Oparia 1

1 Ko te kite a Oparia. Ko te kupu tenei a te Ariki, a Ihowa, mo Eroma; Kua tae mai he korero i a Ihowa, kua oti ano he karere te unga ki nga tauiwi, hei mea, Whakatika, kia whakatika atu hoki tatou ki a ia ki te whawhai.

Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Edom, A report we have heard from Jehovah, And an ambassador among nations was sent, 'Rise, yea, let us rise against her for battle.'

2 Nana, kua oti koe te mea e ahau kia iti i roto i nga tauiwi: nui atu te whakahawea ki a koe.

Lo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised [art] thou exceedingly.

3 Kua oti koe te tinihanga e te whakapehapeha o tou ngakau, e koe e noho na i nga kapiti o te kamaka, kei runga na tona nohoanga; e mea na i roto i tona ngakau, Ko wai hei whakahoki iho i ahau ki raro ki te whenua?

The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, O dweller in clifts of a rock, (A high place [is] his habitation, He is saying in his heart, 'Who doth bring me down [to] earth?')

4 Ahakoa i rite tou kakenga ki to te ekara, ahakoa i hanga e koe tou kohanga ki nga whetu, ka whakahokia iho koe e ahau i reira, e ai ta Ihowa.

If thou dost go up high as an eagle, And if between stars thou dost set thy nest, From thence I bring thee down, An affirmation of Jehovah.

5 Me i tae he kaitahae ki a koe, he kaipahua ranei i te po, taukiri e, tou ngaromanga! e kore ranei ratou e tahae, kia maha ra ano nga mea ma ratou? me i tae he kaiwhawhaki karepe ki a koe, e kore ranei etahi karepe e whakatoea e ratou?

If thieves have come in to thee, If spoilers of the night, How hast thou been cut off! Do they not steal their sufficiency? If gatherers have come in to thee, Do they not leave gleanings?

6 Taukiri e, te rapunga atu o nga mea a Ehau! te kimihanga o ana mea ngaro!

How hath Esau been searched out! Flowed out have his hidden things,

7 Ko nga tangata katoa o tau kawenata, kua riro koe i a ratou, tae rawa ki te rohe: ko nga tangata i mau nei ta ratou rongo ki a koe, kua tinihanga ki a koe, a taea ana koe e ratou; ko te hunga i kai i tau taro kua takoto i a ratou he mahanga ki ra ro i a koe: kahore he matauranga i a ia.

Unto the border sent thee have all thine allies, Forgotten thee, prevailed over thee, have thy friends, Thy bread they make a snare under thee, There is no understanding in him!

8 He teka ianei, e ai ta Ihowa, ka kore i ahau i taua ra nga tangata whakaaro nui i roto i Eroma, me te matauranga o te maunga o Ehau?

Is it not in that day — an affirmation of Jehovah, That I have destroyed the wise out of Edom, And understanding out of the mount of Esau?

9 A ka wehi ou marohirohi, e Temana, he mea e hatepea atu ai nga tangata katoa o te maunga o Ehau, tukituki rawa.

And broken down have been thy mighty ones, O Teman, So that every one of the mount of Esau is cut off.

10 Ka taupokina koe e te whakama hei utu mo te mahi tutu ki tou teina, ki a Hakopa, ka hatepea atu ano koe a ake ake.

For slaughter, for violence [to] thy brother Jacob, Cover thee doth shame, And thou hast been cut off — to the age.

11 I te ra i tu hangai mai ai koe, i te ra i whakaraua ai ona rawa e nga tautangata, i tapoko ai nga tangata iwi ke ki ona kuwaha, i kokiri nui ai mo Hiruharama, i rite rawa ano koe ki tetahi o ratou.

In the day of thy standing over-against, In the day of strangers taking captive his force, And foreigners have entered his gates, And for Jerusalem have cast a lot, Even thou [art] as one of them!

12 Otiia kaua koe e titiro ki te ra o tou teina, i te ra o tona aitua, kaua hoki koe e koa ki nga tama a Hura i te ra o to ratou whakangaromanga; kaua hoki e whakanuia tou mangai i te ra o te raru.

And — thou dost not look on the day of thy brother, On the day of his alienation, Nor dost thou rejoice over sons of Judah, In the day of their destruction, Nor make great thy mouth in a day of distress.

13 Kaua e tomo ki roto ki te kuwaha o taku iwi i te ra o to ratou aitua; ae ra, kaua koe e matakitaki ki to ratou matenga i te ra o to ratou aitua, kaua ano hoki koutou e pa ringaringa ki o ratou rawa i te ra o to ratou raru.

Nor come into a gate of My people in a day of their calamity, Nor look, even thou, on its misfortune in a day of its calamity, Nor send forth against its force in a day of its calamity,

14 A kaua koe e tu ki te pekanga o te ara ki te hatepe i ona morehu e mawhiti; kaua hoki e tukua ona morehu i te ra o te raru.

Nor stand by the breach to cut off its escaped, Nor deliver up its remnant in a day of distress.

15 Kua tata hoki te ra o Ihowa ki nga tauiwi katoa; ka rite ki tau i mea ai ka meatia ki a koe; ka hoki tau utu ki runga ki tou mahunga.

For near [is] the day of Jehovah, on all the nations, As thou hast done, it is done to thee, Thy deed doth turn back on thine own head.

16 Ka rite hoki ki ta koutou inumanga i runga i toku maunga tapu; ka pena ano te inu a nga tauiwi katoa a ake nei, ake nei; ina, ka inu ratou, ka horomia ano e ratou, a me te mea i kore ratou.

For — as ye have drunk on My holy mount, Drink do all the nations continually, And they have drunk and have swallowed, And they have been as they have not been.

17 Otiia tera ano nga mea ka mawhiti i Maunga Hiona, a ka tapu tera; a ka riro o ratou wahi i te whare o Hakopa.

And in mount Zion there is an escape, And it hath been holy, And the house of Jacob have possessed their possessions.

18 A hei ahi te whare o Hakopa, hei mura ano te whare o Hohepa, hei kakau witi hoki te whare o Ehau: ka ngiha ratou i roto i a ratou, a pau ake, kahore hoki he morehu o te whare o Ehau: na Ihowa nei hoki te kupu.

And the house of Jacob hath been a fire, And the house of Joseph a flame, And the house of Esau for stubble, And they have burned among them, And they have consumed them, And there is not a remnant to the house of Esau, For Jehovah hath spoken.

19 Na ka riro te maunga o Ehau i te hunga o te tonga; me nga Pirihitini i te hunga o te mania; ka riro ano i a ratou nga mara a Eparaima me nga mara o Hamaria; mo Pineamine hoki a Kireara.

And they have possessed the south with the mount of Esau, And the low country with the Philistines, And they have possessed the field of Ephraim, And the field of Samaria, And Benjamin with Gilead.

20 Na, ko nga whakarau o tenei ope, o nga tama a Iharaira, ko era i roto i nga Kanaani, ka riro i a ratou tae noa ki Harepata; a, ko nga whakarau o Hiruharama, ko era i Teparara, ka riro i a ratou nga pa o te tonga.

And the removed of this force of the sons of Israel, That [is with] the Canaanites unto Zarephat, And the removed of Jerusalem that [is] with the Sepharad, Possess the cities of the south.

21 A ka tae ake he kaiwhakaora ki Maunga Hiona hei whakawa mo te maunga o Ehau; a ka riro i a Ihowa te kingitanga.

And gone up have saviours on mount Zion, To judge the mount of Esau, And the kingdom hath been to Jehovah!'