1 N ow will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

Na, me waiata e ahau he waiata na taku i aroha nei mo taku i kaingakau ai, he mea mo tana mara waina. He mara waina ta taku kaingakau i tetahi pukepuke momona:

2 a nd he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

Na taiepatia ana e ia, kohikohia ana e ia nga kohatu o reira, whakatokia ana e ia ki te waina pai rawa, hanga ana e ia he pourewa ki waenganui, keria ana ano e ia he poka waina ki reira: a ka tatari ia kia whai karepe, na ka hua mai he karepe mao ri.

3 A nd now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

Na, e te hunga e noho nei i Hiruharama, me nga tangata o Hura, whakaritea ta maua whakawa ko taku mara waina.

4 W hat could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

Ko te aha ake ano ra i ahei kia mahia ki taku mara, kihai i mahia e ahau ki reira? he aha ra, i ahau i tatari ai kia hua mai he karepe, i puta ke mai ai he karepe maori?

5 A nd now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

Na inaianei maku e whakaatu ki a koutou taku e mea ai ki taku mara waina: Ka tangohia atu e ahau tona pa whakaruru hau, a ka pau ia te kai; ka tukitukia hoki e ahau tona taiepa, a ka takatakahia:

6 a nd I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

A ka meinga e ahau kia ururua; e kore e tapatapahia, e kore e ngakia; engari ka huaranga ake te tataramoa me te tumatakuru: ka ako atu hoki ahau ki nga kapua kia kaua te ua e uaina ki reira.

7 F or the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

Ko te mara waina hoki a Ihowa o nga mano, ko te whare o Iharaira, a ko nga tangata o Hura tana mea ahuareka i whakato ai: ka tatari ia ki te whakawa, na ko te tukino; ki te tika, na he aue.

8 W oe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

Aue te mate mo te hunga e hono ana i te whare ki te whare, e whakapiri nei i te mara ki te mara, a kore noa iho he wahi, a ka meinga koutou kia noho, ko koutou anake, i waenganui i te whenua.

9 I n mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

Ko ta Ihowa o nga mano tenei i hamumu ai ki oku taringa, He pono, he tini nga whare ka mokemoke, tona nunui, tona ataahua, ka noho tahanga kau.

10 Y ea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

No te mea kotahi tekau nga eka o te mara waina, ka maea ake kotahi tonu te pati: i ki te homa i te purapura, ka maea ake kotahi te epa.

11 W oe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

Aue te mate mo te hunga e maranga wawe ana i te ata ki te whai i te wai kaha; e kawe ana i te roa o te po, nawai a ka tahuna e te waina!

12 A nd the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.

Ko te hapa me te hatere, ko te timipera me te putorino, ko te waina, kei a ratou hakari ena: heoi kahore a ratou mahara ki te mahi a Ihowa, kahore hoki he whakaaro ki te mahi a ona ringa.

13 T herefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

Koia i riro ai toku iwi i te parau, he kore matauranga; ko o ratou tangata ingoa nui hoki kua hemo i te kai, a ko to ratou mano tini kua pakapaka rawa i te matewai.

14 T herefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

Na reira te reinga i whakanui ai i tona hiahia, i whewhera noa atu ai i tona mangai; a heke atu ana ki reira to ratou kororia, o ratou mano tini, to ratou whakahi, me te tangata e whakamanamana ana i roto i a ratou.

15 A nd the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

Ka whakapikoa ano hoki te tangata ware, a ka whakaititia te tangata nui ka whakahokia iho hoki nga kanohi o te hunga whakakake:

16 b ut the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

Otiia ka whakanekehia ake a Ihowa o nga mano i runga i te whakawa, ka whakatapua ano te Atua, te Mea Tapu, i runga i te tika.

17 T hen shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

Ko reira nga reme kai ai, ano kei to ratou wahi, a ka kainga e nga mea haere noa nga wahi kua ururuatia o te hunga tetere.

18 W oe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

Aue te mate mo te hunga e kumea ana e ratou te he ki nga aho o te horihori, te hara hoki me te mea ki te taura o te kata:

19 t hat say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

E mea nei, Kia hihiko ia, kia hohoro tana mahi, kia kite ai matou: kia whakatata mai hoki, kia tae mai te whakaaro o te Mea Tapu o Iharaira, kia mohio ai matou.

20 W oe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Aue te mate mo te hunga e mea nei ki te kino, he pai, ki te pai hoki, he kino; e mea nei i te pouri hei marama, i te marama hoki hei pouri; e mea nei i te kawa hei reka, i te reka hei kawa!

21 W oe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Aue te mate mo te hunga he nui nei o ratou whakaaro ki ta ratou titiro, e mahara ana hoki he hunga mohio ratou!

22 W oe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

Aue te mate mo te hunga kaha ki te inu waina, he hunga uaua ano ki te whakaranu i te wai kaha:

23 w hich justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

E whakatika nei i ta te tangata he, he whakaaro ki te utu; e tango atu nei i te tika o te tangata tika.

24 T herefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Mo reira ka rite ki te kainga a te arero o te ahi i te kakau witi, ki te hinganga o te otaota maroke ki roto ki te mura; ka pera to ratou pakiaka te pirau, ka rere to ratou puawai ki runga, ano he puehu: mo ratou i whakakahore ki te ture a Ihowa o nga mano, i whakahawea ano hoki ki te kupu a te Mea Tapu o Iharaira.

25 T herefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Na reira te riri o Ihowa i mura ai ki tana iwi, a kua torona e ia tona ringa ki te whawhai ki a ratou, a patua iho ratou e ia; i ngaueue nga maunga, a ko o ratou tinana mate me te mea he paru i waenganui o nga huarahi. Na ahakoa tenei katoa, kah ore tona riri i te tahuri atu, maro tonu tona ringa.

26 A nd he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

Ka whakaarahia ano hoki e ia he kara ki nga iwi i tawhiti; ka whiowhio ano ki a ratou ki te pito o te whenua. Nana, ka hohoro, ka tere tonu ta ratou haere mai.

27 n one shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

E kore tetahi o ratou e ngenge, e kore e tapepa te waewae; e kore tetahi e parangia, e kore e moe; e kore te whitiki o o ratou hope e mawheto, e kore ano te here o o ratou hu e motu.

28 w hose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

Ko a ratou pere, koi tonu, he piko katoa a ratou kopere; ko nga paua o o ratou hoiho ka kiia he mata, a ko o ratou wira he awhiowhio:

29 t heir roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

Ko ta ratou hamama, koia ano kei ta te raiona, ka hamama ratou ano he kuao raiona: ae ra, ka ngaengere ratou, ka hopukina: ae ra, ka ngengere ratou, ka hopukina ta ratou tupapaku, kawhakina tonutia atu, kahore hoki he tangata hei whakaora.

30 A nd in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

Na ka hamama ratou ki a ratou i taua ra, me te mea ko te moana e haruru ana: a, ki te titiro tetahi ki te whenua, nana, he pouri me te tuatea, a kua pouri te marama i ona kapua.