Tepania 2
1 Huihui, ae ra, huihui i a koutou, e te iwi kahore nei he whakama;
Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation without desire [for repentance];
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 the decree is brought forth—like the chaff the day passeth away—before yet there be come over you the fierce anger of the Lord, before yet there be come over you the day of the anger of the Lord.
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 ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, who have fulfilled his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: perhaps ye will be protected on the day of the Lord's anger.
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 Gazzah shall become forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolate place: Ashdod shall they drive out at the noon of day, and Ekron 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 unto the inhabitants of the district by the sea, the nation of the Kerethites! the word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that no inhabitant shall remain.
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 the district by the sea shall become places for pens of shepherds, and folds for flocks.
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 this district shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; thereupon shall they feed their flocks: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; for the Lord their God will think of them, and bring back 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 reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of 'Ammon, wherewith they have reproached my people, and made themselves great against their border.
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, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall become like Sodom, and the children of 'Ammon like Gomorrah, overgrown with nettles, and [filled with] salt-pits, and a desolation to eternity; the residue of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my nation shall possess 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 shall they have in recompense for their pride; because they have reproached and made themselves great against the people of the Lord of hosts.
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.
Terrible will the Lord [appear] over them; for he will cause to vanish all the gods of the earth; and then shall prostrate themselves before him, every one from its place, all the isles of the nations.
12 Ko koutou ano, e nga Etiopiana, ka werohia koutou ki taku hoari.
Also ye Ethiopians shall be those slain by 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 will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and he will make Nineveh a desolate place, dry, like the wilderness.
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 there shall lie down in the midst of her flocks, all the beasts of the nations; both the pelican and the hedgehog shall lodge in the capitals of her columns; singing-birds shall sing in the windows; ruin shall be on the thresholds; for the cedar wainscoting shall be torn away.
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.
This is the joyful city that dwelt in security, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none else beside me: how is she become desolate, a resting-place for beasts! every one that passeth by her will hiss, and shake his hand.
