Nahumu 3
1 Aue, te mate mo te pa toto! kua ki katoa i te teka, i te pahua; kahore e mutu te muru taonga,
Woe to the city of blood! it is all full of lies and robbery; never ceaseth the preying;
2 Ko te haruru o te whiu, ko te ngaehe o nga wira e keke ana; ko nga hoiho e takatakahi ana, ko nga hariata e tarapekepeke ana;
The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and of prancing horses, and of the skipping chariots.
3 Ko nga kaieke hoiho e ekeeke ana, ko te wheriko o te hoari, ko te kanapa o te tao; ko te tini o te tupapaku, me te puranga nui o nga tinana mate: a kahore he mutunga o nga tinana; tutuki ana te waewae ki o ratou tinana:
Horsemen mount, and there are the flaming sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and heaps of carcasses; and without end are the corpses; they stumble on their corpses;
4 He maha hoki no nga kairautanga o te wahine ataahua i kairau nei; ko te rangatira nei ia o nga makutu, e hoko nei i nga iwi ki ana kairautanga, i nga hapu ano ki ana mahi makutu.
Because of the multitude of the lewd deeds of the harlot, that is rich in gracefulness, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her lewd deeds, and families through her witchcrafts.
5 Nana, hei hoariri tenei ahau mou, e ai ta Ihowa o nga mano, ka hurahia ano e ahau nga remu o tou ki tou aroaro; ka whakakite ano ahau i a koe e noho tahanga ana ki nga iwi, me tou whakama ki nga kingitanga.
Behold, I will be against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will lay thy skirts open over thy face, and I will let nations see thy nakedness, and kingdoms thy shame.
6 A ka maka e ahau he mea whakarihariha ki runga ki a koe, ka whakaititia koe e ahau, ka meinga hei tirohanga atu.
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and defile thee, and will render thee a dirt-heap.
7 Na, ko te hunga katoa e kite ana i a koe ka rere atu i a koe, a ka mea, Kua ururuatia a Ninewe; ko wai hei tangi ki a ia? me rapu e ahau ki hea he kaiwhakamarie mou?
And it shall come to pass, that all they that see thee shall flee from thee, and say, Laid waste is Nineveh: who will condole with her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
8 He pai ake ranei koe i Noamono, i tu nei i roto i nga awa, he mea karapoti e nga wai, ko tona pekerangi ko te moana, no te moana ano tona taiepa?
Art thou better than No-amon, that was situated on the rivers, that had water round about her, the rampart of which was the sea, and the walls of which rose out of the sea?
9 Ko tona kaha ko Etiopia, ko Ihipa, kahore hoki he mutunga; he awhina nou a Putu, a Rupimi.
Ethiopia the numerous, and Egypt that was without end, Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
10 Heoi kua whakaraua atu ia, kua riro hei parau; ko ana kohungahunga taia iho i te ahunga mai o nga ara katoa, mongamonga noa, i maka rota ratou mo ona tangata nunui, ko ona tangata rarahi katoa here rawa ki te mekameka.
Yet also she was exiled, was carried away into captivity; also her young children were dashed in pieces at the corners of all streets: and for her honorable men they cast lots, and all her great ones were bound with chains.
11 Tera ano koe ka haurangi, ka huna koe; a ka rapu koe he wahi kaha i te wehi o te hoariri.
Thou also shalt be made drunken, thou shalt be hidden from view: thou also shalt seek refuge because of the enemy.
12 Ko ou pa taiepa katoa ka rite ki te piki he hua matamua nei ona: ki te rurerurea, ka taka ki roto ki te mangai o te tangata e kai ana.
All thy strong-holds shall be like fig-trees with the first ripe figs, which, if they be shaken, will fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Nana, he wahine ou tangata i waenganui i a koe: ko nga kuwaha o tou whenua tuwhera pu ki ou hoariri; ka pau ou tutaki i te ahi.
Behold, thy people are become women in the midst of thee: unto thy enemies are the gates of thy land set wide open; the fire hath devoured thy bars.
14 Utuhia he wai mou mo te whakapaenga, whakakahangia ou pa taiepa: haere ki te mahi paru, takatakahia te mea pokepoke, kia u te tahunga pereki.
Water for the siege draw for thyself, fortify thy strongholds: go into the clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln.
15 Ka pau koe i te ahi i reira, ka hatepea atu koe e te hoari, ko tana kai i a koe ka rite ki ta te tatarakihi: whakaraneatia koe, kia rite ki te tatarakihi, whakaraneatia koe, kia rite ki te mawhitiwhiti.
There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall devour thee up like the cankerworm: [though] thou make thyself many as the cankerworm; make thyself many as the locusts.
16 Ko au kaihokohoko whakatokomahatia ake e koe i nga whetu o te rangi: ko ta te tatarakihi he pahua, a rere ana.
[Though] thou hadst multiplied thy merchants more than the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spreadeth itself out, and flieth away.
17 Ko ou tangata i te potae kingi, ko to ratou rite kei te mawhitiwhiti, ko ou rangatira rite tonu ki nga pokai mawhitiwhiti e noho nei i nga taiepa i te ra maeke i te whitinga o te ra ka rere ratou, kahore hoki e mohiotia to ratou wahi, kei hea ra?
Thy crowned ones are like the locusts, and thy leaders like the swarms of locusts, which camp in the hedges on a cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
18 Kei te moe au hepara, e te kingi o Ahiria; ko au metararahi kei te takoto; kua marara atu tou iwi ki runga ki nga maunga, kahore hoki he kaihuihui.
Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; thy valiant men are at rest: scattered are thy people upon the mountains, and there is none that gathereth them.
19 Kahore he whakamahunga i tou pakaru; he mamae rawa tou marutanga: ko te hunga katoa e rongo ana i te rongo ki a koe, ka papaki o ratou ringa ki a koe: i kore hoki ki a wahi te panga tonutanga o tou kino.
There is no healing for thy breach; fatal is thy wound: all that hear the report of thee will clap their hands over thee; for over whom did not thy wickedness pass continually?
