no Ihowa o nga mano, he ra ano e mura ai tona riri.
For the heaven shall be enraged, and the earth shall be shaken from her foundation, because of the fierce anger of the Lord of hosts, in the day in which his wrath shall come on.
14 A ka rite ki te anaterope e whaia ana, ki nga hipi kahore nei o ratou kaihuihui, ka tahuri ratou ki tona iwi, ki tona iwi, ka rere ki tona whenua, ki tona whenua.
And they that are left shall be as a fleeing fawn, and as a stray sheep, and there shall be none to gather [them]: so that a man shall turn back to his people, and a man shall flee to his own land.
15 Ko te hunga katoa e kitea ana, ka werohia; ko te hunga katoa e hopukia ana, ka hinga i te hoari.
For whoever shall be taken shall be overcome; and they that are gathered together shall fall by the sword.
16 Ka taia iho hoki a ratou kohungahunga i ta ratou tirohanga; ka pahuatia o ratou whare, ka moea ano a ratou wahine.
And they shall dash their children before their eyes; and they shall spoil their houses, and shall take their wives.
17 Tenei ahau te whakaoho atu nei i nga Meri ki a ratou, he hunga e kore nei e whakaaro ki te hiriwa; na, ko te koura, e kore e matenuitia e ratou.
Behold, I will stir up against you the Medes, who do not regard silver, neither have they need of gold.
18 Ka taia iho ano hoki nga taitamariki e a ratou kopere, mongamonga noa; e kore ano e tohungia nga hua o te kopu; e kore o ratou kanohi e manawapa ki nga tamariki.
They shall break the bows of the young men; and they shall have no mercy on your children; nor shall their eyes spare your children.
19 A ko Papurona, ko te kororia o nga kingitanga, ko te mea ataahua whakahirahira a nga Karari, tera ia e rite ki ta te Atua hurihanga i Horoma, i Komora.
And Babylon, which is called glorious by the king of the Chaldeans, shall be as [when] God overthrew Sodoma, and Gomorrha.
20 E kore e nohoia a, ake ake, e kore e waiho hei kainga a, tena whakatupuranga, tena whakatupuranga; e kore ano e whakaturia e te Arapi tona teneti ki reira; e kore ano a reira e waiho e nga hepara hei takotoranga mo a ratou kahui.
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall any enter into it for many generations: neither shall the Arabians pass through it; nor shall shepherds at all rest in it.
21 Engari hei takotoranga a reira mo nga kuri mahoao o te koraha; ka ki hoki o ratou whare i nga kararehe pouri; a ka nohoia a reira e nga otereti, ka waiho hoki hei tupekepeketanga mo nga mea ahua koati.
But wild beasts shall rest there; and the houses shall be filled with howling; and monsters shall rest there, and devils shall dance there, and satyrs shall dwell there; and hedgehogs shall make their nests in their houses. It will come soon, and will not wait.
22 Ka tangi ano hoki nga wuruhi i roto i o ratou whare kingi, me nga kuri mahoao i roto i o ratou whare ataahua; kua tata mai hoki tona wa, e kore ano ona ra e roa.
